In the modern history of China, Empress Dowager Cixi had the greatest influence on the historical trend and national development. Since he was in charge of the Qing dynasty for more than half a century, it has been accelerated to a great extent. With the decline and fall of the Qing Dynasty, a great man like him has a noble position and supreme power, and even pays attention to his daily life. What kind of meal is 108 Manchu-Chinese banquet, one dish can't be eaten by more than two people, and so on. In addition, what is the usual daily life of Empress Dowager Cixi?

indoor climate

On the west side of the Forbidden City, the most important scenic spot is Palace of Gathered Elegance. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Lafayette and Empress Dowager Cixi lived here. Palace of Gathered Elegance adopted five rooms with two darkrooms in Sanming, which can't directly lead to the outside. In the Pearl Krabs series, there is a house, which is the bedroom and dressing room of Empress Dowager Cixi. There is a kang in the north of the house, which shows that different bedding is placed according to the different seasons of the year. One of the biggest features of this room is that there is a big glass at the head of the bed. With this setting, Empress Dowager Cixi can see the situation outside the house even if she is lying on the kang.

The house is mainly the place where Empress Dowager Cixi held activities. Because there are too many thick clothes, there are also special rooms as cloakrooms. And a house in the east is used by Empress Dowager Cixi in her leisure time, which is equivalent to the living room now. There is also a dark room, where people in the palace are called Jinshi, and Empress Dowager Cixi often reads the memorial in it.

Everyone has heard a saying that women are fragrant, and Empress Dowager Cixi has a special hobby. He doesn't like all kinds of spices, but likes the sweetness of fruit. So all the year round, her room is full of fruits, and these fruits appear very frequently. On the second and sixteenth day of each month, new ones must be replaced to keep the air fresh. Most of the fruit will be distributed to the maids and eunuchs on duty.

sleep

In ancient China, people used to work at sunrise and rest at sunset as their code of conduct. The Qing dynasty had strict regulations on the length of residence. According to the calculation of time, in the Qing Palace, you will sleep between 9 pm and 10, take a nap every noon, that is, between 1 1 at night and 1, and get up early in the morning, probably between 5 pm and 6 pm, and the construction will be completed before 7 pm. And this set of rules of daily life,

Every night at 7 o'clock, just arrived, the eunuch chief arranged for the eunuch on duty to start patrolling near Palace of Gathered Elegance, locked it at 8 o'clock, and gave the key to the affordable room for safekeeping. If there are no special circumstances, it is not easy to move. At 9 o'clock, the maid-in-waiting will be on the night shift. A class of five people stood outside the cloakroom, stayed in the dormitory, squatted under the wall, couldn't sleep all night, always paid attention to the queen mother's breathing and turning over, and reported to the hospital the next day.

The next day, from 3 o'clock to 5 o'clock, Empress Dowager Cixi began to get up. Maid-in-waiting eunuchs began to get busy, and the physical method took Galeries Lafayette's good luck as a signal to summon other maid-in-waiting eunuchs to serve.