North Journey 北部之旅

Photographs taken by Joseph Needham when he travelled from Chongqing north to Baoji and Xi’an in Shaanxi province and west to Tianshui in Gansu province. He was accompanied by SBSCO staff members Dorothy Needham, Cao Tianqin 曹天欽 and Qiu Qiongyun 邱瓊雲. Both surviving films from this journey are very badly damaged, and the photographs have been rearranged from their original sequence into chronological order.

这些照片为李约瑟博士在北部旅行时所拍摄。他从重庆出发，北至陕西省宝鸡市和西安市，西至甘肃省天水市.此行陪同人员有中英科技合作局工作人员李大斐，曹天钦和邱瓊雲。此行所幸存的胶片都遭到了非常严重的损坏。照片已按照年代顺序重新进行排列。


Title: Stele housed at Loukuantai (Lou Guan Tai 樓觀台) Daoist temple near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Louguantai 楼观台, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 11 Oct. 1945 - 11 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/5

Title: Courtyard and steps at Loukuantai (Lou Guan Tai 樓觀台) Daoist temple near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Louguantai 楼观台, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 11 Oct. 1945 - 11 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/6

Title: Entrance to Lao-zi ci 老子祠 at Loukuantai (Lou Guan Tai 樓觀台) Daoist temple near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Louguantai 楼观台, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 11 Oct. 1945 - 11 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/7

Title: A scenic view at Loukuantai (Lou Guan Tai 樓觀台) Daoist temple near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 11 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/8

Title: A scenic view at Loukuantai (Lou Guan Tai 樓觀台) Daoist temple near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 11 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/9

Title: A scenic view near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 11 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/10

Title: Hexagonal Pagoda on a hill near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/11

Title: Hexagonal Pagoda on a hill near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/12

Title: Square Pagoda at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/13

Title: Stupa seen through trees at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/14

Title: A view of a pagoda and mountains at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/15

Title: Dorothy Needham and 4 others in the Chinling Forest Preservation Service Nursery (Qin ling lin chan guan li ju 秦嶺林產管理局) at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/16

Title: Dorothy Needham and 5 others in the Chinling Forest Preservation Service Nursery (Qin ling lin chan guan li ju 秦嶺林產管理局) at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/17

Title: Dorothy Needham and others in the Chinling Forest Preservation Service Nursery (Qin ling lin chan guan li ju 秦嶺林產管理局) at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/18

Title: Dorothy Needham and 2 others in woods at the Chinling Forest Preservation Service Nursery (Qin ling lin chan guan li ju 秦嶺林產管理局) at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/19

Title: Scenic view near the Chinling Forest Preservation Service Nursery (Qin ling lin chan guan li ju 秦嶺林產管理局) at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/20

Title: Mountains with the square pagoda at the Chinling Forest Preservation Service Nursery (Qin ling lin chan guan li ju 秦嶺林產管理局) at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/21

Title: Soldiers standing to attention, presumably near Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/22

Title: A square Pagoda at Hsienyusse (Xianyousi 仙游寺) near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Xianyousi 仙游寺, Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 12 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/23

Title: Scenic view of a cliff and river near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 15 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/24

Title: Scenic view looking down to a square pagoda and river valley near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 15 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/25

Title: Scenic view looking down to a square pagoda and river valley near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 15 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/26

Title: Scenic view looking down to a square pagoda and river valley near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 15 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/27

Title: Silhouette of man against mountain near Sian (Xi'an) 西安, Shensi (Shaanxi) 陝西
Location: Zhouzhi 周至县, Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi 陝西省.
Date: 12 Oct. 1945 - 15 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N1/28

Title: Dorothy Needham with 3 others at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/4

Title: A monument at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/5

Title: A person standing in a field at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/6

Title: Tsao Tien-Chin (Cao Tianqin 曹天欽) pointing at a hole in the loess soil at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/8

Title: Scene of terraced loess layers at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/9

Title: Erosion in fields at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/10

Title: People digging at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/11

Title: Terraced fields at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/12

Title: Dorothy Needham and members of the Soil Conservation Service experimental station walking along a raised path or dyke, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/13

Title: Dorothy Needham and members of the Soil Conservation Service experimental station walking along a raised path or dyke, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/14

Title: Three men of the Soil Conservation Service experimental station standing below a traditional watch-tower, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/15

Title: A woman looking at three man-made drainage holes in the ground at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/16

Title: A drainage hole with people standing around it (only feet visible) at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/17

Title: A group of Soil Conservation Service experimental station people with Dorothy Needham and Chiu Hsueh-O (Qiu Xue'e 邱雪峨) looking at a metal cylinder at the Soil Conservation Service, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/18

Title: A member of the Soil Conservation Service experimental station putting things into a metal cylinder, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/19

Title: View across a plain to a walled town and the mountains beyond at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/20

Title: View across a plain to a walled town and the mountains beyond at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/21

Title: View across a plain to a walled town and the mountains beyond at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/22

Title: View from high up looking down at fields at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/23

Title: Soil and vegetation at different levels at the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/24

Title: Dorothy Needham with members of the Soil Conservation Service experimental station, Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/25

Title: Disabled soldiers spinning at Fu Hsi Miao (Fu Xi Miao 伏羲廟), Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水
Location: Fu-Xi Cheng 伏羲城, Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/26

Title: Stone carving on side of a wall at Fu Hsi Miao (Fu Xi Miao 伏羲廟), Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水
Location: Fu-Xi Cheng 伏羲城, Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/27

Title: Disabled soldiers spinning at Fu Hsi Miao (Fu Xi Miao 伏羲廟), Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水
Location: Fu-Xi Cheng 伏羲城, Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 18 Oct. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/28

Title: Large group of people around a truck near Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 4 Nov. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/29

Title: Large group of people around a truck near Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 4 Nov. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/30

Title: Bridge with an arch like the spokes of wheel near Tienshui (Tianshui) 天水, Kansu (Gansu) 甘肅
Location: Tianshui 天水市, Gansu 甘肃省.
Date: 18 Oct. 1945 - 4 Nov. 1945
Original caption by Joseph Needham:
Photographer: Needham, Joseph
Classmark: N2/31