Title
Textbook for “Guan hua” (Mandarin)《最新官话识字教科书》
Year/Period
1906
Region
China
Material
Dimension
Object size: 19.4 x 12.7 x 0.4 cm
Accession No.
2018-00630
Collection of
Published in China, this primary school textbook was used to teach Mandarin or guan hua (Beijing dialect) to speakers of other dialects. The comprehensive texbook features chinese characters to be learnt, the way the characters were pronounced, an explanation of the meaning of the characters and intricate illustrations related to the characters.
