Old photos in the late Qing dynasty: actors and women dressed as men. Is this a photo of giants and dwarfs?

Young women take a group photo with little feet. Today, we know people in the late Qing Dynasty through a group of old photos (taken between1901-kloc-0/910). At the time of drastic changes in the times, the social elements embodied in it are also more complicated, and tradition and fashion are mixed. A few years later, these people witnessed the fall of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, they are witnesses to the change of dynasties.

The new police in Guangzhou. In the era when photographers took these photos, the imperial court faced the stormy situation and carried out reforms in an attempt to revive the economy. Establishing a new police system instead of traditional patrol is a concrete measure to improve public security management. However, learning from Europe and America in the Qing Dynasty was often ineffective, and the actual effect was limited.

Teachers and students in a school in Hankou have microscopes on their desks. They must be in a new school, which has joined the course of modern science. The content of traditional education in Qing Dynasty is mainly Confucian classics. After the Second Opium War, in order to introduce new courses into the traditional education system, it was gradually realized after a long and intense discussion in the imperial court.

An artist disguised as a man. The opera performances in the Qing Dynasty were relatively prosperous, and all classes loved to watch them. But there are no women on the stage, and all the female roles in the play are played by men, which is what we often say? Dan jiao? . Famous actresses such as Tian Jiyun, Tian Guifeng and Chen Delin. They are all actors. At that time, actresses usually hid in brothels to perform.

The staff of a post office in Fuzhou, the first four people are postmen. 1896 carried out the modernization of the Qing postal service with the assistance of the British, and 1906 set up a special postal department. Postmen in the late Qing Dynasty mostly delivered mail on foot, and they had a fixed delivery task every day, even if it was windy and rainy.

A photo of Mrs. Eight Banners. This is a group of people who were born with golden spoons and are now celebrities. Their clothes and temperament represent the best level of that era. However, after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the children of the Eight Banners lost their financial resources and entered a state of living in open land, and many people died in poverty.