Extremely precious series of photos about China 100 years ago

100 years ago, a lot of Western photographers came to explore and capture vivid pictures of China. The following is a series of pictures of Chinese landscape and people of that period.

Two Chinese men are using a hand-crafted stone mill in Sichuan in 1917. (Photo: sina.com.cn).

Barbershop walks on Hubei street in 1917. (Photo: sina.com.cn).

A Christian church in Guangdong.The church often has many foreign missionaries, a refuge for people when there is a war of turmoil.(Photo: sina.com.cn).

Chinese babies at a private class in Hangzhou.This is usually a wealthy family's children.(Photo: sina.com.cn).

The scene of boats carrying timber is crowded at the Hangzhou River of the Yunnan River.The two sides of the bank are houses close by, typical landscape of the Giang Nam river water area.(Photo: sina.com.cn).

The scene at Chu Thikou in Beijing.This place is a market for buying and selling live pigs.In the picture are two people carrying a very big pig, on the ground are pigs being tied.(Photo: sina.com.cn).

A Western doctor is examining a Chinese baby in Tianjin.100 years ago, a lot of foreign doctors came and whole-heartedly examined Chinese patients.(Photo: sina.com.cn).

A Chinese girl stands in front of a roadside snack shop in Hangzhou.(Photo: sina.com.cn).

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