Comments on: 17th-Century China As Depicted In European Engravings http://beijingcream.com/2012/07/17th-century-china-as-depicted-in-european-engravings/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: KopyKatKiller http://beijingcream.com/2012/07/17th-century-china-as-depicted-in-european-engravings/#comment-23907 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:25:12 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4177#comment-23907 I thought the flew on pigs… Flying pigs! hahaha!

]]> By: Jess http://beijingcream.com/2012/07/17th-century-china-as-depicted-in-european-engravings/#comment-23697 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:31:28 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4177#comment-23697 According to the linked sources, Dapper just did the writing, while someone else did the illustrations.

The dragon motifs in the second picture are rather un-Chinese. And it’s also interesting to see the very un-Qing dress and hairstyles. By the 1670s, Southern Ming had fallen and the men would have been wearing queues. I’m guessing the sources of Dapper’s recount were probably at least a few decades old.

]]> By: The Tao http://beijingcream.com/2012/07/17th-century-china-as-depicted-in-european-engravings/#comment-23623 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:05:39 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4177#comment-23623 It seems Dapper was a bit too willing to believe what he was told, proving that online trolls have been around even before the Internet.

]]> By: Jess http://beijingcream.com/2012/07/17th-century-china-as-depicted-in-european-engravings/#comment-23618 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:56:20 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4177#comment-23618 Did people regularly ride atop birds in early Qing China?

]]> By: China http://beijingcream.com/2012/07/17th-century-china-as-depicted-in-european-engravings/#comment-23568 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:07:07 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=4177#comment-23568 The giant pineapples are not so strange. Merely a forecast of the chemically-altered produce found in today’s Chinese markets :P

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