Color version of old photos from a hundred years ago: a foreigner with long legs and a beautiful personality, before the destruction of the Old Summer Palace

The Old Summer Palace not only brings together a number of famous garden scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, but also transplants Western garden architecture, which is the culmination of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign gardening art at that time.

Before repair

After the restoration, it was one of the treasures of human culture and one of the largest museums in the world at that time. 100 years ago, foreigners took photos of the Old Summer Palace before it was destroyed, and now, after artificial restoration and coloring, it is really beautiful.

Before repair

After the repair

Before repair

After the repair

Before repair

After the repair

Before repair

After the repair

After the partial restoration of the Old Summer Palace

Before the partial restoration of the Old Summer Palace

After the partial restoration of the Old Summer Palace

After the partial restoration of the Old Summer Palace

After the partial restoration of the Old Summer Palace

The palace maids of the Qing Dynasty were actually very beautiful.

People spend time in the hutongs, playing chess on the ground, watching the birds, and doing other pastimes, which is almost a satire of old Beijing life. But this depiction of the capital isn't all blind nostalgia – the laid-back atmosphere of the hutongs has a historical precedent. In 1873, a reporter for the Illustrated London News wrote: "Since the population of Peking is mostly government retirees, with no trade or occupation, they are a bunch of idle people." Nothing to do......

The man who cut his hair, smoked a dry cigarette. Lazy pensioners were also soldiers, at least in theory, descended from the Manchu army that occupied China and Beijing in 1644.

Foreign beauties experience Beijing rickshaws.

Qianmen Street, Beijing.

Foreigners walking their dogs