Notes of Aiyue Xuan in the late Qing Dynasty recorded the funerary objects in Cixi's tomb in detail.
The author is the nephew of Li, Cixi's favorite eunuch. When Li personally attended the funeral of Cixi, it was dictated by Li, a great eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty, and his nephew wrote in calligraphy. In order to record Cixi and her luxurious funerary objects in detail.
1. Gold silk brocade mattress inlaid with pearls: Before Cixi died, a layer of gold silk brocade mattress inlaid with pearls was laid at the bottom of the coffin, which was 7 inches thick, and 12604 pearls, 85 rubies and 203 white jade were laid at the bottom.
2. Silk mattress embroidered with lotus flowers: The mattress is covered with a layer of silk mattress embroidered with lotus flowers with 2400 pearls on it.
3. Cixi wears a gold robe, embroidered beaded robe and beaded crown. The crown is inlaid with 2.5 egg-sized silver pearls, worth as much as 2 million taels. The head is covered with 65,438+008 Jade Buddha, with a luminous pearl in its mouth, and cold light can be seen a hundred paces away. She has a jade lotus in her hand and eight jade carving horses at hand, 18 jade arhat. The most precious thing in the coffin is a Jiuzhen Long Ta carved from white jade with green patterns and flowing smoke clouds. In order to fill the gap in the coffin, 500 large pearls, 2,200 medium pearls, 1000 small pearls, and 100 emeralds and sapphires were also poured. The last net of pearls was covered with more than 6000 pearls. This is just a part of the coffin funerary objects. From the completion of the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi 1897 to the final closure of the underground palace, more than 1000 rare jewels have been placed in the underground palace in the past 30 years.