Empress Dowager Cixi's funeral procession all covered their noses and mouths. Do you know why?

We all know that after the death of the ancient emperor, the funeral will be very huge, but if we want to say the most luxurious funeral, it must belong to her, that is the funeral of Empress Dowager Cixi. It is said that there were some interesting pictures at the funeral that day. On the first day, the weather was gloomy and the painting style was strange. It seems that the gate of hell is wide open, and the yin soldiers borrow the road, scaring many people to stay at home for a few days. The second word is that many people attending funerals hang their heads and cover their mouths and noses. I don't know why. Then why on earth did this happen? Let me discuss the secret with you.

You still know about Cixi. The empress dowager was a very luxurious person before her death, and even after her death, she would not converge, and developed this style to the extreme. 1908, the empress dowager died in Beijing, and her funeral was extremely luxurious. Not only is the funeral procession huge, but the number of people is also very large. Needless to say, there are really few funerary objects. On the day of the funeral, 7920 people just raised their hands. You can imagine how big the scene is and how luxurious the funeral is. According to the truth, there were so many people that it should have been very grand and lively at that time, but why did many people dare not go out for a few days?

It is said that there were many paper men and horses in the funeral procession at that time. They look really scary, and the pale color on their faces really makes people feel creepy. And even more coincidentally, the weather that day was very gray and cold, and the evil wind burst, adding a bit of strange color to this funeral. At that time, the country was in troubled times, and the people were in poverty, while Cixi had no national concept and only cared about her own scenery. Really good at tricks. In the funeral procession, there is a sharp contrast between the luxurious paper men's clothes and the clothes with their hands behind their backs. People's clothes are tattered, but dummy's clothes are bright and beautiful. On her coffin is a pure gold ball weighing 33 Jin. The blue phoenix and red cloud patterns on the cloth are also embroidered with very complicated traditional techniques. It's a pity that her tomb was later stolen by others, which may be regarded as retribution.

And the reason why undertaker covered her nose and mouth. This is easy to explain. The funeral procession is so huge that manpower alone is definitely not enough. There are a large number of camels and horses among them, but these animals have no human consciousness, so they excrete feces while walking, and some vegetables buried at that time have deteriorated, giving off all kinds of foul smells. So all kinds of smells mixed together, naturally stinking, no wonder people at that time could only cover their noses and mouths.