Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly "resurrected", as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind?

Châu AnhDec 11, 2023 at 16:47

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As soon as the group of robbers of Ton Dien Anh's tomb removed the pearl blanket, Empress Dowager Tu Hi suddenly opened her eyes, causing everyone to panic and run away. So why is there such a panic, what is the truth of this story?

In Chinese history, few women have power and reputation comparable to Empress Dowager Cixi. She was the first favored concubine of Thanh Van Tong Emperor Ham Phong, the birth mother of Thanh Muc Tong Emperor Dong Tri.

Empress Dowager Cixi ruled and controlled the country for 47 years at the end of the Qing Dynasty. In the feudal era, the fact that a woman reached the peak of power and held it for nearly half a century shows that her abilities are indeed not ordinary. However, Queen Mother Cixi also received many objections because of her lavish lifestyle.

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 1

In 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi passed away at the age of 74. After holding a solemn funeral, Empress Dowager Cixi was buried in a mausoleum located in the Qing Dong Lang complex, in Xunhua (Hebei province), about 125 km east of Beijing.

According to historical records, the cost of organizing Empress Dowager Cixi's funeral was estimated at millions of taels of silver. She was buried with many valuable gold, silver and jewels. In particular, the coffin - Empress Dowager Cixi was laid to rest in was made from rare virgin wood plus gilded lacquer, extremely sophisticated decoration.

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 2

In 1928, a group of tomb robbers led by Ton Dien Anh entered Thanh Dong Lang. He used the excuse of a "military exercise" to excavate the tomb of the Empress Dowager Cixi, plundering antiquities because he believed he would collect a lot of treasure, and then something unexpected happened when he pulled off the coffin lid, causing their souls are flying away.

That year, the eastern gate of the Empress Dowager Cixi's mausoleum was sealed with solid marble. Ton Dien Anh's engineering team could not destroy it, so the warlord was angry and ordered his soldiers to use explosives to destroy it. open the tomb.

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 3

The group of grave robbers boldly pried open the coffin lid. Everyone was stunned and lost their souls when Empress Dowager Tu Hi was still intact lying on a golden silk brocade mattress inlaid with thousands of black pearls.

Ton Dien Anh and his accomplices scooped up all the precious gems placed around them, including: Buddha statues made of gold and jade, coral, precious stones, emeralds, Empress Dowager Cixi's hat studded with a pearl as big as a fruit. The egg has an estimated value of about 10 million taels of silver.

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 4

In her mouth, Empress Dowager Cixi holds a bright pearl, which is said to be able to glow at night from 100 steps away; On his neck, he wears 3 necklaces, of which 2 are made of pearls and 1 is made of red gems; I wear ceremonial clothes woven with golden silk thread; hand holding a jade lotus flower.

In addition, burial objects such as gold and jade Buddha statues are also placed; articles made of coral and precious stones of all kinds. It is said that after removing the burial items, seeing that the coffin was still open, the burial officials added 4 boxes of pearls and 2,200 pieces of red stone, blue stone, and green stone. These "filler" treasures alone are worth 2.23 million taels of white silver.

At this time, Ton Dien Anh noticed the jade cushion covering the famous queen mother. The above blanket was meticulously made by craftsmen with 25,000 words about the Da La Ni sutra embroidered with golden threads and 820 tablets. pearl. The group of tomb robbers took all the pearls and left the blanket covering Empress Dowager Cixi in a corner of the tomb.

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 5

When he removed the blanket, Ton Dien Anh did not know that his actions had caused the old Buddha to "return from the dead". The climax was when Empress Dowager Tu Hi's eyes suddenly opened wide, causing Ton Dien Anh and the soldiers to panic, they ran away in extreme fear.

Ton Dien Anh had the courage to rob the tomb, of course he would not be afraid of the corpse. He fired a shot into the air to stabilize the soldiers, then said: "Everyone continue to clean up!".

Ton Dien Anh came back to his senses, he opened Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth and took away the night pearl that was worth the price of a citadel, then stuffed a black donkey's hoof into Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth so that she could no longer move, then ordered the army. Soldiers continued to plunder wealth.

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 6

The scary thing is, as soon as the night pearl was taken out of Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth, her intact body suddenly collapsed, her cheekbones bulged high, her red scalp suddenly turned pale white. purple and finally black. In just a few seconds, the old Buddha shriveled up and changed color.

Later, the reason why Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to come back to life was explained to be because before her death, the eunuchs used medicinal herbs to cover her body to embalm her body and the coffin was sealed so it was isolated from the air. Helping her maintain her status as if she were just sleeping.

Furthermore, when Ton Dien Anh opened the coffin lid, air rushed in, causing the entire body to disintegrate in just a few dozen seconds. The opening of her eyelids was a natural reaction when the muscles suddenly contract in response to oxygen.

However, there are indeed too many mysteries surrounding the story of Empress Dowager Cixi!

Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly resurrected, as soon as Ton Dien Anh removed the pearl blanket, what is the mystery behind? - Photo 7

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