On January 4, 1909, an American geologist, Zhang Bolin, and his son, Luo Lin, set out from Chicago and arrived in Shanghai on February 2 of the same year. During his stay in China, Zhang Bolun and his son successively visited 13 provinces including Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Zhili, Shanxi, and took more than 600 photos recording the social life of the late Qing Dynasty, which were later summarized into a photo album in 1909=“ http://www.laozhaopian5.com/jingdian/1891.html “target=”_ Blank “>Zhang Bolin’s Chinese Photography.
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The following photos are of the delegationAfter passing Fengjie from Yunyang to Wushan, we arrived in Yichang on the journey (April 30 May 1, 1909):
The delegation passed Wushan County at 7:30 on April 29, 1909, drove out of Wuxia at 12:12, set out at 4:30 on April 30, arrived at Xintan at 7:45, passed Nantuo at 2:15 in the afternoon, and arrived in Yichang at 7:30 in the evening.
The beautiful scenery photographed in the Three Gorges
考察团所乘之船来到了三斗坪的上方,罗林于3月13日拍摄了大坝原址照片,一个多月后的返程之旅,他又重回此处,留下这张珍贵的瞬间。
罗林在经过黄牛峡时所拍摄,岸边高耸的山峰,山脚处,我们可以看到几处房屋隐现。
在西陵峡内,快到石牌的位置,江水平阔,几艘木船,升起的船帆顺风而下。
西陵峡内,岸边的高峰雄奇
考察团的船继续下行,已快赶上在石牌村江段拍摄到的前方小船,江上的帆影是中国山水画中经常出现的元素。
以上4张图片可能是3月所拍摄。
在宜昌所拍摄的照片
1909年5月1日,考察团登上宜昌的码头,完成了前往汉口的航程安排,罗林在岸上寄信和买些补给后,徒步游览了宜昌的东面和东北面,这是他拍摄的一个村庄,屋前有一棵很高的棕榈科蒲葵,叶子是中国传统蒲扇的原材料。
罗林在村头的一处水田旁,拍摄了一个农人犁田的场景。
罗林拍摄的栽秧场景,他回忆当时看到的场景:水稻的种子田是鲜艳的绿色,植株有3-4英寸高。他们把它们种在水田的山丘上,迅速地把小捆秧苗插进泥土里,而不特别注意根部,后来我们被告知,它们用脚把秧苗的根压得更深
考察团成员在路旁发现了一座新坟,发现它与爱斯基摩雪屋有着惊人的相似之处,因为它的形状几乎相同,而墓丘的外部则是由草皮覆盖,罗林特地拍摄下来,如今百年过去,这些地方可能成为宜昌的闹市区,祖辈们,如同春草,一代代此起彼伏。
罗林来到高处,拍下的这张宜昌郊外的瞬间,根据他的描述:山谷宽阔,底部平坦,被稻田占据,总体而言,该地区种植良好,但有两个例外,一、墓地很多,墓地都是土堆而成,单个坟墓占据的土地比美国公墓中的平均坟墓要多得多,宜昌附近的墓地总面积占总耕地面积的比例相当可观。二、很多山脊、山顶和山坡长满了草,或者直接是裸露的斜坡、沟壑。
考察团于1909年5月1日晚乘船离开宜昌,前往下一站。