Colored old photos: Is this the daily life of people in Chongqing a hundred years ago?

A worker who makes coal. When it comes to Chongqing, many people are full of praise. It not only has a long history and culture, beautiful natural scenery, but also the addictive spicy hot pot. So, what kind of life did the people of Chongqing live 100 years ago? Through this group of old color photos taken in 1917, we can travel back to historical situations and experience the social flavor of old Chongqing.

People carrying water by the river. Chongqing is both a mountain city and a river city. It has a gathering of people and culture since ancient times, and the Bayu culture has a long history. Historically, Chongqing was not a provincial administrative unit like it is now. It has long been part of Sichuan Province and has long been the central city of southwest China.

Shipmen and sailors on the Chongqing River. The origin of Chongqing hot pot is related to these boatmen and sailors. Their families were relatively poor and worked very hard, so they bought cheap offal from cows and pigs, washed them, cooked them in a pot, and dipped them in spicy seasonings to fill their stomachs and dispel cold and dampness. , over time, the world-famous spicy hot pot was formed.

Women spinning thread. The folk craft of spinning has now disappeared with the development of science and technology, but a hundred years ago in China, almost every household had a spinning wheel, and women generally mastered spinning skills. In an agricultural society, the division of labor in the family is that men farm and women weave. One of the important tasks of women is spinning and weaving to ensure that the family is clothed.

A tied mule. It couldn't move at the moment, and it was doubting that the mule was alive, right? However, the pain now will be beneficial to the future. Its owner is trimming its hooves and fitting them with horseshoes, which will provide better protection and better grip on the ground when walking.

A foreigner crossed the shoal on a sliding pole. The sliding pole is a unique traditional means of transportation in Chongqing. It has a simple structure and is relatively lightweight.

A rice pounding workshop. Rice pounding is the process of husking the rice that has just been beaten from the fields. The rice husk is removed, and the remaining rice grains are the white rice we eat. However, the rice eaten by ordinary people at that time contained a lot of impurities such as grains and rice husks, and poor families had no chance to eat rice all year round.