Grand canal. China's Grand Canal, consisting of a series of canals, rivers and other waterways connecting the north and south ends, is the world's largest inland navigation. The size of the canal is not.
1. A large number of ships of different shapes are innumerable. The bridges on the river are varied, and some of them have a bit of Chinese elegance.
A slender man who is having a full meal.
A group of ordinary countrymen are eating, and these people's job is to pull fiber for the big ships in the canal. The sticks that were placed beside them were the ones they wore on their chests to pull the boats.
Wet nurse with child.
This picture depicts a maid with two children, a man and a woman, and the style of the maid's clothing is the same as that of the hostess, the main difference is the difference in clothing. The hostess generally wears silk clothes, while the maids wear cotton. Chinese women, whether rich or poor, will feel inferior if they do not bind their feet.
The punishment of wearing a wooden flail.
In the Qing Dynasty, a person who committed a minor crime or misconduct was sometimes sentenced to wear a large piece of wood around his neck for weeks, or even months; Sometimes, in addition to the neck being stuck in the plank, one or even both of the prisoner's hands were stuck in small holes in the plank.
Eating for children.
Poor families do not need tables and chairs when eating, everyone can hold their own dishes and chopsticks, squat in front of the pot, and have a full meal. It's also a pleasure to watch a group of children eat in the open air in this way.
Peasant woman winding cotton yarn.
Long blue or brown cotton tunics, and green or yellow trousers, were the most common garments of peasant women. With the exception of those who work in the fields and fish in the rivers, almost all rural women have their feet tied. This picture shows several peasant women winding cotton yarn. There was no expression on their faces.
Sweep the graves of your loved ones.
Filial piety in China extends beyond the grave. At certain times of the year, filial children gather at the graves of their parents or ancestors to offer flowers, fruits, gilded paper money, or anything else they think will be accepted by the deceased. Their mourning clothes were made of very coarse cotton or canvas. Some of the tombstones erected in honor of the deceased are quite elegant and moving.
Beg. The wooden fish in the beggar's hand was meant to be struck to attract attention, and the sign on his back described his current condition.
Children picking up excrement.
Collecting and drying all kinds of excrement is the livelihood of many families at the bottom of Chinese society and, in most cases, the elderly and children.
Monk. The monks of Chinese Buddhism are in the same vein as the Buddhist monks of India, as Buddhism was introduced to China from India in the first century AD. Chinese temples are full of monks; In China, they are generally revered as virtuous people.
Worship the Buddha and sacrifice. The monk in the picture is burning incense. On the four-legged stool, there is a jar containing fortune-telling sticks, as well as other related items belonging to the temple. Behind the low stool is an incense burner where people burn incense. The monks perform these rituals several times a day, and people pay the monks to take care of their present and future fate.
Fishing with cormorants.
Cormorants, also known as ospreys, are trained to catch fish. These birds are very good at fishing, chasing their prey underwater. They are carried to rivers or lakes by fishing boats or bamboo rafts; Despite being hungry for a long time before release, they are well-trained and rarely swallow fish until they have permission from their owners. Middle.