The Captain of Industry Chou Hsüeh-hsi (Jan 12, 1866 Jinling – Sept 26, 1947 Beijing), the fourth son of Zhou Fu, born in Jinling (now known…
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The Captain of Industry Chou Hsüeh-hsi (Jan 12, 1866 Jinling – Sept 26, 1947 Beijing), the fourth son of Zhou Fu, born in Jinling (now known…
The First Encounter Soon after moving from Beijing to Hong Kong in 1979, I spotted a stamp convention ad in a newspaper one day. Intrigued…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles. The first two photos are courtesy of Feng Guoyin 冯国鄞. The central tiles were #105/#106/#125, and the border/trim tiles were #113b or…
The traditional Chinese medicine shop Shangchizhai is an old firm in Xinhua City (兴化市昭阳镇) in Taizhou, Jiangsu province. It locates at 10, East Chengwai St 东城外大街十号, according…
Chee Hsin Pottery‘s cement tiles: the central, border/trim and corner tiles, measured in 7 7/8″ square, weighted 3. 85 pound and 1′ thick. #110, the central…
When Chee Hsin Cement created their power plant in 1906, they called it the “original power plant” (原动力厂), using a 1000-horsepower two-stage horizontal steam engine…
Mei Lanfang’s Memorial, Beijing, 2019 Chee Hsin Pottery‘s QX #115/165 and #173b cement tiles are seen at Mei Lanfang 梅兰芳‘s Memorial Hall in Beijing, in 2019. The eight trapezoids 八角星…
My Yeye and Nainai, and the list kinship titles or filial terms: 爷爷 奶奶 – Yeye and Nainai:- paternal grandfather/mother 公公 婆婆 (外公,外婆) – Gonggong and…
As far as I’m aware, there are two ways to collect your words into a book and sell them: self-publish or have someone publish the…
One of the parks I went often.