MAKE A MEME View Large Image Attack on a Russian paddle-steamer at Shanhaiguan.jpg en Nianhua print Attack on a Russian paddle-steamer Coloured woodblock prints like this were commonly made in China to decorate houses at the New Year; they are often known as nianhua or ...
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Keywords: Attack on a Russian paddle-steamer at Shanhaiguan.jpg en Nianhua print Attack on a Russian paddle-steamer Coloured woodblock prints like this were commonly made in China to decorate houses at the New Year; they are often known as nianhua or 'New Year prints' From the middle of the nineteenth century nianhua were also produced as broadsheets to be pasted on walls to bring news to an illiterate or semi-literate public Here popular sentiment is being stirred up against the Russians with whom the Chinese were losing negotiations over territory The paddle-steamer has been damaged by submarine mines laid by the troops of Dong Fuxiang 1839-1908 and there appeared to be many casualties It was Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army that subsequently attacked the Legation quarter during the Boxer uprising The troops under w Dong Fuxiang's command were Muslims http //www fathom com/feature/122228/3090_paddlesteamer html http //www fathom com/feature/122228/ Nianhua print Author Unknown 1900 PD-China This photographic reproduction of artwork which was created over 100 years ago PD-Art Navy of Russia Hui people 1900 in art Boxer Rebellion Dong Fuxiang Russia in the Boxer Rebellion Nian hua Woodcuts of China
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