In December 1983, in order to protect cultural relics and explore history, the National Cultural Heritage Bureau began to clean the royal tombs of the Qing Dynasty. When the archaeologists opened the tomb of the Empress Dowager at Cixi , everyone present held their breath.
Although archaeologists have rich experience in opening the coffin, they were shocked when they saw Cixi's body. After more than 80 years of ups and downs, the body of the empress dowager Cixi is still intact, but the rare treasures and precious tomb objects in the tomb have long since disappeared, and now only socks and pants are left.
Actually, this is not the first time Cixi saw the sky again after her burial. More than fifty years ago, a tomb thief came here and plundered all of Cixi's funeral, leaving only a shriveled corpse and a few pieces of personal clothing. This tomb thief is a very famous warlord Sun Dianying in history.
Why is Sun Dianying so greedy that he looted countless treasures and even Cixi's clothes, leaving only pantyhose for the old lady?
knows that every meal of Cixi wants more than one hundred dishes for you to taste, and each meal costs one hundred taels of silver. Ordinary people worked hard for a year, but Cixi was not enough.
Cixi lives in a magnificent palace and wears a beaded shoe. She doesn't rely on her feet to walk, all servants carry sedan chairs. During the burial of Cixi, countless rare and exotic treasures were also buried along with them. He has a straightforward character since he was a child. He also advocated chivalry and justice, so he is a famous gang boss. Because Sun Dianying dreamed of getting rich since he was a child, and eager to make a lot of money. Later, Sun Dianying joined the warlord, and in the spring of 1928, he joined Chiang Kai-shek. In the same year, Sun Dianying was sent to the Jidong area of Hebei to suppress bandits.
Sun Dianying encountered the bandit Ma Futian, who was with him to rob the tomb with him during the mission. In order to cover his eyes, Sun Dianying announced that he would conduct military exercises here and drive away the guards of the tomb. The reason Sun Dianying gave to the county magistrate of Zunhua is that it is not easy for the people of Zunhua County to raise food locally and transport the food to other places by truck.
Dongling Tomb robber Sun Dianying harvested the two tombs of Qianlong's Yuling and Cixi's Dingling. After robbing Qianlong's tomb, Sun Dianying set the target at Cixi's underground palace. After
entered the underground palace, Sun Dianying's soldiers were surprised at Cixi's funeral. The dazzling array of jewels made him look stupid. After opening Cixi's coffin, they couldn't close their mouths. He looted various treasures. Even Cixi's clothes are not let go. Forty to fifty large boxes are packed and transported by mules.
In November 1908, Cixi went to heaven with Guangxu. The life before death is so luxurious, and there is no ambiguity after death. It is understood that the total value of the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi is calculated in units of 100 million taels of silver.
In order to build a satisfactory mausoleum, Empress Dowager Cixi started this work during her lifetime. As a result, the mausoleum built is more luxurious and generous than the queen of Z1z Cian and Z2z. The
mausoleum was built twice, and it took countless manpower and financial resources. It took five thousand taels of silver for a full six years to build it. Just like that, Cixi was still not satisfied.
So Cixi ordered the second construction, that is, in 1895, the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War was defeated. Cixi did not give up because of this, and still wanted to build the final tomb.
There is a very precious night pearl in the tomb of Cixi. It comes from the Mughal dynasty in India and is a unique treasure in the world. But it’s a pity that such a precious baby has flown abroad and been adopted by the rich, which is really heartbreaking. The
quilt is a quilt knitted by Jindanni. It has woven 25,000 words of scripture for the Queen’s doctrine and is inlaid with more than 800 pearls. The phoenix crown worn by Cixi was worth one thousand gold, and there were four egg-sized gems on it, so Sun Dianying could not open his eyes.
In addition, there are many treasures in Cixi's coffin, and even Cixi's clothes are textiles that are hard to buy. Therefore, when Sun Dianying robbed the tomb, even the clothes of the Empress Dowager Cixi were not spared, and all the valuables were taken away.
