塵封的百年記憶：布里斯托大學(xué)公開2.2萬張中國歷史影像

From Dusty Boxes to Digital CloudsRare Color Chronicles: Chongqing 1945Hidden Connections: Does Your History Appear Here?Epilogue: History in Living Color

從木箱到云端

“這些照片曾躺在英國閣樓的木箱里，或被遺忘在博物館角落。”布里斯托大學(xué)畢可思教授團(tuán)隊(duì)歷時(shí)18年，在全球搜尋散落民間的中國影像。最珍貴的一組照片竟來自一位退休工程師的地下室——其祖父是20世紀(jì)初漢口海關(guān)官員，用相機(jī)記錄下長江沿岸的市井煙火。

"These photos once lay forgotten in British attics or museum archives," says Prof. Robert Bickers. Over 18 years, his team scoured the globe for China’s visual history. The most striking collection came from a retired engineer’s basement—his grandfather, a customs officer in 1900s Hankou, captured daily life along the Yangtze River.

重慶1945年的彩色記憶

當(dāng)多數(shù)歷史照片仍是黑白時(shí)，一組罕見的柯達(dá)彩色膠片震撼亮相：1945年的重慶街頭，黃包車夫在防空洞旁等待生意，江邊婦女晾曬著靛藍(lán)染布，茶館里戴圓框眼鏡的說書人正眉飛色舞——這些由英國飛行員約翰·威爾遜拍攝的影像，讓抗戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的市井生活躍然眼前。

While most historical photos remain monochrome, a set of Kodachrome slides stuns viewers: rickshaw pullers waiting near bomb shelters, women drying indigo fabrics by the river, a storyteller in a teahouse—all captured in vivid color by British pilot John Wilson during WWII.

“1945年的中國色彩 | China in Color: 1945”

尋找照片里的“你”

這些影像中或許藏著你的家族記憶：杭州保俶塔下的茶攤、廣州十三行的商船、北平胡同里的婚禮……訪問官網(wǎng)時(shí)，不妨輸入家鄉(xiāng)地名（如“Nanking”“Canton”），或許會(huì)與百年前的故土不期而遇。

Could these images hold fragments of your family’s past? Search your hometown’s historical name (e.g., "Nanking", "Canton") onhpcbristol.net—you might discover a tea stall under Hangzhou’s Baochu Pagoda, or a wedding procession in Beijing’s hutongs.

歷史從未褪色

每一張老照片都是穿越時(shí)空的請柬。正如畢可思教授所言：“這些影像不屬于某個(gè)國家，而是全人類共同的文化基因。”

Each photo is an invitation to time travel. As Prof. Bickers states: "These images don’t belong to one nation—they’re threads in humanity’s shared tapestry."

“1870-2024 | 文明的回響”| "1870-2024 | Echoes of Civilization"

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當(dāng)我看到你的笑容時(shí)，我覺得一切都值得。

and then I smile too.

然后我也笑了。

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