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190 1 old photos: Is it really the real society in the late Qing Dynasty that TV dramas can't go on?

Camels resting somewhere in Beijing and camel drivers. These old photos were taken at 190 1, which recorded the social features of Beijing and Tianjin. At that time, both Beijing and Tianjin were under the control of Eight-Nation Alliance. What is the reason for the ruling of the Qing court in this core area? Gengzi national disaster? Destroyed, the court headed by Empress Dowager Cixi moved westward to xi 'an, and didn't come back until the "Xin Chou Treaty" was signed.

Standing on the wall of Tianjin overlooking the city. These old photos recorded the social features ravaged by the colonists in the late Qing Dynasty, showing obvious poverty and backwardness. They are precious first-hand historical materials, and their value lies in the authenticity of the records. No TV series can reproduce that social state now.

Street view of Tianjin, who are these people? Boxer? . When you see the scenes and characters in the photos, you may be surprised by the gloomy colors and stiff faces. In fact, we are not far away from that era, only 120 years, about four or five generations, and great-grandparents have experienced it. The gap between 65438 and 020 gives people the feeling of spanning four or five hundred years.

The Japanese army forced labor in Tianjin. They obediently waited for the colonists to arrange their tasks under the banner of plaster.

At a small pier near the Haihe River in Tianjin, rickshaws for soliciting passengers and unicycles for pulling goods are parked on the shore.

Are you online? Gengzi national disaster? Zhengyangmen was destroyed by war. This sad picture witnessed the great humiliation suffered by Beijing when foreign enemies invaded. This incident obviously deeply stimulated Empress Dowager Cixi, prompting her to announce the implementation of xi 'an New Deal, trying to pull the Qing Dynasty out of the quagmire of decline. The final result is not what she hoped. 10 years later, the Qing dynasty perished.

In Beijing Xiyuan? Jinao? Arch This is a royal garden with beautiful scenery. Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu visited this place occasionally, but it fell into the hands of Eight-Nation Alliance. The two men crouched on the ground, like airbags, possibly controlled by British and Indian soldiers. Are they eunuchs who didn't escape?

Carriage near the Forbidden City. Foreign photographers specifically stated that this kind of carriage? No springs, no seats? (No shock absorber, no seat).

The camel caravan to Beijing is very long. According to records, camel teams waiting to enter the city every morning in the Qing Dynasty were often able to unload 10 miles away, with no end in sight. But the evaluation of this phenomenon by foreign photographers is very low. The title of the photo reads:? The constant freight train in China-Confucius era. ? Namely:? The constant China? Freight queues that existed in Confucius' time. ? This backward mode of transportation is obviously a mockery.