At the end of the Qing Dynasty, people on the side of the road in Korea were worshipping tree signs, and the tree signs in the picture were written in Chinese characters. Around the time of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Chinese characters were introduced to Korea and used in Korea for more than 2,000 years, and whether or not to know Chinese characters became a criterion for distinguishing between the upper class and ordinary people. After the independence of the Korean nation, Hanzi was ostracized and proverbs were vigorously promoted. However, North Korea's culture for more than 2,000 years has been based on Chinese characters, and young people do not understand Chinese characters and have almost lost the ability to understand traditional Chinese documents and cultural relics.
The 26th king of the Joseon Dynasty, Gojong Lee Hee. The kings of Joseon were vassals of the Chinese emperor during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and their status was similar to that of the Chinese county kings, and they could only be called "Your Highness" or "Great King". Lee Hee was originally a distant royal family, supposedly unrelated to the throne, but because the previous generation of Korean kings had no heirs, he eventually ascended the throne by mistake. Although he was the king of Joseon, he was a real puppet, and all his life he was at the mercy of his father Dae-yong Jun, his wife Concubine Min, and the Japanese.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the great court of Korea, Li Yunying. Daewonjun is a title in ancient Korea, and after a son enters the throne, he will name his biological father "Daewonjun". In 1863, after the death of Choljong of Joseon, Lee Hee, son of Lee Hyun-ying, was elected to the palace to succeed to the throne as Emperor Gojong. Since Gojong (12 years old) was too young to govern, the affairs of The Joseon Dynasty were praised by the Great Court. After competing with Concubine Min for power, he was imprisoned by the Qing army in Baoding Province and released three years later. In 1894, he came to power again with Japanese power, but was ousted from power due to his refusal to fully cooperate with Japan, and eventually died alone.
Lord of North Korea Deok Hye-won. The daughters of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were all titled princesses (there were also unsealed), of which the empress was given the title of Princess gulun, and the daughter of other concubines or adopted daughters of the empress was given the title of Princess Heshuo, which was different from the title of the daughter of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the daughter of the monarch of the Joseon Dynasty was given the title of Lord. In the photo, the beautiful-looking Lord Tokue-ho had a tragic fate, having been sent to Japan as a hostage since childhood, and later forcibly married by the Japanese to Munatakeshi, the son of the Japanese lord of Tsushima Domain. In 1962, after all the efforts, she finally returned to North Korea after decades of absence, and then she was already a stupid old woman.
Officials of Korea in the late Qing Dynasty. Officials of the Joseon Dynasty inherited the official style of the Ming Dynasty, wearing a black gauze hat and a round collar robe. Judging from the pattern on the complement of his official uniform, this official was a military attaché of the Joseon Dynasty.
Great general of Korea at the end of the Qing Dynasty. The general in the photo sits on a wheelbarrow and looks a little funny. The wheelbarrow, officially known as "Ie-hyun", was a means of transportation used by North Korean military attaches and nobles when they went out. Because of its unique shape and a small wooden wheel, it is jokingly called "cat car" by the folk.
A child of Korea in the late Qing Dynasty. The child in the picture has just returned from fishing by the river, carrying the fish he has just caught on his back, and a rooster standing on it, looking sad and funny. In which era, whether it is North Korea or Chinese people, life is relatively difficult, and children have to work at a very young age.
Outside the palace of the Joseon Dynasty, two children are playing. Compared with China's imperial palace, the Korean royal palace is obviously much smaller, but considering its territory, such a scale is already possible, and the Ryukyu Kingdom, which is also a Chinese vassal state, has a royal palace that is inferior to the Korean royal palace.
Ge Ji in korea at the end of the Qing Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, Ge Ji was known as "prostitutes" in Korea and was a lower class of social status. Most of them are girls who have been sold by their families or "prostitutes" who have children. These women not only look good, but also have to receive various artistic training from a young age, which can be described as "beautiful and talented". However, due to their low social status, they usually could not marry a scholar as a proper wife, but could only be a concubine.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Seoul, Korea (present-day Seoul) ying'en Gate. Ying'en Gate, which means "greeting the emperor's grace", was the place where the Korean king greeted the envoys of the Ming and Qing dynasties. During the Joseon Dynasty, when emissaries from the Central Plains came to the dynasty, the king of Joseon had to personally go to the outskirts of Ying'enmen to greet him. After the Sino-Japanese War, Japan took control of Korea, and soon Korea severed its affiliation with the Qing Dynasty. In February 1895, North Korea demolished the Gate of Yeong-eun, and the plaque of the current Gate of Yeong-eun is preserved in the National Museum of The Ancient Palace of Korea.