Taihe Gate This paper selects some images to show the original appearance of the palace. Ichiro Nana Ogawa not only came to the outer court, but also went through Ganqing Gate, entered the inner court (where the Emperor summoned officials and handled government affairs), and even went deep into the harem to shoot. No photographer has left any images of the harem before.
Golden Water Bridge in Hall of Supreme Harmony. Ishikawa was in an extraordinary period when he was filming. Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Guangxu and members of the royal family have long since fled, and the palace is in chaos. All the daily cleaning work has stopped and there are weeds everywhere. These photos show the desolate and dilapidated side of the Forbidden City, which is far from the magnificent palace we imagined.
Palace of Gathered Elegance. Palace of Gathered Elegance is the most elegant and magnificent of the six western palaces, where Empress Dowager Cixi lived. However, due to lack of maintenance, the eaves have become dilapidated. When Cixi was a concubine, she lived in the Houdian of Palace of Gathered Elegance, was favored by Emperor Xianfeng, and gave birth to Emperor Tongzhi.
Inside Palace of Gathered Elegance. When Empress Dowager Cixi was here, it was so lively, and now people are empty.
Fuck eunuchs before the Qing dynasty. 190 1 year, the Forbidden City was guarded by Japanese and American troops. At that time, ministers and eunuchs stayed in Beijing, but these people obviously lost their sense of responsibility after their master fled, and no longer cared about maintaining royal majesty. Their main job has become to serve foreigners who often visit the palace.
Noon gate. Ironically, on August 28th, 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance held a military parade in the square outside the meridian gate. What would Empress Dowager Cixi think when she saw that swaggering scene? After the military parade, the allies visited the palace along the central axis. The soldiers led the sheep and stole a lot of palace treasures.
Yi Kun palace. This scene of the palace is the same as that of the whole Qing empire: like a broken house, it is crumbling. In the face of domestic troubles and foreign invasion, the poor and backward country, Empress Dowager Cixi has no way to deal with it. To make matters worse, she is always confused. Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China was triggered by her use of the Boxer Rebellion to slaughter foreigners.
In the west wing of Zhonghe Hall, a eunuch slept on the floor. If Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu were in the palace, he would never dare to be so presumptuous.
The eunuch's residence, the house is low, the windows are broken and the walls are peeling off. From this photo, we can see that the eunuch did not take good care of his residence, and waist-deep weeds will inevitably attract a large number of mosquitoes in summer; There are weeds on the roof, which can easily lead to rain leakage.