People & Places 人与地方

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…

Bringing “Western” medicine to the Tibetans. Traditionally the Chinese have four major types of medicine, Han Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian, and Western. The Han, Tibetan, and Mongolian medicines are herbal-based. Today, these four types of medicine are used according to individual preferences or needs. Western medicine…

A copy of the PLA (People’s Liberations Army) Pictorial from 1972. Below are images of inside pages.

The calligraphy in the outside top right corner is the name of the painting. The inside is the date, 1977, and location, Beijing. The two red “chops” are the artist’s signature.

A cutting from a magazine cover. The characters, 各族人民大团结万岁 mean, “Long live the unity of all ethnicities.”

There are two “Eight Model Opera” books hanging on the wooden pole behind the man. You can see one here. Click like.

A silkscreened armband with the characters 红卫兵，Red Guard printed on it. See similar armbands here. Below is the same armband that was handstitched, most likely by a family member.

This type of hat was the most common during the Cultural Revolution and was worn with the typical red “five-star.” See a poster with an image of Mao wearing the same type of hat here.