More than a hundred years ago, a European filmed the real Qing Dynasty, but don't be deceived by TV dramas
Lead:
As the last feudal dynasty in China, the Qing Dynasty is also the closest dynasty to us today, so for the Qing Dynasty, I believe that everyone has a lot of understanding and cognition, and I think the most impressive thing for everyone should be the late Qing Dynasty, right? Because the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were proud and complacent, they implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, so that Western countries gradually left our country behind in all aspects, and then they opened the door of the Qing Dynasty with artillery fire, making the Qing Dynasty on the verge of extinction.
At that time, the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government caused the country to suffer an unprecedented blow, and instead of concentrating its forces on defense, it constantly sought peace, thus signing countless treaties that humiliated the country, either cutting off land or paying reparations, making the Already backward Qing Dynasty even worse, and the people were even more displaced and the people were not happy.
Although we have not experienced the Qing Dynasty today, we can understand one or two from the Qing Palace dramas that swept the north and south of the river, and in the Qing Palace dramas, we often see a life of living and working in peace and contentment, and the country is prosperous. Is that really the case in the real Qing Dynasty? At that time, a European came to travel to China, and filmed the most real Qing Dynasty, but don't be deceived by TV dramas anymore.
This Westerner who came to China from thousands of miles from Europe took pictures of the scenes of the early Qing Dynasty, which enabled readers and friends to more intuitively understand the most real living conditions of the people in that era. In the old color photo below, we can understand that these men are not gorgeous in terms of clothing, but they cannot be regarded as sloppy, at least the clothes are still complete, but from the face, one by one, the face is pale, the face is yellow and thin, the hair is disheveled, the beard is messy, and it is known that their lives must be very unsatisfactory, and this may be the most real appearance of the Qing Dynasty.
Let's look at the next old photo, a young-looking woman holding a little boy with pigtails tied to the sky with both hands, the child does not have any fear when facing the camera, but smiles full of smiles, rich in innocence, on the contrary, the woman's expression is diametrically opposite, there is no smile on the face, but it is a very nervous look, although the clothes worn are very old and stereotyped, but from its appearance can be seen that its appearance is also very beautiful.
Look at the last color old photo, which is taken in the late Qing Dynasty market, but the photo can not see as crowded as in the Qing Palace drama, but only three or two stores gathered in front of the store to chat, from this old photo, we can know that the people at that time life was very hard, it was very difficult to eat enough, who has the money to visit the market. In fact, the prosperity scenes we see in historical materials or Qing Palace dramas are the so-called "Kangqian prosperous world", which are the extravagant days of those in the upper class, but the ordinary people at the bottom still live a life of lack of food and clothing, so we should stop being deceived by TV dramas.
epilogue:
The "Prosperous Kangqian" of the Qing Dynasty was actually just an increase in population, people's lives were still very difficult, and the demise of the Qing Dynasty also gave us a great warning, that is, "
If you fall behind, you will be beaten
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I don't know how to keep learning, I just know that if I stick to my own pretense, the final result will inevitably be destruction.