This is a set of old photos taken in Gansu area in 1933. The photographer was an American pastor named Carter Holden. Carter Holden's Chinese name is Hai Yingguang. Carter Holden had traveled and preached in China for a long time, and it lasted for nearly ten years. In 1933, while preaching in Gansu, Carter Holden took a large number of pictures recording social life in various parts of Gansu at that time. The following set of old photos were taken during this period.
933's Lanzhou Yellow River Iron Bridge , a camel fleet carrying goods on the bridge. This should be a business traveler from Qinghai. Lanzhou Yellow River Iron Bridge is located at the foot of Baita Mountain. It was built in the first year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1909). It is known as the "Hong Kong First Bridge in the World in the Yellow River". After a hundred years of vicissitudes, it has opened up both sides of the Yellow River.
933, in Xiahe, Gansu, two Salar children who used yak to transport water. The girl rode on the yak and the boy drove the yak behind. The two children should be a pair of little brothers and sisters. At that time, Xiahe County is the current Xunhua , and was named after Daxiahe in the territory.
933 in Xiahe, Gansu, a Salar farmer was in Yanggu. The Salar people are named after they call themselves " Salar ", abbreviated as "Sarah". They mainly live in some areas of Xunhua, Hualong and Gansu.
933, a little girl standing under a big tree. The big tree behind the little girl was surrounded by wooden fences, and wooden signs were hung on it. The words written on the wooden signs were hard to see clearly, which looked like the wishing signs hanging on the big trees in today's scenic spots. Lintan was called Taozhou in ancient times. It has been a gateway for agriculture and animal husbandry transition for thousands of years, from east to west, connecting south to north. It is called the key area of the frontier of Hehuang in the north, controlling Fanrong in the west, and Jilongyou in the east. It is the key area of the ancient Tang and Turkish road in . It is known in history as the "Gateway to Tibet" and is the famous " Tea and Horse Market ".
933, a towering and tall city gate building in Hezhou, Gansu. Linxia was called Hezhou . Linxia is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in the southwest of central Gansu. It is the key to the south of the Silk Road, an important town of the Tang and Turkish Ancient Road, and the center of the Tea-Horse Town. It is the place where Princess Wencheng passed through to Tibet. It is known as the "dry wharf in the west" and "Wenzhou in the east and Hezhou in the west".
933, a simple wooden bridge on the Daxia River, on which a group of porters, merchants and mules and horses carrying goods passed by. The wooden bridge is made of thick logs and wooden frames.
1 In Lintao, farmers reclaimed terraces on thick loess tabletops. Most of these terraces are narrow and long, layered and very spectacular.
933, the Yongning Floating Bridge west of Lintao City, Lintao, was called Didao in ancient times. It was named after the Taohe in its territory. Taohe River passes through the city from Didao. The Tao River flows northward from the cliffs of Xiyan Mountain. On the distant river surface, the Yongning floating bridge is like a bead chain. The floating bridge is built with a boat. This is an important ferry crossing of the Silk Road of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
