But if you tell you that he is Lililui, probably a lot of friends who are interested in history or old photos will exclaim: "Wow, that Japanese American who has taken many old photos for eighty years ah!"

When it comes to Leroy W.Demery·Jr, probably few people know who he is.

But if you tell you that he is the first to be Lili Lujing, probably a lot of friends who are interested in history or old photos will exclaim: "Wow, that American Japanese who has taken many old photos for eighty years has been taking many 80 years of old photos. "

Leroy W.Demery Jr, born in Philadelphia, USA, grew up in Los Angeles, and his first job was an elementary school teacher. Railway and public transportation enthusiasts, rather, railways (especially steam engine ), rail transit (including subways and trams) and trolley trams . It is precisely because of this hobby that he later became a railway engineer (some say he is an urban transportation planner).

In July 11980, as a primary school teacher, he used his vacation to come to China for the first time and traveled to Hong Kong, Macao, Shenzhen and Taiwan. Three years later, in July 1983, he came to China again, entered the country through Luohu, and spent two and a half months traveling to all provinces in mainland China except Tibet, Fujian, Hebei and today's Hainan. He visited nearly 40 cities and stayed there. A large number of precious images of that era were found.

So why was he misread as a Japanese? In fact, it’s all caused by the name!

In the Xi'an picture collection, a netizen asked him about the meaning of the name Lujing, and he gave such an answer.

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I like Chinese characters, but I don't write very well (I can say that I can only "draw" them). My Japanese friend suggested that I use "Izumi Riliriya" to express my Japanese name (now Many Americans may use Katakana instead of writing their Japanese names in Chinese)

The pronunciation of "Izumi Ririri" in Japanese is similar to "Demeri Riroi", but the pronunciation in Chinese is completely different!

Another flickr user "fong.laikuen," suggested that I choose a few Chinese characters as the watermark for "Chinese style", and I chose "Dilly".

Now the watermark I use is: "Dilly Leroy W. Demery, Jr. Demeri Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Lili Li Lili Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Photos of his travels in China have been uploaded to the album one after another, and several of his personal photos also confirm that he is not like a Japanese American who is misrepresented by people, and seems to have a more Hispanic feeling.

Yes, I was on the far right and I posed for this photo to show my colleagues to prove Kit Carson School in Lawndale, Los Angeles suburb, California School), that proud flag was once displayed in .

—1980.7.16 A kindergarten in Shenzhen

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the first time I rode a camel...

—1983.09.05

After uploading these photos of Mr. Dililai, it quickly caused a huge response on major domestic forum websites. Various official and folk carriers have been reprinted one after another. Countless old photo lovers are looking for the shadow of their city at that time here, but People are more interested in images of their city, and few people seem to pay attention to his miles and stories on his journey.

twelve years , and there are far more people who forward pictures than those who read each of his albums and pictures. However, they do not know that in these descriptions, countless interesting experiences in China were described.

The descriptions under this article are written by Dili, and the netizen "Fushun West Open-East Pit" translated . It should be noted that Dilly is not a local after all, and he has been away from Chengdu for 25 years when he wrote the explanation, so there are inevitably mistakes in memory. Several errors have been found in the editing, and everyone is welcome to continue to "picking".

August 9, 1983 Kunming-Chengdu

The engineering and scenery of this railway are impressive.

terraced

At a certain station

The train has left the mountains behind.

This "maybe" is in the "suburb" of Chengdu.

Electric locomotive Shaoshan , 1112, Chengdu Railway Station. This is the first successful example of China's domestically produced electric locomotives. It is manufactured by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Factory .

(original notation was August 10, 1983, the date was wrong, because he should not have the opportunity to enter the railway station to shoot on the 10th, and it is guessed that it should have been taken when he arrived on the afternoon of the 9th - Editor's note)

983 Chengdu

Chengdu North Station trolley tram main station, the man on the left seemed to be holding a bundle of canes.

Chengdu North Station trolleybus. The railway station is named Chengdu North Station or "Chengdu North" for short. The terminals of trolleybus 1, 4 and 5 are called North Railway Station, which is the main station located at the northern end of Renmin North Road.

Most of the trolley trams in Chengdu are made in Shanghai. I hope people elsewhere in China won’t get angry, but I think the trolleybus built in Shanghai are the best in China.

These tricycles obviously provide "taxi" services to and from Chengdu North Station. I haven't seen this type of transportation elsewhere in China - renting a tricycle at a train station.

The location of this picture may be Tonghuimen. A picture uploaded before shows the trolleybus I may have taken.

trolley tram No. 1411 made in Shanghai is at the Tonghuimen terminal. It seems that if I took trolleybus No. 4 from the train station to Tonghuimen Terminal, I might have taken this car.

This seems to be another Tonghuimen terminal, and then I paused the work of shooting trolleybus.

(From the picture, this is not like Tonghuimen Station - Editor's note.)

The next few photos are all in Chengdu People's Park.

The boy on the right was having a great time.

Idle Rowing boat is moored in the center of the pond, in a star shape.

The two people behind the stern of the boat seemed to be paddling, and the person standing in front seemed to have a camera bag, maybe a photographer?

I am sure this building is Du Fu Thatched Cottage.

(should be the Ministry of Works of the Ministry of Works in the Thatched Cottage - Editor's Note)

This photo may be in Dufu Thatched Cottage, or in the Cultural Park or Wangjiang Park .

may be the "Du Ministry of Works Memorial Hall".

might be in Dufu Thatched Cottage. It would be great if I could keep the 1983 travel guide, so it would be easier to determine the location, but unfortunately I didn't.

I searched various photos to show that the pagoda in the background is not the "Wangjiang Tower", so this photo may be in another place, not Wangjiang Tower Park , but this park's 1983 map marks Wang River Park.

(This photo should be taken in Du Fu Thatched Cottage, the building in the picture is Yilan Pavilion - Editor's note)

August 11, 1983 Chengdu

Shanghai manufactured articulated trolleybus at the terminal station of Niushikou .

I believe this arch is on the eastern section of the road or close to.

(The so-called East Section Road should be the eastern section of Huancheng Road . I guess he looked at the Chinese map that year and was wrong - Editor's note)

I believe this photo was still taken on East Section Road, Trolley Tram Line 2 The terminal station of Road and 5th is Jiuyanqiao , less than 1 kilometer from Shengli East Road. I should have photographed it to the south at that time.

Jiuyan Bridge, the end points of trolley tram line 2 and 5. This terminal is located in the southwest direction of the city center (should be the southeast direction - editor's note) . These three trolley cars are all made in Shanghai.

Shanghai brand trolleybus is under maintenance at the end of Jiuyan Bridge.

Another Shanghai brand trolleybus is under maintenance at the end of Jiuyan Bridge.

A Shanghai brand trolleybus under maintenance is parked near the Jiuyanqiao terminal.

I believe this photo was taken on East Section Road and Shengli East Road. The road has been expanded and renamed Jindong Road.

This photo is taken on East Shengli East Road, East Section Road. The shadows hint at the early afternoon, so I might face east. Due to the widening of the road, this street view has disappeared. Even the road itself was renamed and renamed Jindong Road.

This is one of my favorite pictures. Located on a small road on East Shengli East Road.

Note the pole and basket behind, as well as the building behind. The next photo I uploaded before, called "Barber, Chengdu, 1983" is near this location.

This photo is my favorite one.

Have I asked politely before taking a photo?

Am I showing up at the door, setting up the camera, taking pictures, and then disappearing as fast as possible?

Or, I stand at the door for a while, holding the camera in my hand, hear no one objecting, and then take a photo?

... Actually, I don't remember it anymore.

This road has been expanded and renamed Jindong Road.

The previous barber shop is near this market street, a small road on East Road and Shengli East Road.

I am not sure about the location of this photo, but I think it is near Chengdu Bus Station.

Note that the sign says "Chengdu Youth Arts and Crafts Store" in Chinese and English, and the logo on the far right is also written in Chinese and English.

Chengdu Bus Station, the end point of trolley tram No. 1, also known as Xinnanmen Station.

These posters should be near Renmin South Road .

The location of this picture may be near Chengdu Bus Station, but I am not sure, after all, it has been almost 25 years...

Thanks to "qindegang", the location of this photo is determined as Tianfu Square , the trolleybus is 3rd road eastward , while the camera is Western-facing. Please note Deng Xiaoping's quotes above the trolleybus on the far left.

The poster says that Family Planning has many benefits. The English text above says “Planning a better future for your family”.

This last set of photos was taken by me on my way back to Chengdu North Station.

This looks like a small roadside cafe or tea shop. "Fancy" calligraphy looks good, but it's hard for me to read.

I remember when it started raining at noon, I was back to Chengdu North Station.

I remember this road is very close to the train station.

Chengdu trolley tram system was launched on January 1, 1962. Closed on January 10, 1996.

Chengdu started to build a subway system in 2005. Today, there are two routes with a total length of 49.7 kilometers.It is planned to expand to 291 kilometers by 2020. The annual passenger volume in 2012 was 103 million.

Chengdu urban tourism and transportation map 1982-1

This is the second side of the map, statement: I do not own the copyright of this map, and it is posted here for the purpose of demonstration. If the copyright owner asks, I will delete it.

August 12, 1983 Chengdu-Xi'an

The distance between Chengdu and Xi'an is 842 kilometers. I did not stop or change cars in Baoji . However, the Chengdu-Xi'an train stops here to change the locomotive, so I have a few minutes to hang out and take pictures.

Above pictures were taken on the way from Chengdu to Xi'an, Baocheng Railway scenery.

Arrive to Baoji Station .