Spraying potions on their heads to remove lice, private school students saying goodbye to teachers, women sitting upright and domineering... 10 old photos to learn about the social history of the late Qing Dynasty.
An old farmer resting in the fields.
The old farmer was a little interesting, fat, and his life seemed to be very abundant. To tell the truth, among the vast number of peasants in the late Qing Dynasty, a chubby figure like him was rare.
Spray the potion to remove lice from the head.
In the past, men and women generally had long hair, but everyone's hygiene habits were not good, they could not wash their hair frequently, and it was easy to get lice, which was both itchy and intolerable, and would spread diseases. In order to kill lice, the jianghu doctors mixed Chinese herbal water to spray on the hair, and many indigenous methods were invented.
Lady and guqin.
The woman in the photo is gorgeously dressed, the accessories are exquisite, the face is good, the left hand is on the cheek, the face is slightly sad, and the elegance and femininity of the oriental women are exhausted. The posing scene is also very exquisite, in addition to the guqin on the table, there are books, incense burners, bonsai and so on. The background bokeh treatment makes the characters more prominent.
Acrobatic performances.
In the old society, there were many jianghu artists, who went south and north, performing acrobatics and rapping in crowded places. These people often come from poor families and have no way out, so they have to do this business. They are not like the actors in the theater garden, who can live by collecting tickets, and their income is a few copper plates thrown by the enthusiastic audience.
Flag man family photo.
Three generations of old, middle-aged and young people have been photographed, and their hairstyles and costumes are very daily, which provides a reference for studying the life of the late Qing Dynasty flag people. A figure looms behind the bamboo curtain, probably a family member who is ashamed to face the camera. At that time, taking pictures was a luxury, but there were also many people who were difficult to accept, and the legend of "dementors" was still circulating in folklore.
Shankun Gege, daughter of Prince Longshou of Su.
Prince Su was one of the "Eight Iron Hat Kings" of the Qing Dynasty, a family that enjoyed more than 200 years of glory. Shankun was the fifth daughter of the ninth Prince of Su, Longcheng, and as a distinguished Gege, she married The Mongol Prince of Zasak, Gongsan Norbu. She has a strong personality, and once organized the maids in the palace into a girl scout army for training.
Flag-bearer woman sitting upright.
This man was well-dressed and apparently came from the Eight Banners aristocracy. The pot-soled shoes she wears on her feet are one of the hallmarks of a noblewoman, and she walks unhurriedly, highlighting her graceful figure. However, this noblewoman is slightly male, the image is domineering, and may not be very "graceful".
Private school release.
The term "dignity of the teacher" is well reflected in this photo, when the teacher sits on the Chair of the Master at the end of the school day, with a serious expression, and every child has to say goodbye to him before leaving. Private school teachers are generally talented and retired officials, who have undertaken most of the grass-roots enlightenment tasks and cultivated many talents.
Soldiers of the Ningbo Yong Battalion.
This contingent guarded ningbo law and order, and was organized by the local government, and the imperial court would not allocate funds for it. Its origin is: when the Taiping Army attacked Ningbo in 1861, the local government recruited more than a thousand people and formed the Ning County Wei An Yong, with foreign guns and cannons, trained in the West, and retained after the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Patrol battalion commander and pro-soldiers.
In 1907, the Qing court decreed that the old armies such as the Yong Battalion, the Green Battalion, and the Regiment Training in various provinces should be gradually eliminated, and the young and strong were organized into patrol battalions. Its duty is to defend the locality, which has the dual nature of military and police. The defensive area of the patrol battalion is divided into a number of roads in each province, with 5 roads of left, right, front, back and middle (or 5 roads of east, south, west, north and middle), and each road has a commander.