Travel Notes on the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and Chongqing: Trade and Travel in Western China in the Late Qing Dynasty

About This Novel

The book "Travel Notes on the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and Chongqing - Trade and Travel in Western China in the Late Qing Dynasty" mainly describes the journey of the British Li Dele in the late Qing Dynasty, who traveled through the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River to Chongqing after hard work, and described what he saw and heard along the way. There are actually three voyages described in the book. The first was the voyage from Shanghai to Chongqing in 1883. The second time was the voyage back down the river from Chongqing to Hankou in the same year. The third time was in 1898 when the author led the ship Lichuan upstream to Chongqing. This was the ship's maiden voyage to Chongqing. At the same time, it also describes Chongqing's social and economic situation at that time. The author's purpose is to allow ships to sail to Chongqing, open up the Sichuan market, and expand Britain's sphere of influence in China. The author also discusses some related issues, such as the livelihood of the boat people, religious beliefs and missionary work, women's foot binding, Feng Shui superstition, opium cultivation and smoking, mining and local industrial and commercial economy. The author has a general good impression of the Chinese working people [especially the people of Sichuan (Chongqing)], and has exposed the corruption and incompetence of the then Qing rulers and their officials at all levels.

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