Why did Cixi ask Li Lianying to take out his tomb treasure from the golden well?
The treasure of Cixi’s tomb is the Dongzhu bracelet. During the Qing Dynasty, ordinary people were not allowed to use pearls at will.
The dong pearls on Cixi’s dong bead bracelet are produced in the three river basins of Songhua River, Wusuli River and Heilongjiang River. The pearls here are very genuine, crystal clear, large and round, rare and valuable, and can only be used by the royal family. of pearls.
It is the nature of most women to love jewelry, and Cixi is no exception. Therefore, Cixi selected the best 18 of the most precious Dongzhu here to make the Dongzhu bracelet. Cixi cherished it especially , played with it many times during his lifetime.
The golden well is the golden well in the two tombs, which is where the official pier is placed in the tomb. It is about fifty centimeters in diameter and several feet deep. The presiding master asked Cixi to place a treasure in the golden well. In Feng Shui, this tomb-suppressing treasure can turn evil into good luck and stabilize the tomb.
So someone suggested to Cixi that her favorite Dongzhu bracelet was superstitious. If the great mage asked her to let go of the treasure, she must let it go. For decades before her death, and for thousands of years to come, Cixi would also She was afraid that her grave would be pried open, so she gritted her teeth and let her go.
But this is Cixi’s favorite bracelet, so there’s no reason why she wouldn’t want to play with it every day.
In this way, until the 24th year of Guangxu, Cixi held a party in the Summer Palace. The wives of the ministers in Beijing were all dressed up in jewels. As a host, how could Cixi be willing to be compared? This further stimulated Cixi missed Dongzhu bracelets very much. She mentioned it in front of Li Lianying every day.
Li Lianying is a person who is willing to cut off her flesh for Cixi to eat, and she has been with Cixi for forty years. She doesn’t know what Cixi is thinking, so Li Lianying persuades Cixi to express regret. It was too serious, so he asked Li Lianying to take out the bracelet. It didn't matter whether Kanai Shige was important or not.