186 1 year1kloc-0/month, Empress Dowager Cixi staged a coup in the palace and was called "Lafayette" by the court. As for how the name came from, there are several different versions.
One is the theory of worshipping Buddha and sitting in meditation. According to the records of unofficial history Grand View in Qing Dynasty, "Xiao Qin often made Guanyin makeup after her political leisure. Li, the warden, is lucky. His sister is a dragon girl. She took a great picture in the western way and hung it in the bedroom. Simon calls Galeries Lafayette. "
Second, others say the plus sign. It is said that the title of "Lafayette" was given to her by Li. Cixi is very devout to the Buddha and never stops chanting for the Buddha, even if she sometimes goes out for sightseeing. Once there was little rain in Beijing, and all the grains in North China suffered. According to custom, in this case, Cixi and court officials would ask the Tathagata for rain every day until it came. It only rained for three days this time. Li was very excited and took the opportunity to compliment Cixi, saying that Empress Dowager Cixi was really great, just like a Buddha. This compliment made Cixi very happy. Since then, Cixi has become Li's "Lafayette", calling out every time she speaks.
Soon after, the name of "Lafayette" spread like wildfire and spread all over the palace, Beijing and the whole country.
The third is the self-emblem theory. Cai Dongfan said in "The Romance of Empress Dowager Cixi" that when Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday, "she wore a badge, so that the officers called him Lafayette, or called him an ancestor."
Fourth, according to Mongolian customs. Wang Wusheng said in the Secret History of Temples that "the name of Galeries Lafayette in the palace follows Mongolian customs".
The above four statements all think that the title "Lafayette" is exclusive and unique to Empress Dowager Cixi, which is a misunderstanding. In fact, the title of "Lafayette" is not exclusive to Empress Dowager Cixi, because all emperors in the Qing Dynasty called it "Lafayette". It turns out that in some dynasties, besides the temple name, posthumous title and your respectful name, emperors also had special titles, such as the proper name of the Song Emperor "the butler" and the proper name of the Ming Emperor "the master". What is the proper name of the Qing emperor "Lafayette"? This is because the Qing Dynasty was founded by the Jurchen nationality, and the earliest leader of the Jurchen nationality was called "Man Zhu".
"Manzhu" is the transliteration of the Buddha's "Yanzhu", which means the Buddha's "auspiciousness". Therefore, the Nuzhen leader has been passed down from generation to generation and is called "Full Column". Later, some prominent families, world leaders, were named "Manzhu". Therefore, after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu "Manzhu" was translated into "Buddha" and became the proper name of the Qing emperor. Empress Dowager Cixi asked others to call her "Lafayette" for special purposes. She tried to compare herself to the emperor.