Old photos in the late Qing dynasty: women set up stalls in the street to mend clothes, and children begged for copper coins at the dock?

Children in the street are untidy. The child is wearing dirty clothes, and a person, maybe a tramp or a beggar, looks pitiful.

Street view of Guangzhou. Today, I arranged a group of old photos to show you the social features of Guangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty. Guangzhou is the birthplace of Guangfu culture with a long history. Since the Qin dynasty, it has been the seat of county, state, government and provincial governance. In Qing Dynasty, Guangzhou was the only foreign trade port in China for a long time, and its position was unique until after the First Opium War. ?

Men and monks in temples. In Qing Dynasty, there were Han people, Hakkas, Yi families and standard bearers in Guangzhou. The representatives of Guangfu culture are Cantonese cuisine, lion dance, Cantonese embroidery, Guang Cai, Cantonese opera, Lingnan painting school, Yongerlou, Lingnan gardens, Cantonese opera, Cantonese opera and so on. ?

Children in the street are untidy. The child is wearing dirty clothes, and a person, maybe a tramp or a beggar, looks pitiful.

The children are picking up coins at the dock. A foreigner disembarked and went ashore, surrounded by children, and reached out to him for money. He threw a handful of copper coins (or other coins), and the children hurried to pick them up before he got away. There have been such scenes in TV dramas, and it seems that they are not completely fictional.

Women mending clothes by the roadside. They set up a simple stall to earn some pocket money by sewing. This place is probably near the dock and warehouse. It's convenient to mend clothes, because it's hard and easy to tear. The one on the left wore reading glasses, and he was quite impressed at that time.

The crowd in front of the yamen of Guangdong Political Department. The Foreign Affairs Department of Guangdong Province (Fanyamen) is in charge of financial cashier, water conservancy, tax collection, tax collection and production supervision in the province, reports important government affairs to the Governor, and issues decrees to the governments, prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction.

Street view of Shuangmendi (now Beijing Road). Located in the central axis of Guangzhou, two-door merchants are bustling, so it is called? Lingnan first street? . Let's take a look at the signs on both sides of the street like a jungle, and we can also see a commercial activity. The most famous here are bookstores, antique markets and flower markets. Shuangmen New Year Fair is the originator of Guangzhou New Year Fair.