This group of old photos is from the album “Mei Yinhua’s Images of China at the Beginning of the 20th Century”. This group of photos is an unusual group of glass slides, which were taken by Michel De Maynard, a French missionary of Franciscans. This series contains 230 images, which were shot in 1906-1912. Some of the images involve the 1911 Revolution. These precious images record the fierce changes in late Qing China
This series mainly records the situation in northern China at that time, including Mei Yinhua’s daily life in Shaanxi from 1910 to 1911
SeeImages of China taken by Mei Yinhua in 1906-1912 (I)
Group II:Images of China taken by Mei Yinhua in 1906-1912 (II)
Group III:China Images (III) taken by Mei Yinhua in 1906-1912
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This group of photos mainly refers to the historical fragments of Xi’an Uprising in response to the uprising in Shaanxi after the success of the 1911 Revolution.
清末时期,毛驴是中国北方地区的重要运输牲畜。
毛驴驮着两口大缸,毛驴表示压力很大。脑洞大开的运输方式,驴主人有点小智慧。
1911年10月10日武昌起义爆发,西安立即予以响应。10月22日清晨,同盟会、新军、哥老会首领秘密集合,决定武装起义。上午10许,战斗正式打响。起义军很快占领了军械局,缴获大批武器和弹药。在占领鼓楼制高点后,相继攻占了巡抚衙门和藩库。当天晚上,起义军在军械局设总司令部,定名为“秦陇复汉军”,张凤翙为大统领,通电响应武昌起义。
以下几图应该为当时西安满城战斗过后的场面。
当时陕西军政府任命的兵马大都督张云山
1911年 陕西民间练武之人。
1911年 陕西 手持兵刃的习武之人
1911年 陕西民间武*装人员
陕西 新军
军乐团,所使用的乐器竟然都是西洋乐器
陕西新军军营。
陕西从1905年开始编练新军,1909年编成陕西陆军混成协,下辖步队第一标、步队第二标、炮营、马营(骑兵营)、工兵队、辎重队,共计4161人,分驻于西安西关、南关和北教场。