historical photos of Guiyang 百年贵阳, from city gov’t site www.gygov.gov.cn

People’s Square (now called Zhucheng Square) in the 1960s, with Mao Zedong statue
Guiyang’s old residential housing

new Guiyang Train Station in 1954 – 54年建成的客车站

widening of Zhonghua Road in 1954 – 1954年拓宽中华路

Zhonghua Road in the 1980s – 80年代的中华路

Penshuichi in the 1960s – 60年代的喷水池

Yan’an Road in the 1950s – 50年代的延安中路

No. 6 Middle School in the 1950s -50年代的贵阳六中

Daximen in the 1980s – 80年代的大西门

1856 photo of Liuguanchong Catholic Seminary, now on grounds of Guizhou Botanical Gardens – 1856年六关冲小修院. For background about the history of Catholics in Guiyang see: from www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2008/aclark_china3_oct08.asp

Jiaxiulou in the early 20th century – 20世纪的甲秀楼

old photo of Guizhou Normal University

百年贵阳 – historical photos of Guiyang, see city gov’t site: www.gygov.gov.cn/col/col11761/index.html

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About Ray

email: rmahoney58@yahoo.com , new Guiyang tel: 187 9860 2861, also: 86-152 5582 4713, 86-136 7173 7017 . In China 18 years, Ray (55 years old) has also taught in Shanghai, Beijing, Shiyan (Hubei), Kuitun (Xinjiang), Lanzhou, Changchun and elsewhere. Was in China-related business in the 1980s and 90s, and in the NGO sector both as a volunteer and in full-time positions. Has also been to India and Pakistan. As of August 2013, Ray is in Guiyang, Guizhou province, to work in a private middle school there, the Guiyang American-Canadian International School 贵阳美加国际学校. A newly created Flickr site, "GoGuiyang," has photos and articles to help people new to Guiyang, like myself, settle in quickly. See the photos arranged into sets: http://www.flickr.com/photos/98531730@N02/sets/ Also active on Siwawa58 (where I dump my ESL materials), see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/98498293@N05/page1/?details=1, and I re-post material from Youtube (blocked in China) to Tudou and Youku, see: Youku "gelatiao58" http://www.soku.com/search_video/q_gelatiao58?f=1&kb=0412000000000__gelatiao58) and Tudou "gelatiao" http://www.soku.com/t/nisearch/gay%20men%20s%20chorus).