Old Beijing photo: Xizhimen, Yongdingmen food stall A hundred years ago, was there Yingtai in the place where the emperor was imprisoned?

A carriage full of goods entered the capital. 1920, American photographer Donald Mennie published a collection of beautiful scenery of Beijing in Shanghai, which included his works about 19 15 and recorded the scenery of old Beijing. Today, we feel the charm of the ancient capital through some photos. Is this scene old Beijing in your imagination or old Beijing in your memory?

The food stall outside Yongdingmen. Manny's works pay great attention to shooting angle and picture effect. Whether it is the city wall, the royal garden or the dusty street, they all pay great attention to light and shadow, texture and hierarchy, and like to reflect the light from the side, which makes the photos present a hazy and delicate unique aesthetic feeling, and some photos also have the artistic conception of Chinese painting.

The scene of andingmen street. Under the pen of a group of famous writers such as Lao She, old Beijing has a unique cultural bearing and a leisurely life, and Manny's image makes the temperament of old Beijing more concrete. However, due to age, the appearance of the photo has declined, and the hair is black, which slightly affects the visual effect.

Standing outside the city shooting Yongding Gate. The photo records the complete Yongdingmen Wengcheng, including the Arched Tower and the gatehouse, which is very precious. What does Yongdingmen mean? Always stable? , the main entrance of the outer city wall, is located on the central axis, and most of the entrances and exits from south to Beijing pass through this passage.

The scenery outside Xizhimen. Xizhimen is one of the nine gates of the inner city. Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has been an important pass of Gyeonggi, second only to Zhengyangmen in scale. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the waterwheel that sent water from Yuquan Mountain to the palace had to pass through this gate, so there was? Watergate incident? Known as. Now Xizhimen has become a title deed, generally referring to the vicinity of Xizhimen Bridge.

It's spectacular to shoot the Forbidden City south on Jingshan Mountain. When Manny took pictures, the emperor Puyi was still entrenched in the Forbidden City. According to the agreement of 19 12, Puyi temporarily stayed in the Forbidden City and then moved to the Summer Palace. In fact, Puyi not only did not move to the Summer Palace, but also was allowed to live in the restored palace in violation of the agreement in 19 17, and was not expelled until 1924.

Street landscape outside Chaoyangmen. There are often wagons carrying grain in Chaoyangmenwai Street, which was known in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Beijing grain pulse? . Along this road, you can go directly to Tongzhou Wharf and connect the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. This wooden archway across Chaoyangmenwai Street belongs to Dongyue Temple. Yue Ling Chongsi? Four words.