A gift from Mr. Huang • 礼物 This red Chee Hsin cement tile and the blue were photographed in Chee Hsin Cement office building in Tangshan, as well…
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A gift from Mr. Huang • 礼物 This red Chee Hsin cement tile and the blue were photographed in Chee Hsin Cement office building in Tangshan, as well…
Chee Hsin (Qixin in pinyin) was initially founded by Tang Jingxing in 1889 in Tangshan, an industrial city one hundred miles west of Beijing. It…
纪念中国第一个洋灰公司 启新一百三十年 可在亚马逊上购买 . 范德比尔特,卡内基, 洛克菲勒. 大多数人都听说过美国首屈一指的工业家. 但谁是中国的第一任工业先锋？ 周学熙, 启新洋灰的创始人.在经历过开平煤矿与胡佛和义和团起义的灭顶之灾之后,启新在没有任何外资援助的情况下垄断了国内市场.成为中国北方工业之父. 这本双语书是对中国第一家水泥公司及其创始人周学熙的纪念. 起源于一个北京亲戚的即兴探访. 翻译的部分来自三本不同的书(一本是中文,两本是英文). 这些书包括学术研究和周的孙女的叙述. 我以北京的四合院为背景,对家庭历史进行了个人观察. 超过70张图片(许多是迄今为止尚未发布)来说明启新水泥公司对中国日常生活的影响. 周学熙是我的曾舅祖. 此书是我家谱系列的第一本. 图片册 315-341 页
2020.5.27 Smithsonian Magazine reports on tiles found in Italy: The intricate, multi-colored tiles likely date to the third century A.D. Archaeologists conducting excavations at a vineyard…
The largest siheyuan in the world, was the home to the last two imperial dynasties, Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912), from1420 to 1924. 980 buildings in the complex…
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…
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…