As the top jewelry, the Night Pearl has always been a luxury that people of all dynasties and generations have dreamed of. Under the interpretation of many literary works, the night pearl even became the image ambassador of the royal jewelry, which was beyond the possession of ordinary rich nobles.
I've only ever heard of that kind of thing and I've seen it in movies and TV shows
For us ordinary people, the night pearl is a stone, and there is nothing particularly magical. There are many types of night pearls, and the varieties that have been known are diamonds, night pearls, ruby night pearls, emerald pearls, pearls, crystal night pearls, emerald night pearls and so on. Gemstones are still rare, and the gemstones that can emit light are naturally rarer, so the rarity has made the night pearl a top jewelry.
The empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty who will enjoy it the most
In her lifetime, Cixi tried her best to scavenge all kinds of jewelry in 4 places, and only 10 night pearls were obtained, and the recorded night pearls were the largest among all collectors. The most famous of these 10 pearls is the one he contained in his mouth after his death. Empress Dowager Cixi, who ruled China for nearly half a century in 1908, left the Qing Empire, which she had tossed and turned, and traveled alone in the Crane Immortal.
After death, I also want to bring enough money to spend
She put all the gold and silver treasures she had collected all her life into a coffin, with a total value of more than hundreds of millions of taels of silver, among which Sun Dianying, who had stolen Cixi's mausoleum, also specifically mentioned the night pearl in her mouth, he said so, Cixi contained a night pearl in her mouth, separated is two pieces, closed is a round ball, separated transparent and lightless, when closed, a green cold light is revealed, and it can shine into the hair within a hundred steps at night. I heard that this treasure can make the body incorruptible, no wonder after Cixi's coffin was opened, Lafayette was like sleeping, but after seeing the wind, this face turned black, and the clothes were a little untouchable, so I gave the Night Pearl to Lady Jiang on my behalf.
According to records, this legendary night pearl weighs 422 yuan and 7 cents, that is, 133.4375 grams today, and its value is the same as that of an egg-sized pearl on the crown of Cixi Phoenix, which is more than 10 million and two silver, no, this should be said to be a priceless treasure, a real rare treasure. Since this pearl of the night became song Meiling's private property, there has been no more news. In addition to this night pearl, there are also 9 slightly smaller night pearls on the crown of Cixi Phoenix, which originally stayed quietly on Cixi's head, decorated with the majesty and honor of the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty.
After declaring war on the great powers, he fled west in a hurry
However, in her later years, Cixi listened to a piece of false information and openly declared war on the whole world, causing the Eight-Nation Alliance to kill into Beijing, and her old man left her father and elder in the capital to flee for his life. He glanced around and selected the night pearls on his phoenix crown, but after all, these treasures were collected by himself for many years, and if they were all given away, no one would be willing to give them away. After thinking about it for a few days, he took 4 of them and sent a palace girl surnamed Wang to the Ximen Hotel and handed them to the people sent by Li Hongzhang.
Ordinary palace women saved 4 with their lives
This palace lady did not look at the status of birth, but her integrity was much more noble than Cixi's, he witnessed the heinous crimes of foreign invaders along the way, and his anger made him abandon his so-called mission, resolutely sneaking away from the escort soldiers and bringing the night pearl to the people. After that, she lived in seclusion in the Xi'an area 4 night pearls were carefully hidden in a pillow by him, this secret was not until he died in 1964, told a couple surnamed Wu who took care of her in her later years that they found out, the couple handed over all the night pearls to the state, as for the other 5 night pearls, Empress Dowager Cixi was mostly brought into her mausoleum, and many years later, along with many funerary items, they were stolen by Sun Dianying.
In later life, we should also always be vigilant about ourselves, be kind and do things according to the law. As young people in the new era, we have the responsibility and obligation to actively protect the country's cultural heritage, because this cannot be measured by money, but is a treasure belonging to our country. It carries a great deal of historical information worth studying, and it can only be of maximum value in the hands of professionals in our country.