Don't be fooled by the TV series! "The old society of all evils", the real life is like this

The old society? Whenever people mention this word, they will have a feeling that they don't understand, and when asked which time period they refer to, people will blurt out "Republic of China!" ”

In fact, this answer is not unreasonable, but according to the data, the old society refers to the period from 1840 to 1949, that is, the Republic of China period was part of the old society.

Some 70 and 80-year-old people know very well what the old society was like because they have experienced it, but today's young people can only learn about the old society from TV, newspapers and other channels.

Since the purpose of many TV dramas is to gain traffic and focus, the old society they show is drunk, glamour, and extravagant, but is the truth really as shown on TV?

Don't be deceived by TV dramas, the reason why the old society often adds the prefix of "all evils" is that its real life is like this!

This is the old society of the 30s of the last century, whether it is from the old man's clothes in the photo or the wrinkles on his face and hands, it can reflect that he has gone through vicissitudes, gray hair and gray beard, which makes people feel very distressed.

Judging from his eyes, there is an attitude of pessimism about life and death, even in front of the camera, he did not show curiosity and envy, after experiencing a lot of suffering, he seems to have lost interest in everything, and calmly eats the sweet potato in his hand.

Nowadays, it is difficult for us to see craftsmen on the streets, in order to make a living, regardless of the cold, they do paper-cutting and other crafts on the street every day, judging from the paper-cutting on the table, this craft is not simple, but because the adults were busy working at that time, only children came with curiosity.

Although the craftsmen knew that the children could not afford it, in order to satisfy their curiosity, they still kindly showed them how to cut paper and draw patterns, and judging from the messy clothes and hair, they should be children of poor families and have no chance to go to school.

This is the street of Beijing more than 100 years ago, three beggars looking at the camera in different postures and different eyes, they may have lived an ordinary life, but in the turbulent times, even ordinary people will be reduced to the point of displacement.

The man in the middle looked at the camera with vicious eyes, as if he was silently accusing fate of injustice, the clothes worn by the three of them made it impossible to tell which season it was, barefoot and bare legs showing his neck, but the one on the right was wearing a thick cotton coat, if it was really winter, I wonder how many days and nights they could spend safely?

For many young people who are used to watching TV series, after seeing this photo, it may be difficult to feel their difficulties, and they may even mistake them for beggars, in fact, there has been no such gang since ancient times, don't be deceived by TV series!

There were many homeless people on the streets of the old society, and the woman in the picture had obviously been cornered, with a big belly and a young child wandering the streets, both dressed and dirty.

If you are lucky, you can still be given some food every day, if you are not lucky, you can't eat anything for a day, compared to the current people's worry-free food and clothing, their situation is really distressing.

Rock sugar gourd, can be said to be a dessert throughout the centuries, because there was no tricycle and other means of transportation at that time, the vendor can only carry such a "behemoth" through the streets and alleys to shout, for people now, the price of rock sugar gourd is very cheap, but at that time, there were very few people who could afford it.

Even if it is the drooling of children, but in order to maintain their daily life, few parents are ruthless to buy for their children, at that time, it was already great to be able to do a hawker business, and most people could only barely survive on the one-third of an acre of land at home.

It was the Spring Festival of 1946, and the photographer recorded this precious scene by coincidence, judging from the items placed in front of him, this should be the ancestral hall of his home.

Parents sit on both sides, the little boy kneels in the middle, this kowtow is not only the parents, but also the ancestors in this big family, I don't know if there was such a saying as "give red envelopes" at that time, if there is, like such a big family, it is estimated that the children can get a lot of money during the Spring Festival.

This is the "Jumping Steps" performance during the Spring Festival in 1919, no matter from the perspective of costumes or shapes, the dresses of the performers in the pictures make people feel very unfamiliar, and even the title of the performance of "Jumping Steps" is rarely known.

It is reported that this is a kind of performance of Tibetan Buddhism, which means that it can expel evil spirits and bring good luck to people in the new year.

In order to harvest the crops as soon as possible, the farmers can be said to stay in the fields from morning to night, even when it is time to eat.

At that time, harvesting crops such as wheat and corn had to rely on manpower, so the efficiency was relatively low, and the time span was also very long, and it is said that in the past, even children who were going to school would go to the fields to help during the busy farming period, and the school would generally approve a vacation of about half a month.

In the huge fields, adults, children, and even the elderly all contribute their part and experience the joys and hardships of farming.

More than 100 years ago, in order to prevent prisoners from escaping, they would be put on heavy shackles, it is said that this kind of shackles weigh more than 30 pounds, such a heavy thing can effectively restrict the escape of prisoners, but this kind of shackles also has a drawback: they are easy to destroy, after all, they are made of wood.

Like the ancient dramas that people often see now, there are often scenes of "prisoner robbery", those who rob prisoners can cut this wooden shackle as soon as they arrive, although we don't know whether such a scene will appear in the old society, but what makes people wonder is that if a knife goes down, the prisoner will not be seriously injured by a sharp knife or shackles?

Seeing this photo, people can deeply feel the weight of the phrase "the children of the poor are in charge of the house early", and the children in the picture look like they are six or seven years old, but they have to pick up scraps to make a living.

If the child's parents were still alive, he might have nothing to do to pick up scraps to support the family, but if he wasn't alive, in the old society, it was not easy to support himself by picking up scraps.

Many photos of the old society were taken by foreigners while living in China, and under the conditions of ordinary people at that time, it was very difficult to even eat and drink enough, let alone buy a camera.