In pictures: Victorian China

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[晴 2009/04/20 15:36 | by cony ]
I found some interesting pictures from BBC News. And there are some descriptions also. I hope you can enjoy the photos. These photos taken by John Thompson

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↑In this photograph, also taken in Xiamen, Mr Thomson - and early pioneer of photography - is picctured himself with two imperial soldiers.

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↑Some Chinese women used to have bound feet, which were crushed to make them look more "beautiful". Here a bound foot is photographed with a natural female foot.

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↑This young woman was photographed in city of Guangzhou in southern China. Mr Thomson used his photos to educate British people about the country.

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↑A view of a fashionable area of Macao, which was a Portuguese colony until 1999. Mr Thomson was based in the neighbouring British colony of Hong Kong. The exhibition takes place at Beijing World Art Museum until 18 May.

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↑Rare 19th Century photographs of Chinese life have gone on display in Beijing. John Thomson, a Scottish photographer who visited China from 1868-72, took them.

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↑This is a missionary-run school in Beijing. Most of these schools were devoted to teaching religion and classic Chinese texts.

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↑Mr Thomson also took photographs of family scenes during his visits. This is a noble lady with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren in Beijing.

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↑Foreign visitors to China in thd 19th Century were sought out by antique dealers, such as these in Beijing.

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↑This is the approach to a Ming Dynasty emperor's tomb in the Chinese capital of Nanjing.

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↑In this image of a married couple from Xiamen, a port city in south-eastern China, the husband is looking away because at the time it was thought improper for a couple to face each other.
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pertyk Homepage
2010/07/13 15:03
The pics are absolutely amazing! The real artist's inspiration is felt
花匠 Homepage
2009/07/02 12:56
倒数第二张是哪里?北京?
cony 回复于 2009/07/02 18:37
是南京
Sam
2009/04/22 23:28
i like the photos with this kind of style, just record, and then the history will tell u what's the good works.
巡罗兵.克兰
2009/04/20 16:32
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