How beautiful is Cixi?
Today, when we visit the Summer Palace, we can also see an oil painting embedded in the floor frame of Dehe Garden, which is 234.5cm high and 144cm wide. Cixi in the photo is sitting in a hardwood chair.
This original painting was made by the Dutch painter Hu Boyu 1905 in China for the 7 1 year-old Cixi. She painted 70-year-old Cixi smiling at a 40-year-old young woman.
If everyone thinks that oil painting has artistic elements, then after reading this precious photo of Cixi in her later years, I think many people will be deeply impressed by the beauty that Cixi has shown to the world over the years.
For this reason, the editor has read a lot of historical materials, and this article will take you to know the true face of the legendary Empress Dowager Cixi.
Although Cixi did not keep the mountains and rivers of Qing Dynasty, she took good care of herself. Her daily hygiene habits are recorded in ancient books of Qing Dynasty and kept in archives. There are many folklore about her, but few people have really witnessed her true face, let alone know the secret of her court health.
In her own triumphant description, it is "imperial secretary regards me as a beauty", and her appearance is enviable. Now we can still see some portraits of Cixi in her later years. Even from today's aesthetic point of view, Cixi can still be called dignified.
Two women had close contact with Cixi in her later years.
One is Princess De Ling, a female official in the Qing Dynasty. Knowing a foreign language, she became the first waitress of the Queen Mother. She commented on Cixi's appearance like this: "When Empress Dowager Cixi was in her prime, she was indeed a charming and radiant girl, and was often praised by the palace people; Even if Iraq is gradually squeezed out by the years, she still retains some touching beauty after entering the old world! "
In his book "The Art of Imperial Incense", it is recorded that Cixi reached the age of 60: "The skin is white and tender like a girl, delicate and smooth, smiling and vivid, which makes people naturally comfortable."
The other is American female painter Celine Carr. 1In August, 904, she came to the Qing Palace to paint the Empress Dowager Cixi. The first time she witnessed the 69-year-old Empress Dowager Cixi, she was immediately shocked by her beauty. She lived with Empress Dowager Cixi for nine months, and recorded her personal experience of that year.
In the book, she wrote, "I regard the Queen Mother in front of me as a very beautiful and kind woman. I guess her age is at most forty years old, and the beauty of her temperament makes people fall in love at first sight. " "Empress Dowager Cixi's body parts are extremely commensurate. Her beautiful face, soft hands, slim figure and shiny black hair are in harmony and complement each other. She smiled, full of gesture and natural joy.
Empress Dowager Cixi's body parts are perfectly matched, and her beautiful face complements her tender and beautiful hands, slim figure and shiny black hair. With her age and face formed such a huge contrast, even the elder sister of the times, Liu Xiaoqing, can't compare with it. Yoko Tanaka, a Japanese, is called "the person who is most like Cixi in history".
So, what beauty tricks does Cixi have to make her skin as white and tender as a girl? What kind of secret does it have, and it still has charm at the age of seventy? With the in-depth understanding of the archives of the Qing Dynasty, the true face of Empress Dowager Cixi and the secret of keeping in good health are gradually known to the world by Huang Xiaoshan's resume.
Looking through the precious documents preserved in the history museum, I finally know that Empress Dowager Cixi just turned 40 in the early years of Guangxu. In order to achieve the purpose of hanging the curtain for the second time, she used various means. However, when she was photographed in court, someone objected and she was unhappy all day.
Li, the great eunuch, was in a bad mood because of weakness of the spleen and stomach, cough and facial spasm, but he dared not show it in his eyes. Diagnosed by the imperial doctor, the Empress Dowager's deficiency of the five internal organs was caused by long-term overwork and depression, so she secretly asked Li Dechang, a doctor who treated too much, to prescribe a prescription for aftercare.
Dr. Li dare not use herbs to make up the heat. After careful consideration, he decided to adopt diet therapy step by step, and then provided a recipe. Top grade donkey-hide gelatin, red dates, walnuts, black sesame seeds, crystal sugar and yellow wine are steamed together, donkey-hide gelatin and red dates nourish blood, and walnut kernels and black sesame seeds are ground. Eating together can increase sebum secretion, improve skin elasticity, keep skin delicate, delay aging and quickly replenish physical strength. Rock sugar is sweet and flat, and enters the lungs and spleen; Has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, benefiting qi, regulating stomach and moistening lung. The yellow wine in Guyuan paste will make the above ingredients play more fully, the nutrition will be easier to digest and absorb, and the prepared paste will be easier to store. Every morning, Li Taihou is served on an empty stomach.
After taking it for a period of time, the queen mother's face gradually improved and she was overjoyed to say "another beauty prescription". When asked about the name of this recipe, Li only remembered that there were two ingredients, donkey-hide gelatin and jujube, and could not tell the original intention of making this recipe. He used his quick wits: "This is Guyuan ointment!"
Empress Dowager Cixi said that she was absolutely amazing and ate this formula all the year round. After seventy, the old lady still looks young and full of vitality, full of the vigor and vitality of a healthy woman.
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After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, Li Dechang, a doctor too much, went to Henan anonymously to continue practicing medicine. It has been passed down from generation to generation, and now it is the fourth generation. His great-grandson followed the instructions of his ancestors to practice medicine and do good deeds. Under the influence of family environment, he recited Medicinal Fu, Tang Tou Ge Ji and so on. I have been interested in Chinese medicine since I was very young. Later, he followed his father to see how he felt the patient's pulse. Learn and understand some Chinese herbal medicines, help to process and sort out medicinal materials, teach yourself medical knowledge such as TCM theory and TCM diagnostics, and listen to my father's clinical experience in explaining difficult cases. Seeing that the pace of life is too fast now, people's lives are busy and sub-healthy, so I think of the absolutely safe and healthy regimen developed by my great-grandfather for Empress Dowager Cixi, which looks young and prolongs life. He personally selected ingredients and steamed them according to ancient recipes. Anyone who insists on taking it for 3 months finds that the effect is very obvious and full of praise. When referring to the family history and the efficacy of Guyuan ointment, Dr. Li's tone was full of pride. In order to benefit the elderly, he abandoned the conservative concept that the traditional secret recipe could not be passed down, and joined several pharmacies to process and sell it in strict accordance with the ancestral secret recipe. I believe that if everyone eats it regularly, he can live a long and healthy life. Teacher Lian, a beautiful and pretty woman, strongly recommends Ejiao Guyuan Cream for beauty and health.