Did the Qing Dynasty immigrate to America?

When did China go into decline? There is no doubt that the answer is the Ming Dynasty, because of the achievements of the anti-Qing forces sent overseas by Shanghai in the Qing Dynasty, they simply closed their doors and cut off the opportunity to communicate with the outside world, and then began to decline gradually.

There were a few westerners in China, but after that, they basically disappeared. But it's the same in other countries. It's hard for them to see China people.

In their impression, China is a prosperous and civilized country. China's silk, porcelain and tea are all very tight commodities abroad, and they are basically used to supply the upper class. Life is the lowest daily necessities, such as yarn, which only the poor have.

In this case, many countries will naturally be very curious about China and China's daily life, food, clothing, housing and transportation. Unfortunately, the policies of the Qing Dynasty were too strict at that time, and businessmen only paid attention to silk porcelain with higher profits.

In contrast, foreign countries at that time were obviously unattractive to China people. On the one hand, they were influenced by China's ideology of de-nationalization for a long time. On the other hand, in the eyes of conservative China people, foreigners' looks were really flattering. Some even said that foreigners were cannibals. At that time, missionaries from the west, walking in the street, were naturally the object of pointing fingers.

"China fever" abroad

When China was still immersed in his fantasy of going to China, many western countries had already completed the political system reform and embarked on the road of capitalist development. The strength of the domestic bourgeoisie has expanded rapidly, and the wealth of capitalists has made a qualitative leap except for the working people who have been squeezed at the bottom.

With money, you will naturally want to satisfy your curiosity, such as exploring China, an ancient oriental country. The stricter China's closed-door policy is, the more people want to find out.

Businessmen are the most sensitive, and soon perceive this "China fever", and any goods that have a little connection with China will sell well. At that time, there were even cases where westerners wore China's clothes and could attract most people with their own performances.

The Carney brothers, who made their fortune selling French antiques and furniture in the United States, also noticed this situation. They began to think of ways to take a freighter to China and buy some fans, inkstones and other things with China characteristics in China, but the cost was low and it was not easy to be damaged during transportation.

These things are not as expensive as silk and porcelain, but they have China characteristics and are very suitable for most newly developed capitalists in the United States. The Carney brothers benefited from this barley and they began to travel frequently between China and the United States.

Gradually, the Carney brothers were not satisfied with the profits brought by China's goods. They are eager for more wealth. After realizing that people are actually interested in China people themselves, the Carney brothers had a bold idea, that is, to show it to the people of China. During their stay at the border between China and Guangzhou, they began to choose suitable candidates and wanted to buy a traditional porcelain to bring to the United States.

Men are basically impossible. After all, men were important candidates for work and family at that time, and they refused to sell them. So they took a fancy to the woman in China, and the whole family would not sell their daughters, but the poor families didn't care much about their daughters, but felt that their daughters were a burden.

It was in a poor family that the Carney brothers bought Mei Afang (also known as Mei Mei Fang), gave their father a large sum of money and took Mei Afang away. Mei Afang boarded a cargo ship bound for Washington with fear and expectation and began her life in the United States.

The first China to immigrate to the United States

After Mei Afang came to the United States, he found that all this was not the same as his imagined life abroad. The Carney brothers regard Mei Afang as a commodity that people can watch and play at will, and have no respect for Mei Afang. Long before they returned to China, they had already released the news that a China woman was going to immigrate to the United States.

Attracted the expectations of Americans. Moreover, in order to achieve better commercial results, they declared to the outside world that Mei Afang is a prince's home and a princess, which makes people look forward to it.

After Mei Afang came to the United States, the first city she stayed in was new york. The Carney brothers carefully designed an oriental style living room, dressed Mei Afang in exquisite finery and jewelry, so that she could sit in the living room and exhibit like an object. At that time, it cost 25 cents to see this oriental woman once, but there were still a constant stream of people coming to see her.

The Carney brothers made a fortune. Because Mei Afang is a traditional Han girl with a bad habit of foot binding, the Carney brothers asked Mei Afang to stand up and walk around, show off her "three-inch golden lotus" and kick shuttlecock. Later, the Carney brothers simply assigned an interpreter to Mei Afang to help those Americans who want to know more about China communicate with Mei Afang.

After staying in new york for several months, Mei Afang went to Philadelphia to attend an exhibition. At one time, Mei Afang, a woman from China, was very famous in the United States, and even the then President of andrew jackson had met her.

Abandoned, living alone.

However, with the passage of time, Mei Afang traveled all over the United States. With the defeat of China in successive wars, the closed door of China was forcibly opened, and more and more foreigners could go directly to China. More and more people are beginning to realize that China is no longer a powerful country. So people gradually lost interest in Mei Afang.

Seeing that the benefits they can get are declining year by year, the Carney brothers are not so good to Mei Afang. Mei Afang was supposed to stay in the United States for two years before coming back. In the end, the Carney brothers did not agree to her request, but also directly abandoned Mei Afang in a state in the United States, leaving her alone.

summary

Mei Afang couldn't even speak English at that time, so she had to appear again, and the money she got was only enough to make ends meet. Until 1950, the report of Mei Afang's exhibition can still be found in the newspaper. After that, people can no longer find any news about Mei Afang, and the final outcome is unknown, but it is expected that the outcome will not be very good.

Nowadays, the world has become a whole. What kind of news people are looking for can now be found on the Internet. There will be no such ridiculous thing as exhibitors.