Empress Dowager Cixi, Empress Xiaoqinxian, Manchu, November 29, 1835 (October 10, the fifteenth year of Daoguang) ~ November 15, 1908 (October 20, the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu) 2nd), also known as "Queen Mother of the West", "Queen Mother of Nala", "Old Buddha", and the emblem is "Cixi Duanyou Kang Yizhao Yuzhuang Chengshou Gongqin Xian Chongxi". After her death, the posthumous title of the Qing Dynasty was "Xiaoqin Cixi Duanyou Kang Yizhao Yuzhuang Chengshou Gongqinxian Chongxi and Queen Tianxing Shengxian". The concubine of Emperor Xianfeng, the biological mother of Emperor Tongzhi, and the adoptive mother of Emperor Guangxu. Cixi was erudite and talented, good at calligraphy and painting. Her calligraphy was good at running script and regular script, and her paintings of flowers were handed down from generation to generation.
Chinese name: Yehenala Xingzhen
Alias: Cixi (title: Holy Mother Queen Mother)
Nationality: Chinese
Ethnicity: Manchu
Grave: Ding Dong Tomb
Identity: Empress Dowager of Qing Dynasty
Biography
Empress Dowager Cixi, surnamed Ye He Nala, one said he was born in Beijing, another said he was born in Anqing, Anhui, another said he was born in Changzhi, Shanxi, some said he was born in Ningbo, and more historical research proves that he was born in Qujing, Yunnan. [1] There is also a theory that the Manchurian flag-bearing blue flag is from the Han people, who later raised the flag into the yellow flag. His ancestors belonged to the Yehe tribe (near today's Siping, Yehe Manchu Town, Tiedong District, Siping City).
According to the records of Qujing, Yunnan, in 1834, Yehenala Huizheng was appointed as a Taoist priest of Yudong Road, Yunnan, and was stationed in Qujing. The following year, Mrs. Hui took office and gave birth to her eldest daughter Cixi. He also hired a male servant Li Wuting (from Qujing City's Tarou Alley) to hold the collar. After Cixi came to power behind the curtain, Li Wuting was called to serve in the Warehousing Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Later, he was awarded the fourth rank and became the head of the Lugouqiao Taxation Office. [2]
His father Huizheng was a Taoist priest of Guangtai Road in Ningchi, Anhui Province, and his mother was a Fucha family. After she turned sixteen, she and her sister went north to become palace maids and lived in the Old Summer Palace. Because he could sing southern songs, he was noticed by the emperor, and he began to advance through the ranks. Because she gave birth to a son for the emperor and was able to please the emperor, she was soon promoted to a noble concubine, and everyone called her Yi Guifei. After the Tongzhi Emperor was established, she was revered as the Holy Mother Empress Dowager and her title was Empress Dowager Cixi. There was also a Cixi in Tai'an, Shandong Province. After Emperor Wenzong of the Qing Dynasty passed away at his summer resort, during the funeral period, he and Empress Dowager Ci'an lived separately in the East and West Nuan Pavilion of Yanbo Zhishuang Hall, so she was also called the West Empress Dowager. (One theory is that Empress Dowager Ci'an lived in Zhongcui Palace, one of the six east palaces, and Empress Dowager Cixi lived in Chuxiu Palace in the Sixth Palace in the West, so she was called the Queen Mother of the West.
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