What were people and things like more than 100 years ago? We have not experienced that historical era and cannot feel it for ourselves. However, the old photos that have been handed down to this day freeze the scene of life in the late Qing Dynasty, which can make us have an intuitive understanding of the society at that time.
Beijing Baoxing Zhai Rao Shop.
The shop's cupola archway face (two pillars on the first floor) is really gorgeous and exquisite, with the deep cultural charm of old Beijing. The pillar of the sky takes the meaning of prosperity and wealth, and the pillar and the eaves are selected outwards from the high position, all of which are exquisitely carved wooden components for hanging masks. The plaque on the façade reads "籹籹" and "餦餭", all of which are pasta snacks.
A drug store.
The pharmacy has made "Ginseng Gu ben pill" into a big signboard, which is obviously a key recommended product, and long-term use has the effect of strengthening muscles and bones and solidifying the original Peiyuan. The sign on the left side is written with more than a dozen drug names, such as Renma Ping An San, Wanying Noon Tea, Eight Treasure Red Elixir, Baby Protection Seven Cents, etc., generally speaking, its tonic effect is greater than the therapeutic effect.
Girls' school lessons.
The school's name is Chinkiang Girl's School, which translates to Zhenjiang Girls' School. Teachers and students were in math class, and the blackboard was full of simple formulas, which roughly equivalent to the binary one-time equations of today's first grade in junior high school. The so-called "heaven" and "earth", that is, the unknown numbers x, y.
The Guangxu Emperor's Zi Palace was transported to the Qing Dynasty Mausoleum.
The Guangxu Emperor died on November 14, 1908, and the funeral ceremony was held on March 12, 1909. Because his mausoleum had not yet been built, he could not "feng'an", but only transported the Zi Palace out of the Forbidden City and "temporarily secured" the Qing Dynasty Ling Liang Zhuang Palace.
Persons involved in torture in yamen.
Judging by their long, messy hair and dirty and torn clothes, they had been imprisoned for a long time, their faces withered and their eyes desperate. Don't know what major crime you have committed?
Wang Wenshao, a major minister of the late Qing Dynasty, took a group photo with his grandson.
Wang Wenshao served as the Viceroy of Yungui, the Viceroy directly subordinate to the Viceroy of Beiyang and other important positions, and was appointed to the Military Aircraft Department, and was an official of wuyingdian university, Zheng Yipin. He was sleek and was deeply trusted by Empress Dowager Cixi. Because of his extremely popular subjects, his grandson was also rewarded with official titles by the imperial court and put on supplementary clothes, which is the so-called "one person who has ascended to heaven."
"Emperor" Weng Tonggong.
Weng Tonggong successively served as the emperor of Tongzhi and Guangxu, and also held important positions such as Shangshu of the Punishment Department, Shangshu of the Hubu Department, Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, and Minister of Military Aircraft, and his position was self-evident. He participated in the trial of the case of "Yang Naiwu and Xiao Cabbage" in Zhejiang, actively washed away the grievances of Yang Naiwu and Bi Xiugu, and urged Empress Dowager Cixi to make up her mind to punish more than 30 courtiers who had perverted the law.
There are sheep herding near the Zhichun Pavilion in the Summer Palace.
In October 1900, the British army occupied the Summer Palace, which was particularly favored by Empress Dowager Cixi, and was almost deserted. It seems that the British army was not strictly controlled at that time, and under the watchful eyes of two British Sikh soldiers, the sheep drove the sheep to the Summer Palace to graze. If Empress Dowager Cixi saw this scene, her nose would be crooked.
Group photo of the compradors of the foreign firm.
Compradors were intermediaries and managers employed by foreign investors in the late Qing Dynasty and assisted in their trade activities in China. They derived a great deal of wealth from Sino-foreign trade, and then operated independently, forming the comprador bourgeoisie.
Qiu Jin, a female student who stayed in Japan in the late Qing Dynasty, took a group photo with others.
The international students in the photo are all members of the Common Love Association, and the second from the left in the back row is Qiu Jin, the "JianHu Woman". In April 1903, Hu Binxia, a female student studying in Japan, initiated the establishment of the Mutual Love Association in Tokyo, with Chen Shufen as the president and Qiu Jin as the receptionist. The purpose of the Association is to "save twenty million women, to restore their inherent privileges, to make them have the ideas of the state, so that they can commit suicide by the duty of a female citizen", which is very revolutionary.