Divided into eight volumes, it was painted by Qing Kuan and others. It recorded the whole process of Emperor Guangxu's marrying the queen in the form of cartoons. These eight paintings include Volume I of Complete Pictures of Wedding Ceremony, Volume II of Empress Leaving the Palace and Entering the House, Volume III of Banquet of Nacai Ceremony, Volumes IV and V of Grand Ceremony, Volume VI of Wedding Ceremony of Empress, Volume VII of Album and Volume VIII of 0755. The whole wedding process of Emperor Guangxu was divided into three stages: pre-wedding ceremony, wedding ceremony and wedding ceremony. The scene depicted in Yu Feng Jin Gong Tu includes the ceremony of accepting gifts, collecting gifts, awarding titles, greeting, marriage, celebration and banquet. There are many characters in this picture book, and all the important characters are marked with official positions, so it is easy to identify the contents in the picture. Such a huge painting is orderly, but it doesn't seem complicated. It can be seen that the painter has profound painting skills. In that era when there were no cameras and video cameras, it was really not easy to record such a grand scene.
In the nearly 300-year history of the Qing Dynasty, only the weddings of four emperors, Shunzhi, Kangxi, Tongzhi and Guangxu, were held in the Forbidden City. This is because they ascended the throne when they were young, and when they reached marriageable age, they naturally married in the palace. If the Crown Prince marries before he succeeds to the throne, then he can only hold a simple ceremony after he ascended the throne. Although Emperor Guangxu held a grand wedding in the Forbidden City, his marriage was arranged by Empress Dowager Cixi, not himself, which included Empress Dowager Cixi's political ambitions.
Although Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi are mother and son, he is not her own son, but her own sister. Cixi's biological son was the Tongzhi emperor, who ascended the throne at the age of 5 and died of smallpox at the age of 19. Before he died, he left no will for anyone to succeed him. Empress Dowager Cixi took her sister's son into the palace and inherited the throne. Cixi is a person with a strong desire for power. She has been in power in North Korea during the reign of her son Tongzhi Emperor. After Tongzhi died, she needed to find a younger emperor so that she could continue to listen to politics, and her nephew was the best candidate. At the age of four, Zai _ entered the palace to inherit the throne and became Emperor Guangxu, but he was always under the control of Empress Dowager Cixi. Emperor Guangxu grew up gradually. According to the patriarchal clan system of the Qing dynasty, the emperor 16 years old is about to face the government, which means that Cixi is about to return power to Guangxu. However, how can Empress Dowager Cixi, who has a strong desire for power, let it go? So, she made up her mind on the matter that Emperor Guangxu chose the queen.
After careful selection, Cixi got the best queen candidate, that is, her niece Ye Jingfen. Cixi believes that making a niece a queen will not only help to marry her, but also put a loyal eye and ear beside the emperor. Cixi specially arranged for Emperor Guangxu to contact Ye. Ye is three years older than Emperor Guangxu and looks plain. Emperor Guangxu didn't like this cousin. He already has his own sweetheart, the later Zhen Fei. In the case that the queen's candidate has already been decided, Cixi also arranged the draft for a pretence. On the surface, both the queen and the concubine were chosen by the emperor himself, but the whole process was completely controlled by Cixi.
According to records, the queen was selected at different levels, and finally there were only five people left, including Ye Lashi Jingfen, Zhen Fei, the niece of Cixi, and another pair of sisters. At first, Cixi pretended to let Emperor Guangxu choose and handed him a wish, telling him who made the wish and who was the future queen. Emperor Guangxu knew the arrangement of Cixi for a long time, but at the last minute Guangxu hesitated. When she comes to Jane, try to give her the best wishes. At this moment, Cixi suddenly shouted to the emperor. Guangxu was surprised, but he hasn't recovered, eunuch ste.
Although this is not the result that Emperor Guangxu wanted, this grand wedding should be held as scheduled. A complete record of the whole process of this royal wedding. From the premarital ceremony, a series of wedding ceremonies of Emperor Guangxu were officially launched.