The picture shows a group of old photos of wives and concubines in the backyard of imperial court ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, and although the historical images of a hundred years are common, the women who are internal relatives rarely record their faces. As we all know, the cost of photography in the late Qing Dynasty is very expensive, and the people who can take photos are usually not rich or expensive, so most of the old photos of the late Qing Dynasty that we see today are from the large families at that time. In this group of old photos of the wives and concubines of the late Qing Dynasty ministers, among them, Dongmei, a concubine belonging to Li Hongzhang, is the most beautiful and stunning, while Yuan Shikai's aunt is the most intelligent.
This is the late Qing Dynasty court minister Li Hongzhang in middle age married a concubine Dongmei, Dongmei is a very typical Jiangnan woman, not only beautiful and stunning, temperament is also very elegant and dignified. It is a pity that she has no children and no daughters in her life, although she is deeply loved by Li Hongzhang, but since Li Hongzhang's death, Dongmei is still lonely for the rest of her life in her old age.
The picture shows an old photograph of the Lady of the Commandments in the home of a court minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is well known that the ancient Lady of the Commandments was the original wife of the imperial court to the minister, or the crown of his mother. Lady Edict was subject to the imperial court for many years, but did not have any real power. The old photograph shows lady commandments wearing a dress, and the peacock-patterned complement on her dress shows that her husband was a Sanpin civil official in the Qing court.
According to historical documents, Yuan Shikai's backyard has many wives and concubines, but he is particularly fond of the intelligent Yang clan. Although Yang was born poor and her appearance was not the most outstanding among Yuan Shikai's wives and concubines, she was decisive in her work and was very smooth and intelligent in her life, so she was deeply favored and trusted by Yuan Shikai.
This is a photo of the mansion of a minister surnamed Yang in the late Qing Dynasty, and the man sitting on the first floor is Lord Yang himself, and the second floor is Lord Yang's three wives and four concubines and children. Although a man in ancient times could marry multiple concubines, the Qing court had a law stipulating that the original match could only be one. If the status and treatment of the concubine exceeded the original match, she was severely punished.
The picture shows the old photo of Lu yisha, the wife of Yu Geng, a young secretary of the Taibu Temple in the late Qing Dynasty, who is a foreign woman. He is beautiful and decent-looking, and can speak standard Chinese. When she was in the capital, she often went to the palace to accompany Empress Dowager Cixi to relieve her boredom, and Empress Dowager Cixi was very fond of the beautiful and gentle Louisa, and often gave her various rare treasures in the palace to show her love for her.