Old photos of Tongzhi period in the late Qing Dynasty: Why is Guangzhou with 1873 rare?

1873 Panorama of Guangzhou City. William Pryor Floyd, a British photographer, once opened a photo studio in Hong Kong during the Tongzhi period in the late Qing Dynasty. His works are mainly landscape paintings and indoor portraits. 1873, he came to Guangzhou, took a batch of old photos and recorded the appearance of the city. 1874165438+10. In October, Freud left Hong Kong and terminated his photography career in China.

Guangzhou North Gate Tower. 1873, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was Rui Lin, and the governor of Guangdong was Zhang Zhaodong, and the region was generally calm. Guangzhou has long been the only foreign trade window in the Qing Dynasty, so it has a high status and is extremely prosperous. However, with the increasing number of trading ports in the late Qing Dynasty, the importance of Guangzhou tended to weaken and was later surpassed by Shanghai.

Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple in Guangzhou. In the early years of Qing Dynasty, the scale of Confucius Temple in Guangzhou was considerable. On the first and fifteenth day of each month, all new students go to Dacheng Hall to worship Confucius. During the Second Opium War, the Confucius Temple was destroyed and rebuilt at 1862, but the atmosphere of offering sacrifices to Confucius was not as strong as before.

Moon-watching tower and lighthouse of Huaisheng Temple. Huaisheng Temple is one of the ancient Muslim temples in Guangzhou. It was built in Wude period of Tang Gaozu, with a history of 1400 years. What you can see in the photo is the regulations after the reconstruction during the Kangxi period. There are imams' rooms, sutra halls, worship halls and light towers dedicated to baptism in the temple.

Yuexiu Mountain scenery. Yuexiu Mountain is only 70 meters above sea level, which is not magnificent, but it is the highest place in the city, so it has also become a strategic location. Don't look at this mountain, okay? Small? There are rich historical sites and legends, such as the former site of Yuewangtai, Sanyuan Palace, zhenhai tower and Wuyang myth.

Zhenhai tower, located on the Yuexiu Mountain, has a battery on the left. Zhenhai tower was founded in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Due to the wide water surface of the Pearl River, from the architectural point of view, the water waves are rippling and spectacular. Jiang? Become? Sea? ,? Zhenhai? Take the meaning of Xiongzhen Haijiang. This is the commanding height. Set up a battery to guard the Pearl River Estuary.

Flower Pagoda of Liu Rong Temple in Guangzhou. This flower pagoda was built in the Southern Dynasties. It is a shaft structure with nine floors outside and seventeen floors inside, with a height of 57.6 meters. It has always been the tallest building in the history of Guangzhou. It has been repaired repeatedly in the past dynasties and still exists today. It has been listed as a national cultural relics protection unit.