In January 1909, the Frenchman Albert Kahn and his companions came to China and traveled all over the country. At that time, in the late Qing Dynasty and the transition period of the Republic of China, Kahn used his camera to take many precious shots, as well as some rare photos of Outer Mongolia. This is the earliest set of color photographs about China, dating back 110 years, which is very precious.
Badaling Great Wall in the late Qing Dynasty. The Great Wall was a grand military project of ancient times, beginning in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and its purpose was to resist the invasion of nomadic peoples in the north. It can be clearly seen from the picture that the Badaling Great Wall at this time shows a decadent scene: bare mountains, broken walls, overgrown with weeds, should be in a state of unmanage.
Beijing Summer Palace Seventeen Hole Bridge. As an imperial garden, the Summer Palace is a replica of Hangzhou's West Lake, which was destroyed twice by Western powers in the late Qing Dynasty. At this time, the Qing Dynasty's qi has been exhausted, and the beautiful summer palace has witnessed the vicissitudes and changes of things and people.
Beijing Summer Palace Stone Ship. The hull is carved from boulder, with a total length of 36 meters, and the ship was originally a Chinese-style cabin, which was destroyed when the British and French invasions were made in 1860. In 1893, according to the requirements of Empress Dowager Cixi, the original Chinese-style cabin was converted into a Western-style cabin, and the top was decorated with brick carvings, which was exquisite and gorgeous.
Guozijian's teacher and his disciples. Guozijian was the highest educational institution during the Qing Dynasty and the highest institution of learning at that time. The teachers and students in the photo are disheveled and mentally weak, and they do not have the vigor that young people should have, which also reflects the social turmoil at that time.
A bored young man. On June 14, 1913, at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong, a young man was wandering around, seemingly idle. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had collapsed, and the Republic of China government ordered men to cut their braids, but many men still could not adapt.
Ulaanbaatar, Outer Mongolia, a senior lama on horseback. Before 1924, Mongolian Buddhism was modeled after Tibetan Buddhism, with the unity of administration and religion, the power of lamas above all else, and the status of lamas in the photo was extraordinary. This photograph was taken on July 24, 1913, when Outer Mongolia was still on the map of China.
Ulaanbaatar, Outer Mongolia, a tortured female prisoner. Mongolia is a nomadic people, and in order to facilitate the punishment of criminals, law enforcers have designed this wooden box torture device with steppe characteristics, which is like a mobile miniature prison. They placed the wooden box containing the prisoner in the sparsely populated desert and left the prisoner to fend for himself, a woman who was said to have committed adultery.
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