Empress Dowager Cixi, also known as Empress Dowager of the West, was able to become the Queen Mother of the Qing Dynasty because he was the biological mother of Tongzhi Emperor . His maternal factor was expensive, so after the death of Emperor Xianfeng, Empress Cixi was used. The imperial concubine was promoted to the queen mother. Actually, beside Cixi, there is the dowager , which is higher than him, which is also the empress dowager . The tombs of the two empress dowagers are located in the Qingdong Tomb in Zunhua County, Hebei Province.
But, what is puzzling is that the Queen Mother of the East is buried in the West and the Queen Mother of the West is buried in the East. What is going on?
According to common sense, the Queen Mother of the East should be buried in the east and the Queen Mother of the West should be buried in the west. Because the Queen Mother of the East Palace is justified by the Queen Mother of the Palace. And because of her son, the Queen Mother of the West became the emperor's brilliance, and she was promoted from a noble concubine to the Queen Mother, and her status and qualifications were slightly lower than those of the Queen Mother of the East. Therefore, the tomb of the Queen Mother of West is not as good in terms of regulation and Fengshui. Queen Mother of the East. However, the Western Empress Dowager Cixi, who was full of benefits, was not reconciled, so she carefully played a game of gambling spirits. Since the Queen Mother of the West had planned for a long time, he was of course the winner, and he unceremoniously chose the east mausoleum.
This statement thinks that the Queen Mother of the West clearly occupied the tomb of the Queen Mother of the East. Legend has it that one day, he dreamed that he had died and buried himself in the mausoleum to the west. This dream gave him enlightenment. He thought that if the Queen Mother dies in front of him, then he will take control of the court and put Empress Dowager Ci'an on his side. Wouldn't he just listen to me? So he designed to kill the Queen Mother, and used his power to bury the Queen Mother in the west, and keep the mausoleum in the east for his own use.
Then there is another way of saying that it’s a matter of course.It is believed that the Empress Dowager Cixi did not occupy the tomb of the Empress Dowager Ci'an. The Queen Mother should be buried in the west and the Queen Mother in the east. There are three theoretical basis for this. The first thing the name of the queen mother is determined by the location where they lived during their lifetime. The Empress Dowager Cian lived in the Zhongcui Palace in the East Sixth Palace in the Forbidden City during her lifetime, so she was called the East Queen Mother. Empress Dowager Cixi lives in the Chuxiu Palace Changchun Palace in West Sixth Palace , so it is called the West Queen Mother, so it has nothing to do with the location of the neighboring bedroom. Second, according to the funeral system, the month with a higher status should be closer to the theme of the center. In Kangxi's Jingling and Qianlong's Yuling Daoguang's Muling Digong was buried with many concubines. Third, the shrines in the tombs of the emperors in the Qing dynasty were all contacted by times and connected by lower ones. From the perspective of Shinto, it can be seen that the Shinto of Cixi Tomb is connected to the Shinto of Ci'an Ling, and the Shinto of Ci'an Ling is connected to the Shinto of Dingling, and the Shinto of Dingling Shinto is connected to the Shinto of Xiaoling. This proves that the status of Ci'an is higher than that of Cixi. Which statement is in line with the facts? I am afraid that only Cixi under the imperial power would know.
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