These expensive things need time to prepare, and everything is carefully selected, which will consume a lot of time. In fact, Empress Dowager Cixi had already begun to prepare her own funeral before her death, and the mausoleum was also supervised. But after her death, these projects were not completed, so she could not be buried immediately.
Of course, the time of burial is also particular. Ordinary people should choose a lucky time to be buried after their death, not to mention Empress Dowager Cixi. Therefore, it also consumes a lot of time in choosing auspicious time.
As for anti-corrosion measures, when Empress Dowager Cixi was buried, eunuchs tried their best to preserve the remains of Lafayette. It is said that they used a perfume, which was very effective, but highly toxic. After using it for a long time, they found that there was blood overflowing from the coffin, and the eunuch who guarded it quickly cleaned it up, but it could not be cleaned up. Blood is accompanied by a stench, which can't be dispersed for a long time.
Guangxu was buried soon because Guangxu died so suddenly. Cixi controls state affairs, and the emperor has no power and influence. In the power center of that country, he can be said to be a "useless man". Who cares about such a person's funeral?
Cixi's mausoleum has been built for more than ten years, and there are many funerary objects, which need time to prepare.
The reconstruction project of Cixi's mausoleum lasted for thirteen years until her death. The rebuilt Long 'en Hall and the East-West Attached Hall rank first in the Qing Emperor's Mausoleum in terms of expensive building materials, exquisite workmanship and luxurious decoration. Even compared with the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty, some imperial tombs are inferior to her.
The luxury of her funerary objects is also staggering. Cixi's funerary objects are divided into two parts: the treasure placed in the golden well in the tomb before his death and the buried treasure.
At the bottom of Cixi's coffin, there is a brocade mattress woven with gold thread, which is seven inches thick. There are more than 0/0000 pearls, 85 rubies and more than 200 white jade. There is a silk mattress embroidered with lotus flowers on the brocade mattress, which is covered with 2400 pearls weighing five points.
Cixi's body is covered with a Toni quilt made of gold, with a bright yellow satin bottom and twisted gold. It is made up of 25,000 Chinese characters of Dalagni scriptures and more than 800 pearls. There are countless pearls and precious stones embedded in the rockhopper on the head, of which only one pearl is worth about12 million taels of silver.
There are countless large treasures around the body, such as Nine Linglong Pagoda, Jade Buddha, Jade Watermelon, Chinese Cabbage, Ruby, Emerald, Jade, Red Coral Tree, Moyu Mustard and so on. Their whereabouts are unknown. Empress Dowager Cixi's teeth were pried open, and the luminous pearl in her mouth was two transparent and dull pearls when separated, and a round pearl when closed, emitting green cold light. At night, people's heads within a hundred paces can be clearly seen.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Cixi