Emperor Guangxu died on1908165438+1October 14, but unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Cixi closed her eyes the day after Guangxu's death and left the Qing Dynasty where she ruled for nearly half a century forever, and her era was over.
However, what puzzles many people is that the death of Guangxu and Cixi was less than 24 hours apart. Is this really just a coincidence? Although Guangxu died of illness according to the official records of the Qing Dynasty, people have been full of doubts about his cause of death for a hundred years.
This question was not answered until 2008 when CCTV joined forces with the Qing Xiling Cultural Relics Management Office and the Beijing Public Security Bureau Forensic Identification Center? The cause of death of Emperor Guangxu in Qing Dynasty? The research group studied and identified the cause of death of Guangxu by scientific means, and finally came to the conclusion that Guangxu died of arsenic poisoning.
The reason why the research team was able to carry out its work this time is that the previous archaeologists carried out protective excavation of Guangxu Mausoleum, and the remains of Guangxu were effectively protected, enabling the research team to test and inspect Guangxu's hair and clothes.
Archaeologists started the protective excavation of Emperor Guangxu's mausoleum on 1980, but when they opened the underground palace and entered the mausoleum of Emperor Guangxu, they felt nauseous. Not only did they have doubts, but what was disgusting about Guangxu Mausoleum?
However, when the staff really began to clean up, they soon found that they felt sick and nauseous, not because the Qing government put disgusting things in the mausoleum when it buried Guangxu, but because the long-term water seepage in Guangxu mausoleum not only made Guangxu and Yulong's bodies highly rotten, but also made the mausoleum cold and humid, so the wood in the mausoleum rotted and moldy. After these smells are mixed together, it is difficult to adapt for a while without wearing a mask.
However, after adapting to the environment of Guangxu Mausoleum, the staff quickly entered the working state and made exciting archaeological discoveries. 1938 after the original Guangxu mausoleum was stolen, many precious cultural relics were still left behind.
For example, the staff found two precious funerary objects in Guangxu's coffin, one is a pair of jade collars and the other is a duck with lotus and white jade. They also found many funerary objects in Yulong's coffin, such as pearls, agates and jade.
In this well of Guangxu Mausoleum, archaeologists also found many precious funerary objects.
Archaeologists originally thought that Guangxu Mausoleum would not find anything valuable after it was stolen from 1938, but it was discovered after the real excavation work that although it was stolen, there were still many precious cultural relics.
So after they entered the Guangxu Mausoleum from the beginning, they finally got excited again.
Even the rotting remains of Guangxu and Yulong, which once made them sick, aroused their strong interest, because the remains of Guangxu will become a breakthrough in studying Guangxu's death!