The late Qing Dynasty should be counted from the First Opium War, that is, 1840, from which the modern history of China began, and from this also began the formation of modern semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. But the history of the late Qing Dynasty is unbearable, because it was humiliated, the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, and it was forced by the Western powers to sign unequal treaties. The class contradictions in the country are even more profound, and the people have long been unable to bear it under all kinds of oppression, which can be seen from the various uprisings and rebellions that broke out in the late Qing Dynasty.
Ordinary people, if they can't survive, who will risk a good uprising? But their suffering is different from the end of any dynasty, in the past, the end of the dynasty faced only the exploitation of domestic feudal rulers, but the people of the late Qing Dynasty had to face the double exploitation of Western invaders and domestic feudal rulers at the same time. How can they not be bitter? It was unimaginable to modern people, and it was not easy for the people to survive the Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing government.
But their lives were only more miserable than before, the autocratic regime was replaced by the warlord bureaucracy of the landlord class, and the people were still faced with a life of no political rights and hunger and cold. In fact, this kind can be seen from the written records and photographs at that time, first of all, let's talk about photos. These were the most real appearances of the people at that time, skinny and rugged, with a wooden expression and no brilliance in their eyes. Their faces are full of traces of life, and they may not be very old when they take pictures, but years of fatigue often make them appear older than usual.
Among them, many children can also be seen still swaddling, crying with hunger, but still have to follow their mothers and fathers to beg for a living. Dirty clothes are nothing to them, they are too broken to be torn, and living is their only wish. Modern people often say that medical expenses are expensive, but the people at that time could not afford to go to the hospital at all, and could only let the pain develop. They don't have a penny to go to the doctor, whether they can be good or not is entirely based on luck, good luck will survive, bad luck will end this difficult life.
Anyway, no one cares about their lives, there are too many people who have no money to treat their illness and die, maybe he is just one of the vast sea of people. Hunger is the most common situation, not because it cannot be exchanged for labor, but because even if you work, you will not get much. At that time, their money was real hard-earned money, and the terrible thing was that not only were there human disasters, but sometimes there were natural disasters. For example, the Ding PengQi Famine refers to the great famine that occurred from 1877 to 1878, and 10 million people starved to death.
The phenomenon of human cannibalism is not uncommon in the Ding Pengqi wilderness, and when the dead man's flesh is gone, the old man or child is killed and eaten alive, which is the real hell on earth. The record of the photograph is the most direct, the text also allows people to touch the tip of the iceberg, and Mr. Lu Xun's literary works are mostly taken from people who are unfortunate in a sick society. For example, "Blessing", created in 1924, is written when returning to his hometown to prepare for the blessing, but seeing the tragedy of the death of the sister-in-law Xiang lin, the former maid of the fourth uncle's family.
The novel has nine thousand words, describing the life of Xiang Lin's sister-in-law, feudal thought and etiquette are ruthless and cold, the old society oppresses women, and everyone is indifferent. Like most traditional women, Xianglin sister-in-law is industrious and kind, but she has been trampled and persecuted several times, and finally died tragically on the street in the sound of firecrackers. But to say the most obvious, it should also be about hometown, the short story created in 1921, also with the return to the hometown as the plot arrangement.
Yan Tu believes that everyone is no stranger, simple, healthy and lively when he was young, but after he reached middle age, he became a numb person. This was the most real life of the working people at that time, and when he grew up, he had to shoulder the burden of life, and his face was finally full of traces of hard life. After a busy life, he finally got nothing, or even could not support himself, the leap soil has not yet entered the old age, the illness can not be cured, and finally ended up with a sick death.
But at that time, how many people were like leaping earth, and their only thought was to eat enough. Just as Lu Xun's mother said, many children, famine, harsh taxes, soldiers, bandits, officials, and gentry, all suffered him like a puppeteer. The older generation often says that they cherish the happy life now, and it is true that contemporary people are much happier than the people of the past. If you are sick, you can go to the hospital, eat a meal, eat meat, and your clothes don't have to be repaired and repaired, and what you complain about may be a life that others dare not dream of for a lifetime.