#guangzhou

[global-musings]

Lovers under a blanket on the train from Guangzhou to Chengdu (1996), China - Wang Fuchun

[nevver]

Under the influence, Slava (Thisset) Semeniuta

[sanminzhuyi]

A collection of colour pictures of China in the 1950s from a set of prints made for foreign distribution:

"Ssuyungpatu, a fourth-grade primary school pupil in the Olunchun Autonomous Banner in Inner Mongolia, answers his teacher."

Hungarian-made Ikarus 60 city buses arrive at Huangpu Port, Guangzhou.

"Opening ceremony of the All-China Athletic Meeting in the People's Stadium, Peking, in 1953."

"An automatic grinding machine processes steel ball-bearing to exact specifications. Our ball-bearing industry started production in 1949."

"Cooling towers at the Fuhsin Automatic Power Plant, Liaoxi Province. This plant was completed within forty weeks."

"Apples gathered by the Wang Hung-yuan Fruit Producers' Co-operative in the Port Arthur-Dairen area."

"Textile designers of the State-owned Tientsin Dyeing and Printing Plant draw inspiration from various examples of folk art."

"The No. 7 Automatic Blast Furnace of the Anshan Iron and Steel Company came into production at the end of last year."

[chinoiseriene]

Guangzhou ivory carving 广州象牙雕刻 from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Qing Dynasty.

Guangdong ivory carving started in the Han Dynasty when China still had its own species of elephant (before 100 BC). Ivory products are also found in the tombs of the local Nanyue Kingdom.

Ivory carving became prosperous in the Ming and Qing dynasties that Cantonese craftsmen were recruited to Beijing to serve the imperial family. Developing large models of houses and other large and showy pieces.

This art is still somewhat popular in the region today, but the ivory has been replaced by contemporary artists with other materials such as animals bones, due to ivory trade becoming illegal.

(The artifacts in this post date to the Qing era)

[oshiwambo]

[upstairsdownstairsandinbetween]

Lunar Tower,

Nestled in Dongzhai Port National Nature Reserve, Hainan, The Lunar Tower has a building area of 206 sqm and a height of 33.5m.

Its slender silhouette minimizes environmental impact, while the gradient pattern facade, resembling mangrove leaves, seamlessly integrates with its surroundings.

Observation platforms are set at 12m, 24m, and 27m, linked by spiral staircases, providing vistas at different altitudes.

The tower's peak, reminiscent of the rising moon, offers a majestic panoramic sea view. As dusk falls, the moon-like pinnacle gradually illuminates, evoking a poetic ambience on site.

Hainan Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve, Guangzhou, China,

Courtesy: South China University of Technology Architectural Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd. (SCUT),

[mothmiso]

Guangzhou 2026 (2) (3) (4) by Eugenia

Via Flickr:

Yuexiu Park (1) Dongxiu Lake (2) Gateway to the Haiyuan Pavilion, built in 1932 to commemorate the 1922 Hong Kong Seamen's Strike. (3) (4) Guangzhou Orchid Garden