This photograph was taken in 1901 in the Weihai area of Shandong Province, and the Chinese soldier playing the drum was a mercenary serving in the British army.
On July 1, 1898, the British threatened the Qing government with force and forced the Qing government authorities to sign a special lease on Weihaiwei with the British in Beijing.
After the signing of this treaty, the British gained the right to build forts and garrison troops in Weihai and the surrounding waters, although the British army forced the Qing government to sign a treaty, but the local people did not buy the British army's account, and the local people launched many struggles against the invaders.
Because the British army had limited troops, they recruited a large number of mercenaries, and they tried to achieve their goal of making Chinese chinese, and the soldier playing the drum in the photo was the soldier of the first Chinese army set up by the British army in Weihai.
The photograph was taken in 1900 and shows the man as a mercenary serving in the British First Army of China in Weihai, Shandong Province.
This army was dedicated to the British colonists, and their equipment was very similar to that of the British mercenaries in India, especially the turban worn on their heads, which was completely the costume of an Indian bearded soldier.
Although these soldiers had rifles in their hands and they received good military training, they always served the colonists.
This photograph was taken in 1901 at the barracks of the Chinese First Army in Weihai, Shandong Province, where men performing martial arts were mercenaries serving the British colonists.
You can see that the men are all very burly, and they are performing their arm strength, only to see the two men each lifting two younger boys above their heads.
The people around them saw that their performance was very powerful, and they all cheered next to each other, and there was a dumbbell made of wood and two millstones on the ground, they should have been doing a weightlifting competition before, because they could not distinguish between winning and losing, and the two adopted the way of lifting people.
If it was in the era of cold weapons, according to their strength, the British colonists could not invade the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately, after entering the era of hot weapons, such martial arts had no place in the real battlefield except for strengthening the body.
This photograph was taken in 1902 in the Weihai area of Shandong Province, and it was taken at the entrance of a local hotel, and the woman in the photo was the lady of the hotel.
There is a pine tree behind the lady boss, and behind the pine tree there is a restaurant sign, and you can see the word cuisine on the sign, which can be judged that this restaurant is specially for Japanese people.
After the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, the Japanese invaded the Weihaiwei area, and because of the arrival of a large number of Japanese people, there were more restaurants for Japanese food.
You can see that although the woman in the photo is doing Japanese business, her dress is still very traditional Chinese, and it can be judged that she is not a restaurant opened to cater to the Japanese, she is purely opening the door to do business.
This photograph was taken in 1902 in the Shandong region, and the woman in the photo is an authentic Shandong beauty.
From the house behind her, you can see that their family is not a rich and wealthy family in the local area, but it is not a very poor family, and their house is still made of very neat stones, which is also a very beautiful house in that era.
The woman was tall, her face looked like a fleshy face, but she didn't look fat, and the only thing missing was her small feet.
This photograph was taken in 1904 in the Shandong region, and the unicycle walking on a field path was a common means of transportation for people during the Qing Dynasty.
Everyone knows that the ancient people's means of transportation had horse-drawn carriages and palanquins, but those were all used by large households or officials, and it was necessary to take such a small road out of the official road, and it had to be this more convenient wheelbarrow.
The four women on the wheelbarrow were supposed to be the dependents of a large family, the two women sitting in front were the servant and the little foot, and the one sitting in the back was the maid and the hostess.
If you can't see which two are servants, you can ask questions in the comments section, and I can help you analyze them in detail.
This photograph was taken on the streets of Beijing in 1905, showing a woman dressed as a palace maid shopping for vegetables at a vegetable stall.
It can be seen that this woman is a Manchu woman who does not have to wrap her feet, her face is covered with the marks of age, she should be at least forty years old, like her age should also be the management of the palace women.
But she still needs to come out to buy vegetables by herself, maybe she is a palace maid who is working as an errand in some royal palace, if it is in the palace, she cannot still come out to buy vegetables by herself.
This photograph was taken in Beijing in 1905, and the two women in the photograph are the families of two high-ranking officials in the city.
It can be seen that the two women are a Han woman wrapped in small feet, and the other is a Manchu woman wearing a flag dress, although the two of them are in different families, but the relationship between them should be very good.
The Han woman on the left in the photo looks more calm, while the woman on the right looks a little restrained, so it can be judged that the woman on the right should come to the woman's home on the left as a guest.
There is also a pot of chrysanthemums in the middle of them, and the blooming season of the chrysanthemums is in autumn, so the time they take pictures should also be on a certain day in autumn.
Chrysanthemums are also known as one of the four gentlemen of the flowers because they have a cold and proud quality, and the character of the woman on the left looks similar to that pot of chrysanthemums, and it may be that the chrysanthemums are raised by her.