Li was the most trusted eunuch of Empress Dowager Cixi, and he was one of the participants when Empress Dowager Cixi buried the treasure in the coffin after her death. Li and his nephew's Notes on Aiyuexuan recorded in detail the types, quantity, location and value of Cixi's funerary objects.
In Cixi's coffin, the bottom was covered with a 7-inch-thick gold-woven cushion, which was inlaid with pearls 12604, 85 precious stones and 203 white jade. The brocade mattress is covered with a layer of silk mattress embroidered with lotus flowers, and there are 2400 pearls on the silk mattress.
Covered with Cixi is a gold woven Dalagni quilt, which is made of bright yellow satin and twisted gold thread, with 25,000 words of Dalagni scriptures on it. The quilt is decorated with 820 pearls. After the grave robbers took the pearls, they abandoned this priceless quilt in the ground. 1979 discovered it when cleaning the underground palace. The quilt is also covered with 6000 pearls, which is also priceless.
When Cixi died, she wore a crested phoenix inlaid with pearls and precious stones. A pearl in the crown weighs four taels and is as big as an egg. At that time, the value of 10 was more than two thousand silver, and the value of rockhopper can be imagined. With a pearl in his mouth, it is said that hair can be seen within 100 step at night; There are three beads hanging around the neck, two are pearls and one is ruby; Wearing a gold silk skirt, embroidered beaded coat, kicking boots, holding Yu Lian.
Beside him, there are jade Buddha statues, as well as various gems and corals. It is said that when the treasure was buried, undertaker found a hole in the coffin, so he poured 4 liters of pearls and 2,200 pieces of red, blue and emerald. These "fill-in-the-blank" jewels alone are worth 2.23 million taels of silver. It is said that the most precious funerary object in Cixi's coffin belongs to the Nine Linglong Pagoda carved by white jade, which is said to be a "smoke stream".
Legend has it that there are four jadeite watermelons in Cixi's coffin, two with white skin and yellow seeds and two with green skin and white seeds, which are worth 6 million taels of silver.
It is reported that the treasures stolen from Cixi Mausoleum were either used for bribery by Sun Dianying and others, or sold, destroyed or even smuggled out of the country, and most of them are still missing.
It is said that in order to escape guilt, Sun Dianying once gave Song Meiling the Pearl of the Night, which Cixi called.
There is a jade cabbage in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, which is the treasure of its town hall and probably the lost property of Cixi Mausoleum.
But with the passage of time, no one can tell where these stolen treasures went. The bottom of Cixi's coffin was covered with a gold-woven mattress, which was 7 inches thick. There are 12604 pearls, 85 rubies and 203 white jade below. The brocade mattress is covered with a silk mattress embroidered with lotus flowers, which is covered with 2400 5-cent pearls.
Cixi was covered with a Toni quilt made of gold. It is made of bright yellow satin with a length of 280 cm and a width of 274 cm and twisted with gold. The quilt not only has various patterns, but also weaves 25,000 Chinese characters of Dalagni scriptures. The quilt is decorated with 820 pearls. The grave robbers took the pearls and left this priceless Buddhist sutra on the ground. 1979 it was discovered when the underground palace was cleaned, and it was only then that the danger was saved. Covering the quilt with a tennis quilt decorated with 6000 pearls is also a treasure handed down from generation to generation.
Cixi wears a phoenix crown, which is inlaid with pearls and precious stones. There is a pearl in the crown, which weighs four times as much as an egg. At that time, it was worth about 1 1,000-2,000,000 taels of silver, and its rockhopper value can be imagined. Mouth contains a night pearl, divided into two pieces, transparent and dull; When it is closed, it is a ball, which can show green light and can see hair within a hundred steps at night. Experts estimate that it may be two diamonds. After Dongling was excavated by a tomb-robbing general, the night pearl was given to Song Meiling by Sun Dianying to escape the guilt.
Cixi hung three beads around her neck, two pearls and one ruby. She is wearing a golden silk dress with a robe embroidered with beads. Pedal boots. Holding a Yu Lian in his hand, there is a 18 mussel Buddha in front of his head, and a Yu Lian leaf on his head, full of veins stood out. Weighing 225 yuan and 40 cents, it was worth 2.852 million taels of silver at that time. There are 10 golden Buddha and 8 jade carved horses on both sides of the head, and there are 18 jade arhats on hand. There are 108 statues of golden Buddha, jade Buddha, ruby Buddha and jade Buddha beside him or at his feet, and every respect is 6 Liang; Four jadeite watermelons, two white-skinned yellow seeds and two green-skinned white seeds, worth six million and two thousand silver; The tip of the green peach with 10 is pink, so it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity. There are two emerald cabbages with green leaves and white hearts. There is a green snake foraging on the cabbage, and there are two classic wasps beside the cabbage leaves. The pretty color is just right, unique and rare, and it is valued at 654.38+million silver.
The most precious thing in the coffin is the Nine Linglong Pagoda carved by white jade, with patterns of flowers and flowing smoke on it. There are more than 700 gems, jade, red coral trees and jet mustard beside his body. Some jade materials come from Xinjiang, such as suet jade and jet, which are not available in Hotan. When I buried the treasure, I found a hole in the coffin, and I poured four liters of pearls (500 8-point pearls, 2,200 3-point pearls, 1000 2-point pearls). There are 2200 sapphires and emeralds. These empty pearls alone are worth 2.23 million taels of silver. These are part of the coffin funerary objects. From the completion of the tomb of Cixi in Dongling in 1879 to the final closure of the underground palace, various rare treasures and more than 1000 pieces of golden jade offerings have been placed in the underground palace for 30 years. I don't know where these priceless treasures have gone since Sun Dianying stole the tombs of two queens.
A piece of jade weighing several tons in Xinjiang was sent to Kuqa county as a bed for placing coffins in the underground palace, which was put on hold for some reason.
It is estimated that the value of Cixi's funerary objects is not excessive.
Mytilus Buddha-made of shells from freshwater rivers, put into the oyster calendar, stimulated by foreign objects and surrounded by pearls. With the passage of time, the pearl coating gradually thickens, forming a mussel Buddha with pearl luster. Jin mu Shi San Jue
Cixi's mausoleum is the most exquisite one in the Qing tombs, and it can be called the golden wood and stone.
Jin Linglong: According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, more than 4,592 Zijin Ye were used in the three halls alone, and more than 2,400 golden dragons were painted inside and outside the hall, with 64 columns wrapped in semi-solid bronze gilded dragons. All five bats on the wall were screened out for gold. Although this real glory was looted by grave robbers, today we can still see the luxury remnants and fragments of "the only gold".
"Mujue" refers to the fact that the beams and Fang of the three main halls are all made of top-grade wood. This kind of wood with hard wood and fine texture is now on the verge of extinction, and its value can be called "inch wood and inch gold". Cixi's coffin is made of precious golden nanmu.
"Stone essence" means that all the stones in Cixi's mausoleum are made of fine white marble, and the stone carving pattern is unique. On the white marble railing of Long 'en Hall, the patterns of "flying in front of the phoenix" and "chasing the dragon" are carved with relief techniques. These 76 pillars are engraved with auspicious peaks. Below the phoenix are two dragons carved inside and outside the pillar, forming a unique shape of "one phoenix presses two dragons", symbolizing the supreme power of Cixi before her death. Phoenix Long Dan stone carving in front of the temple is a treasure in stone carving.