Cixi's body was buried after 1 year, and what was the stench all the way out of the funeral on the day of the funeral?
Empress Dowager Cixi died on November 15, 1908, but was only buried on November 9, 1909, why it took a year to be buried, in fact, is inseparable from the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty and the extravagance of Cixi, who built the Summer Palace for her birthday without consolidating the emptiness of the national treasury. She suppressed the reformists and revolutionaries internally for her own interests, and betrayed the interests of the country externally, making the Western powers flaunt their might in the land of Shenzhou.
Although it is impossible to verify whether Cixi's appearance was vivid when the tomb of Cixi was stolen and excavated, there is no doubt about one thing, that is, the royal royal gold silk nan wood coffin does have an antiseptic effect. When Cixi was buried, the stench that permeated the street should not have emanated from Cixi's body, nor would it be that the decay of a single corpse could turn the entire funeral procession into a stink.
The scale of the funeral was unprecedented, and the number of funeral items was innumerable. There were nearly 8,000 imperial relatives, officials, and palace people who sent funerals for Cixi. In order to ensure the order of the funeral, the government not only arranged soldiers to guard, but also prepared a pavilion for foreign ministers to observe the funeral. It's just that this mighty funeral team is stinking everywhere it goes, and even the funeral officials and relatives of the imperial family cover their noses.
The biggest source of odor should be feces, which are mostly for horses and camels, because there is still a long distance from the capital to the Qing Dynasty, and a large number of camels and horses are used for funerals. Because of the slow walking, the camels and horses will leave a trail of feces, which will be too long and the taste will be there. Everywhere cixi's funeral procession passed, a layer of animal feces was left behind!