Spectacles used before the last Emperor of China, Puyi




Mechanically supported before the eyes, spectacles is a device for aiding sight which consist of two pieces of lenses made of rock crystal in the past. History identified the Chinese are the earliest people to use spectacles but the Chinese knew that spectacles was discovered in the 11th century in the Arabia region.

However, recorded in history, Marco Polo have observed elderly Chinese using spectacles when he made his journey to China in 1270. If we substract 2012 with 1270, the age of spectacles is 742 years. This means that the Chinese have been using spectacles even before Admiral Zheng He discovery of Melaka.

If you take a look at the image of the last Emperor of China, Puyi; you will see him wearing spectacles. If he still lives now, he would be 106 at age. In the above image, the spectacles displayed with the laptop is of age 150 to 200 years. Surely, the spectacles was used by a Chinese in China before the reign of the last Emperor of China.

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