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This is either an online photographic archive documenting an interesting cultural phenomenon which touches on a host of issues worthy of further study and research…or a fetish site. Could go either way. (h/t Sinosplice via Adam Schokora via Twitter). From The People’s Daily Online: The State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) bought the rare manuscripts of Hu Shi’s letters at the price of 5,544,000 yuan in China Guardian’s 2009 Spring Auction Saturday. It is the first time the State decided to use the preemptive right to buy a cultural relic. Dozens of letters between New Culture Movement leader Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu, Liang Qichao and Xu Zhimo during 1920-30s, totaling 13 letters and 27 pages, are the precious collections of these rare historical documents. Chen Duxiu’s letter to Hu Shi. The letters concern the establishment of independent newspaper “New Youth” in 1920, the breakdown of “New Youth” editorial colleagues in 1920, demonstrations and strikes of students in Shanghai in 1920, the participation of Hu Shi in the ‘Aftermath Solution Meeting’ of Duan Qirui’s government, and the publication of Chen Duxiu’s drafts written in prison. There is no word on where the letters will be stored or what kind of access researchers will have to the documents. Hu Shi is a fascinating figure in modern Chinese history. Hu was a key figure in the May Fourth Movement but grew disenchanted with revolution as a force for social change Another week another column for The Global Times. (And in case you’re wondering, my soul feels no less decayed than usual.) This one is on basketball with a little foreign relations thrown in by way of metaphor. Enjoy. Work in the sites around the tomb of Qin Shihuangdi has proceeded in fits and starts since the terracotta soldiers were first discovered in 1974. In recent years, Chinese archaeologists have held at bay local officials eager to develop tourism at all costs, and instead approached further excavation cautiously, seeking to avoid damaging priceless antiquities yet to be uncovered. Work on the Number One Pit at the excavation site has been halted for over twenty years…until this weekend when a further 200 meters will be uncovered with a CCTV film crew in tow to capture the proceedings. The initial diggings uncovered over 1,000 terracotta figures, it is hoped by the team that further work might uncover not only soldiers, but also possibly teracotta officers or officials as well. Via Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Chinese Ancient Texts (CHANT) Database Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK, China. A description of, a guided tour, and online contents of: * Jiaguwen – A Database of Oracular Inscriptions on Tortoise Shells and Bones [Database Contents: inscriptions found on 53,834 fragments of shells and bones - ed.]] * Jianbao – A Database of the Excavated Wood/Bamboo and Silk Scripts [Database Contents: Approximately 1.4 million characters from the entire corpus of all published Jianbo texts - ed.] * Jinwen – A Database of Bronze Inscriptions – [Database Contents: Over 140,000 words from 12,021 bronze vessels - ed.] * Pre-Han & Han – A Database of The Entire Body of Extant Han and Pre-Han (i.e. pre-220AD) Traditional Chinese Texts. * Six Dynasties – A Database of Traditional Chinese Texts of Weijin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties (220-589AD) [Database Contents: Over 25 millions words from over 1,000 titles - ed.] * Leishu – A Computerized Database of the Entire Body of Extant Chinese Encyclopedias (Leishu) [Database Contents: Over 60 million words from all major Leishu texts from the Weijin period until to the Qing Dynasty, |
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