In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was established, a new method called pinyin for the transliteration of names, including place names, with the Latin alphabet was introduced.
This gave rise to the seeming change in the English spelling of many places, but no names were actually changed in China. Therefore in English Peking had to give way to Beijing, Sian to Xi'an. The change became gradually generalized when China began to use its pinyin transliteration in airports and other public systems. Postcards of China
In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was established, a new method called pinyin for the transliteration of names, including place names, with the Latin alphabet was introduced.
This gave rise to the seeming change in the English spelling of many places, but no names were actually changed in China. Therefore in English Peking had to give way to Beijing, Sian to Xi'an. The change became gradually generalized when China began to use its pinyin transliteration in airports and other public systems. Postcards available for:
- Beijing: Five-Pagoda Temple | The Hall of Supreme Harmony | The Fan-Shaped Pavilion |
- Forbidden City, Beijing: Entrance Boulevard | Square of the Supreme Harmony Gate | Hall of Supreme Harmony at Dusk | Supreme Harmony Gate at Night | Bird's eye view of the Imperial Palace | Shun Zhen Men Gate | Xi Er Chang Jie | Imperial Guardian Lion | Bas-Relief Pavement | Interior of Hall of Supreme Harmony | Door of Palace Museum
- Summer Palace, Beijing: Summer Palace Gate | Seventeen-Arch Bridge | Kunming Lake | Covered Passageway | Longevity Hill
- Temple of Heaven, Beijing: Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests | Double-Ring Longevity Pavilion | Ancient Pinewood | Kunming Lake | Imperial Vault | Qinian Hall | Tiantan Park | Echo Wall
- Great Wall: View at Dawn | Mutianyu, Huairou County | The Badaling Great Wall | A turret of the Great Wall | Badaling Cliffs | Great Wall from a distance | Pataling Pass | Gate at Jiayu Pass, Gansu province | First Pass under Heaven, Shanhaiguan, Hebei |
- Guilin: Spinndrift Stonn | Reed Flute Cave
- Huangshan: Heavenly Capital Peak | Peach Rock at Tientu | Rugged Pines
- Ming Tombs: Stone figure in Ming Tombs
- Shanghai: Yuyuan Garden | Sitting Buddha, Jade Buddha Temple | Eastern King and Southern King, Jade Buddha Temple Tower of Joy | A room in Spring Hall | Guyi Garden
- West Lake, Hangzhou: The West Lake | West Lake in Winter | Yellow Dragon Cave
- Xian: Post Office Building | Big Wild Goose Pagoda The Terracotta Horses and Warriors | Bronze Chariot and Horses | Terracotta Army
- Other Places: Amah Rock, Sha Tin | Yoyang Balcony, Lake Dongting | View of the city of Zhengzhou | Square Street, Lijiang | Puningsi, Bishushanzhuang Park | Shidu (Ten Crossing) | Taihu Lake, Jiangsu | Xiling Gorge, Yangtze | A bridge at Zhouzhuang | Confucius Mausoleum, Qufu | Shenyang Imperial Palace | Lion Grove Garden, Suzhou | Giant Buddhist statues, Longmen Shiku Grottoes | Du Fu Cao Tang, Chengdu, Sichuan province | Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet | Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Nanjing | Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, Guangzhou | Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, Gansu Province | Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan province |
- Landscapes and People: Morning on the Yellow River | Chinese dry the brown rice | Building with logo of rampant horse | Pagoda under Mountain | River view | Flagstone-paved street | Three pagodas | Huts in the desert | Littlefoot Chinese Girls, Chinatown, San Francisco