The year 1900 was a year of disaster for Tianjin.
In the summer of that year, the Dagukou Coastal Fort, an important gateway to the north of the Qing Dynasty, was trapped, and Tianjin was in danger.
After this, although the Qing soldiers and the Boxers also put up stubborn resistance, the faintness of the imperial court and the low combat effectiveness of the soldiers had laid the footnote for the final defeat. On July 14, 1900, Tianjin fell, just twenty-three days after Cixi declared war on the Eleven Kingdoms.
This group of pictures was taken around the time of the fall of Tianjin.
The streets of Tianjin in 1900
Several palanquins walked down the street carrying a palanquin, an eight-carrying palanquin in which officials sat, with gongs and gongs in front of them and attendants wearing white robes next to them.
Directly under the Governor's Pavilion
The Governor's Pavilion is located in the north of jinhua bridge of the former South Canal, on the east side of the mouth of the dahutong in the present-day Hongqiao District. After the fall of Tianjin, the coalition forces set up a so-called "provisional government" organized by one person from Britain, Russia, and Japan, and later Germany, France, and the United States also joined one after another, with a "direct patrol team" composed of 900 soldiers of the coalition army under it, exercising military control over Tianjin, Jinghai, Ninghe, and other areas.
Tianjin Yamen
The original note is only generally marked as "Tianjin Yamen", and the architectural momentum should be directly subordinate to the Governor Yamen. At the door stood a guard with a spear. A sedan hid behind a horse stake and secretly watched the camera.
Prisoner in front of the door
On the other side of the gate, there was also a sentry standing, and next to it was a young man wearing a wooden shackle, and judging from his relaxed expression and relaxed posture, it was clear that he was not a serious criminal, but probably a petty theft or something had been pulled to show the public.
Sports competitions
In 1900, an athletics meeting was being held on the playground of Tianjin Zhenzhen Middle School, and the athletes in the photo were participating in long-distance running competitions, and the track spectators were blocked.
Pole vault
After the First Opium War in 1840, in order to seek a way to strengthen the country, some people of insight began to advocate the introduction of Western sports to strengthen the national body. And the first modern sports programs to be implemented in schools were church schools.
Tianjin Railway Station
A passenger train stops at Tianjin Railway Station, where passengers are getting on and off the train, and there is a sky bridge above the train. At this time, Tianjin had fallen, and there were many foreigners and Japanese soldiers on the platform. The sign next to it reads "Tianjin Residence" in English.
Victoria Road
Victoria Road is a north-south main road in the British Concession of Tianjin. Originally a swampy wasteland on the west bank of the Haihe River in the southeastern suburbs of Tianjin, it was incorporated into the newly opened British Concession of Tianjin on December 17, 1860.
Northern Hotel
The hotel has a small façade, located in the French Concession, and is crowded with rickshaws in front of the door. On the right side of the hotel is the Sanyishun Antique Shop, and on the left is the "Dongtai" shop.
European-style carriage
A foreigner's private carriage, for which he specially hired two Chinese as coachmen, and the dress of the coachman was quite interesting.
Tianjin passenger ship
A passenger ship sailing on the Hai River. Several Chinese stood on the deck to look out at the scenery, and the Hai River was a residential area full of low mud houses.
Suburbs of Tianjin
These strangely shaped, densely packed "steamed buns" are mounds where two dark-faced men stand in the cemetery and look into the distance. Suddenly I remembered an oil poem by wang Fanzhi, a poet monk of the Tang Dynasty: "The soil is steamed outside the city, and the stuffing grass is in the city." One person eats one, it is not tasteless. "There is some pathos in the cynicism, but it is also true.
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