Reporter Lin Yingzhen / Comprehensive Report
The Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty was one of the rare female representatives in power in Chinese history, but she was humiliated following her death. Not only was her body exposed for more than 40 days, but only a pair of underwear was left on her body. The mausoleum built with a lot of money and manpower was also tragically stolen. The scene was bleak.
On November 15, 1908, the 73-year-old Empress Dowager Cixi died and was buried in the “Putuoyu Dingdong Mausoleum”, which took more than 5 million taels and 6 years to build. In addition to the architectural specifications, it was not inferior to other emperors. Cixi personally spent tens of millions of taels to build and decorate the mausoleum.
Twenty years following the death of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the famous warlord Sun Dianying took a fancy to Cixi’s buried treasures. According to historical records, Sun Dianying robbed Cixi’s mausoleum, took all the buried treasures, destroyed the coffin and threw the body out of the coffin. , took out the jewels in his mouth, stripped off his shirt, and left Cixi’s body exposed for more than 40 days, leaving only a pair of underwear on the whole body.
This incident shocked the superiors at that time, and immediately sent Puyi to send Zaize, Qiling, Baoxi and others to re-bury Cixi, but when they arrived in Dongling, they found the tragic condition of Cixi’s body. Facing north, feet facing south, with his left hand on his back, the corpse was exposed for more than 40 days, causing the corpse to grow many spots and even covered with white hair.
Zai Ze and the others had no choice but to cover Cixi’s body with yellow silk, then put a yellow satin mattress under the coffin, turn Cixi’s body over and lie down on the yellow satin mattress, and finally take a yellow satin robe, a A waistcoat covered the body, closed the lid and sealed the mouth of the coffin with lacquer, which became Cixi’s second entry into the coffin.
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