The Chinese Repository, an encyclopaedic English periodical founded by American missionary E. C. Bridgman in Canton in May 1832, aimed to introduce China to the west countries. There were some columns on illustrations and translations of Men and Things in Kwangtung in The Chinese Repository, such as Description of the City of Canton, Topography of the Province of Canton, Walks About Canton. The writers or editors consciously chose some interesting but strange topics about Kwangtung culture, adopted the translation method of Romanization spellin...