1903: Tea House Projection

Lin Zhusan held cinematograph projections at the Tien Lo (or Tianle) tea house in Beijing sometime in 1903.   Zhusan, who had been studying in either America (1) or Germany (2) returned to China with a projector and reels of film. [ADD]

(Sources: (1) Chronicle of Cinema; Dorling Kindersley, (2) Chinese National Cinema by Yingjin Zhang; Routledge, 2004)

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