The jewels in the coffin are worth 2.23 million taels of silver.
The funerary objects are worth 100 million taels of silver.
Cixi is a famous "luxury" queen mother in history. She loved pearls, agates, precious stones, jade articles, gold and silver vessels and other treasures before her death. After her death, the treasure buried in the coffin was worth as much as 200 million taels of silver.
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.