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Cixi's funeral was so luxurious, why did undertaker cover her nose?
1June, 908, 1 1, Cixi died in the Forbidden City. Her funeral can be said to be the last decent event in the Qing Dynasty. She enjoyed all the splendor before her death, and the funeral was unprecedented in scale, with countless funerary objects. The funeral procession is already very large, and it is said that there are 7920 people. Coupled with the people who came to watch the excitement, the scene was extremely spectacular. On that day, a large number of soldiers were arranged by the roadside to maintain order, and there were pavilions specially prepared for foreign ministers to watch the funeral.

At the front of the funeral procession are cavalry with spears, followed by cavalry and coffins. Cixi's coffin was carried by hundreds of people in turn, followed by a large number of cavalry with spears, and finally the imperial secretary holding various flags, including monks chanting scriptures and a large number of wreaths. The funeral procession started from the Forbidden City to the Qing Dongling, which lasted for five days.

Besides a lot of gold, silver and jewels, the funerary objects prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for this Lafayette are all made up of paper guards, eunuchs and maids-in-waiting, and even horses, dressing tables, clocks and cigarettes are prepared for her? These things to be burned to her are chunks walking in the street, especially the smiling recruits. Many people are worried after reading it. It is said that a large number of paper soldiers were burned as early as two days before the funeral, just to go to the underworld to fight for Cixi in advance.

In this funeral, many officials, imperial secretaries and ordinary people covered their noses. What is the reason? In fact, it is because it takes a lot of horses to transport so many funerary objects, and it is said that camels are used. The long funeral procession is already slow, and these animals smell very heavy, and a lot of feces are produced along the way, so they stink.

Another reason is that we brought more than 100 dishes. Cixi is famous for her luxurious life on weekdays. The royal chef has 128. The chef prepares meals for her every day, and she eats more than 120 dishes every time she eats. This last meal before burial should not be sloppy, even before the grave, it should be warm. So the funeral team put more than 100 tables of Manchu-Han banquet in the carriage, and put a stove on the carriage to heat it slowly to prevent it from getting cold.

Even if you specialize in managing more than 100 dishes, it is inevitable that some of them will be burnt. It is really unimaginable that these burnt smells are mixed with horse and camel droppings.

In this chaotic funeral, there is one little thing. It is said that when Li went down to the coffin, he found blood under the coffin, which frightened everyone. It turned out that Galeries Lafayette smoked a strong fragrance, which attracted mice, and blood stains only appeared when mice were crushed to death by coffins.