A Good Friend Remembers the Past: One Illustrated Magazine and an Era: One Illustrated Magazine and an Era

Author: Ma Guoliang
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Publishing Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This is a recollection of a publication, a history woven together by characters and stories. In China, it seems no other publication has been recalled or described in such a way. "Liangyou" deserves it. Having disappeared for many years, this has been its injustice. Once people have the opportunity to reread it, they will discover its beauty. This beauty does not fade with time; on the contrary, as a romantic cultural nostalgia permeates everywhere and illustrated publications suddenly become a publishing trend, the recollections of "Liangyou" naturally come to the forefront, with the possibility of meeting readers in a beautifully illustrated form.
Mr. Ma Guoliang's "Liangyou Old Memories" may be a personal recollection of the "Liangyou" pictorial, but as the sole surviving "Liangyou elder," he uses fresh brushstrokes and a straightforward narrative to recount his firsthand experiences of the founding of "Liangyou," revealing many little-known facts from the literary world, vividly recreating the cultural atmosphere of Shanghai in the 1930s, and writing a unique "history of the 'Liangyou' pictorial.", it holds irreplaceable historical and research value.
This book is a memoir written by Mr. Ma Guoliang, senior editor of Liangyou Publishing Company and the chief editor of the "Liangyou" pictorial, at the age of ninety-two. As the sole surviving "Liangyou elder," the author provides us with invaluable historical documents and cultural anecdotes. The book selects nearly four hundred representative images from the pictorial to reflect its content, interest, and style, with reference to the text, making it easier to see the social aspects of the time, such as current affairs, politics, sports, film, theater, and more.