On December 1, 1922, Emperor Puyi of the Qing Dynasty held a marriage ceremony. Although the Qing Dynasty fell for more than 10 years, because he was still entrenched in the Forbidden City and maintained the honorific title of emperor, his marriage was still called a big wedding ceremony. All the ceremonies of marriage are carried out in accordance with the "King James Decree of the Qing Dynasty Ceremony - The Great Wedding Ceremony", but in fact, there are many "reductions", after all, the economic strength and social status of the royal family can no longer support the emperor's scene.
Grace at the wedding
Guo Buluo Wanrong (1904-1946), known as Muhong, was the wife of Emperor Pu Yi of the Qing Dynasty, photographed in 1922 when she married Pu Yi.
On the day of the wedding, Empress Wanrong entered the Forbidden City from Donghua Gate at around 4 a.m. Earlier, Concubine Shuxiu entered the palace from Shenwu Gate. According to the Qing system, the queen should go from the Daqing Gate to the Qianqing Palace through the Wumen Gate, and at this time, the area south of the Qianqing Gate was under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China, and this old rule could not be implemented. However, the Beiyang government made an exception to allow Feng Yu to enter the palace through the Donghua Gate to distinguish it from Wenxiu. Wenxiu still enters the palace from Shenwu Gate according to the old system.
Graceful Fengyu
Embroidery at the wedding
Erdet Wenxiu (1909-1953), known as Huixin, called herself Ailian, married Pu Yi in 1922 and was named Shufei. Divorced in 1931.
In view of the reality of tight funds, Pu Yi ordered the organizers to use no more than 300,000 yuan for the wedding. According to the records of the Minister of the Interior, Shao Ying, the final cost was 291,756 yuan (in fact, it is likely to exceed that). This amount is much more frugal than the previous Qing Dynasty emperors, but it is still very extravagant compared to the weddings of rich and noble families at that time.
On the day of Puyi's wedding, the police stood guard in front of the Shenwu Gate in Beijing
The send-off procession and the police guarding outside the Shenwu Gate
Kunning Palace decorated with colorful silk
The East Warm Pavilion of Kunning Palace in the cave house is hung with the words Shou and "Xi".
In the words of the "foreign emperor" Johnston, although the small court of Puyi was in the "twilight", there were still many people from all walks of life who cheered for the big wedding. According to the list left after the ceremony, Pu Yi received as much as 196,000 yuan in gifts, of which tens of thousands of yuan were given for more than 10,000 yuan. In addition, the variety of exquisite items is difficult to count.
Interior scene of the wedding room
A wedding room set up in the Temple of Nourishing Hearts
Li Yuanhong, then president of the Republic of China, gave a gift of 20,000 yuan, including four pieces of enamelware, two kinds of silk, one tent, and a pair of couplets. When Li Yuanhong sent people to give gifts, he congratulated foreign monarchs with a gift, and wrote on the red post that "Li Yuanhong, President of the Republic of China, presented the Emperor Xuantong", which can be called a miracle. One of Lai's representatives, Chang Yin Chang, a military attache to the presidential palace, was even more funny, he first bowed to Pu Yi, and then said: "Just now it was on behalf of the Republic of China, and the modern cousin himself saluted the emperor." "Really kneel down and kowtow.
There is a large bathtub in the octagonal door of the wedding room
Former President Xu Shichang also gave a gift of 20,000 yuan, including 28 pieces of precious porcelain and a dragon and phoenix carpet. He named the five characters "Xu Shichang Respectfully Presents" on the gift list, instead of "Chen Moumou Gongjin", which caused Pu Yi to be unhappy. Due to the criticism of Pu Yi's marriage in the newspapers at that time, Pu Yi, in order to slightly reduce the agitation of public opinion, ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to donate 40,000 gifts from the two presidents to charities to help the poor.
The wedding couch set up in the winter warm hall of Kunning Palace, on it is the plaque of Emperor Yongzheng's imperial book "Weizheng Kunyuan".
A marriage bed set up in the Kunning Palace
The dragon and phoenix double happy mantle bed set up in the Kunning Palace
Pu Yi has another marriage bed, and the bed curtain is embroidered with a dragon and a phoenix
In the Changchun Palace, there are rag dolls on chairs
Pu Yi and Wanrong received foreign guests at the Yangxin Palace
Pu Yi and Wanrong's wedding lasted for 5 days, and this was the third day of a photo of Wanrong and the female guest
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi took a group photo
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi took a group photo
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi took a group photo
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi and Wanrong were playing with the camera
Early 20th century Pu Yi statue
Early 20th century Pu Yi statue
Early 20th century Pu Yi statue
Early 20th century Pu Yi statue
Early 20th century Pu Yi statue
Early 20th century Pu Yi statue
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi was seated in casual clothes
In 1924, Pu Yi and Tagore in front of the Four Shrines in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi took a photo with his father and younger siblings
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi and the Japanese took a group photo
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi and others were in the Kailuan Mining Bureau
Early 20th century Portrait of grace
Early 20th century Portrait of grace
Early 20th century Portrait of grace
At the beginning of the 20th century, she was a eunuch and a servant
At the beginning of the 20th century, Wanrong rode a bicycle in the palace
Early 20th century Graceful coloring
Early 20th century graceful seated statue
Early 20th century Wanrong and her English teacher
At the beginning of the 20th century, Duan Kang and Wanrong were in Jianfu Palace
Early 20th century Embroidered statue
One of the group photos of the women to be drafted in the late Qing Dynasty draft
The draft of the Qing court was divided into the Eight Banners Draft and the Baoyi Draft, and the participants of the Baoyi Draft were called the "Three Banners Show Girls of the Inner Palace", and the selected ones became palace maids.
Early 20th century Embroidered statue
At the beginning of the 20th century, Pu Yi, Wanrong and their younger siblings took a group photo
Photographed in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City From left: Pu Yi, Tie Gege (Yu Chong's sister), Runqi (Wan Rong's brother), Yun Ying, Wan Rong, Yun He, Yun Ying.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Wanrong, Wenxiu, and Tang Shixia took a group photo
In 1925, after leaving the palace, Puyi and his wife took a group photo
Photo taken in Tianjin In 1924, Lu Zhonglin led his troops into the Forbidden City and forced Pu Yi to leave the palace. Pu Yi moved to the Japanese Concession in Tianjin the following year. The photo was taken during this period. The second from the left is Yun Ying and Yun He, the fifth from the right is Pu Yi, and the sixth from the right is Wanrong.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Wanrong took a photo with Pu Yi playing on a seesaw
Photographed in Tianjin Pu Yi on the left, and Wan Rong on the standing.