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Chinese soldiers parading to the front lines in 1937. [Global Times]

Sharing the limelight in the exhibition is a series of photos depicting an ailing Shanghai during the invasion of Japanese troops during the Second World War. Scenes of the city in wartime, showing the devastation after fierce street battles, and shots of Chinese soldiers parading to the front lines, vividly reflect how people in Shanghai fought against the Japanese invaders.

Despite the hardships of the Japanese occupation, some photos show a large number of Chinese people living prosperous lives.

"Real images never lie," said Chen Danqing, a famous Chinese art critic. "No matter what the written materials say, just look at these pictures, you'll know everything that happened."

"The exhibition tells you the real past in Shanghai," said Chen. "Actually, it's the epitome of the whole nation's fate over the past 100 years."

Qin Feng began collecting antique photographs 15 years ago. What attracted him, he said, is their value as an historical record of certain time periods in China. "They are not simply black and white photos," said Qin. "Looking at these pictures, you are actually having a dialogue with history."

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