A Hundred Years Ago, French Photographer Captures Rare Photos of Real Qing Dynasty People

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[@zahemi914]

I know Im gonna love and enjoy this historical channel.. so many unknown world history need to be unfold.

[@bridgetdavis9752]

These pictures are a true treasure. Thank you for sharing them.

[@markbradley5543]

In case anyone is still interested, the 'photographer's' name was Albert Kahn. In fact he was a wealthy banker who commissioned others to take these photographs. His museum in Paris is well worth a visit.

[@sciagurrato1831]

Thx for the suggestion - I’ve lived in Paris and never saw any reference to it. It’s located not far from Roland Garros.

[@markbradley5543]

@@sciagurrato1831 My mother in law lived just nearby, I've spent many happy hours in the garden which is beautiful

[@catherinebrau3523]

The worse of China History....i have a doubt

[@h30202]

I stop at the road was extremely muddy. What year was this? London roads were no better.

[@sandie157]

100%in agreement

[@faragraf9380]

Germans neither. As child i wished my new shoes wouldn’t mudded by our streets. But there was no way.

[@optimis9]

Yes. But they did not try cover that fact with fantasy. They admit the fact that during that time their cities were dirty and bad.

[@faragraf9380]

@@optimis9 this fantasy is only in movies. Nowadays we live with that movies and beliefe they are real.

[@flocontour9682]

Not a fan of colorized photos, but interesting none the less. What an amazing task Albert set for himself - 70,000 photos from around the world!

[@Phlowermom]

Get a live narrator!! This artificial voice is unpleasant.

[@manchu-qu9mw]

Great channels of the yesteryears. Enjoyed theses rare photos of the Qing Dynasty eras. Credit to this noble man, late Albert for these collections. The Qing eras is closer to modern era and thus the availability of media equipment. Only the earlier great dynasties of the Tang, Mings..are from brushes of artists.

[@lindaliang3825]

I now see how devastated that China was after the Opium Wars I and II

[@lotus6560]

Thanks to Albert ❤ RIP.

[@lilwil-ns3uo]

Y those were fascinating photos

[@sidneysoon2745]

Would like to know about the environment and the impact it had on our father's childhood: he was born duing this epoch. And the reasons he migrated.

[@wendyqallab6906]

I love to see how life was like then .

[@楊森君]

他們被搶劫兩次了，但他們沒想到第三次的搶劫很快隨之又來 一，八國聯軍 二，鴉片戰爭 三，日本侵華

[@ikearevalo3014]

Sanctimonious !

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

I saw series based on the later years of the Qing dynasty and I think some are accurate because people were suffering, the dynasty was falling, foreign invaders,etc… I would not say it is all inaccurate. CiXi was extremely hated by her people and everyone for being so selfish, cruel,etc.. It was no wonder her tomb was robbed.

[@ALI-pq5kh]

👍👏

[@chadwhitman1811]

Good article. The Chinese did not see themselves as culturally inferior to the Westerners no more the Romans who saw themselves as being overpowered by an inferior barbarian cultures. Progress is a western notion which at the time meant that the machine age would eventually bring about a more bountiful life and Enlightenment to all .The Manchus were a foreign dynasty in much the way as the Mongols.The thing different from all the other invasions China had suffered over years was that they could not Sinicize and absorb them into the Chinese culture.

[@ninakhan3803]

That was its history. The DRAGON is now back to its glorious years. It's no more yesteryear's sick man anymore.

[@TomMJH]

As bad as things were, I doubt it was "the darkest moments in china's history". I would say this would qualify: Mao's policies were responsible for vast numbers of deaths, with estimates ranging from 40 to 80 million victims due to starvation, persecution, prison labour, and mass executions, and his government was characterized as totalitarian.

[@TruthIsInHere]

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[@TruthIsInHere]

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[@TruthIsInHere]

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[@TruthIsInHere]

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[@lanhua810]

Modern Chinese mentality in my view reflects its past: obsession with money, wealth and status - demonstrated in all these dramas. Reminds to me mentality of Russians whose past was was long lasting serfdom. There are similarities in the social values and tendency to view themselves as greatest powers. Luck of real self confidence…

[@benjamintaine4476]

There is no different with western films too where people were portrayed as beautiful, handsome. I have seen real western life photos; not much different from the photos here. The roads in the street was muddy, horse dunk was scattered everywhere. You should compare photos of the situation in the west and the east of the same era.

[@paulianas1782]

One slide of Xixi was from a movie😋

[@khucthan4099]

One or two pictures are maybe from Vietnam, not China...

[@henrysehgal658]

yes, I agree

[@justiceriser8970]

Wow i didn't know there beautiful Chinese girls back then 7:12

[@BJHhoho]

Are you retarded

[@davidjacobs8558]

that's not an old photo, but a scene from modern TV drama.

[@justiceriser8970]

​@@davidjacobs8558I mean the photo after the tv one

[@justiceriser8970]

​@davidjacobs8558 7:12 this one

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@robyenney951 I agree with Albert Eistein's assessment of Chinese women.

[@cadencellchen7915]

Lousy video. Better skip!

[@munchocrisps]

I would love to see real life them not characters from Chinese dramas. 👀

[@juliegale3863]

I am not sure that the darkest moments in Chinese history aren't just about to be witnessed. It will be the poor that suffer as usual.

[@olhovivocdb6355]

… when the ship is about to sink, they always put a woman in command. Does this remind you of the West in 2024 ?

[@justiceriser8970]

Man my people look Depressed back then and they blame it on outsiders which they're right and wrong even though uk went to war with my country back then they would still suffer even without the uk and others