Late Qing Dynasty old photos: Western devils visiting the Bada Hutong, Figure 3 This special hobby of Cixi is absurd to the extreme
Picture 1 shows a pot maker who sets up a stall on the street to make pots. In the 1980s and 1990s, some pot makers could still be seen shouting in the village, but now there are no more.
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The eagle sellers who came to Beijing from Mongolia were all serving the eight flags of the late Qing Dynasty
The descendants of the Eight Banners are called the Eight Banners, also known as the Banner People, and later borrowed many to refer to the clumsy rogue children who relied on their ancestors to contribute to the country and were idle themselves. By the late Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banner Soldiers, who had been brave and good at war, had decayed, but they relied on the blessings of their ancestors to receive "monthly money" every month. Not only all day long
Walk the birds and boil the eagles in the city of Beijing
, before there is anything to do, hide at home and smoke a few big cigarettes, like the rich second generation who do not do the right thing now.
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A special hobby in Cixi's later years
Cixi, the ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, became obsessed with taking pictures in his old age, and specially spent a lot of money to invite Yu Xunling to come to the palace to take pictures of himself. Cixi's photographs are all about taking pictures of the whole body, because Cixi is very superstitious, and she thinks that if she only takes half of them, she may be like the photo, lacking arms and legs, or even dead. Take pictures of the whole body in a dignified manner, so that it will be more complete and blessed, her idea is really strange enough.
Cixi also had a special hobby in her later years
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She likes to dress herself up as a Guanyin Bodhisattva
Then ask her personal photographer Yu Xunling to take pictures for her. In the picture, Cixi dresses up as Guanyin, her personal eunuch Li Lianying dressed as a virtuous boy standing on her left, and the palace maid dressed as a dragon girl stands on her right.
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Next to the stone sculptures on the Ming Tombs Road, a farmer leads a donkey full of weeds
The stone carving group of the Ming Tombs is a stone carving of people and beasts placed in front of the mausoleum, which was called stone statue sheng (stone man is also known as Weng Zhong) in ancient times. From the two hexagonal stone pillars in the north of the monument pavilion to the two sides of the kilometer Shinto Road ending at the Dragon Andong Gate, there are 24 stone beasts and 12 stone figures neatly arranged, with vivid shapes and exquisite carvings, which are deeply loved by tourists. Its number, its size, its carving, and its good preservation are rare in ancient cemeteries. There are 6 kinds of stone beasts, 4 of which are in the shape of two standing and two kneeling. They are displayed here and given a certain meaning. The stone people are divided into xunchen, civil servant and military subject, 4 each, and they are close attendants of the emperor before his death, all of which are standing statues of the hand- and wat, mighty and pious.
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Western devils walking around the Eight Great Hutongs
In 1900, the Eight-Power Alliance entered Beijing. The invading army had to meet the needs of the beast; Gengzi paid compensation, the Qing court asked for taxes; coupled with the completion of the Qianmen railway station, the prostitution industry in Beijing suddenly expanded. Not only is the business of the famous Bada Hutong extremely prosperous, but even the business of the underground prostitutes who have always been sneaky and underground is becoming more and more optimistic. In addition to the exercises and duty and robberies, the large soldiers of the coalition army roamed the world, looking for flowers and asking for willows. At this time, the Beijing idlers were needed, and ruo, who could not even speak a word of pidgin English, could actually pimp the foreigners without a teacher, and when they pulled well, they would share some benefits from the business of foreigners and women in the Red Chamber.