In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the society was very chaotic, what was people's lives like? A set of real old photos of the late Qing Dynasty will give you a direct feeling of the social style at that time.
The scene in this photo is a group photo of four ministers at the city gate, and they are all wearing the costumes of Qing Dynasty ministers, but what is more strange is that the four ministers in the photo all bow their heads in unison, and none of them look at the camera.
It's human nature to love to play, no matter what age you like to play something new, the old palace maid with a swing on this photo looks very happy, and there is a little eunuch behind her, pushing the swing for her, and the two of them are having a lot of fun.
"Photo expert" Cixi is out of the "blockbuster" again, although Cixi is old, but the acceptance of new things is higher than many young people, in the late Qing Dynasty Qing Dynasty left over the old photos, Cixi's photos are estimated to be the most.
This photo is a photo of Cixi enjoying the snow in the imperial garden, next to the female officials who served her, in many photos of Cixi, we can see her figure, she is one of the eight female officials of the Forbidden City, Yu Deling, very popular with Cixi.
The glamorous people are all rich, the poor people don't even have a full set of clothes, the women in this photo are all dressed in tatters, and they look gray, everyone's expression is bitter and hateful, and the hardships of life have made their faces lose their vitality and smiles.
This is the last group photo of the last emperor and queen in the Forbidden City, Pu Yi is playing with the camera with his head down, and Wanrong is by his side, the scene looks very warm, at this time they are still the highest status people in the Forbidden City, but soon they will not be, and there is not much time left before they are driven out of the Forbidden City.
Pu Yi and Wanrong in this photo should be in the best state, Wanrong at this time is really beautiful, she is slender in a cheongsam, very beautiful, the two of them sit together and look through the album, Pu Yi naturally put his hand on Wanrong's shoulder, and the relationship between the two at this time is also very good.
This photo is not so weird after color restoration, but it still looks a little scary, the photo shows two little boys who still look eight or nine years old, they are carrying a very delicate paper figure, the paper figure is lifelike, it looks inevitably a little infiltrating, but the children don't care about this, they just know that they can have food after doing this job.
The Qing Dynasty woman in this photo is dressed very beautifully, she is wearing gorgeous clothes, she is wearing a flower crown on her head, and there is a pot of green plants next to her that looks very much like a cactus, and the stool she sits on is very obvious Western style, presumably her family must be very good.
This is the geisha performed during the Qing Dynasty, their costumes are very exquisite, the headdress is also very distinctive, the woman sitting in front of her is holding a pipa, bowing her head and smiling very gently, the two women in the back play an erhu, a, the three of them cooperate very well, it must be a visual feast.
The photographer Cixi was also secretly photographed, and the Cixi in this photo was secretly photographed in an unprepared situation, and it can be seen from the perspective of the photo that this reporter is estimated to be lying on the wall to take pictures, it seems that the guards of the Forbidden City are quite easy to be broken through, Cixi didn't expect that she would be secretly photographed, she hurriedly reached out to block it, but it was useless.
The man wearing glasses in this photo is Aixin Jueluo Pu Lun, he is a proper relative of the emperor, the embroidered python robe he wears is very exquisite, when the Tongzhi Emperor died, he originally had the hope of ascending to the throne, but in the end because of the obstruction of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he could only be an idle prince.
An official man is riding a donkey, the donkey used to be a very common means of transportation, compared to a horse, the donkey is much easier to ride, the old man in this photo, riding is very good.
In addition to donkeys, the Qing Dynasty people's favorite means of transportation are wheelbarrows, the scene in this photo is a father holding his child sitting on a wheelbarrow, and there is a person pushing a cart behind, the wheelbarrow is very labor-saving, although the person pushing the cart looks thin, but can still push the two people on the cart.
After the end of the Qing Dynasty, the braids on people's heads were gradually cut off, most people still have no opinion on this policy, but there are also people who are obsessed with braids are unwilling to cut, even if they are forced to cut off the braids, they will continue to stay, this photo, is the back of the braids again.
This is a photo of a group of pilgrims rushing to the temple fair, except for the children sitting in the photo, the people sitting in the photo are all women, they are Han women, all wrapped in small feet, so they can't walk far, and they have to rest for a while every time, and their movement is very inconvenient.
This is a photo of a woman and a bicycle, a woman in a robe standing behind the bicycle, smiling very shyly, at this time, bicycles have not been fully popularized, and the family that can afford a bicycle will never be bad, but this woman is wrapped in a pair of small feet, can such feet ride a bicycle?
In the late Qing Dynasty, group photos of foreigners and Chinese people were very common, and this photo is a very interesting group photo, a foreigner wearing the costume of a Qing Dynasty official grabbed the hand of a Han woman, but judging from the expression of the woman in the photo, she did not seem to be very reluctant.
The towering city wall behind the two boys is the wall of Mukden City, but now we can no longer see this city wall, no matter how strong the city wall is, it can not withstand the bombardment of guns and shells, in 1949 it was destroyed because of the war, and now we can only peek at its former majesty and height in photos.
A group photo of ordinary people in the Qing Dynasty, the family is neat, everyone has clothes to wear, at that time, the life of this family does not know how many people envy, the little girl in the photo is smiling very brightly, the mother behind her is still holding a child in her arms, there is a cute puppy under the photo, this family photo is still very warm.
This photo shows the scene of the government seizing opium, in fact, after realizing the harm of opium, the government also began to manage, the large cardboard box in the photo contains opium, the amount is very amazing, which can also be seen the penetration of opium in China at that time.
The photos of the Qing Dynasty are not all lifeless, the three men in this photo have very vivid expressions, especially the one on the left, smiling very happily, they are all hard laborers, but they still have hope for life.
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