1959: This Land so Rich in Beauty

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, a number of noted upcoming artists — their number included Lü Fengzi 吕鳳子, Xu Beihong 徐悲鸿, Zhang Daqian 張大千, Yan Wenliang 颜文梁, Lü Sibai 吕斯百, Chen Zhifo 陳之佛, Gao Jianfu 高劍父, Pan Yuliang 潘玉良 and Pang Xunqin 龐薰琹 — worked in the new national capital Nanking and were later identified as a kind of ‘ Jinling Artistic group’ 新金陵畫派, although they shared little in common.… Read

1954: Awakening from a Dream of Red Mansions

The Story of the Stone (also known as Dream of the Red Chamber) is China’s most famous novel. It depicts the height of court power and wealth in an imaginary capital city, often thought to be loosely based on Nanking (Jiangning 江寧/ Jinling 金陵).… Read

April-September 1949: The Nanking Press

Knight Biggerstaff The following account of the post-liberation Nanking print media appeared on 8 March 1950 in Far Eastern Survey, vol.19 no.5: 50-54. — The Editors The Chinese Communists frankly regard the press as an instrument of propaganda, as an important means of ‘educating’ the people.… Read

April 1949: Trapped in Nanking

K.M. Pannikar In his memoir In Two Chinas, Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, the Indian ambassador to the Republic of China, gives an account of the Communist takeover of Nanking in April 1949.… Read

April 1949: Nanking Liberated, in verse

The People’s Liberation Army Captures Nanking Mao Zedong April 1949 Over Chungshan swept a storm, headlong,
鍾山風雨起蒼黃,
Our mighty army, a million strong, has crossed the Great River.
百萬雄師過大江。
The City, a tiger crouching, a dragon curling, outshines its ancient glories;
虎踞龍盤今勝昔,
In heroic triumph heaven and earth have been overturned.… Read

1966-1976: The Cultural Revolution in Nanking

南京文化大革命大事记(1966),南京文化大革命大事记(初稿),南京市档案馆
325-1 南京文化大革命大事记(1966)
325-2 南京文化大革命大事记(1967上),https://nsfz2.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/325-2-南京文化大革命大事记(1967上)/ etc, etc….… Read