Chinese pictures : notes on photographs made in China (1900)
Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904 · London ; New York : Cassell and Company · leaf 120
THE COBBLER. CARRYING LIQUID MANURE TO THE FIELDS, In the great fertile plain of Sze Chuan,where four crops a year are taken offthe ground, this is an enormous industry.The Chinese cannot afford any waste ;everything must go back to the ground.We seek to get over the deteriorationof the land by… … CARRYING LIQUID MANURE TO THE FIELDS. Photo : G. S. Haya. THE MARRIAGE CHAIR. In which a bride of the upper classes iscarried to her husbands home. It isoften a very beautiful thing, gorgeouswith its embroidery in silk and colours.People who are not rich enough to haveone of their own can hire them…
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