Old photos in the late Qing Dynasty: Is this the face of old Beijing that no film and television drama can restore?

The walls and gates of old Beijing. 1900, in the 26th year of Guangxu, the year of Gengzi in the lunar calendar, the Qing Dynasty experienced the Boxer Rebellion and Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China. This paper presents the social environment of the last boxer year in Qing Dynasty with a group of old photos, which is the real scene before and after Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, and also the face of old Beijing that no film and television drama can restore. ?

1900, the US military camp outside the meridian gate of the Forbidden City. After Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fled to xi 'an, and the United States and Japan jointly occupied the Forbidden City. This magnificent place embodying imperial power was suddenly eclipsed. The guard area of the US military includes the meridian gate of the Forbidden City, all buildings and facilities in the Forbidden City, and the residences of all concubines and eunuchs.

Qianmen Street, it is hard to hide the depression. The large area outside Qianmen used to be the most bustling business district, but it was destroyed by arson and enemy gunfire in the 1900 war and became a ruin. What is this photo taken? Survivors? It seems that the road is bumpy and the shops are closed, which is no longer the grand occasion of the past.

The front gate tower and the scene inside the urn. This photo was taken before the war started in 1900. Qianmen Gate Tower, Arrow Tower and the surrounding city walls form a spectacular urn, which is108m wide from east to west and 85m deep from north to south. There is a small temple on both sides of the tower. After Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion, Qianmen Tower and Arrow Tower were destroyed.

Standing on the tower, shooting the horizon of the ancient capital. The wall extending to the horizon under the lens is the dividing line between the inner city and the outer city. To the north of this wall is the inner city, where the royal family and the Eight Banners live together. South of the city wall is the outer city, where the Han people live. The princes of the inner city, the officers and men of the Eight Banners and their families live on government funds and are not allowed to engage in productive labor. They are purely a consumer class, living a pampered life.

Yongdingmen and the railway crossing the city wall. After Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, the French army opened a gap in the solid wall on the west side of Yongdingmen, extending the Luhan Railway from Lugou Bridge to the front door, so as to transport the materials to the barracks. At the same time, the British extended the end of Jinlu Railway from Majiapu Station to Yongdingmen.

Beihai, the royal garden of Qing Dynasty. In the photo, you can see the Jade Belt Bridge and the White Pagoda in Beihai, and three foreigners are playing. After Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion, Beihai was trampled, and the headquarters was set up in the Chengguan Hall on the north shore. More than 65,438+00,000 golden buddhas and other treasures in the ten thousand buddhas building were looted.