No matter which dynasty, there are two common phenomena when they are in decline, and they must coexist, that is, poor people do not cover their bodies and eat, while powerful and rich people are extremely squandering. , extremely luxurious.
Let us feel the real life scenes of the rich and the poor a hundred years ago from a set of old photos in the late Qing Dynasty.
Rich people
Two rich children in the late Qing Dynasty were playing Go leisurely. Judging from their slightly rich physical signs, they were definitely the landlord class at that time. The walls of the room were decorated with ancient paintings, and the man on the right held a fan in his hand, which looked like a noble person in the Jiangnan area.
An Eight Banners child who was about to go out, wearing the most fashionable sunglasses at that time. When he went out, he not only sat in the rickshaw , but also specially hired someone to help him walk the birds in a bird cage.
Manchu women sat together to eat. The food was rich on the table and the patterns on the rice bowl were also exquisite. At first glance, they were rich.
Two playboys in brothels, eating, drinking and having fun with the women in the brothel.
Eight Banners children who are smoking opium, their beautiful wife next to them is wearing Manchu clothing and holding a hookah in their hand.
Several rich children have a dinner together. After checking the relevant information, the photo may have been posed.
Rich people travel in sedan chairs, which is a treatment that only high-ranking officials can enjoy, because it is expensive to maintain sedan chair owners.
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The maid wears very simple clothes, which is very different from those in TV series.
A rich man posing for a photo, the jade ring with his left thumb is enough to show that this person is either rich or noble.
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Poor people's article
On the street, a woman brought six children, and some of them didn't even wear pants. The torn clothes and the thin body are a true portrayal of the country people at that time.
An ordinary family was having a meal in the evening Qing Dynasty. I didn't want to list this photo as a poor person. I looked at the clothes of this family and the bracelet on the right hand of the woman, which is an ordinary family. However, compared to the magnificence of the rich family, this family is obviously much shabby.
Four ragged beggars basking in the sun by the wall.
A poor woman with two children. The mother and son are unkempt and ragged. Facing the camera, they didn't even dare to look directly at the camera, looking at a loss and leaving the will.
The father in a rag was carrying his son on a load, and he was holding a basket for begging in his hand. Although the father was very scared in the camera, he still stretched the basket in his hand forward, as if he hoped that the photographer could give him some charity.
An old beggar has naked upper body and his pants are broken. He came to the dock to collide with his luck, hoping that the wealthy people who boarded and disembarked could give him some food.
A female beggar took a big gourd into a ground scoop and took her grandson to beg along the street. The child in his arms was so hungry that he kept crying.
A little beggar wrapped in a piece of rag was sitting on the stone slab, holding a broken bowl in his hand begging passers-by.
Three unkempt and dirty children went out to pick up cow dung.
Three little beggars, with disheveled head and ragged clothes.
A family of four working in the farmland can tell how poor the family is when you look at the patches on your clothes.
In the Qing Dynasty at that time, such phenomenon of reflecting poverty and wealth in the most extreme way was everywhere in the country, and it was also very intuitively displayed. In that era, the Qing Dynasty was a prosperous feudal state. Dynasty is still a corrupt empire that is just a gold and jade, and is a scattered !