【AI Colorized】A Life in Portraits 1907-1968 Ye Jinglu's 62 annual portraits

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • Ye Jinglu was born in 1881, Fuzhou, China. For 62 years, Mr.Ye took a self-portrait every year from 1907 until 1968. His portraits compiled a series of personal autobiography that across 3 eras of China: late Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and the People’s Republic of China.
    In 2007, the portraits of Mr.Ye were rediscovered by Beijing collector Tong Bingxue. Since 2011, the portraits have been on a travel exhibit around the world. It went viral in China and until now.
    Hello this is DGSpitzer! This work basically took me 1 month to finish. Hope you like it!
    I played the piano and composed the rest of the music in this video (except the first one composed by Chopin)
    The opening is made by @Vivy Has A Dream
    Original photos from the historian & collector @Tongbingxue
    Those photos are at first colorized by DeOldify + Topaz Labs upscaling,and some background & details are redrawn and fixed by me.
    中文版地址为: www.bilibili.c...

КОМЕНТАРІ • 286

  • @cindychen8421
    @cindychen8421 4 роки тому +208

    He was a handsome man, lived a long life in this turmoil Chinese history, he must have a kind, and humble heart in order to survive that.

    • @tycoon99999
      @tycoon99999 4 роки тому +6

      Just like so many in Europe who have survived the two world wars.

    • @wyfcph
      @wyfcph 4 роки тому +13

      @@tycoon99999
      The difference is: in world wars, one was tortured by invaders, by those of different races; whereas in certain country, despite torture by its OWN leader for decades, most citizens still took those evil things as granted and were never aware of the need to resist.

    • @tycoon99999
      @tycoon99999 4 роки тому +3

      @@wyfcph In Germany under Hitler?

    • @user-je5ue9xm4r
      @user-je5ue9xm4r 3 роки тому +1

      @@wyfcph 煞笔,离开意识形态争论就不能活一样,张嘴闭嘴攻击政体

    • @wyfcph
      @wyfcph 3 роки тому +8

      @@user-je5ue9xm4r
      以上一堆字正顯示過去七十年某政權對中華文化搉殘得不忍卒睹
      民國或以前的優雅文風,盡被殺氣黱黱的堆砌代替
      每一粒字又粗暴地遭剝皮拆骨變殘廢
      幸好仍有勇於反省的國民,縱使鄙人從未點名提哪一政權,你已撲出對號入座承認
      知恥近乎勇,抵讚 !

  • @OldSchoolLad
    @OldSchoolLad 4 роки тому +3

    even in his late 80s, he looks younger than my father who is in his late 70s. this man had a really great life.

  • @honghongnguyenA
    @honghongnguyenA 3 роки тому

    Age 59?! His age... Look like a bit young. His hair are full black...

  • @weihuang743
    @weihuang743 4 роки тому +2

    光绪居然当了33年的皇帝

  • @whatif8408
    @whatif8408 4 роки тому +147

    I feel as if I got to know him quite well and was sad at the end when he died.

  • @banamai
    @banamai 4 роки тому +93

    A very touching record of a man's life. He led a good life, despite the ups and downs of his time. Thank you DGSpitzer. And thank you, Mr. Ye.

  • @newuserxj
    @newuserxj 4 роки тому +87

    You can see the effect of the great Chinese famine of 1959 and 1961. Even for a relatively abundant coastal city of Fuzhou, a well-to-do person like Ye became much thinner between 1958 and 1961 in the photographs. We are truly the embodiment of history.

    • @赵林-e1y
      @赵林-e1y 4 роки тому +16

      That is the tragedy of our history! It is wrong to choose communism

    • @navingotbaitedbyd6591
      @navingotbaitedbyd6591 3 роки тому +1

      @@赵林-e1y yes continue to blame the ideology, just appreciate the photos and stop with the political bullshit thanks.

    • @洛桑-i9r
      @洛桑-i9r 3 роки тому

      @@赵林-e1y But the Chinese realize that communism without the support of strong productive forces is fragile

    • @ratstsew
      @ratstsew 3 місяці тому

      这场因毛泽东错误政策下的人为灾难造成了近3000万人饿死,为了推脱责任,中国政府把灾难说成是天气原因造成,而这种说法在中国国内一直延续至今。

  • @shanjia2001
    @shanjia2001 4 роки тому +79

    don't know why but couldn't help crying while watching his beautiful mini documentary of Mr. Ye

  • @gabriellejosef-marie2980
    @gabriellejosef-marie2980 3 роки тому +40

    I wish I could see all the portraits together...to better view the age progression. He certainly aged very gracefully. Even in his later years, he still retained a youthfulness.

    • @dgspitzer4771
      @dgspitzer4771  3 роки тому +3

      No problem!~ Here is the pic version: www.bilibili.com/read/cv6953476

  • @wylderwynd
    @wylderwynd 4 роки тому +38

    Thank you for sharing this. I am grateful that Ye Jinglu was diligent in taking his photo each year. The portraits tell his story and that of China - fascinating.
    Also, Ye Jinglu looked amazingly young for someone in his 80's! Well done, Ye Jinglu!

  • @閒雲野鶴-v4e
    @閒雲野鶴-v4e 4 роки тому +61

    岁月啊!只能感叹,我们只是尘土而已

    • @lizhang2849
      @lizhang2849 4 роки тому +2

      沧海一粟。
      有空也去拍照吧

    • @simonchen8376
      @simonchen8376 3 роки тому +2

      大家都到一個地方去,都出於塵土,也都歸回塵土。(All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Ecclesiastes 3:20)

  • @mikey-fi4cw
    @mikey-fi4cw 3 роки тому +14

    The thing that interested me was how the look of his age was mostly affected by the circumstances of his life rather than his age itself. What I take from this is to keep a strong feeling of joy, no matter the circumstances, and to also eat healthy. Nice work Mr DGSpitzer, thanks!

  • @HugoBrown
    @HugoBrown 4 роки тому +26

    Very Beautiful , thanks for shring Mr Ye life in photo's... May he rest in eternal peace

  • @harumatsu7490
    @harumatsu7490 3 роки тому +8

    とても上品で容姿端麗、そしてお洒落な方ですね。
    激動の時代を生きた62枚のポートレートは感動的でした。

  • @lowengkok1201
    @lowengkok1201 4 роки тому +32

    They are the same, just like us in everyday life, only the dress or their attire is different. That all. This is good stuff. HOLIO.

    • @cao6496
      @cao6496 3 роки тому

      well, he is an exception. view other videos to see the real life of old time China people. tribe brightness again may not what you really like. old china Han tribe people had very hard time at that time. go and watch those videos at youtube now.

  • @eunji_choi
    @eunji_choi 4 роки тому +35

    very impressive !! love the portraits of Ye Jinglu.

  • @buyannemekhchimeddorj
    @buyannemekhchimeddorj 4 роки тому +18

    What a handsome man! He looked so fresh and young till age 80 almost. Really enjoyed this watching, thank you!

  • @cynthiachan8028
    @cynthiachan8028 3 роки тому +12

    i literally cried and my family was from fuzhou too

  • @SiWang95
    @SiWang95 4 роки тому +25

    This is so beautiful and kind of sad for some reason.

  • @partrickzhang8441
    @partrickzhang8441 3 роки тому +10

    人是时代巨浪下的一粒浮萍,谁也摆脱不了时代的束缚。非常感谢DGSpitzer的分享。

  • @concernedhermit7153
    @concernedhermit7153 4 роки тому +15

    他的一生也是中国的缩影,越往后看越不敢看,时间就这样匆匆逝去,我们的生命也是在不知不觉中这样流逝,祝愿所有人过有意义的生活

    • @concernedhermit7153
      @concernedhermit7153 4 роки тому +3

      shimizu_natsuki 你写的这段话同样的话也送给你,你知道我真正说的是什么意思吗?

  • @Air-Striegler
    @Air-Striegler 4 роки тому +27

    Very touching. Wonderful work.

  • @kevinwu4907
    @kevinwu4907 3 роки тому +7

    不容易啊!生在動蕩的時代,還能夠留下一年一照,是要多大的毅力。
    雖然是私人個人照(1952年可惜了),但我覺得值得當文物保存。

    • @ruoguu
      @ruoguu 2 роки тому +3

      对的, 因为这种例子真的很少见,应该当做文物保存起来。

  • @lisahinton9682
    @lisahinton9682 4 роки тому +11

    I don't know why this showed up in my recommendations, but I'm glad it did.

  • @happylife7542
    @happylife7542 4 роки тому +11

    I don’t know this grandpa. But for some reason his pictures make me wanna cry. What a life he had lived and thank you so much for these pictures.

  • @rukiachanbleach
    @rukiachanbleach 4 роки тому +33

    China has a amazing story. Love this country

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 4 роки тому +11

    Very interesting and worthwhile video of a man that saw great changes in China.

  • @johndelacruz8505
    @johndelacruz8505 4 роки тому +14

    Very heart warming. Thank u for posting

  • @renaoh
    @renaoh 3 роки тому +8

    I admired his dedication in recording his growth annually, never missing a year.

  • @wuztherebinthere
    @wuztherebinthere 3 роки тому +7

    Thanks for this DGSpitzer. The captions of the personal and the historical time frames made for a great sense of the individual and the national journeys.
    But it was how you artfully expressed Ye JingLu's that made him come to life. I felt as I came to know the person that looked out over time and years .
    I thoroughly enjoyed the piano accompaniment ...I tried to shazam and Soundhound to no avail..hah...because it was your own compositions...Well Done!!

  • @thetruthandnobs2
    @thetruthandnobs2 4 роки тому +10

    Fabulous. He had a very eventful life, struggled mightily thru adverse conditions. Managed to take these photos is absolutely brilliant. And thank you for restoring the pics too. 🙏🎯💯👏💖

  • @uboatism
    @uboatism 2 роки тому +1

    Mmmmm...he'd lived a good life until CCP took over; another interesting point: we now photoshoping is an old trade, especially the newspaper reading shot

  • @JJLiu-xc3kg
    @JJLiu-xc3kg 4 роки тому +8

    This is so incredibly touching. I feel I got to know a man.

  • @davidyuan9790
    @davidyuan9790 4 роки тому +11

    帅哥真是穿越时空也是帅啊

  • @angahkau1583
    @angahkau1583 4 роки тому +8

    Age 70++ still look young n handsome

  • @rebeccatsai778
    @rebeccatsai778 4 роки тому +5

    Incredible! A man who lives in the very turmoil era of modern China is still able to take annual portraits for 62 years. He does look kind and peaceful in every single portrait.

  • @huiinchiangmai5244
    @huiinchiangmai5244 4 роки тому +13

    很美,很喜欢这首钢琴曲,谢谢分享。

  • @kinjack6472
    @kinjack6472 4 роки тому +5

    每次看到辫子,耳边不自觉响起一句话:洋装虽然穿在身,但辫子依然心中藏···

  • @Blindswordsman1994
    @Blindswordsman1994 3 роки тому +3

    Wow. Kinda like the last emperor Puyi, this man lived through the final days of the Qing Dynasty, the founding of the Republic of China, China under Japanese rule, the founding of the People’s Republic, then the Cultural Revolution. That is some life experience !!

  • @annlee88-r4l
    @annlee88-r4l 2 роки тому +2

    Precious memories to depict history of modern China. Thanks for sharing!

  • @graham1958
    @graham1958 4 роки тому +6

    Thank you for sharing this wonderful photographic journal of Ye Jinglu's life. Amazing and touching.

  • @TeamSaveJapan
    @TeamSaveJapan Рік тому +1

    中國,1949年落入魔掌。中國文化破壞殆盡,從1950年中國人開始倒退,服飾也倒退。舊社會時的他,多麼的帥氣。可惜。

  • @csgo2206
    @csgo2206 4 роки тому +8

    肯定是一个富二代

  • @No-jb6fy
    @No-jb6fy 3 роки тому +4

    Lots of effort went into this and it shows. It was a demanding watch, but I really liked having the history and picture description with every image, very stimulating and insightful work. Thank you!

  • @catsareetuc7022
    @catsareetuc7022 4 роки тому +8

    I don’t know why, but he looks like a very kind man. I am also from Fuzhou😭❤️

    • @kingpeter909
      @kingpeter909 3 роки тому

      请说中文,不然看不懂

    • @Iamme0101
      @Iamme0101 3 роки тому

      ​@@kingpeter909 那你可以学点英语?这样中文英语都看得懂。楼主意思是 “我不知道为什么 他看起来是一个非常善良的人。我也来自福州”

  • @derenggefu802
    @derenggefu802 3 роки тому +8

    不知為何突然記起一句話:「時代的一粒塵埃,落在一個人的肩頭,便是一座泰山。」

  • @nothingistrue1023
    @nothingistrue1023 4 роки тому +8

    看了莫名感动 ! ~

  • @MrSmoovefan1231
    @MrSmoovefan1231 4 роки тому +5

    This helps me to understand much more on Life and History than anything else, thanks DGSpitzer.

  • @alppyoolbm
    @alppyoolbm 4 роки тому +10

    Amazing work!

  • @meanwhileinjapan2265
    @meanwhileinjapan2265 3 роки тому +3

    It's amazing to see Mr Ye life in pictures as so much change was happening in the world he lived a long and adventurous life.

  • @coold8d
    @coold8d 3 роки тому +3

    1968年後投胎到台灣,目前53歲,前世照相習慣還有,照片都放在FB上,正學著用IG。

  • @mollyg4749
    @mollyg4749 3 роки тому +3

    That was so moving & beautiful..like slow dance. I wept for this man, I wept for myself.. I wept for us all.

  • @haverleys
    @haverleys 3 роки тому +3

    This Video is so stunning and historically worthy i really love it. Thank you so much for sharing the past to the future.

  • @damazenlong633
    @damazenlong633 3 роки тому +2

    每一張照,都是生命,備嚐艱辛!
    每增一照,儘屬回味,也係無奈!

  • @jorgexue5502
    @jorgexue5502 2 роки тому +1

    Its very interesting to see him adopt western hairstyles even before the fall of the qing dynasty, even though the law was very explicit on such regards...i wonder if he had a sort of mixed hairstyle (like a western hairstyle matched with a queue) for a while before shaving the fron and sides of his head again

  • @jessiicah98
    @jessiicah98 2 роки тому +2

    This is so interesting. Also it's nice to know that he didn't seem as affected by the cultural revolution as many others with his social status (appears to be at least middle class) did.

  • @Helderhugo
    @Helderhugo 4 роки тому +8

    He dies in the Year when I was born

  • @Iamme0101
    @Iamme0101 2 роки тому +1

    My family is from Fuzhou China!

  • @ahjumma8351
    @ahjumma8351 3 роки тому +4

    I learned a lot about Chinese history, thank you

  • @yanzi57
    @yanzi57 2 місяці тому

    This is so heart-warming. My family is from Fuzhou and even now, my siblings and I can still speak the dialect fluently. My great-grandmother lived to be 99 years old. I remember meeting her in Fuzhou as a young child and being a bit scared of her lotus feet.

  • @scottshao3517
    @scottshao3517 4 роки тому +6

    感叹时间一点一点过去

  • @markeddowes1467
    @markeddowes1467 5 місяців тому

    Absolutely wonderful, his photographic records stands as an image of China as a whole through those turbulent times. I can only feel for such a man a his life passed from a time of emperors, to presidents, warlords, occupation and then dictatorship. Evidently a wonderfully cultivated, educated and patriotic man. Bless his memory and may China again see better days.

  • @SuejoJohnsonWildGooseQigong
    @SuejoJohnsonWildGooseQigong 3 роки тому +2

    A great personal story of China during this time. So interesting to see his clothing styles . These photos are a great historical document.

  • @daniellew.292
    @daniellew.292 10 місяців тому

    what's special about the photos is that they span over six decades through three eras with completely different ideologies. It documents one man's life but also the history of a country.
    During the past 1 - 2 centuries my family has changed registered ethnicity from Manchu to Han following the fall of Qing dynasty, lost family wealth after the establishment of PRC, been through the dark ages where the family was torn apart, and thrived after the Reform and Open. I believe all Chinese have a story to tell about their families, and this man got his documented, told and studied by so many.

  • @fiddleronthecube7835
    @fiddleronthecube7835 Рік тому

    Fortunately, he didn't live in Nanking. He would have been murdered by the Japanese. Thank you for the brief history of China.

  • @nicoletan1361
    @nicoletan1361 2 роки тому +1

    令人震撼的影像志!钢琴曲很好听,大谷真是多才多艺👍

  • @birdyashiro1226
    @birdyashiro1226 3 роки тому +2

    百度百科上写着是个普通的中国人。那个时候保养的那么好~~~一看就不普通~~~

    • @习惯-v1p
      @习惯-v1p 3 роки тому +1

      人性、修为、品行、学识,都是能体现到一个人的外表上。满腹山珍海味、成天女色不断的老得快、也老得猥琐。

  • @yzxs508
    @yzxs508 4 місяці тому

    この人と同世代・同寿命だった中国人は、日清戦争・戊戌の政変・義和団事件・辛亥革命・軍閥戦争・抗日戦争・国共内戦・文化大革命をすべて経験しているのですね。
    「一身にして二生を経るが如し」どころか、三生も四生も経ていますね。

  • @happyyuk
    @happyyuk Рік тому

    Most of this man's life was filled with political turbulence and warfare, even though it seems that he was born into a middle-class family, just imagine passing away during the notorious Cultural Revolution, what a time to go worrying about your offspring and whether they would be able to survive the turmoil.

  • @vecap25a
    @vecap25a 4 роки тому +17

    My great-grandfather and Mr. Ye are about the same age. After the communist Chinese took over the mainland in 1949, he left China for Taiwan, and was lucky to travel the world and have a happy life for the rest of his life.

  • @birdyashiro1226
    @birdyashiro1226 3 роки тому +2

    73yrs old looks like average 60yrs old man

  • @keith2o9
    @keith2o9 3 роки тому +2

    Kinda makes me wanna do this too. Take a photo of me every year till I die.

  • @jojotwice8918
    @jojotwice8918 3 роки тому +2

    Can't believe this grandson betrayed him in 1952. Also very impressive the photo studio managed to stay open through the turmoil

    • @slomo4672
      @slomo4672 3 роки тому +1

      That's a thing in the 50's and 60's in China. Family members and even couples reported each other.

  • @hithere4321
    @hithere4321 2 роки тому +1

    I am crying! I am so moved, he was a good man! I hope that he is very happy and very loved wherever he is now🙏🌈

  • @Lucky4AS
    @Lucky4AS 11 місяців тому

    I have the impression that before communism, people dressed much better

  • @Asian1626
    @Asian1626 Рік тому

    Wow, actually Chinese men are not looking so good but this great man looking handsome, and his work is awesome.

  • @unclesamautos
    @unclesamautos Рік тому

    Very enjoyable. All of a sudden he has a political opinion in 1967? I don't think so.

  • @jenjiang2392
    @jenjiang2392 2 роки тому +1

    我记得当时看到这个新闻,他的相册是在废弃堆被人发现的,唉~我只是有点不能理解为什么会被丢弃

  • @ruoguu
    @ruoguu 2 роки тому +1

    这是非常珍贵的历史资料, 应该永久性的保留下来。

  • @NYC1
    @NYC1 4 роки тому +2

    Very interesting. Thanks for uploading

  • @boriscervanti8892
    @boriscervanti8892 3 роки тому +1

    From his facial since year 1954, my only feeling is that life in New China was only getting harder and harder year-by-year onward. And it should be a hell of story, why a collection of whole log personnel portraits of spanning 62 years of a grandpa (obviously should be with a bunch of grand and great grand sons & daughters) is fallen into a hand of a collector in Beijing with the name (also obviously) have no connection to the family!

  • @samzhang5698
    @samzhang5698 4 роки тому +2

    so rich guy and very lucky to be taken pictures !3 eras ,cool!

  • @wisecanadianwoman
    @wisecanadianwoman 2 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful exposé of one man's life. The change to colour also added an almost 3d effect to the photo. Thank you for this.

  • @albertafu3971
    @albertafu3971 2 роки тому +1

    中国人真是不容易

  • @paecpc
    @paecpc 3 роки тому +2

    This footage is very precious indeed! Thanks

  • @jtech1089
    @jtech1089 4 роки тому +2

    Beautiful as it is touching. Keep up the good work!

  • @breezyisland3364
    @breezyisland3364 Рік тому

    This is one of the most memorable clips in the UA-cam

  • @origzin313
    @origzin313 Рік тому

    he never could take coloured photo. actually in his last 2 decade, there must had colourful camera

  • @jaydenfang8013
    @jaydenfang8013 3 роки тому +2

    1929年让我感觉到这位叶兄真的开始老了。

  • @cmfsobl
    @cmfsobl Рік тому

    What a good looking man! So crazy to see this! it seemed like such a long time ago.

  • @letisriva8581
    @letisriva8581 3 роки тому +1

    I Respect this youtuber

  • @jellyfishh5223
    @jellyfishh5223 Рік тому

    didn't expect this video to make me cry ToT

  • @Inukipan
    @Inukipan 4 роки тому +2

    The history in a man and a country.

  • @子铭-o9w
    @子铭-o9w 3 роки тому +2

    人这一生真是又长又短

  • @patriciasheffield7719
    @patriciasheffield7719 4 місяці тому

    Wonder where his family is now?

  • @danchou9756
    @danchou9756 3 роки тому +2

    非常感動!!

  • @lihuang5937
    @lihuang5937 4 роки тому +14

    It isn't only Mt.Ye photo series, it is our history of han race.

    • @wen.z533
      @wen.z533 3 роки тому

      Li Huang Not at all to represent the Han and rather was shameful for Han descendants to claim this, you could see that the influence of manchu cultures and fashions retains while the marginalization of Han culture endures. The prosperous history of Han civilization was known from thousands years ago, however during and after the Qing dynasty was the age of humiliation for Han people that was coerced to abandon their cultures and identity.

  • @devisualage
    @devisualage Рік тому

    very impressive.. as human

  • @wp65th50
    @wp65th50 3 роки тому +4

    OMG really shocked me as a Chinese I didn’t know much about our culture. Looks these pictures like have a history lesson.

    • @Blindswordsman1994
      @Blindswordsman1994 3 роки тому +1

      China doesn’t like discussing the past, sadly a lot of modern Chinese history is not recorded or accessible to the average Chinese citizen

  • @silverdragon7952
    @silverdragon7952 2 роки тому

    前三十秒是什么曲子啊?感觉很好听 但是没听过。