1907, a car got stuck in the mud in the suburbs of Beijing.
1907, the FIA decided to hold a rally between Paris and Beijing. There were five cars competing in that year, and the maximum power was only 40 horsepower. Once the car encounters a muddy and bumpy road, it can't run normally, so it can only be pulled by manpower. In the end, it took Italian Prince Bejias two months to drive from Beijing to Paris and won the championship.
A car transporting carbonated drinks in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty.
This car belongs to Zheng Guang, a British businessman, and Bile Water Plant of foreign firm. It is printed with? Aquarius? Brand of soda water. Mile Waterworks is the first enterprise in China to produce carbonated drinks. It was built on 1892 near the Tilan Bridge in Hongkou and put into operation the following year. Its early fist product was fresh orange soda, and its sweet and sour taste was once regarded as? Holy water? .
Rickshaws and bicycles on the streets of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty.
Rickshaw and bicycle are new things in the late Qing Dynasty. The former came from Japan and the latter from Europe, but the latter was more expensive and rare at that time. During Tongzhi period, bicycles appeared in Shanghai, and then gradually spread to other big cities. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908), the Qing court promulgated the Police Violation Law, which included the management of bicycle operation. Cyclists who don't ring the bell shall be detained for more than five days and less than one day, or fined for more than five yuan and less than ten cents. ?
During the Guangxu period, a poem Zhuzhici described the scene of bicycle galloping on the streets of Beijing. Arms high, shoulders high, eyes not oblique, like a bow. With a bang, a bicycle followed. ? On the streets at that time, the speed of bicycles was rare. Imagine a person riding a bicycle with long braids and a long dress. It really flies with the wind.