Liang Sicheng梁思成, the “Father of Modern Chinese Architecture,” and his wife Lin HuiYin林徽因, the first female architect in China, dressed in costume for the Beaux-Arts Ball (themed 'L'Impressionistique') at Penn, 1926.

The ways of young people take instagrammable photographs:

Rare scenes inside the Yingxian Pagoda 应县木塔, the only extant large wooden pagoda in China and the tallest among ancient wooden buildings of the world.
A Sakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple, 67-m-high tower completely built of timber, in north China’s Shanxi province.

Changes in 30 years:

Lunch in Beijing, meat pie肉饼, various buffet congees自助粥, marinated tofu卤水豆腐, and pickled cucumbers 腌黄瓜.
RMB 51, or $7 for two.

Spring In Suzhou 苏州, a city with canals, stone bridges, pagodas and gardens, the classical gardens of Suzhou were added to the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Credit: LRB: zz508323.

Jin Xing 金星，a Chinese transgender celebrity, announced her remarriage with Hans.
At the time, Jin Xing wanted to adopt two children, so she had to divorce Hans.
Jin is ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, founder of the contemporary dance company Shanghai.

General George Marshall and Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong, in Yan'an, March 1946.
General Marshall was the special envoy to China appointed by  President Truman to negotiate a cease-fire agreement between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist troops and Mao’s Communist forces.

Eid Mubarak celebrations today in Niujie, Beijing.
Niujie, literally means “street of the ox”, a central religious and social gathering place for Beijing’s 250,000 Muslims,
and the 40-odd mosques,
is the oldest and largest in Beijing.

#Eidmubarak2024

The faces in Beijing, 1966, by French photographer Solange Brand, who worked in French embassy as a secretary.

A Chinese criminal with handcuffs, Tsingtau青岛, ca. 1900.

Peking University, 1970-80s.