Those who are familiar with history know that the late Qing Dynasty is a relatively close era to us, when the Qing court became weak due to the isolation of the country, and the lack of governance of Empress Dowager Cixi also accelerated the demise of the late Qing Dynasty even faster. The rare photos of the late Qing Dynasty in this group are to take everyone to peek at the real scenes of people's lives before the fall of the late Qing Dynasty.
In the late Qing Dynasty, a man from a wealthy family took a photograph of his wife and concubine eating at the same table, and the status of the original main room and the concubine in ancient times was very different, and it was usually not possible to sit side by side according to etiquette. In this old photo, the concubine sitting on the left side can go to the table and eat with the original match, which shows that her husband is an enlightened person who has no hierarchical status for the original wife and the concubine.
Portraits of the ministers of the late Qing dynasty wearing python robes are well known to have been worn by the ancient python robes as the dresses worn by the military officials of the Chinese Dynasty during major festivals. Generally speaking, the python robes of ministers with more than three pins can be embroidered with nine pythons, while the minister's dress below four pins is eight pythons, and only five pythons under the seven pins are determined according to the size and rank of their official products. On the occasion of the first three or four days of the emperor and the empress's birthday, the ministers of the imperial court were required to renovate their crowns and wear python robes to discuss the matter.
The picture shows the old photos of the palace women working in the harem in the late Qing Dynasty, in fact, the palace women in ancient times were the next people who did chores. They usually selected women of the right age from the three banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to test their etiquette and ability to do things, and only those who reached the standard could enter the palace to serve the emperor and concubines. After entering the palace, the palace women can be assigned to the Shangyi monk decoration bureau according to their abilities, so as to better serve the diet and living of the harem emperor.
This is an old portrait of a beautiful young woman in the late Qing Dynasty, the old photo of the woman looks quiet and beautiful, the elegance and indifference between the eyebrows are clearly visible, and her dress is also very luxurious and exquisite. The woman's skirt workmanship and embroidery are very exquisite and beautiful, and the shooting background behind her is also very palatial, which shows that the woman must be from a large family that is not rich or expensive.
The picture shows the old photos of the clothing stalls on the streets of beijing in the late Qing Dynasty, and the ancient clothes evaluation stalls were the places where old things were replaced. Some poor people who can't afford to buy clothes to keep them warm usually come here to dispose of old clothes, or if they encounter difficulties at home, they will also send their clothes to sell for some silver money. Clothing stalls are actually used trading places in ancient times, which can be conveniently and quickly for the poor to meet their needs.
This is a photograph of a poor people beating straw at the door in the late Qing Dynasty, and in the ancient small peasant era, there was no mechanical grain loss, and most of the poor people relied on human labor to beat straw to obtain grain. In fact, this kind of scene is not unfamiliar to the post-80s people living in the countryside, when they were young, they often saw their parents beating rice by hand in their hometown, and those dusty memories are actually our most beautiful childhood.