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Lian Huan Hua (连环画) Collection

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Please contact the Chinese Studies Librarian to make arrangement for viewing the items at Moir Archives Reading Room (5th floor Hamilton Library Addition).

Lian Huan Hua 连环画 literarily means "linked serial pictures." They are pocket sized picture-story books first published in China by a Shanghai publisher in the 1920s.

The Library has collected more than 150 titles of lian huan hua that were published mostly during the Cultural Revolution period (1966-1976). All these titles have been fully cataloged and can be accessed per request. The book covers of titles in the collection have been digitalized and available online as a part of the Library's digital image collections: https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/collections/show/58