General Ye Ting’s family photo: General Ye Ting once had a warm home. This is a photo of the whole family.
Beijing’s old streets: The street scene near Biyun Temple in the western suburbs of Beijing in the late 1930s. The old and dilapidated houses, the unhardened pavement, and the tired-looking boy standing on the street looked desolate.
Small town teahouse: In 1943, residents of a small town in northeastern Yunnan tried to enjoy a moment of peace without war. People in the teahouse and on the roadside smiled one after another.
Anti-Japanese Warrior: In 1943, a soldier responsible for guarding Kunming Airport. The cloth tag on his left chest reads his name "Fu Chengming", "Enlisted in the Army in the 32nd year of the Republic of China", and served in the "Twelfth Company of the Third Battalion of the Fifth Regiment of the Aviation Commission's Special Agent Brigade".
Counterattack: Outside Tengchong City, Chinese Expeditionary Force soldiers used American "Bazooka" rocket launchers to attack Japanese troops defending villages. Taken on August 1, 1944.
Victory: On September 8, 1944, Chinese and American soldiers jointly displayed the Japanese Sun Flag captured during the battle. The former is the American "Thomson" submachine gun and American grenades that played a significant role in the battle.
It’s my turn to lecture: In September 1945, Cao Dazhong, senior staff officer of the Chinese Third Front Army, inspected the Japanese concentration area in Wuhu and lectured Japanese officers and soldiers who had laid down their weapons.
Recovering Nanjing: After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the New Sixth Army was the first batch of Chinese troops stationed in Nanjing. In the photo, the Chinese army stood majestically on a jeep and drove into Nanjing in victory, while the Japanese soldiers passing by were scattered in a truck and looked lonely at the crowd celebrating their victory.
Mao Zedong during the negotiations in Chongqing: Photos taken at a cocktail party during Mao Zedong’s negotiation in Chongqing in 1945.
Christmas Night: On Christmas Eve 1945, personnel from a certain Chinese Air Force party celebrated with the U.S. military stationed in Guangzhou.
Chinese nurses who went to the United States for further study: In 1946, the United Nations Relief and Relief Administration organized a school anniversary banquet for nurses from various countries who went to the United States for further study. Twenty of them were from China.
Girl: A girl is sitting leisurely in front of the screen, with a hint of melancholy on her youthful face. Taken in the 1940s.
Lunch: In April 1946, Chiang Kai-shek had lunch with Yang Sen and others on the ceremony stage after the military parade of the Sixth Army of the Youth Expeditionary Force.
Order list: The program order list for celebrating Double Ten Festival, with words such as "Three minutes of silence" written on it. Taken in the 1940s.
Taking classes outdoors: In the 1940s, primary school students in Yimeng Mountain District, Shandong Province took classes outdoors. It was early autumn, and the children carried their textbooks and benches to the pond, where they sat in neat rows and listened to the teacher's lecture.
Taking a plane: Passengers boarding at Jinan Airport during the Republic of China. Taken in the 1940s.
Cheongsam: In the 1940s and 1950s, Shanghai movie star Li Lihua, who was very popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, has a very charming star photo wearing a cheongsam.
Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo and his son in their hometown in Xikou: In early 1949, after Chiang Kai-shek left power, he and his family returned to his hometown in Xikou, Fenghua. This photo freezes the scene of Jiang and his son looking at their hometown on Xikou Mountain.
Huang Huangrong sweeps the streets: In 1951, 83-year-old Huang Huangrong was cleaning at the entrance of Shanghai World and underwent labor reform. Two years later, Huang Huangrong died of illness in Shanghai.
Tiananmen: In the early 1950s, the ground in Tiananmen Square was clean and flat, and three workers-looking girls walked happily. Carriages and bicycles shuttled back and forth on Chang'an Avenue behind them.
