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Cixi in Lecture Room
Cixi, named Ye Henala, was born in Zhenghuangqi, Manchuria. Born in 1835, died in 1908, daughter of Zheng Hui, Guangtai Road, Ningchi, Anhui.
Empress Dowager Cixi, a woman who ruled China for 48 years. There are many legends about her. Some scholars believe that Cixi is not Manchu at all, but a Han girl with a strange life experience. She spent her childhood in Bichaihu, Beijing. She was just a maid in Zheng Hui. Later, she accidentally found two moles on the soles of her feet before she was accepted as her daughter. Legend has it that women have moles on the soles of their feet, which is the fate of being a queen. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was born with the fate of the son of heaven. Of course, this may be the wishful thinking of future generations.
Cixi appeared on the cover of a famous French weekly in the19th century. According to their own imagination, the French drew the majestic appearance of the famous "Western Empress Dowager" in the East. This is also the appearance of Cixi that we often see in historical materials. She has a straight eyebrow and a long face, a girl and a man. She looks arrogant, but it is actually a disguised uglification of her. When she was young, she should be a rare beauty. Oriental women have a thin face and a lot of makeup, otherwise they will not be in place in the harem 3000 powder.
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