We know that in the last few years the Qing Dynasty had reached a chaotic level in many aspects, and the contradictions between internal and external are becoming increasingly prominent, which has led to the Qing Dynasty, which is already in a turmoil, rapidly moving towards demise and defeat. Because the Qing Dynasty has only been more than a century since its demise, and photography technology has been introduced to our country at the end of the Qing Dynasty, which gives us the opportunity to take a look at some real scenes of the last feudal dynasty in our history. Here I have compiled a set of old historical photos from the late Qing Dynasty. We can take a look. From these old photos, we can feel the signs of the declining sun in the Qing Dynasty. The scene shown to us in the photo is two Qing Dynasty men who were smoking opium. In the late Qing Dynasty, opium, as a drug, had greatly demonstrated its harm to human poisoning and the destruction of spiritual will. Opium consumption during that period has become a cancer in the late Qing society.
The picture above is an old photo of a punishment being imposed in a certain place in the Qing Dynasty. The hands of the person being punished were forced to be opened, and then several people hanged it into the air with leverage for public display. It is hard for us to imagine what kind of sin a person has committed to be punished such a punishment?
This photo is relatively rare because it shows us the scene on the walls of the Qing Dynasty imperial city. We can see that the width of the city wall of the capital was more than ten meters. On the city wall, you can see the corner building of the in the distance and the hut nearby. But wherever you see, it is decayed and desolate. It is hard to imagine that this place is already under the feet of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
And along the city wall, we can see the long moat, but when the photo was taken, we found that the water of the moat had dried up a lot, so the moat at that time basically completely lost its meaning of existence and could not play any protective role.
And this old photo shows us a camel fleet passing by the foot of the imperial city in an orderly manner. What attracted our attention was that the imperial city in the distance and the huge corner tower on the city wall had already suffered a large degree of damage. We know that the corner towers of the Imperial City can play an observation and defense role in war, and are still relatively important for overall defense measures. The corner building was damaged like this, but the Qing Dynasty could no longer withdraw the excess funds for repair and maintenance.
This photo is Qianmen Street , which was very famous in the capital back then. In many film and television dramas, we should be familiar with this Qianmen Street. In my impression, it should be very lively and full of flowers everywhere. However, in the photos, we can see that many buildings on the street have been destroyed, and the place where we see it is desolate. But this seems to be nothing strange. After all, the imperial city has become that way, let alone a street among the people.
From these photos, we can clearly feel the defeat and corruption that appeared in the entire society when the Qing Dynasty developed to the end. Whether it is the characters, scenes, or even buildings, we can leave such a deep impression on us. We not only think about how a dynasty that has been in such an environment for a long time can be a country with vitality, development and future?
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