The Chinese name includes the characters 青春 “youthful spring,” which refers to the youthful beauty in a person’s appearance.
Celebrating “Spring Festival,” also known as the Lunar New Year. The Yi people are from the south of China and the Mongolians are from the north. The soldier on the right is putting up “对联” (duì lián), a pair of calligraphy strips put at the…
Liangshan is the Yi Autonomous Prefecture located in Sichuan Province. They are sitting in a train car making announcements. The man is of the Yi Nationality. The insignia on his teacup is the railroad insignia like this pin. The Yi people are the 6th largest…
The lotus shoe used by women with bound feet. The feet are called Golden Lotus, referred to as the “Three ‘thumb’ Golden Lotus” 三寸金莲 in Chinese. Three thumb lengths was considered the perfect size for the foot. This was a practice that eluded to high…