The coolie of Shan head. 1868 - 1872, namely late Qing Dynasty is treated together year, scotland is famous John Shangmuxun is in cameraman China is itinerary, filmed the photograph of appearance of large quantities of one record person style of writing and figure figure. These photographs are intuitionistic the social detail that presented late Qing Dynasty, to today's investigator character has enormous historical data value. The boatman of upper reaches of the Yangtse River, eating lunch. When Thomson comes, treat Di Zaichun to have not grow up together, the ruler that masters power actually is mother of an emperor of He Cian of kind happiness mother of an emperor, it is dominant with Ci Xi especially. 1870 this year, kind happiness mother of an emperor is 35 years old, kind brings queen mother 33 years old, the age is not old, however dictate is worn the destiny of an old empire. The village below Shan head foot of a hill. After first time the Opium War, path smooth emperor and salty abundant emperor did not realise quiet day had been pulled the world situation of modernize, did not make any effort to promote reform. When Ci Xi, kind brought seize power of two mother of an emperor 1861, big clear domestic trouble and foreign invasion, precarious, struggle in the social property with semi-feudal semi-colony. The fisher on Fujian Fujian river. Ci Xi, kind installed draw water to take the experience of the Opium War twice to teach a lesson, the chancellery of the Han nationality such as Ceng Guofan of put sb in a very important position, Li Hongzhang, hard open " Westernization Movement " process. "Shi Yi grows ability to smooth in order to make " , this is right long-term with " the country on day day " for the big Qing Dynasty of pose as, it is the heavy about-face on the idea. Should say, the experience of two mother of an emperor and courage and insight, do not be defeated by salty abundant emperor. Thomson is key of 4 the Hewei that taste an official to take a picture, an attendants enters camera lens. Hubei Han Huangde allows to when He Weijian the stage holds Jiang Han concurrently to close supervise. Chinese mouth, Huang Bei, heart installs Hubei of examine of palm of Han Huangde path gain and loss of good and evil of 3 ground government official, politics. Jiang Han closes supervise be in charge of collecting duty of imports and exports, seize smugglers or smuggled goods, and the management of channel of the Yangtse River. Dock of 9 rivers concession. 9 rivers opened pier 1861, england is in this delimit concession, demolish local dweller building forcibly, the Pen riverside harbor of the Yangtse River of ram be well versed in and pleasant Tang lake, build an one flickering Western-style building. Concession is semi-colony one of main show of semi-feudal society, it is a Shuang Renjian at the same time, it is in violate sovereignty while, went up objectively to bring advanced urban government experience for backward quiet day again. The schoolgirl of Xiamen missonary school. This is to come China the pallet school that missionary runs. Male honour the times of female low, the girl does not accept education commonly, missionary advocates a men and women to teach equal rights, and open female officer. Shanghai, the woman that wears velvet hairnet. Crowd of congested of edge of the Yangtse River, they had not seen a foreigner already, also had not seen camera. When the Thomson that carrying camera appears, they restrain curiosity naturally hard. Fuzhou, the coppersmith that working. Junior clear common people is in poor condition generally, often be immersed in the condition that is short of the garment to be fed less, living and work in peace and contentment is a kind of extravagant hopes. In this kind destitute social environment falls, qing Tingben should light Yao is thin endow civilian rests, but because internally external warlike in successive years is continuous, to raise money military expenditure instead extort excessive taxes and levies, worsened further common people living conditions, aggravate Guan Min is contradictory.