Echoes of civilizations through the camera lens By WANG RU | China Daily Global | Updated: 2025-11-01 09:09

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/01/WS69055de5a310f215074b8606.html Film collector Wang Xu, in his 40s, once found a batch of old photo negatives. Impressed by the tranquil landscape of the Jiangnan area (referring to the southern regions of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River) and the precious records of a time in the 1930s when the area was filled with the smoke of war, he spared no expense to purchase them.