Nowadays, most of our understanding of court life in the Qing Dynasty comes from TV series, such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Huanzhu Gege", "Step by Step Shocking" and so on.
In these TV series, we can learn a little bit about the lives of people at that time.
However, in these TV dramas, are the names of various people, or the various manners and lifestyles correct?
Jin Moyu at the end of the Qing Dynasty said that there was no "chirp" in the palace, and those people were not called Gege. Who is Jin Moyu, what has she experienced, and why did she say that?
In 1918, when China was still in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Su Aixin Jueluo Shanqi and his concubine gave birth to a daughter in Lushun, Liaoning, named Aixin Jueluo Xianqi, alias Jin Moyu.
Jin Moyu
Due to the late birth, Jin Moyu was the youngest child in the family, although it was already in the late Qing Dynasty at that time, Jin Moyu's family was still relatively wealthy.
Jin Moyu lives in a large family, with a total of about 200 people, of which about 100 are servants.
Jin Moyu's father loves Xinjue Luo Xianqi
As the youngest child in the family, Jin Moyu has been loved by thousands of people since she was a child, and the rest of the family has to salute when they see the elders, but Jin Moyu rarely invites.
On the one hand, she is Gege, and on the other hand, because Jin Moyu is older, she already has a nephew when she is 4.5 years old, and her nephew has to kowtow to Jin Moyu.
The most important reason is that Jin Moyu was very rebellious when she was a child, and she was very tired of those cumbersome etiquettes, even if someone asked her to say goodbye, she would directly say goodbye.
But there are heavy penalties for those who don't follow the rules in the palace, so Jin Moyu said, should the next person ask for peace or ask for peace.
In addition, at that time, there were many requirements for Gege, such as the difference between the earrings and the eldest lady's mother, the eldest lady's mother would bring some ring-shaped earrings, and the eldest lady would wear earrings made of jadeite.
When speaking, you need to turn your head slowly, otherwise the earrings will shake back and forth, and you also need to be upright when sitting, especially the legs of Erlang, which are non-existent.
Jin Moyu's sitting posture is very casual, how comfortable and how to come, leaning on the chair, crossing Erlang's legs, very chic.
Jin Moyu
Nowadays, we are somewhat curious about the ancient emperors, but Jin Moyu is not curious at all, and he doesn't even want to see him.
Jin Moyu
When Jin Moyu lived, for some women in the prince's family, they were generally called "Gege", and the two words were pronounced, which was the same as "brother", and the emperor's daughter was called a princess.
And now the "Gege" in the TV series is pronounced a second time, which is very awkward and doesn't sound very good.
In the TV series, it is said that "chirp", and the tone of such a statement will be relatively high, and it will be uncomfortable to listen to, so it is said "hum" at all, and the voice is softer and sounds more comfortable.
During the period of studying abroad, when she went out to watch a movie, Jin Moyu couldn't help but laugh every time she watched Chaplin's comedy, and her sister would immediately stop Jin Moyu and tell her to obey the rules and not laugh.
But Jin Moyu believes that these movies themselves are happy, and how to do it without laughing, so she has no intention of abiding by the rules she said to her sister.
Therefore, every time she watched a movie with her sister later, Jin Moyu would be separated from her and sit in a separate place.
When eating, the elders of the family are not allowed to clip the dishes on the plate, for fear that they will use chopsticks to mess up the plate, so the elders will also give the children a small plate, and take the initiative to clip the dishes on it, and then let the children eat.
There are a lot of cumbersome rules like this at the dinner table, so Jin Moyu can't eat enough every time, but fortunately, there is a small stove where Jin Moyu lives, and he can cook any meal.
Jin Moyu also drove a car, and the one who taught her to drive was still a foreigner, and the car was still that boxy, at that time, Jin Moyu was relatively low, sitting in the driver's seat, and her feet couldn't touch the brakes, so she also needed the assistance of the driver.
Once when driving, there was a carriage in front of Jin Moyu, Jin Moyu didn't step on the accelerator in time, and hit it, the horse in front was frightened, broke free from the reins and ran away, and the coachman hurriedly chased the horse when he saw this.
Seeing this situation, Jin Moyu immediately discussed with the driver and asked him not to tell him about it, but a few days later, the person who was hit by the carriage came to the door to ask for compensation.
The family also asked Jin Moyu what was going on, and Jin Moyu hurriedly said that she accidentally touched it, and finally compensated the person and escaped.
Later, Jin Moyu also opened a restaurant, which originally made Western food, but the chef recruited was a woman, because she had worked for Jin Moyu for a long time, she didn't plan to ask for a salary, and was ready to give Jin Moyu money.
Jin Moyu was also young and beautiful at that time, but the chef may have "bad intentions", so he replaced the Western chef and changed it to a Sichuan restaurant, and the business was not bad, and Jin Moyu was also very busy every day.
When it was time to pay her salary at the end, Jin Moyu calculated that she could have 60 yuan a month, although this money was already a lot at that time, but Jin Moyu had more places to spend money, and her living standard still couldn't be raised.
But at this time, Jin Moyu met her future husband Ma Wanli, who was very famous in the south at that time, but almost no one had heard of it in the north.
Therefore, life was very difficult, Jin Moyu saw that he was very pitiful, so he took him in and found him a place behind the restaurant, so that they could have time to paint every day.
Later, the two came together and held a simple wedding, which was considered a marriage.
Jin Moyu and Ma Wanli got married
However, the good life did not last long, because she was implicated by her sister Yoshiko Kawashima, Jin Moyu was forced to go to prison and began a 15-year prison life, in order not to affect her family, Jin Moyu chose to divorce her husband.
At the beginning, Jin Moyu was first locked up in the detention center, and then in prison, when she felt very bitter, Jin Moyu would sing as if no one was around to relieve her boredom.
Jin Moyu and Ma Wanli's family photo
Sometimes Jin Moyu will also fight wits and courage with the guards, in order to get a few more nests, every time Jin Moyu counts, the person who eats will not pay attention to it, and secretly take two more, because the number is small, so it has not been discovered.
Later, according to Jin Moyu's recollection, there was a person who was even more powerful than her, and directly took a pot of nest heads while the person who was cooking was not paying attention.
After being released from prison, Jin Moyu worked on a farm in Tianjin, during which she met her husband Shi Youwei, and the two held a simple wedding.
Later, Jin Moyu retired due to lumbar muscle strain, but her salary plummeted, which was not enough for Jin Moyu's expenses, so Jin Moyu started clerical work again and worked as a staff member in the Beijing Museum of Culture and History.
Her former classmates also invited her to settle in Japan, but Jin Moyu refused, and in 1996, Jin Moyu opened a foreign language training class.
In 2007, Jin Moyu talked about his experience on "A Date with Luyu", Jin Moyu on the show is 88 years old, but his mentality is the same as that of young people, talking and laughing, very cheerful.
On the show, Jin Moyu also shared various interesting things in life, as well as some of her own life experiences, and her attitude is very good.
Unfortunately, on May 26, 2014, Jin Moyu died of a heart attack at the age of 95.
In Jin Moyu's life, she has not only enjoyed glory and wealth, but also experienced ups and downs in her life, but she has always faced all this with a positive, positive and optimistic attitude.
Information source: "Luyu has an appointment" 88-year-old Xiao Gege
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