The picture shows a group of old photographs taken in the late Qing Dynasty in 1902, during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty. Although the reigning Emperor Guangxu at that time was known to have no power, it is well known that the Guangxu Emperor did not have the slightest power, and frankly speaking, it was actually a marionette. In this group of old photos, there are not only skinny little-footed women, but also little boys who can catch a glimpse of sugar cane on the side of the road. The woman in this old photograph is wearing a long jacket with wide sleeves, wrapped around her small feet, and her face is as emaciated as a mallet, which shows that she is a poor woman of very low status.
This is an old photograph of the ancestral hall of the Liu family in Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, showing a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious clothes who is reverently and respectfully worshipping the ancestors of the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall is written with the words of the right attendant of the ceremonial department of the Fujian Provincial College, which shows that this ancestral hall family once produced a big figure with the title of Erpin of the imperial court.
The picture shows the old photo of a little boy selling sugar cane on the side of the road in the capital at the end of the late Qing Dynasty, many people lived in poverty and helplessness in the late Qing Dynasty, even if they lived in the capital at the foot of Tianzi, there were still many people who were too poor to eat. Therefore, there are often children of poor families who sell their sugar cane and crops in their homes, earn a few meager silver dollars, and help their families to make ends meet.
This is the scenery of the Dragon Boat Festival in the Minjiang River area of Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, many ordinary people in Fuzhou sit on the shore to rest in the old photos, and the small boats gathered on the Minjiang River not far away come and go, giving people a very comfortable and poetic sense of beauty.
The picture shows an old photo of the autumn harvest season in the northern region in the late Qing Dynasty, where the people transport home the crop straw they planted, and the car appears to be loaded with sorghum or corn. Seeing the people returning with a full load is also the best portrayal of spring planting and autumn harvest.
This is an old photo of the donkey team transporting grain on the road of Nankou in the late Qing Dynasty, according to historical records, the South Exit at that time was located in the south of Juyongguan, which can be said to be an important traffic artery in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is reported that Zhan Tianyou later built the Nankou Manufacturing Plant that produced train cars here.