The famous drama actor "Thirteen Dan" took a family portrait, the noble children entered the school to practice military gymnastics, and Yuan Shikai formed a military band... 9 old photographs record precious moments of late Qing society.
Late Qing Dynasty Beijing policeman photo.
In 1905, the Qing court officially established the Patrol Police Department, commanded the national police administration, took over the affairs of the former Beijing Division's Inner and Outer City Industrial Patrol Bureau, and renamed it the Inner and Outer City Patrol Police General Department of the Beijing Division. The uniforms of these policemen are similar to those of the Soldiers of the Green Battalion, and the police equipment they use is also a sword, which has not yet reflected the new era atmosphere.
Two flag women pose for a group photo.
The two women comb the "big pulling wings" flag head and wear "flower pot bottom shoes", which is a typical image of the aristocratic woman in the late Qing Dynasty. This photograph not only records many information such as people, clothing, furniture, porcelain, etc., but also reflects the fashion and aesthetics of the upper class at that time.
The Minister of Management and Instructor of the Noble Academy of the Army.
In 1906, the Qing court established the Army Guiguan Academy in the north of Dongkou Road, Tieshi Hutong, Beijing, which was subordinate to the Military Training Department and managed by Prince Yili of Qing. According to the will issued by the Guangxu Emperor, the purpose of the school was to "order the princes and ministers to send their sons and daughters to enroll in the school, to personally learn shiwu, and to revitalize the military equipment." ...... Inspire the spirit, the tree with the sound of the wind, the strong dry city and the rock, the vice-country to cultivate the meaning of the world's ministers chongjian Junjie. ”
Cadets of the Army Noble Academy conduct gymnastics training.
The cadets recruited by the Army Noble School are "the brilliant children of the Prince of the Crown Prince and the Clan Of the Fourth Grade or above, and the current two or more brilliant sons of the Manchu And Han Dynasty Wenwu Masters outside the Capital", and the course is "General Academic and Army Primary Military Science, and Incorporated into the Army Observation and Study". However, the quality of the school's teaching was worrisome, and in early 1910 the "Education Magazine" published "A History of the Noble School", which said: "The degree of students is extremely low, the textbooks are between primary primary schools and higher primary schools, and when they graduate in the summer, they are all given excellent awards, such as guards or principals, or pen and pastes." ”
Archives of the Army Noble Academy Cadet Shengge.
The file records Shengge's date of birth and the identity of the Seven Pins, and also traces back three generations of elders. His grandfather, Lian yuan, was a cabinet scholar and prime minister, and in 1900 he was cut down by Empress Dowager Cixi for opposing the use of the Boxers to besiege embassies in various countries.
A military band formed by Yuan Shikai.
In 1895, Yuan Shikai was ordered to train the new army at the Tianjin Small Station, training in full accordance with the German battalion system and exercise code, and hiring German officers as teachers. In 1899, he accepted the advice of German advisers to form a 20-member military band, using trombones, trumpets, snares and other instruments.
"Thirteen Dan" Hou Junshan family portrait.
Hou Junshan is one of the founders of Hebei Wanquanren and Hebei Zizi. Because he was out of school at the age of 13, he became the top pillar and was known as the "Thirteen Dans". At the age of 18, he was elected to the imperial palace and sang for Empress Dowager Cixi for 10 years. Xu Xi, a scholar of the Guangxu Dynasty, once praised him: "One in three years, and the thirteen dans are unparalleled in the world." ”
A small workshop for making preserved ginger.
The ginger is boiled in a candied solution, and then dried to make a preserved ginger. Ginger preserves the spicy taste of ginger, increases sweetness, tastes better, and has the effects of awakening the mind, stopping vomiting, dissipating wind and cold, appetizing and increasing appetite.
Teachers and students in private schools.
This small school had both boys and girls, and coeducation was rare in the late Qing Dynasty. Historically, all forms of education, such as private schools, academies, and official schools, have not accepted girls, and there has been a new trend of female enrollment after the gradual study of the West and the East.