Hello everyone, welcome to @ Ink Zi Shi, today to share a group of late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period of Beijing old photos, most of which were taken by the US National Geographic magazine, the photos are of high quality, HIGH-definition, more precious, let's enjoy together.
【Arrow Tower】 (November 1920 issue)
An ancient fortification on the inner city wall of Beijing, with square windows for shooting.
[Arrow House] [1894 - 1896], by William Jackson
This ancient fortification was not able to stop the Japanese army with modern equipment
【Arrow Tower】
This arrow tower was originally connected to the city wall of The Inner City of Beijing, and in the early years, the Qing Emperor would pass through this doorway from the Forbidden City to the Temple of Heaven. There are glazed tiles on the roof of the building, and behind it there is the main building of the Zhengyang Gate, which is nine feet high and nine feet high
【Zhengyang Bridge】
Zhengyang Bridge is a three-coupon stone bridge with a width of more than 30 meters, divided into three roads by exquisite stone railings, and the scale is second to none among the moat bridges of the nine gates of the inner city. The middle of the middle road of the bridge deck is the Royal Road
【Daqingmen】(1901)
The Qing Dynasty called the Great Qing Gate, and the Ming Dynasty called the Daming Gate, which is the south gate of the Imperial City of Beijing
【Zhonghua Gate】
In the Republic of China, this gate was renamed "Zhonghua Gate", and the three characters of "Zhonghua Gate" were inscribed by Chiang Kai-shek
[Yongdingmen] (1924)
Yongding Gate, the main gate of the outer city wall of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, is located in the middle of the Left Andanmen Gate and the Right Anmen Gate, is the largest of the outer city gates, and was built in the 32nd year of Ming Jiajing (1553), which means "eternal stability".
【Forbidden City Noon Gate】 (1927)
Out of the Forbidden City, with the Noon Gate as the main gate, when the Qing Emperor went to the Temple of Heaven to sacrifice, he crossed the Jinshui River and left the palace from the Noon Gate
【Noon Gate of the Forbidden City】 (October 1937)
After the Xinhai Revolution, the Republic of China! Ordinary people can also enter the Forbidden Palace
【Dongdaemun, Beijing】(1907)
Fishermen catch shrimp on the Grand Canal outside the East Gate
【Outside Beiping City】 (February 1936)
Outside the city walls to the north of the city, there is a quiet place where sheep graze leisurely
【Outside Beijing】
A caravan of camels crosses the Stone Arch
【Camel Guest】
Camels downstairs in the stone arch, and pagodas on the top of the hill in the distance
【Camel rider under the pagoda】 Photo: Mei Li
I don't know if this is in Beijing Tianning Temple or Female Beast Temple Pagoda
The young camel guest and his camel
[The Camel In The Break] (1901)
As a public means of transportation, camels played an important transport function at that time, and until later there was a railway, they could not be completely squeezed out of the historical stage