The first photo: A wedding photo of the couple
This is a photo taken in Chenzhou Mansion (Huaiyang District of present-day Zhoukou City) in Henan Province, the photo shows a couple holding a wedding, and standing on either side of the couple are the man's parents, the reason why such a photo is left, because the groom and the bride were the first Chinese to hold a wedding in a Christian ceremony in Chenzhou Mansion at that time, so the church at that time sent someone to take this photo.
The second: the Empress Dowager Cixi who returned to the capital
In 1900 AD, the Eight-Nation Coalition captured the city of Beijing, the Empress Dowager Cixi fled westward with the Guangxu Emperor, and then after a series of negotiations, in 1901 after signing the "Xinchou Treaty" with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor returned to Beijing from Xi'an, and the photo recorded the scene of the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor entering the Qing Gate.
The third: curious people
In front of a shop selling bamboo products in Beijing, two foreigners were shopping for goods, and their appearance caused many onlookers to come here to see what the foreigners looked like, including a woman with a child in her arms.
Fourth: Eunuchs resting after work
In a courtyard in the palace, several eunuchs who have left their shifts are resting here, this courtyard is where the eunuchs in the palace live, this place is called "Tatan", Tatan is Manchu, translated into Chinese is "wopu" meaning. Two eunuchs are sitting on a bench resting in the photo, and a little farther away, a eunuch is standing at the door.
Fifth: Prime Minister Yamen
The three officials in the photo are the prime ministers of the Yamen in the late Qing Dynasty, the three people are Cheng Lin, Wen Xiang, and Bao Jun (jūn), all three of them are Manchus, and they were the prime ministers of the Yamen during the Tongzhi period, and were in charge of foreign affairs with various countries at that time, and were also in charge of domestic road and mining, post and telecommunications, military industry, Tongwen Museum, sending students and other related affairs.
Picture 6: Inside the girls' school
In the coastal areas of China in the late Qing Dynasty, there were many foreign missionaries who opened girls' schools in China, and the photo shows a girls' school in the classroom, where the female students are seriously attending the class, and a female gentleman is sitting at the back of the classroom supervising their Xi.
Seventh: Eight Banners children Xi archery
In a martial arts arena, a child of the Eight Banners was practicing Xi archery, except for the target being a little closer, the others were very standard in terms of posture and momentum, and beside him stood some people watching the excitement.
Picture 8: A tailor shop on the street
There is a tailor shop on the street in Chengdu, and several shop men are using sewing machines to make clothes. In the late Qing Dynasty, foreign sewing machines had begun to be introduced to China. At that time, many of the larger tailor shops began to use sewing machines.
Picture 9: A grocery stall on the side of the street
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, business was not easy, so stall owners maintained their business by increasing the variety of goods, such as a street stall selling all kinds of groceries and a variety of daily necessities and small goods, including a lot of clothes hanging from the back of the stall.
Picture 10: The woman in the green building
In ancient times, the women in the Qinglou were divided into two categories, one was called prostitutes, and the other was called prostitutes. Prostitutes generally have no talent and mainly rely on the skin and meat business to make money, while prostitutes need to have both talent and looks... The woman in the photo is a prostitute in the green building.
Eleventh: The Great Eunuch Liu Chengyin
Liu Chengyin was a great eunuch who was very favorite of the Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty, and his status at that time was not much worse than that of Li Lianying and Xiaode Zhang.
Picture 12: Foreigners eating
In a small town in Sichuan Province, two foreign missionaries are eating at a street food stall with a young foreign boy. Since it is rare to see outsiders in this town, and it is three foreigners, many local residents have come out to see the excitement.
Thirteenth: Look at the lively people
After the Eight-Nation Coalition attacked Beijing in 1900, a British soldier rode a bicycle through a street, attracting people who had never seen a bicycle before.
Fourteenth: The Official's Wife
The wife of a Qing government official, in the courtyard of her home, leans lazily on a small square table, wears Manchu flower-pot-soled shoes on her feet, and perhaps to show her culture, holding an open book in her hand.
Fifteenth: A man checking his eyes
In the late Qing Dynasty, with the introduction of Western medical technology, various advanced medical equipment and instruments were also introduced to China. The photo shows a Chinese with big braids, examining eye diseases in a Western hospital.
Picture 16: An opium-smoking soldier
The photo shows a Qing soldier smoking opium, who was conducting field military training with his comrades, and in between trainings, he couldn't wait to take out the opium cigarettes he carried with him and smoked them.
Picture 17: A shop doing foreign trade business
This is a store that specializes in foreign trade business in the downtown area of Guangzhou, and you can see that the billboards hanging in the store are printed in foreign languages, and some very fine porcelain and silverware are placed on the shelves of the store.