Daoist monk

Two different monk attitudes. Hard to link images. Why so hard? Go here and search. Or not. If Thomas wants to hide, let him.

Elasmotherium

The Mythic Chinese Unicorn (all about the zhi 廌). An interesting read. Link…

Capturing China

John Thomson, photographing China in the early 1870s. Link…

Chinese Races from Frontier to Border

I really have no idea what this site is about. I think it may be some sort of Chinese propaganda about minority races. Chinese speakers enlighten me please. Link…

Me Old China

Historical photographs of China. Hang on… how did that Turk get in? Link…

Meditating

Buddhist nuns photographed by Hedda Hammer Morrison (1908–1991). Link…

CHIA

Chinese–Australian Historical Images in Australia. 'Built into the database is the beginnings of an encyclopaedia of Chinese-Australian history, complete with bibliography, which provides contextual information about the images in the database.' Link…

Peter Parker

No, not that Peter Parker. This Peter Parker was a medical missionary and diplomat to China. In the 1830's he commissioned the Western trained Chinese painter, Lam Qua to produce portraits of patients at a Canton Hospital with large tumors or other major deformities. [Be warned, the pictures I've posted here are some of the mildest, there are some really gnarly portraits on the site proper]. Link…

Lian Huan Hua

"In the early 1920s, lian huan hua first appeared mainly as adaptations of Jingju 京剧 (Peking Opera) and Chinese literary classics. The pictures were created mostly in line drawings, sketches, and oil-wash painting. After the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, lain huan hua became an extremely popular art form and was used to popularize new government policies and regulations. From 1951 to 1956, more than 10,000 titles, and approximately 26 billion copies were published in China."
Unfortunately most of the examples here have been disfigured with a library stamp. Link…

Chinese Postcards

Historical Chinese Postcard Project: 1896 - 1920 [small scans, unfortunately]. Link…