In the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi was a pivotal political figure. Empress Dowager Cixi ruled China for more than half a century. Because cixi repeatedly backed down when confronting foreigners, China at that time was poor and weak, and the rulers were weak and incompetent, which made China suffer great hardships in that era.
Many of us should have seen the video material left by Empress Dowager Cixi, have you ever wondered how this woman who was not very good-looking became the favorite woman of the Xianfeng Emperor? Don't have a choice?
Cixi lived in an era where there were already cameras, and as the "most powerful woman" in the entire Qing Dynasty, she could naturally enjoy the advanced technology of "cameras". Like many modern women, Empress Dowager Cixi also likes to take pictures, so Cixi has left us a lot of photos, but we have never seen a beautiful Empress Dowager Cixi in any of the photos, or a beautiful Yehenara, Yi Guifei.
This is not in line with the public's cognition of an "imperial concubine", not to mention the fall of the country, always look more beautiful than the average person. Shouldn't a noble concubine be beautiful and temperamental?
We can't see the photographs, but in the written materials left over from the Qing Dynasty and the memoirs of a foreign woman, the description of Cixi is also beautiful and temperamental. Why? Do they like to pat Cixi on the back so much?
The main reason is that Cixi's video materials are not left when she was young, and most of the photos of Cixi are fifty or sixty years old.
Another important reason is that Cixi has been in the center of fierce political struggles for many years, and we say that they were born from the heart, and the long period of political struggle also made Empress Dowager Cixi's cruel and evil temperament appear on her face.
Is Cixi pretty? There is no doubt that this is for sure. Otherwise, what would a woman rely on to gain the emperor's favor? Cixi was not only naturally beautiful, but also good at dressing herself, dressed in noble and gorgeous clothes.
Is this a stark contrast between the photograph of Cixi's old age and the photo of her 18 years old, which was scientifically restored?