Strange events after Cixi's deathPiece, coincidence or providence?
In the long course of history, the Empress Dowager Cixi is undoubtedly a high-profile figure. She not only broke the tradition of not allowing women to interfere in court politics in the imperial court, but also monopolized power and implemented the curtain to listen to the government, which triggered the Wuxu Reform and the Gengzi Incident.
During the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi in her later years, her rule was characterized by extravagance, greed for pleasure, and even indiscriminate changes in the Qing Dynasty, which led to the gradual decline of the Qing Dynasty.
Some people believe that it was her ruling that brought the Qing Dynasty to ruin, and also caused China to sign many treaties with foreign countries that humiliated the country, which caused people's anger.
Therefore, Cixi has a bad image in our eyes. Because of this, after Cixi's death, six events occurred, and people speculated and made them even more mysterious.
So, what are these six things? Today we're going to talk about it.
On the day of Cixi's funeral, strange phenomena occurred frequently. According to some wild histories and folklore, the first three strange events occurred on that day, while the last three events were discovered decades later when some tomb robbers opened Cixi's mausoleum.
One of the most incomprehensible was the unusual change in the weather that day. It was sunny for a while and rainy for a while, which made people can't help but speculate and gossip. In ancient times, due to the limitations of scientific thought, people had a very reverent attitude towards weather changes, believing that it represented the will of the heavens.
If the year is good, the people will think that the heavens are pleased with the monarch's performance. But if there is a severe drought or flood on this day, which leads to the loss of harvest in many areas and the displacement of the people, people will think that the monarch has done something wrong this year and angered the heavens, so that such a disaster has been incurred.
The monarch was particularly sensitive to this, and whenever something like this happened, the emperor would examine his sins on the altar in the form of a sacrifice and pray to the heavens for a good harvest in the coming year.
It is this kind of thinking that makes Cixi's funeral shrouded in a mysterious haze. The second mysterious thing is that in Cixi's funeral goods, the paper soldiers and chariots and horses seem to come to life, as if they have life, which terrifies everyone present, and some even claim to see them "strange laughter".
The third mysterious thing is that someone said that during the funeral, blood oozed from Cixi's coffin, and bright red blood flowed from the bottom of the coffin to the ground, which made people even more nervous.
According to historical records, Cixi's coffin was only transported out of the palace after being placed in the palace for a year, so according to common sense, Cixi has been dead for a year, how can blood still seep from her coffin?
Cixi's funeral was painted with "bizarre" colors, and many years later, the early warlord Sun Dianying came to Cixi's mausoleum with a group of people, opened her coffin, and wanted to take away the gold, silver and jewelry that Cixi was buried with.
This incident caused an uproar in society, and what is even more amazing is that this is not the whole story, and there are four, five or six strange things that happened decades later. There seems to be a mysterious connection between these things, which leads to a series of anecdotes.
It turned out that Cixi in the coffin had a ruddy complexion, as if she was asleep, which couldn't help but make people wonder. Decades have passed, why hasn't her body changed? But this is not the focus of Sun Dianying's concern, he is mainly here for the legendary night pearl that Cixi holds in her mouth.
However, when he took the beads away and turned to leave, a fifth strange thing happened. As soon as he took the beads, Cixi's corpse began to wither and rot, frightening those present to retreat in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to finish moving the jewels.
According to folklore, after Sun Dianying left, local residents decided to visit Cixi's mausoleum again. After about a few dozen days, some tomb robbers came with tools, and it turned out that Cixi's body was covered with white hair, and this incident was rumored to be another mysterious thing.
However, now explained by science, these phenomena are all normal natural phenomena. Just like now, we often encounter stormy weather with constant showers.
The second point is understandable, after all, the "strange phenomenon" has frightened people before, and the so-called "resurrection" of chariots and horses may only be a psychological effect, rather than a real mystery.
We all know that there are no ghosts or gods in the world, everything is people's subjective imagination, and there is no such thing as fear. The third strange thing is also easy to understand, Cixi, as the ruler of the Forbidden City at that time, must have been properly handled and arranged when she died.
In addition, the ancients attached great importance to the coffin, and usually no one moved the coffin after it was closed.
So, where does this blood come from? Obviously, it could not have originated from Cixi, who had been dead for a year. Another speculation may be that rats or other animals got into the coffin, or that the story was exaggerated and disseminated.
As for Cixi's body, it may be due to the addition of some kind of chemical to the tomb, which is described in many tomb robbers**. In ancient times, mercury had the function of keeping the human body from decaying.
As for why the corpse suddenly dried up, it had nothing to do with the Night Pearl. More likely, the reason is that they cause the body to oxidize when the coffin is opened, or the chemicals fail, etc.
The ancients were often mysterious about the phenomenon of rotting corpses and white hair. This is because ancient science and technology were not developed enough to explain this natural phenomenon. In fact, from the perspective of modern science, there is nothing strange about these phenomena, but only a mystery left over from history.
In the history of our country, there are countless "strange things" similar to Cixi, such as the vision of the emperor when he was born, etc., which have become a hot topic of discussion.
In modern society, many things are no longer a problem, because our understanding of the world is becoming more and more profound with the progress of science and technology and the advancement of the times, and our understanding of various events is becoming more and more transparent.
As the saying goes, there are no ghosts or gods in the world, and all fears and doubts are only from the subjective imagination of human beings. So, do you have a different view of this?