Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 114
A CHINESE VILLAGE, A FARMHOUSE IN THE HAKKA COUNTRY, SOUTHERN CHINA. An illustration of the Patriarchal system.When a son marries and brings homehis wife, he literally brings her home—that is, to his fathers house ; but a newgable is added to those in existence, andthe house increased for the… … A FARMHOUSE IN THE HAKKA COUNTRY, SOUTHERN CHINA. A MARKET PLACEOR MARKET STREETIN SZE CHUAN. All through the Empire province ofSze Chuan, the western province of theYangtze Basin, markets are held in themarket street, specially reserved for thepurpose. On market days the street iscrowded by…
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