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Back to the past

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

Prior to 1949, and again more recently, foreign tourists avidly visited the marvellous sights in China.  The tourist trail would include the Ming Tombs, just forty kilometres north of Peking (Beijing), here being explored in the 1920s, by donkey in … Continue reading →

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Silk filature or factory, Shanghai, c.1900

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

A filature was an establishment for reeling silk from cocoons.  There were many such factories in Shanghai and they must have employed several hundred children. Silk was of course a luxury item for the wealthy, and much exported.  This sobering … Continue reading →

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Boy with silk animal face hat, Kunming, 1945

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

Traditionally, animal face hats were made by a maternal grandmother for her grandson. The animal face – especially the large teeth and eyes – would frighten evil spirits away and so protect the infant. The fruit being sold at the … Continue reading →

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