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 staying in Chongqingfor 2 days, during the journey to Zhongxian County (April 24 April 26, 1909) after Changshou:
The delegation left Chongqing in the morning of April 24, passing Changshou, spent the night at the riverbank of Lidu Town (today’s Lidu Street in Fuling) at 9:00 that night, and passed through Fuzhou (today’s Fuling) at 7:00 on April 25 At about 3:00 pm, we passed Fengdu and arrived at the riverbank near Zhongzhou for the night. On April 26, we passed Shibao Stronghold at noon and arrived at Wanxian at 7:15 pm
Photos taken during the journey from Chongqing to Longevity
考察团于4.24日早上离开重庆,罗林在中午11点左右,拍摄了此段江岸的照片。
他在回忆录中写道:坚硬砂岩的倾斜入江,这个砂岩表面的植被和土壤很少,但这些斜坡似乎被耕种到了极限,很小块土壤支撑着几丛谷物。
当他们从石宝寨前往万县的途中,他发现沿江有许多金字塔状的侵蚀丘陵,而且在这段水路航行的大部分时间里,都是河水宽阔,水流顺畅。这是罗林途中拍摄其他船上的船工划桨。
罗林在同一处拍摄的照片,这两艘船的船工们奋力在划桨,看着很像是在比赛。
考察团到达长寿县的江段,罗林在船上拍摄的此景,江面很是宽阔,左侧的高坡上,矗立着一座白塔,这是长寿的文峰塔。下方的山腰处,可以看到一处古建筑,经过考证,这是建于明英宗时期的桓侯宫,又称张飞庙。
船继续前行,罗林拍下的这张,前面所拍的文峰塔,隐隐可见,江面上一只长长的木船,未见桅杆,船后方有很多船工。
当晚9点,考察团在涪州的李渡镇过夜,4月25日7点多到达涪州(今涪陵),很遗憾的是,罗林没有上岸,也没有在船上拍摄照片,我们只能从他的回忆中再现百年前的涪陵:
这是一座位于乌江和长江交界处,建设良好的大城市,乌江是进入贵州省的交通要道,相对清澈的水汇入红色的长江,保持了一段距离的纯净,长江在涪州有个急转弯,沿着走向东北方向走了好几英里。
下午3点左右,考察团乘坐的客船经过了丰都县,看到了几座漂亮的宝塔。
忠州境内拍摄的照片
4月26日早上7点半,考察团在忠州(今重庆忠县)上岸,船长接了几个新来的人,罗林则花了一个小时的时间在城内闲逛,他在城墙附近拍摄了几张照片。
罗林跑到忠州的城外,他看到一座石桥,桥下溪水的水量不大,晨光照在树林里,远处彷佛有些雾气。
中午时分,考察团路过了石宝寨江段,这座江边突兀而起孤峰,上面建有人工建筑,很是惊奇。
上方的天子殿始建于明中期,到明朝末年,农民首领谭宏起义,将此处建成寨楼,因而得名石宝寨。
又一张石宝寨的照片,通往峰顶的楼阁,一层层附建在岩石上。
考察团于1909年4月26夜,到达万县,第二天继续顺流而下.