The Database
The Grassroots Chinese History Archive is the sole worldwide open-access online home of the Chen Xiuliang-Sha Wenhan Family Collection and hosts grassroots documents about the history of Tianjin during the 1960s and 1970s, featured in Tianjin's Cultural Revolution Collection. We are regularly uploading new items, updating the database, and preparing to launch new collections.
We encourage you to use multiple pathways to browse and search the collection, including the keyword search box in the upper right hand corner of each page, the Advanced Search function, and browsing by tags via the word cloud below or this link. To learn more about searching, including how to find items according to their subject, visit the User Guide.
The GCHA and other online repositories are potential platforms for scholars who cite grassroots documents in published work and want to share digitized versions of grassroots materials so that other scholars can follow their tracks. To contact the GCHA team regarding donating documents, suggesting corrections, and reporting technical problems, write to grassrootschinesehistory[at]gmail.com.
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Featured Collection
Chen Xiuliang and Sha Wenhan Family Collection 陈修良沙文汉家庭档案
This family archive is the result of decades of preservation work by Chen Xiuliang (1907–1998), her family members, and historians. Introductory…
Featured Exhibit
Chen Xiuliang Oral History Transcripts
The Shanghai Municipal Archives (上海市档案馆) conducted oral history interviews with Chen Xiuliang in 1996, during her hospitalization. The transcripts of...
Recently Added Items
陈修良和母亲陈馥及老保姆黄阿翠，在杭州西湖边
Chen Xiuliang with Her Mother Chen Fu and Longtime Nanny Huang Acui by West Lake in Hangzhou
沙文汉、陈修良在女儿沙尚之于浙江杭州女中毕业前合影
Sha Wenhan and Chen Xiuliang Posing for a Photo with Their Daughter Sha Shangzhi Before Her Graduation from Hangzhou Girls’ High School