After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai gave preferential treatment to the Qing imperial family, but on the night of October 22, 1924, the thirteenth year of the Republic of China (1924), the general of the Zhi army, Feng Yuxiang, defected and Wu Peifu collapsed. Puyi was expelled from the palace and no longer had preferential treatment for members of the Qing royal family. Most of the members of the royal family and the Manchurian nobility also changed their surnames and moved, and there were also a small number of these people who did not want to admit the truth, such as one called Ai XinJueluo
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The man of The State Ofdi, he made up his mind to preserve the ancestral traditions.
Love Shin Kyora
Zhou Di was born in Guangzhou, and he claimed to be a descendant of the Royal Family of the Qing Dynasty and a descendant of dolgun, the first regent of the Qing Dynasty. When he was very young, Zhou Di called his father Uncle and never called his father Amma, which is a Manchu transliteration of father. However, in this case, the family still maintains some royal traditions, first of all, clothes, all wearing bright yellow clothes. You must know that in that era, clothes were good to wear, and his family had to be associated with yellow no matter what.
Bright yellow has always been the exclusive use of the royal family in ancient China, and since the Tang Dynasty, it has become the exclusive color of the royal family, and ordinary people cannot wear it. It is also stipulated that it is a crime for the minister to wear it with the people, and if he is not good, he will lose his head. After the abdication of Emperor Puyi, the previous regulations were naturally invalidated, and his family's insistence was said to be to preserve the ancestral traditions. Not only clothes, but even the hair had to be kept into the braids of the Qing Dynasty.
At the beginning, the Zhou Di family did not dare to continue the royal tradition of the Qing Dynasty in an honorable manner, because how many people hated the Qing Dynasty royal family in that era. They can only keep a low profile, their names are all Han Chinese names, and most of their lives are close to Han Chinese. Zhou Di still remembers that his father used to be a loyal servant of the Qing Dynasty, and taught his children not to forget their ancestors. Later, there were more things that society could accept, and Zhou Di was getting older and more nostalgic for the clan culture, so since 2002, he has kept braids and only wears bright yellow clothes.
If you go to his house, you will be surprised to feel that you have returned to the past era, because his family is quaint and has many works of calligraphy and painting. Also swords and bows and arrows, manchus are good at riding and shooting, and they are more fond of this kind. The furniture is basically yellow, and the restaurant is a traditional pit in the north. The ones used are more antique, and there are portraits of Taizu Nurhaci and Gaozu Dolgun in the living room. What is even more peculiar is that the roof also has the eight flags of the Great Qing.
This is eye-catching, no matter where it is placed, it is estimated to be a beautiful scenery. It is more puzzling that Dorgon had no sons, and Dorgon was born on October 25, 1612, in the 40th year of the Ming Dynasty. He was the fourteenth son of Nurhaci. He followed his father in the conquest, and later emperor Taiji died and he supported Fu Lin to ascend the throne. Because Shunzhi was young, after entering the customs, Dorgon became the first regent of the Qing Dynasty and made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty. According to historical records, Dorgon had at least ten concubines, but only one biological daughter, and only one adopted son, Aisin Kyora Dolbo.
If the Zhou Di family is a descendant of Dorgon, it is estimated that he is the descendant of this adopted son, and his generation is different from other members of the late Qing royal family. The members of the royal family are all named after 'Zai, Pu, Yu, and Henglai.' Zhou Di himself said that he was Puyi's cousin, but his name was obviously not a generational difference from Puyi, and Puyi's brother was named after Puyi. According to Zhou Di's description, his family once had a history of business, but the Qing Dynasty ruled that manchus were not allowed to do business.
Zhou Di once went out to take the train and put up a shelf, when he did not buy a train ticket, he said his identity and made the staff unable to work. In desperation, he could only invite him to the office to talk to him and give him a ticket. Puyi's younger brother Pu Ren also advised him not to attach himself to the Qing Dynasty and let Zhou Di be an ordinary citizen again.
Reference: Genealogy of the Dolgun Family of Aisin Kyaw Roche