Old photos: In the daily life of ordinary people in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, were there people in rags?

Children sitting in the street. Today, I will publish a group of old photos taken in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. These precious images record the social features of southern Jiangsu and Shanghai, vividly show the daily life of local people, and are the first-hand materials for us to study history. ?

Beggars with children begging for money and food. At the end of Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the society was in a period of drastic changes, wars occurred from time to time, and people's livelihood became increasingly depressed. From the photos, we can see that everyone is trying to make a living, and many subjects are in rags.

A unicycle driver in Shanghai. Wearing patched clothes and sandals is a typical image of the bottom workers in the old society. Trolley is his tool for making a living. It can not only transport goods, but also be a pawn? Taxi? Send someone away. At this time, he is waiting for the customer to come to the door. A hard day's income may only be enough to barely support a family.

Mr. street writer. In the old society, the literacy rate was very low, and only one or two people in a village or an alley might have a good knowledge of literature and ink. When you write letters from home, IOUs, letters of complaint, engagement, etc. You need someone to write it for you. Where there is demand, there is a market, so some literate people set up stalls in the street and earn a few copper coins. With the increase of enrollment rate, ghostwriting disappeared.

A woman is knitting hemp rope. Hemp rope is needed at home. Generally, you don't buy it on the street, but weave it yourself. The woman operated a simple tool and slowly twisted it into a rope with jute and other materials. Now we still use ropes in our lives, but with the development of science and technology, it is no longer necessary to make them by hand.

Women arrange silk threads for weaving. Just as hemp rope is produced for your own use, the cloth needed to make clothes, sheets and bedding at home is often made by yourself. This situation is the normal state of small-scale peasant economy. The hostess of every household has basically mastered the textile skills, and they are very proficient in all processes from spinning to weaving to sewing finished products.