The Qing Dynasty came to an end on October 10, 1911, and officially fell on February 12 of the following year. Xuantong Emperor Puyi, also known as the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was only 6 years old at the time, and since then, he has become the "Xun Emperor" in history.
In 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded, and the troubled times came to an end. The last emperor, Pu Yi, experienced the invasion of the Japanese and the fall of the puppet state of Manchukuo, and finally became a citizen of New China.
Today's story is even more legendary, Pu Yi's father Zaifeng has 3 sons and 7 daughters, that is to say, Pu Yi has seven younger sisters, and they are the last seven "orthodox" Gege of the Qing Dynasty.
So what kind of lives do these seven sisters have, and who do they marry? Zaifeng, he was the one who witnessed the fall of the Qing Dynasty.
In addition to Pu Yi, Zaifeng also has seven daughters, all of whom have different fates and very different lives. The marriages of these daughters are as colorful as the course of history.
Among them, Pu Yi's eldest sister Yun Yuan, her birth year was 1908, that year, the Qing Dynasty's Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi died successively, and the Qing ** was only 3 years old Pu Yi as the emperor in the storm.
Yun Yuan's marriage was seen as a model of "royal orthodoxy", but her life ended in tragedy. This does not mean that Chinese medicine is inferior to Western medicine, but for this acute disease, if she could have been operated by Western medicine at that time, perhaps she would not have died of illness in the ** period of her life.
This year, 1925, the year that overthrew the leader of the Qing Dynasty, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, also passed away.
As one of Pu Yi's two favorite sisters, her birth and death are closely linked to major historical events. As a victim of feudal society, she and her sister Yun Ying have been in and out of the Forbidden City together since childhood, and they were reprimanded by the old eunuch for the first time when they called out the emperor's brother, telling them that there is only an emperor in the Forbidden City, and there should be no brother.
Although Pu Yi thought that the title of emperor had long lost its substantive meaning and did not pay attention to it anymore, this political marriage finally took off the political label with the joint efforts of Zheng Guangyuan and Yun Yi.
Zheng Guangyuan did not have a good impression of Yun at first, he accepted the cultural influence of the new era, and did not expect that he would be forced to accept a political marriage. At the beginning of his marriage, he was very cold to Yun, but as time went on, he began to appreciate and feel the good in his wife.
The two are like their first love after marriage, gradually digging each other's advantages and building a better life together. As one of the few witnesses in the life of his brother Pu Yi, Yun was with him all the way from the Forbidden City to Manchukuo until it collapsed.
After the collapse of the puppet state of Manchukuo, she and her husband Zheng Guangyuan were displaced in the northeast and lived a miserable life in exile. However, no matter how difficult life is, the love between the two remains indestructible, and they are self-reliant and return to Beijing by their own efforts.
Zheng Guangyuan used to be an engineer in the infrastructure department of the Beijing Post Office, and his wife, Yun Rong, started a kindergarten with the help of a friend. All of them have contributed to the development of New China. Zheng Guangyuan later became a member of the Cultural and Historical Materials Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, while Yun Ying assisted the famous writer Jia Yinghua to complete the record of Pu Yi and his own story, making a great contribution to the enrichment of this history.
Despite their upheaval, they never gave up, and eventually broke free from the shackles of political marriage through their own efforts and became a model couple who were admired.
Their spirit deserves our learning and appreciation.
In 2002, 91-year-old Puyi's beloved daughter Zheng Shuang died of illness in Beijing, she was also a famous printmaker and came from a famous family. As for Pu Yi's most beloved sister, that is Aixin Jueluo Yun Ying, she and Yun Ying are both excellent personalities, among them, the younger sister Yun Ying is even more favored.
She was born in the royal palace and is a well-known trio in the palace. Her father, Zaifeng, gave her the epigraph "Ruixiu", and she really deserves the name. It can be seen from the surviving ** that this three-grid eyebrow is the most beautiful of Puyi's seven sisters.
Her beauty was favored by Wanrong's mother, and in the end, when both parties were satisfied, she and her second sister had a very good relationship with her husband, and even was arranged by Pu Yi to study in Japan.
Although Yun Ying felt very uncomfortable with what happened in Japan, she and her husband were often kept under close guard, like prisoners. Therefore, after returning to Japan in 1933, she refused to return to Japan.
With the collapse of the puppet state of Manchukuo, the Soviet Red Army took over the Northeast, and the whereabouts of her husband Runqi are unknown (who was actually captured by the Soviet Red Army). As a result, Sangege, who was once infinitely beautiful, became a lonely and helpless person overnight.
However, the tenacious Yun Ying did not give up hope in life, and she raised her two sons and one daughter alone and lived a difficult life. The once beautiful and moving Sangege has also shown traces of old age under the baptism of the years.
Later, by chance, ** learned the news of Yun Ying's life in Beijing.
In 1957, Yun Ying's husband, Guo Buluo Runqi, was released and returned to Beijing after a 12-year absence.
Although Runqi followed Pu Yi all his life, he also made mistakes, so he stayed in the war criminal camp for a long time. Since then, Sangege's life has also improved slightly. Seeing that his once beautiful and moving wife is now much older, Runqi's heart is full of endless emotion.
Runqi is an indomitable person, even if he was once a "great Qing horse", he never thinks highly of himself. After returning to Beijing, he behaved modestly and low-key, and even received praise from ***.
The love story between him and Sange Yunying is also a good story, although the love between the two childhood sweethearts has gone through hardships, they still face life positively, and finally reunited after 12 years of absence.
These are all portrayals of their legendary lives, and they also bring us some inspiration: no matter when, where, or what difficulties we encounter, we should not give up, because the future is always full of hope.
In 1992, Yun Ying passed away, ** wrote for her initial self-statement:
As *** said, although the lives of the four princesses are full of twists and turns, they have all been recognized by the country for their efforts. Among them, although the fourth princess Aixin Jueluo Yunxian was also married by Pu Yi and married to Zhao Qifan, her marriage was not as political as the other three princesses, and she and her husband also experienced separation, but they were finally reunited.
Sadly, she died of illness in 2003. The fifth princess, Yun Xin, married Wan Jiaxi, the son of the Manchu widow Wan Shenyan.
The couple has four children, and there is nothing special about life that is unusual about ordinary people. However, in the war-torn era, it is not easy to live as peacefully as an ordinary family.
Wuge Yunxin unfortunately passed away in 1998. As for the two youngest Gege, their relationship with Pu Yi is not as close as that of the other children.
The sixth sister Yun Yu and the seventh sister Yun Huan are "Gege" who have been influenced by the new education. They grew up in a different environment from their sisters, and there was no obvious "Gege" label, but they found their life partners through free love.
Yun Yu has loved painting since he was a child, and his skills are superb, and he met and fell in love with Wang Ailan, who also loves painting. The two are attracted by each other's painting talents, often exchange and learn from each other, and are an enviable fairy couple.
The fates of Wang Ailan and Yun Yu have an amazing coincidence, both of them inherit the royal family as the twenty-seventh generation grandson of the Emperor of Jin. After the founding of New China, they devoted themselves to art together, and the husband and wife held many art exhibitions together, Wang Ailan has unique insights into flower painting, and Yunyu's flower paintings are known as masterpieces in the Chinese painting circle, and have been selected for many national art exhibitions.
Although Yun Yu passed away in 1982, becoming the earliest of the remaining six Gege, her husband Mr. Wang Ailan is still alive, and he is the only living "colt", and their love story and artistic achievements are talked about.
The seventh sister Yun Huan, the last Gege of Wang Ailan, is the only one of the seven sisters who is married to an ordinary person. Her husband Qiao Hongzhi was born poor, but she never regarded herself as Gege, even if she was called "Qigege" by many people, she always responded with a smile.
In 1950, Yun Huan changed his name to Jin Zhijian. She was the first of the seven sisters to participate in revolutionary work, and as an excellent teacher, she struggled on the front line of education all her life, and won the title of "model teacher" many times.
Yun Huan, a talented woman, prefers to be called "Teacher Jin" because she has always believed that the teaching profession is her ultimate destination. She has dedicated her life to the cause she loves, which is one of the great blessings of her life.
However, her husband Qiao Hongzhi died young in 1960 at the age of 41, which made the rest of her life lonely. But she didn't feel miserable because of this, but put more energy into the cause of education.
Under the special arrangement of ***, she was able to meet Pu Yi, which was an important moment in her life. For the first time, she called Pu Yi Big Brother, and Pu Yi was very happy to meet her youngest sister.
I was glad that my sister was able to live a good life, and when she learned that her sister was an outstanding people's teacher, Pu Yi couldn't hide her proud expression. It can be said that Yun Huan is the most fulfilling of the seven sisters.
She spent the first half of her life without any stigma and became an admired teacher. He finally died in 2004 and was the last Gege to pass away. At this point, the last Qing Dynasty Gege passed away.
Although more than 100 years have passed since the feudal society, the stories of the seven Gege still have their own characteristics. Even in today's society, many of our common stars are descendants of the Manchu royal family.
The Chinese nation has a history of 5,000 years, and the blood relationship between various ethnic groups is close, and each has its own characteristics and stories. Guan Xiaotong, Wu Jing, Na Ying and Lang Lang are all descendants of the Manchu royal family, so let us be proud of the long history of the Chinese nation.
So, which Manchu Gege do you like the most? Do you know which people in today's society are also descendants of the Manchu royal family? Everyone is welcome to share in the comment area.