Foreign generals of the Qing Army wearing yellow coats, young women standing in front of the mirror taking pictures, rural giants with a height of more than 2 meters... Xiaobian collected and sorted out a group of old photos to show everyone a rare character and social picture in the late Qing Dynasty.
Faculty members of The Jiangnan Water Teacher Academy.
In 1890, Zeng Guoquan, the governor of Liangjiang, founded the Jiangnan Marine Division School in Nanjing, which was divided into two sections, driving and pipe wheels (later added torpedo section), aiming to cultivate naval technical personnel. The academy has one general office; more than 10 staff members such as promotion, supervision, and copywriting; more than 10 Chinese and foreign teachers; and more than 60 workers in affiliated factories, bands, and miscellaneous servants.
A student of the Jiangnan Water Teacher's Academy.
The number of students enrolled in jiangnan water teacher academy is maintained at 120. According to the regulations, students not only do not have to pay tuition fees, but also receive monthly allowances, and food, accommodation, clothing, books, stationery, etc. are provided by the academy. The brothers Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren, who were in the middle of the family road, had studied here, and the reason was that they did not charge tuition fees and managed to eat and live. From its establishment to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the school graduated 107 people in the seventh driving class, 91 people in the sixth class of the management shift, and 13 people in the fifth torpedo class, a total of 211 people.
Students of girls' schools.
In the late Qing Dynasty, all kinds of girls' schools, whether government-run or private, had a requirement, that is, students were not allowed to wrap their feet, and those who had wrapped their feet should let go. But according to the actual situation reflected in the photo (only one person in the front row did not have his foot wrapped), this rule was not strictly enforced.
A woman standing in front of a mirror taking a picture.
The young woman was wrapped in a "three-inch golden lotus", with a beautiful face and exquisite dress. Taking pictures in front of the mirror is a clever arrangement of the photo studio, so that the 360-degree perspective of the characters can be displayed.
Early white-collar workers in Tianjin.
The man works at the Tianjin Customs Trademark Registration Branch and is responsible for accepting Chinese and foreign industrial and commercial trademark applications and issuing "seals" to the registrants. Its desk is clean and simple, with only pen and paper, abacus, and documents. He was an employee, not in the bureaucratic system of eating imperial food, and was considered an early white-collar worker.
A view of Beijing.
This photograph was taken in 1860 during the Anglo-French invasion of Beijing, and the photographer stood on the tower of Andingmen and took it northward, and many people gathered not far away to watch the liveliness. We look at the street scene, the road is potholed, and the privately built houses occupy half of the street, which is evident in the difference in the appearance of the city in that year.
General Gordon of the "Victorious Army".
During Li Hongzhang's tenure as governor of Jiangsu, in order to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he cooperated with Britain, France and other powers to organize foreign gun brigades. The Yankees were first commanded by the American Wahl, who died in battle and was succeeded by the Englishman Gordon in early 1863. Gordon helped Li Hongzhang recover the cities of Changshu, Kunshan, and Suzhou, and was successively awarded the titles of Chief Soldier and Admiral by Empress Dowager Cixi, and was rewarded with a yellow coat. At the time of this photo, Gordon was wearing a yellow coat.
A giant in the countryside somewhere.
The giant was huge, one-third taller than the normal-tall man on the right. Everyone should note that he has a crutch on his right hand side, and his abnormal height may affect his standing, and he can only walk steadily with a crutch.
Haikou Qing Army.
This photograph depicts Colonel Chen and his soldiers. The Qing army stationed in Haikou had only one water division battalion, more than 200 people, and set up one staff general (Zheng Sanpin), one garrison member (Zheng Wu Pin), and two members of the Qianzong Commandery (Zheng Liu Pin).
Umbrella of the People and the plaque of "Magic Hand Rejuvenation".
The umbrella was given to the magistrate by the people to celebrate his virtues. The "magic hand rejuvenation" was given to the doctor, praising him for his clever medical skills and ability to cure the dying patient. What is the purpose of giving these two items to the same person? Presumably, this parent official was proficient in medical skills and relieved many local people of their illness. Officials who were proficient in medicine in the imperial era were not uncommon, such as Wang Shouzheng of Quzhi County, Yang, Shanxi, who treated Empress Dowager Cixi and was later promoted to prefect of Tianjin.