It was popular to drink coffee with flowerpots in the first year of the Republic of China.

Once upon a time, when I took wedding photos, I always took pictures with flowerpots.

Grandparents, what do their wedding photos look like? Zhou Shengjun, president of the Madame King Group and vice president of the Chinese Portrait Society, posted precious wedding photos of many Chinese people on his personal Weibo, spanning 121 years-- it took him 15 years to collect nearly 200 wedding photos from major cities in China and even Singapore.

"they reflect the social systems and cultural ideas of different times, and they are living textbooks for the study of the more than 100-year history of Chinese wedding photos!" said Zhou Shengjun, 65.

It was popular to drink coffee with flowerpots in the first year of the Republic of China.

The bride wore a red cotton-padded jacket, revealing three inches of golden lotus. There is a half-height coffee table between the newlyweds, two coffee cups are arranged in a very regular manner, and three pots of flowers are placed at the feet of the newlyweds. The bridegroom sat upright and deliberately built a woolen scarf on his right arm. Such a scarf seemed to be dressed up by a hipster at that time.

Interpretation: this photo was taken in 1912, the first year of the Republic of China. Before the May 4th Movement, the newlyweds got married and advocated the festive red. Wedding photos still show obvious signs of affection. at that time, white wedding dresses had not yet been unveiled in China, and it was popular to take pictures in front of coffee and flowerpots.

Love password: small feet are not terrible, commemorating a lifetime is more expensive.

Western-style weddings prevailed in 1932. Chinese elements are preserved.

The new couple's costume properly reflected the ideology and culture at that time. The bride's veil is five or six meters long and holds an oversized bouquet of flowers-dragged from her chest to the ground, covering the entire waist and occupying almost half of the groom's body.

Interpretation: in Shanghai and other big cities, Western-style weddings are becoming popular. The white wedding dress has gradually replaced the dark Chinese bridal dress, but the background still represents the traditional Chinese wedding custom.

Love password: flowers, vines and veil, symbolizing the everlasting love.

In 1890, the photo props had the name of a photo studio.

This is the POSE pose for the wedding photo taken by the bride and groom 121 years ago: the bride and groom are half squatted and the boat is used as props to cover the lower body. The bridegroom made a gesture of holding the oar. Surprisingly, the owner of the photo studio had a sense of publicity, and the words "Ruiji photo before □" appeared in the stern.

Interpretation: this photo is extremely precious and was taken in the 15th year of Guang Xu in the Qing Dynasty (1890). At that time, wedding photos had just been introduced into China from the West, and the number of photo studios was even rarer. Men wear opposite lapels, women wear mandarin coats with slanted collars, and men wear caps, which is something that rich people can afford to play. going to a photo studio to take wedding photos can naturally be regarded as high-end consumption.

Love password: one hundred years to build the same ferry, thousands of years to sleep together.

In the early 1980s, it was popular to sit in rows and take wedding photos like registration photos.

Wedding photos do not need a set, just like a registration photo in which the bride and groom sit on the bench together. The bride rests her head against the bridegroom slightly on her upper body. The bridegroom pads soft cushions or wooden blocks under the buttocks, while the bride is more dependent on people.

Interpretation: after the Cultural Revolution, the newlyweds who walked into the photo studio changed into clean military uniforms or industrial and peasant uniforms, arranged their hair and sat in front of the camera.

Love password: his broad shoulders are her eternal support.

From the 1990s to the end of the last century, the wedding photo trilogy, wedding dress, suit and location shooting

Marriage must wear wedding dress and suit photography has become a fixed mode, no longer meet the studio background, began to shoot location in parks and other places. By the end of the last century, wearing a wedding dress, a suit and shooting location had evolved into a wedding photo trilogy.

Interpretation: after the reform and opening up, people's values have undergone earth-shaking changes, newcomers have different aesthetic concepts, and studio buildings have increased rapidly.

Love password: believe that you can only get married once in a lifetime. If you don't use your brains to freeze eternity, you will be sorry for love.

The coming of the era of personality since the beginning of this century is compared with creativity and courage.

The era of publicity of personality has come, the creativity of wedding photos is even more strange, and even the rise of "nude wedding photos". Some newlyweds also went to Thailand, Australia and other countries to shoot location.

Interpretation: wedding photos have entered diversity and globalization, you have the courage to show me to shoot.

Love password: the higher the profile of love, the better.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the location of the shoot was unknown. It was the trend at that time for the bride to wear a pure white scarf and the groom to wear a dark wool scarf.