A New Inquiry Into the Contents of the Late Qing Dynasty Pictorial News Publication—The Core of “Entertainment Life” in Dianshizhai Pictorial

After the opening of ports in the late Qing Dynasty, Western culture was introduced into China. The local entertainment life presented the phenomenon of the coexistence of the East and the West. A large number of folk entertainment activities were recorded in the Dianshizhai Pictorial which have the function of cultural choice and value dissemination as well as current affairs. This research attempts to use literary analysis and case study to collate the entertainment life in the Dianshizhai Pictorial, combing the characteristics of the late Qing dynasty, and summarizing the value of entertainment in Dianshizhai Pictorial publishing.