Photos are from Feng: 下午去了歙县的昌溪古村.一进村就捡到这座姚氏节孝坊, kind of paifang.这村口有2棵2千年的樟树也是老人想子女等孩子的地方.革命语录还保留着. Built during the reign of Guangxu (1875-1908) by the wealthy merchant Wu Xixu 吴锡叙, Jiuzi Land 九子巷…
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Photos are from Feng: 下午去了歙县的昌溪古村.一进村就捡到这座姚氏节孝坊, kind of paifang.这村口有2棵2千年的樟树也是老人想子女等孩子的地方.革命语录还保留着. Built during the reign of Guangxu (1875-1908) by the wealthy merchant Wu Xixu 吴锡叙, Jiuzi Land 九子巷…
Photos are from Feng: the former residence of Xu Youzhang at Xu Village. The wood carving doors and windows are beautiful. The door is 仪门头,…
Shexian county, Anhui province. More 节孝坊, Wood paifang 木牌坊. Feng wrote” 歙县的许村找国保6座牌坊.真的很吃惊在那小村子里藏着这些牌坊.交通不便出租车师付要付来回车费那还不如包他车,这个决定很正确没车看不了这些牌坊和老宅.” 2个套在一起的牌坊 & 安徽最小的座牌坊,大观亭是村民们聊天的好地方. 是还存在的一些仪门头, look like the YinYuTang 荫余堂 @ PEM, below;…
Feng sent this photo for translation, taken at 60 HongLanGan Jie (60 Red Railing St.) 红栏杆街60号. The information I gathered, mostly from industrie.lu (and artnet.com) showed that it was a…
The former site of Soochow Hospital. Soochow was the old spelling of Suzhou. William Park was one of the two founders. The former site includes 荫庐…
This photo is from Feng Guoyin who found this tile in Wuxi: Lee Noong Brick Kiln Ltd. 无锡严家桥利农砖厂 咋天还又背回一块洋瓦，洗干净一看是无锡严家桥利农砖厂造的，网上一查，这厂是严家桥地区最早出现的民族工业，创业人唐得谦民国九年引进德国西门子制砖机开始制瓦的，中山陵建造时也用了该厂的红砖，LNBK是无锡利农砖瓦厂英文缩写 More on this manufacturer: 2019: 中山陵也用“无锡利农”砖!…
惠南镇新华路8号 Some tiles in this house used Chee Hsin #110 and trim #171. All photos in this post are from Feng Guoyin: 一转弯就到了惠南有名的小洋楼潘氏宅。有个老先生告知，这宅后代有兄弟姐妹6人是由3个妈妈生的所以大家不来往，这房子国家要他们自已解决里面的72家房客的搬迁问题，那是个天文数字钱，所以后代放弃了。政府就维修了一下。每朵花不一样，彩色地砖和水门汀压花的花样均很好。 More info on…
惠南镇人民东路3218号 The former Xia residency in Pudong, on Renmin Road. The tiles (#109 or #159) at this old home is the same as my childhood…
The following tiles are seen at the mansion at 1, Alley 366, Hefei Road in Huangpu District. Not sure all of them are QX115/165 by Chee…
1056 Yangshupu Road Shanghai QX #109 or #159: the tiles are identical to my childhood home. These Chee Hsin tiles are seen at the front…