Cixi controlled China for half a century. This book shows the readers the daily life of Cixi. The author works in the Palace Museum and serves as the deputy director of the library of the Palace Museum. The author first published 99 imperial objects of Cixi. Jiyang Mahjong-Cixi's favorite thing is a sheep. In her palace, sheep are regarded as sacred, and there is basically no mutton on the table. In the court, sheep are regarded as sacred and worshipped as gods. Many game objects also have sheep sound blessing: auspicious sheep mahjong, Sanyang (sheep) Kaitai and so on. Cixi loves these sacred objects dedicated to sheep, especially this auspicious sheep mahjong, which she can't put down. Palace of Gathered Elegance North House Westinghouse-Bedroom and Dressing Room This is the bedroom and dressing room of Empress Dowager Cixi. On the kang near the window, there are painted wooden cabinets, imperial pens and gold-lettered screens, boxwood incense sticks, rosewood-based copper loach ear stoves and so on. On the west side of the north wall of the bedroom is the favorite kang of Empress Dowager Cixi, which is bigger than a double bed. The bedding on the bed should be changed all year round. For example, one cushion should be laid in summer and three cushions should be laid in winter; Hang gauze curtains in summer and squirrel curtains in winter. In the southeast corner of the window, there is an exquisite dressing table, which is Cixi's favorite imperial relic, and contains all kinds of cosmetics developed and presented by her own hands. Cixi often said: "How can a woman who has no intention of dressing herself live!" Imperial concubine and rockhopper-hats are the most concerned. Cixi used to be a imperial concubine and was very concerned about her clothes. The crown from the empress dowager to the life woman is collectively called the female crown. Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager have three floors, one for Dongzhu and one for Jinfeng; The imperial concubine of the emperor and the crown of the imperial concubine have three layers, and each layer is also penetrated by an Eastern Pearl and a golden phoenix. Each golden phoenix is decorated with three Oriental pearls and 17 pearls. Embroidered with apricot silk, the shirt in Guilan is put together-the key shirt to avoid exposure is a casual dress, which is worn by Manchu people. Sleeves are wrist-length, straight tube and round neck. In Qing dynasty, many women's coats were open, such as long gowns and gowns, which were open for a long time, and some were under their arms. In order to avoid exposure, underwear without openings was worn inside, which gave birth to shirts. Apricot silk dress-promoting the "fashion" in the palace-is a kind of casual clothes popular in the palace during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Because Cixi liked it very much, the women in the palace rushed to imitate it. Cixi is very particular about clothes. Her clothes, from patterns to materials to styles, have to be drawn, revised and finalized by the painter of Ruyi Pavilion before they can be sent to Sanzhi, a thousand miles away in the south of the Yangtze River for production. Mei butterfly cotton-padded shirt embroidered with green satin-Mei Lanwen is Cixi's favorite orchid, plum blossom and other longevity decorative patterns. In the special warehouse of Qihuage, there are many clothes with various patterns that she likes, such as blue pattern, Dolan pattern, Lan Zhi pattern, Dunlan pattern, plum blossom pattern, chrysanthemum pattern, bamboo leaf pattern, Daxie Wan Ziwen, rectangular Shou Ziwen, colorful longevity pattern, Wanshou Changyuan Shou Ziwen and so on. Plum blossoms and butterflies are her favorites after orchids. The green satin butterfly shirt was carefully made according to her idea. She is very proud of wearing this dress in February when the spring breeze is like scissors. Qing women's flowerpot shoes-petite women like high heels. Han women wear bow shoes, while Manchu women wear wooden flat shoes and high-heeled flat shoes, which are called flag shoes. Flat shoes are square, similar to boots, and the front is very high. High-top shoes are the most ethnic shoes for Manchu women. Put a high sole about 10 cm in the center of the sole, and put several layers of white cloth outside. This kind of heel is divided into horseshoe-shaped, flowerpot-shaped and ingot-shaped, with shoe edges, embroidered shoes and various patterns. Cixi is petite and loves this kind of high-top shoes, especially the flowerpot bottom and horseshoe shoes. Pink satin embroidered bamboo butterfly carp flowerpot bottom shoes and lake satin embroidered broken branch orchid horseshoe shoes, unique in shape and pure in color, which made her fondle admiringly. Painted enamel pollen box-flowers bloom and powder is collected in four seasons. Cixi loved flowers all her life, especially orchids, apricot flowers, plum blossoms and begonia. In the palace where she lives, there are flowers all year round, and they are required to be constantly updated with the changes of seasons. In the oriental quiet room where she meditates, she likes to put a pot of Nandina domestica. Only by looking at its green leaves can her heart calm down. Enamel melon-shaped rouge box-two hours a day makeup Cixi spends an amazing amount of time in front of the dresser every day, usually about two hours.