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Mid-day meal at a street food kitchen, Peking, 1915-1920

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Jamie Carstairs

The Historical Photographs of China project was recently kindly given a copy of ‘The Pageant of Peking’.  Published in Shanghai in 1920 and bound in exquisite gold blocked turquoise silk, this coffee (or tea) table book is introduced by Putnam … Continue reading →

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Seasonal greetings!

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

Compliments of the season to all friends of ‘Visualising China‘.  

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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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Drying noodles between sticks

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Jamie Carstairs

There is an account of the traditional way of making  (‘swinging’) noodles by hand in ‘Classic Food of China’ (1992) by Yan-Kit So:  from dancing the dough to splitting it into noodle strands takes a noodle master about fifteen minutes, … Continue reading →

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