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The period of the Republic of China began in 1912 and ended in 1949, when Sun Yat-sen was successfully inaugurated as the provisional president of the Republic of China, the Republic of China was established, and it ended in 1949, with the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
The Republic of China has undergone many political and social changes in China's history, and at this stage, the leaders at that time have been trying to transform a feudal society into a modern society, such as the promulgation of the Constitution, which is a new attempt at social change.
The following photo was taken during the Republic of China, and the people in the photo have many nationalities, including Chinese and Japanese.
During the Republican period, the people's life was miserable, and for foreigners, seeing the Chinese living so pitifully, their hearts were full of ridicule, and there was that despicable sense of superiority.
The photo below is a family portrait, judging from the photo, the family is not small, and there are people of all ages. In the photo, the men are wearing suits and ties, and the women are wearing skirts.
In the photo, we can see that many people are preparing to receive relief materials, and it can be seen that these people should be refugees. In front of the photo, there are two young children, although the elder brother is not old, but he seems to be very sensible, maybe their parents are no longer there, so the brothers can only rely on each other.
During the period of the Republic of China, the common people almost did not have enough to eat every day, do you think this is a still in the following photo? In fact, such scenes will be staged on the street every day. In the photo, a man is seen holding a piece of wood and gnawing on the bark of a tree.
A person is so hungry that he wants to gnaw on the bark, which shows that during the Republic of China, the common people could live, and sometimes they were extravagant hopes.
During the Republic of China, foreigners had a certain sense of superiority, because when they looked at such poor Chinese, they could be arrogant in front of them, do whatever they wanted, say whatever they wanted, and even say difficult things in front of the Chinese, and we Chinese only have to listen.
The photo below is of a couple from a foreign country. They came to China, they looked like they were coming for tourism, they were standing in front of a shop, and they were holding a child in their hands, and from the look on their faces, they looked particularly proud.
This photo is an old man during the Republic of China, and judging from her gender, she is an old lady. Judging from her dress, although she is not well dressed, the clothes on her body are not particularly shabby, and when we see her feet, they are the most typical three-inch golden lotus for women at that time.
During the Republic of China, many children lost their parents, so they had to live a wandering life alone, the following two children, it can be seen that they are a pair of sisters, the elder sister is taking care of the younger sister to eat, and this bowl of rice may be the elder sister to beg for her life.
The following photo is also a pair of wandering sisters and brothers, from their eyes, they seem to be full of ignorance about the future, perhaps their parents have already starved to death or died, and there were many such children in the Republic of China at that time.
During the Republic of China, all the female students in that period were pure girls, because in that era, there were no cosmetics, so every girl was pure and natural beauty, without any sense of artificiality.
The following photo is taken of female students during the Republic of China, they are wearing school uniforms, and there is a soldier maintaining order next to them, which is very eye-catching.
At that time, there were many girls' schools, the most famous of which was the Jinling Girls' School in Shanghai. We all know that Shanghai was one of the best big cities in the Republic of China, and their school uniforms are particularly conspicuous, even now, this style of school uniforms are relatively trendy.
During the Republic of China, there were already tennis matches in the school, and this photo is a group photo from the school's tennis team. This school is Shandong Provincial Normal College.
This is a famous photo in modern history at that time, and the family in the photo is also a famous family at that time, the Zhang family in Hefei. The four sisters in the photo were also married to four famous people at that time, such as one of the sisters, who was married to Zhou Youguang, a famous linguist at the time.
Later, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, when they gathered in Shanghai again, they took such a group photo, and during the Republic of China, this was a very valuable photo.
Presumably many young people have heard of the love story of Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin. The photo below was taken by them playing on the Great Wall together. Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin knew each other and fell in love when they went to the United States to study.
During the period of the Republic of China, because the society was in the stage of warlord warfare at that time, and in addition, the invasion of Japan and other countries, therefore, the life of the common people in that period was really miserable, as miserable as it was.
According to statistics, in the early Qing Dynasty, the life expectancy of the people was still about 55 years old, but now the Republic of China has dropped to 35 years old.
In addition, because of the years of war, the men in the family have also gone out to fight, do you think, if the pillars of the family are not there, then how can this family be peaceful, and how can we talk about happiness? As long as you don't starve to death, you can have something to eat, that's very good.
In the period of the Republic of China, because the industry was on the verge of bankruptcy, there were many unemployed people in the society, in addition, in the urban area, there will be a lot of children on the street who can't eat, pick up briquettes, and sometimes, there will be news of tragic death because of eating fish heads.
Imagine if you were walking alone on the street and you saw the beggars on the street, what would it be like to feel in your heart? In the Republic of China, this kind of scene can be seen everywhere. Although there were many poor people during the Republic of China, there were also rich people, and there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor.
In order to beg from passers-by, some beggars have to do some extreme actions, such as hitting their heads with bricks, and some are even more extreme, even forcing each other to death, and their purpose is very simple, that is, they hope that passers-by can give some food to help them live.
In order to survive and have something to eat, some people slept at the door of the rich people's houses day and night, and the rich people had to give them something to eat in order to drive them away.
During the Republic of China, there were concessions, and these places were also where foreigners lived, and most of the wealthy families lived here. Not only do they not worry about food and clothing, but they also live a very luxurious life every day, and it can be said that such a picture is very different from the life of ordinary people.
In various film and television dramas, the Republic of China period is a number of love stories, but the real scenes are those people who are about to starve to death, wandering on the streets of the city. During the period of the Republic of China, it was in the midst of a warlord melee, so it is not an exaggeration to describe the life of the people with four words.
The figure in the photo below is a shaver in a shaving shop, and next to him, there is a pot of boiling water and some tools needed to shave his head. In that extremely poor society, with a single technology, you can earn a small amount of money to help subsidize your family.
The two people in the photo below already look thin and unliked, and all this is thanks to "opium".
When opium flowed into China, it had already made our people lose their will, and every day was like a "wandering spirit", and some smokers even sold their own flesh and blood in order to keep smoking it.
Years of war in China have displaced many families, some of whom have chosen to leave the area, while most of the people have begun to live a life of begging and picking up garbage.
This photo is a father with a child, begging life along the street, judging from the age of the child alone, it is only about 5 years old, the original carefree age, but destined to lose a happy childhood, but despite this, on the child's face, you can still see his bright smile, which may also be a quality that we adults lack.
should live a life full of children and grandchildren, but live a life of starvation every day, for the elderly, it is really a miserable thing, and during the Republic of China, such things happened every day and were staged every day.
During the period of the Republic of China, there was a sentence that described the life of the common people too appropriately, that is, "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road", that is to say, for rich families, they live a luxurious and luxurious life every day, and for most people, there is no food, and the final outcome is to starve to death on the street.
History is a mirror, we cannot avoid history, nor can we avoid it, the only thing we modern people can do is to take this as a warning and work hard for the present. Seeing the life of the people during the Republic of China, we feel more horror, because it is a society where one person eats people.
In addition to fear and anger, we should face the future bravely, and we are also glad that we were born in the 21st century, an era of peace, and we are also grateful to our martyrs, who exchanged their lives for our peace today, from now on, we should live with gratitude.