Why in the late Qing Dynasty through the lens of Americans, female prisoners were hung on towers and the poor were naked?

People often say that those who fall behind will be beaten. In fact, it is often the common people who are beaten, and the people who suffer the most are the common people in that backward era. Just like in the late Qing Dynasty, under the signing of a series of unequal treaties, China gradually entered a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. Therefore, in the context of that era, the people who really suffered were always the people of that era.

The late Qing society that people now refer to actually refers to the period from 1840 to 1912. During this period, although the Qing government still held the actual power of centralized power, it The late Qing Dynasty was mostly a gloomy time, which marked the gradual decline of China's feudal social power and the sunset era.

At that time, there were also some Americans who wanted to go to Chinese territory to see the Chinese people moving towards the industrial age, so countless Americans took many pictures of extremely rich history on the soil of China. A series of collectible photos of the late Qing Dynasty. In these photos, we can see the bitter life of the common people.

In the eyes of some foreign photographers at that time, Chinese women actually had a lot of artistic potential to explore. For example, under the influence of many years of feudal ideology, Chinese women had become extremely physically mutilated. Three-inch golden lotus is one of the representatives. Therefore, in the photos of that time, there were many photos of Chinese women with three-inch golden lotus feet, still naked, which also reflected the high degree of devastation of women at that time and their low social status.

At the end of the 19th century, the late Qing Dynasty also ushered in a series of movements such as the Boxer Rebellion. At that time, the contradiction between the conservative faction led by the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Boxer Rebellion intensified. However, this movement was also a conservative movement led by the Empress Dowager Cixi. The faction ended in victory. After the failure of this movement, several participants in the Boxer Rebellion were also punished by the Qing government. The leaders were beheaded. In order to make a warning to others, the Wanqing government placed the heads of the murdered movement leaders in wooden cages. Inside, hung on the city wall. When today's readers see these old photos, the most fortunate thing is that these photos are in black and white, rather than bloody and placed directly in front of everyone's eyes, so that the painful feeling of the picture will hit people's hearts directly.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the people's problem of food and clothing was actually very difficult to solve. In order to maintain the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government put more efforts and attention on how to suppress those uprisings who resisted centralization. Therefore, any issues concerning people's livelihood have actually been taken care of by the Qing government personnel. Ignored.

In order to make ends meet, most people in the late Qing Dynasty would sell their labor to obtain some food or wages. However, in order to save time, they would leave some discarded animal offal and vegetable farms behind. The fallen vegetable leaves are put together to make soup. Although these foods had an obvious rancid smell, the people at that time could only use them to make ends meet, saving time and doing more work in exchange for some reward.

Although the food eaten by the people at that time looked extremely dirty and inedible in the photos, the people at that time had no more choices. In order to fill their stomachs and continue working, This kind of life has become a common state.