The harem concubines in the old photos of the Qing Dynasty are ugly? That's because you haven't seen pretty
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the photographic technology spread to China, when the rulers of the upper class society liked to take pictures, so they left a lot of photos of harem concubines, but many people felt extremely disappointed after seeing the old photos of the Qing Dynasty, because the harem ladies and ladies were really difficult to say, so everyone thought that there were no beautiful concubines in the late Qing Dynasty, and even the women at that time were not good-looking, in fact, we all misunderstood.
First of all, the photographic technology at that time was relatively backward, black and white photos are easy to shoot people ugly, so the people in the old photos should be better looking than in the photos in real life, and secondly, the draft of the Qing Dynasty is not a beauty pageant, in fact, many beautiful women can not enter the palace, because the most important thing in the draft is blood and family background, followed by etiquette and morality, so most of the people who can enter the palace as concubines look very general.
The Qing Dynasty was the dynasty with the most bad habits and the most severe oppression of women in China's ancient feudal dynasty, so the aristocratic women at that time could only stay at home for a long time and lack of exercise, so they looked very unenergetic, and they had never been exposed to taking pictures before, so both expressions and movements looked very sluggish, plus there was no beauty and retouching technology at that time, so they looked very bloated.
In fact, the last emperor Puyi's empress Wanrong is a very beautiful woman, many of the photos she handed down look very beautiful, in fact, in real life she looks more beautiful than in the photos, but unfortunately the red face is thin, Wanrong's fate is very bumpy, the ending is even more lamentable, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, to the Republic of China period fashionable and beautiful women are particularly many, they also left a lot of stunning photos, in fact, this is because the Republic of China period of photography technology has also improved a lot.