This fairy-like, fairy-like photograph was taken by the photographer for Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty. Cixi in the photo dresses herself as Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the protector standing on the right is the grand eunuch Li Lianying beside her. The woman dressed as the dragon girl on the left is the three grids of prince Qing's mansion, which is a long-established cosplay.
The hunchbacked woman in the photo is Empress Longyu, although she is the lord of the harem and the mother of a country, but in her body, there is no honor as an empress. Hunched over, expressionless, looking very cowering. Even the appearance is not the appearance of a beauty, and it can be seen that the concubines in ancient times are not necessarily all beautiful women.
This is the eldest daughter of Prince Gong at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Princess Rongshou Gulun, and the last Gege of the Qing Dynasty to be recorded in the annals of history. At that time, Prince Gong fully supported Cixi during the coup d'état of Xin You, which allowed her to seize power. After Cixi came to power, in order to express his gratitude, he crowned his eldest daughter as Princess Rongshou Gulun. However, this Gege's skin was dark, and his appearance looked very old, more like an old woman.
On the far right side of the photo, the person close to the camera is Yuan Shikai at the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had collapsed, and although Yuan Shikai personally overthrew the feudal imperial system, he actually wanted to restore himself as emperor. In order to win political capital, he was in the courtyard, inviting emissaries from European countries to drink tea together, but until his death, Yuan Shikai's dream of restoration was not realized.
Empress Dowager Cixi sat in a palanquin and prepared to leave the palace surrounded by a group of eunuchs. Standing at the front of the line, the eunuch on the right hand side was Li Lianying, the big red man beside Cixi. After the great eunuch An Dehai was killed, Li Lianying relied on her ability to speak the Tao and observe the color, and she obtained Cixi's weight, and she stayed with Cixi until Cixi's death.
In 1907, a unicycle driver in Shanghai was preparing to push a large number of children on the road. On the left and right sides of the unicycle, there were 4 women sitting on each side, one of whom was holding a small child in her arms. At that time, the unicycle was relatively small, generally speaking, up to 4 people, 8 adults plus 1 child, the driver's arm strength was also a big test.
In 1905, an official from the North, dressed in official clothes, took a picture with a plaque. The plaque reads four big words: Save people in danger. The money on the top is in the Year AD, and it is likely that this official helped a foreigner. In order to express his gratitude, the foreigner sent him this plaque, which is similar to the reason for sending a pennant.
The man, Chema, was born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, and he was only 71 centimeters tall and weighed about 18 kilograms, considered the shortest person in the world at that time. Because of his special size, he was discovered by the Star Scouts of the American Circus and invited him to join the circus and become an acrobatic performer. With its special size, Chema quickly became popular.
In 1902, a couple in Yunnan, sitting in their yard, eating with a bowl, looked at the camera lens and took this photo. However, looking at the restrained appearance of the two people, and the small table in the middle, this is likely to be a posing photo, and even their eating action does not look so natural. Not to mention that when the woman was eating, she also looked at the camera.
The students of the Late Qing Martial Arts School were practicing archery with bows, and they had four big characters written on their backs: Shooting to Guan de. The meaning of these four words is that from archery, we can see what a person's character is. At that time, the Qing army had eliminated cold weapons, but there were still many martial arts schools that did not teach students how to use hot weapons at all, and still stayed in the era of cold weapons.
A photograph of a woman in the upper echelons of Mongolia at the end of the Qing Dynasty, dressed in costumes with Mongolian characteristics, looks very serious to the camera. This photo was taken while she was in Beijing. At that time, the marriage between manchu nobles and Mongols was a very common thing, and the living customs of the two sides were similar, as early as the Nurhaci period, there were already marriage related matters.