Podcast about the University library: The Chinese newspaper "Dian shi zhai hua bao" 1884
Text: Prof.
Dr. Angelika Messner | Zhao
Jing, translation into Chinese. Speaker: Prof.
Dr. Angelika Messner | Zhao
Jing, speaker of the Chinese version.
A
printed treasure of a rather special kind can be found in Kiel University's
library: fifteen editions of Dian shi
zhai hua bao from the year 1884. This is one of the first illustrated
newspapers in China and was published between 1884 and 1898 in Shanghai. The
"Illustrated Shanghai News" (an approximate translation) was
illustrated throughout by mostly Chinese artists, and the surviving copies are
considered a valuable rarity.