Why didn't Sun Yat-sen leave any video materials when he became the interim president of the Republic of China?

19 12 was the first year of the Republic of China. 1 year 1 October1day, Sun Yat-sen took office as the interim president of the Republic of China in Nanjing. From this day on, China ended the autocratic monarchy that lasted for thousands of years and began democracy.

Regrettably, such a far-reaching historical scene did not leave any image data. So many details of the incident are difficult to determine, and people can only understand the whole story from some words. Due to the large number of participants in the whole activity, there are many contradictions in the data, which leads to a series of questions. What was the ceremony like? According to the data, the ceremony of Sun Yat-sen's inauguration as interim president can be described in four words, that is-simple and hasty!

Various data records show that "simplicity" and "haste" are the keynote of Sun Yat-sen's inauguration ceremony.

After the Revolution of 1911, when Sun Yat-sen heard the news, he immediately set off from new york and ring the atlantic by1911.2, returned to China via Europe, arrived in Hong Kong by 12. 1 and arrived in Shanghai on the 25th. On the 29th, he was unanimously elected as the first interim president of the Republic of China through the election of "provincial representatives".

Elected on February 29th, 65438, and sworn in on February 29th, 3 1. There are only three days to prepare for the election. The inauguration ceremony was not so simple and hasty, but rather simple and more in line with the actual situation at that time.

How humble is it? Even the exact start time of the inauguration ceremony is different. The most reliable method is to roughly infer the time required for Sun Yat-sen to travel from Shanghai to Nanjing Railway Station and then enter the Liangjiang Governor's Office according to the traffic conditions at that time and the time required for relevant personnel to inspect and arrange the venue, and conclude that the official start time of the ceremony is between 10 and1in the afternoon.

According to Yan Yan, a revolutionary who was fortunate enough to attend the inauguration ceremony of Sun Yat-sen's interim president, the ceremony that night was like this. In applause, "Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Hu Jin came, both wearing big dresses and hats. Hu stood beside Dr. Sun Yat-sen with a proclamation in his hand."

In anticipation, Dr. Sun Yat-sen began his inaugural speech. Unfortunately, he used Cantonese, and most people present were confused by Zhang Er. The short ceremony ended soon, the scene was dimly lit, and no reporters interviewed and took pictures.

Everyone present at that time felt incredible. Why is it so sloppy on such an important occasion? The next day, I realized that "it turned out that I was rushing to change RMB and use the new calendar on this day." The next day was New Year's Day of 19 12, that is, the first year of the Republic of China, and history officially entered a brand-new era.

According to Yuan Xiluo, a member of the team, no video materials were left at that time because: "Because the ceremony was in the evening, the photojournalist didn't have magnesium equipment at that time?"

The flash technology of camera appeared at the end of 19. Its principle is to ignite the mixture of magnesium powder and potassium chlorate and emit strong white light. This method has been used for nearly half a century. Although this technology has spread to China, journalists at that time also mastered the technology of night photography, but this kind of photography is dangerous. Still for this reason, there were no reporters taking photos at the inauguration ceremony of Sun Yat-sen's interim president, so no video materials were left.