That is to say, the sea has changed, the world has changed, the world is developing all the time, however, the human life is limited, if not a video record, you and I can not really appreciate the changes...
This may be the reason that the longer the photo is more valuable, when you compare the decades-old or even hundreds of years-old photos with the present, it seems like dialing the clock of history, a trip back in time ... For example, the following group of world-famous attractions of the past and present contrast photos, come to feel the power of time:.
Cologne Cathedral, Germany, 1856 vs. 2022 This church was started in 1248 and took 662 years to complete...In that 1856 photo, a 15th century crane still hangs above the south tower, which remained a landmark of the Cologne skyline for more than 400 years while construction was halted, until it was dismantled when work resumed on the tower.
Stonehenge before and after restoration, more than 100 years ago, many stones in Stonehenge are not today's "stand", are randomly collapsed on the ground, until 1958 to crane "built" well, not that it is a forgery, at least what we see now, is the appearance of modern people after restoration.
The ancient city of Petra in Jordan, built in the 6th century, was built by the Nabataeans more than 2,000 years ago by cutting stones from the mountains. Compared with more than 100 years ago, except for an additional pillar, it is almost the difference between black and white photos and color photos...
In 1888, the Eiffel Tower was under construction, and behind it there were venues under construction for the 1900 Paris World's Fair, which was also the world's tallest building at the time when it was completed.
Piazza della War and Piazza del Trocadero during the 1900 World's Fair. More than 76,000 exhibitors were present in the 216-hectare exhibition area, and numerous attractions were specially designed for this purpose in the Plaza de los Muertos, including a 100-meter-diameter Ferris wheel, an armillary sphere and much more.
To celebrate the Expo and the new centenary, many monuments and sculptures were built under the then Eiffel Tower, including the classical style Jules Coutin fountain, the Machine Gallery, etc. They were all demolished after the Expo, and the Eiffel Tower was also ready to be torn down, but was saved by its designer Gustave Eiffel by using it as a radio tower...
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, which just opened in the 1930s, was hailed as a marvel of 20th century bridge engineering and is considered the symbol of San Francisco. Yet everyone knows it, mostly in movies, and it set an embarrassing record of being destroyed hundreds of times in more than eighty years in...
The River Thames in London, home to Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, has not changed much, except for the London Eye, built in 2000.
The Tower Bridge of London under construction, 1892, took eight years to complete and two concrete piers of over 70,000 tons were sunk into the riverbed to support the massive structure. The framework for the towers and walkways required over 11,000 tons of steel, which was then clad in Cornish granite and Portland stone to protect the steel structure beneath, at a time when steamers were still running on the Thames.
Venice, Rialto Bridge, 1925 vs. 2022, more than a hundred years with almost no change except for more and more tourists and more crowded roads.
Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the most famous beach in the world. Every year from December to March, the beach is densely packed with people, yet in the 1930s, the city had not yet expanded to this area, and it was still a pristine landscape at a glance.
The Statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro, under construction, was built in 1931 and is known as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. It took God six days to create the world, and on the seventh day, he created Rio.
Mount Rushmore, better known by its other name: President Hill. Before 1927, it was an ordinary stone mountain, but now it is not only the "temple" of the United States, but also a tourist attraction. But look at the level of these several U.S. presidents, it is estimated that for a long, long time, there will be no change...
Bodhanath Stupa, Nepal, 1960 vs 2020, originally located in the suburbs, it is now engulfed by residential buildings as Kathmandu's population has grown tenfold and the city has expanded...
Sphinx, 1864 vs 2022, when the sphinx was still mostly covered under yellow sand except for the head and a small part of the body. ps: the interesting 1864 photo shows a group of Japanese samurai, who were also considered the first Japanese people to come out of Asia...
In the mid-19th century, people took a hot-air balloon ride and took panoramic photos of the Sphinx from the air, so you can more visually feel the difference between the present and the past. Imagine how shocking it was to the first person to discover it...
Before and after the excavation of the stadium in the ancient city of Efros, Turkey, founded by Athenian colonists in the 10th century B.C., the city that appeared in the Bible was eventually reduced to ruins and swallowed up by nature over a long period of time due to the blockage of the outlet to the sea by silt and the frequent earthquakes...
The remains of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico, the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramids of the Moon in the distance, very rare large-scale Indian civilization sites, the peak and can be compared with the Chinese Chang'an at that time.
At the beginning of the last century, Teotihuacan, which had just begun to be excavated, was still surrounded by a large area of farmland.
India's Taj Mahal, the mid-19th century vs. the 21st century, it's not that people didn't throw garbage at that time, but at that time there was no plastic ah ... plus the number of tourists soared, garbage will be more ...
Built in the 17th century, the Taj Mahal actually retained the remains of the original Mughal gardens inside in the mid-19th century, planted with many carefully selected trees, but once the British colonists arrived, it was replaced with an ancestral lawn...
After more than 100 years, the old city of Jerusalem, one of the three holy places of religion, has changed little, but in the distance tall buildings have been erected. The city preserves its past and builds for the future, with carefully restored historical sites, carefully landscaped green areas, modern commercial districts, industrial parks and expanding suburbs.
The Pyramid of Castillo, the most massive ruins of the Mayan civilization, 1860, 1925, 2022. originally discovered as a large, unassuming mound of grass, the Mexican government began restoration work in 1925, and the surface was almost completely renovated...and when the restoration work was completed in 1929, it looked even newer than it does today. newer...
The tomb of the high priest in the ruins of Chichen Itza, also known as the bone bank, sometimes really envious of people hundreds of years ago, that time, the world is not so crowded, there are many unknown secrets, really explorers the best times ah times ah ...
The explorer Hiram Bingham III, who was exploring the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, went public in 1911, when Machu Picchu was a forgotten "lost city", hidden in the jungle...
In fact, after Peru fell to the Spanish colony, the Spanish colonists knew the legend of Machu Picchu: a mysterious ancient Inca city in the vast Andes mountains of Peru. But for more than 300 years, explorers searched for it, but found nothing, so Machu Picchu was called the "lost city" of the Inca Empire.
The ruins of Machu Picchu, covered by jungle in a 1911 photograph, were not fully excavated until 1997, arguably the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century.
West Lake and the Leifeng Pagoda, in the 1910s, when the vegetation was far less dense than it is today, and people can still see the old burnt-out pagoda when they raft on the lake.
The old tower collapsed in 1924 and the new tower was rebuilt in 2002. In the lowest level of the new tower, a part of the remains of the old tower has been preserved.
Cave 96 of the Mogao Caves, photographed in 1908 by the Frenchman Burgher, who used various means to rob more than 6,000 precious relics from the Dunhuang Mogao Caves in 1906-1908...
Forbidden City, 1923, Pu Yi, Pu Jie, Run Qi and Zhuang Shidun, who are playing in the imperial garden of the Forbidden City, now the Forbidden City is not called the Forbidden City, whether it is the common people, or the former emperor, you have to buy a ticket to enter...
Part of the Arrow Buckle Great Wall in Beijing, the Arrow Buckle Great Wall is the most majestic and dangerous section of the Great Wall, unexplored as a tourist resource for a long time, unrestored and unprotected, with plants and trees growing on the floor tiles of the Great Wall and the wildness gradually revealed, but it is also the most beautiful section of the Great Wall.
Beijing Badaling Great Wall, the above picture was taken in 1908 at the end of Qing Dynasty, a glance at all the vicissitudes and desolation, the Great Wall also has a lot of weeds growing on top, but now it has become a place where people go to the Great Wall, must hit the card.
Laiyuan, Hebei Province, a mountain divided into Yan and Zhao, a mountain divided into two countries, after more than a hundred years, although you can still see the traces of the Great Wall, but only the walkway remains, the enemy building almost disappeared...
Hebei Laiyuan cheering building, 1940, the Eighth Route Army soldiers in achieving a victory, cheering on the Great Wall, is the most classic photo of the war against Japan, now there are only ruins left here...
Material things may eventually be annihilated, but only the indestructible spirit can be passed on forever...
