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Text: Wordy Shoko
Editor|Akiko long-winded
The late Qing Dynasty always gave people a sense of backwardness and corruption, and many old photos showed people with numb and powerless eyes, but there were some exceptions.
The beautiful lady in the picture is riding a short donkey, looking ahead with a serious face, followed by a subordinate, respectfully bowing her head, waiting for orders, although she can't ride a high-headed horse, but for a woman at that time, it was already very good to be able to ride a donkey out.
This is the scene of the marriage of the nobles in the late Qing Dynasty, beating gongs and drums, it is not lively, and there are many ordinary people who are watching the excitement next to it, and there can be such a big pomp and circumstance in this period, and the people who marry must not be ordinary people.
This photo is a group photo of students in the late Qing Dynasty, from the picture, we can clearly see that almost everyone is wrapped in small feet, obviously they are the same age as flowers, but their wings were broken by feudal dross early, and when the girls face the camera, many people's eyes are numb.
I always feel that the old palace maid on the swing on this picture inexplicably hits her face and looks grandma, she is not old, the old palace maid is very happy on the swing, and the people who can play in the Forbidden City are naturally not ordinary palace maids, it is said that this palace maid is dressed Lafayette, and is very popular with the master.
In fact, the old photos of the Qing Dynasty also have a relatively sunny one, although this photo is black and white, but the boss of the small business is very happy to smile, in fact, the common people at that time are very content, as long as they can eat enough, they are satisfied.
The fried fritter vendor in this photo also looks very happy, but his smile is more cautious to flatter, after all, it is not ordinary people who can take pictures with a camera at that time, but the little boy on the side is not so complicated to laugh, and he looks really happy.
From this picture, we can see that they have used Western-style chandeliers, the head of the family is still smoking a big cigarette, and there is a small servant standing by to serve.
This picture shows a late Qing dynasty nobleman and his concubine, the two are simply the most cute height difference, in fact, this is because the concubine is very young, today it is estimated that she is a junior high school student, but at that time, there were countless women who married at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
This is a rare photo of the famous prostitute Sai Jinhua in the late Qing Dynasty, her life is very legendary, she has been married three times, but each time she will experience the loss of her husband, and then be kicked out of the house, but her patriotism should be remembered more than the bumpy experience.
People often say: "The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings the flower in the backyard across the river", but when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, it was such a prostitute who was looked down upon by everyone and the German generals who protected the people in the city.
This is the scene of Qing Dynasty officials traveling, there are palanquin bearers carrying sedan chairs, there are bodyguards to protect safety, and servants who serve with them.
People who often watch Qing Dynasty TV dramas should have seen clips of officials trying cases, and the picture records the real Qing Dynasty case handling process, and it feels very different from the TV series, but it is really full of oppression.
The three girls sat together and chatted, the details are the small feet of the sitting woman, it can be seen from the clothing that she is Han, Han girls have to wrap their feet since they were young, and after wrapping their feet, it is equivalent to their feet have been disabled, not to mention walking, they can't stand for long, and Manchu women do not have the tradition of wrapping small feet, so they are standing in the picture.
The picture shows the aristocratic women of the late Qing Dynasty, they are dressed in luxurious Manchu costumes, and their manners look very dignified, but they are a little unsatisfactory in appearance.
This photo shows a woman riding a bicycle with small feet, but this picture is most likely just a pose, because small feet can't ride a bicycle, but for this woman, she should be very happy to see the novelty of a bicycle.
A group of poor child laborers, each of whom was not very old, and was probably just mischievous schoolchildren until now, but at this time, these little boys had already done hard work, and their immature faces were full of exhaustion and numbness, and it was hard to imagine that these expressions would appear in the little boys who were in their teens.
Compared with the above little boys, this little boy can be said to have won at the starting line from birth, he is wearing silk and satin, riding a high-headed horse, and there are several guards beside him to "escort", many times, the gap between people is so big.
This is a group photo of a couple in the late Qing Dynasty, different from other dull and serious group photos, the photo of this couple looks very vivid, and it can be seen from the eyes of the two people that this is definitely an old husband and wife.
This picture is very heart-wrenching, it is the Old Summer Palace that was burned by the fire, and the Old Summer Palace, which condensed countless skilled craftsmen, was burned clean by a fire, and now only the ruins of the wall are left for people to remember.
The three prisoners were in chains, numbly waiting for their fate, were they really heinous prisoners, or were they powerless ordinary people?
This is the scene of people burning opium, although the country has a policy of banning smoking, but in the late Qing Dynasty opium is still repeatedly banned, but the way of burning opium in the picture is obviously wrong, it is simply gathering people to smoke, the correct way can refer to Lin Zexu next door.
Under the city walls was some sun-dried manure, and a common man was loading a truck, which was the best fertilizer, and it couldn't be better when used in the fields.
The energetic old man in the picture is not an ordinary person, he is Li Hongzhang, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, who has always been arrogant in the country and has to give him some face in front of Li Hongzhang, and other officials behind him are also standing respectfully behind him.
Can anyone solve this problem? In addition to being good at math, people with quick thinking can do it.
I don't know how everyone's eyesight is, but it is said that people who can find out 8 people's eyesight in one minute are gods!
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