History does not joke, old photos that make you cry and laugh

The collision of Chinese and Western technologies in China (1905). This phenomenon was also present in other Western colonies.

Chinese wheelbarrow (1905). It is well known that the Chinese invented the wheelbarrow, but the use of a sail on a wheelbarrow is an even greater classic masterpiece.

Water carriers in the city. By the end of the 19th century, European cities already had tap water. This marks a technological delay.

A great bridge in Yunnan. This is a classic masterpiece because this photograph was taken by the French photographer Jacques Bacot around 1880.