The last years of the Qing Dynasty were a very complex period of history in China. During this period, Western forces, feudal forces, and revolutionary forces intertwined their teeth. At that time, someone used a camera to record the social situation during that period.
In 1903, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, got off the train and was warmly greeted by local officials
In the photo, women with feet wrapped in the late Qing Dynasty, their toes have been completely deformed, cruel feudal society
The person in the photo is a street juggling troupe of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, there were many ways to walk the rivers and lakes, and training animals to sell art was a relatively common phenomenon.
Pretty late Qing Dynasty Empress Grace
In Beijing in 1917, Zhang Xun's "braid army" on the streets during the Restoration
However, it is more of a monkey show performed by monkeys, and it is still relatively rare to directly take a big black bear to perform. Jugglers, in addition to receiving reward money, also make money by selling some small snacks to onlookers.
The two people in the photo are undergoing indigenous treatment. At that time, the people were living on a tight budget, and there was almost no extra money to go to the doctor. If you are sick, you can only hold on hard, and if you really can't do it, you can use the rural soil method. Some work, some don't. Therefore, the mortality rate of people at that time was also very high
In the photo, the man tied up is also the one to be executed. Seeing his clothes unbuttoned, he knew that what was going to be executed was Ling Chi. This is a very cruel punishment, to cut off the flesh of the human body one by one, but also to keep the prisoner awake. Skilled executioners can even endure three days and three nights of suffering.