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1908, Cixi finished her 74-year-old life. With everyone's respect, Cixi's body was buried. The gold and silver in her coffin is worth nearly 52 million silver, which can be said to be the best in the world. Because there were too many treasures, officials brought the disaster of destroying coffins and throwing bodies. Not only that, all the jewels buried with him were robbed, and the top was stripped, leaving only a pair of underwear under his body. This should be the most humiliating experience of the supreme Empress Dowager Cixi.
After that, it was forty days after Puyi buried Cixi's body again. At this time, Cixi was lying on the coffin lid with her head facing north, her feet facing south and her left hand on her back. Then, she continued to use the relic of Cixi, a yellow satin robe, and suggested that the vest be on the quilt. This is the second burial. The third time was 1984. The Cultural Relics Bureau cleaned the inner coffin of Empress Dowager Cixi, and finally showed the last appearance of Empress Dowager Cixi: her face and upper body were wrapped in yellow silk, her lower body was wearing trousers embroidered with the word "Shou" and one foot was wearing socks. Cixi's body lay on her back, her head tilted slightly to the left, her right hand was placed on her abdomen, her left arm was naturally placed on her left side, her eyes were sunken, and a ribbon was tied around her waist.
Generally speaking, the scene when the body of Empress Dowager Cixi was unearthed was surprising. For a powerful empress dowager, such an unearthed scene is undoubtedly a shame.
Cixi mummy
Empress Dowager Cixi is a legendary woman, and the mausoleum after her death can be said to be elegant and priceless. When the Queen Mother died, she burned a lot of money, including dressing tables, clocks and dummies, so that she could live happily underground. But because of the grave robbery, Cixi's body was opened and turned into a mummy.
The mummy of Cixi, which can be seen at present, is 153cm long and wears size 38 shoes. Due to shrinkage, it is estimated that the original height of Cixi is 162cm. There is a crack in the chest, which should have been damaged by a grave robber.
Judging from the pearls in Cixi's mouth when Sun Dianying robbed the tomb, Cixi died without antisepsis. It is also said that Cixi suffered from dysentery because there was no food in her stomach and she was isolated from the air before rotting. When the coffin was opened, the body weathered into a mummy after encountering air.
According to folklore, when Sun Dianying stole the tomb of Cixi, Cixi "cheated the corpse" happened. When Cixi's coffin was opened, her face was beautiful and her skin was transparent. Cixi, with bright black silk, suddenly turned black. Her closed eyes suddenly opened, her closed mouth opened wide, her teeth were exposed, and her whole body was paralyzed. In fact, "the corpse becomes fake" is due to the rapid weathering of the corpse caused by air entering the long-term closed coffin. Similarly, some bodies will suddenly "sit up" when they are pushed into the stove of the crematorium. In fact, the degradation time of bones and muscles in different parts of the body is different.
Cixi's funerary objects
As we all know, there are a lot of gold and silver treasures buried in Empress Dowager Cixi's mausoleum, so a shocking theft happened when warlord Sun Dianying ransacked the Empress Dowager Cixi's mausoleum. These stolen treasures are priceless, and their whereabouts are unknown after being taken as their own.
Ciling has "three unique skills": gold skill, wood skill and stone skill. "Jin Linglong" means that there is a lot of gold in the mausoleum. More than 400 painted golden dragons, 64 bronze gold-plated panlong columns and various patterns on the walls are spectacular. "Mujue" refers to the rare pear wood in the mausoleum. The beams and fangs in the hall are made of yellow pear wood, and every inch of wood is gold. "Shi Jue" means that the stone of the mausoleum is made of white marble, and the stone carving pattern is more exquisite.
At the same time, a large number of gold and silver jewelry and jade agate were buried in the underground palace of Cixi Mausoleum.
Cixi in the coffin was covered with a quilt, woven tens of thousands of words, and inlaid with hundreds of pearls and bright yellow satin, which was priceless.
The most precious funerary object belongs to the Nine Linglong Pagoda carved by white jade, but its whereabouts are unknown.
The jade cabbage in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, which is now regarded as the treasure of the town hall, may be something in the mausoleum of Cixi. Every day, many tourists line up to watch this kind of emerald cabbage, which is lifelike. The "Forbidden City Jinghua" restaurant next to the museum also serves the dish "Emerald Cabbage", which is very similar. Similarly, it is said that there are four emerald watermelons in Cixi's mausoleum, which are extremely beautiful.