Why is Cixi called "Lafayette"

The Qing emperors used the name "Lafayette" because the ancestor of Manchu, the leader of the Jurchen nationality, was first called "Manzhu". "Full column" is the transliteration of the Buddhist name "Manshu", which means "Buddha" and "auspicious". Later, some prominent families and hereditary leaders were named "Manzhu". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Manchu translated "Manzhu" into "Buddha" and took it as the special name of the emperor.

The origin of Lafayette

In the early years of Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi just turned 4. In order to achieve the purpose of listening to politics for the second time, she used various means, but she was afraid of opposition from the DPRK and was unhappy all day long.

Li Lianying, a trusted eunuch, guessed the truth, so he had a Buddha built behind the Daxiong Hall in manjuji. After the completion, Li Lianying quickly told Cixi, saying, "I heard that there are often two Buddhas in the Daxiong Hall in manjuji, which is a sign of good luck. I want to invite the Queen Mother to visit and watch."

Empress Dowager Cixi was very surprised when she heard this, so she started driving out of the palace. Get out of Xizhimen, get off the high beam bridge, get on the imperial boat, and follow the long river until manjuji (now Beijing Art Museum). Cixi went to the dock, entered the mountain gate, and went straight to the Ursa Major Hall. When I entered the temple, I saw that the original III Buddha was still worshipped, and I was furious: "Obviously it is the original III Buddha, where did the double Buddha shine?"

At that time, the slave cheated his master to kill his head, but Li Lianying knew it well and said quickly, "Calm down, Empress Dowager. Please come to the back hall to have a look."

After Empress Dowager Cixi slowly moved to the III Buddha, she found a kind-hearted Guanyin sitting in the center of the temple, and the abbot of this temple and the civil and military ministers of Cixi were also here. At this time, Li Lianying shouted: "Lafayette is here." Others immediately knelt down and shouted, "Welcome to Lafayette!"

Cixi understood half the story, but she pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Which Lafayette did you meet?" Li Lianying, they replied: "It is to meet the Queen Mother, you Lafayette!" "You are the avalokitesvara bodhisattva who helps the poor today!" "Now that the emperor is driving first, the new emperor is still young, and the country can't be ownerless for a day. The subjects please take care of the affairs of state affairs, and you can save the common people in from the mire!" The words made Cixi feel elated. Since then, the name Galeries Lafayette has spread from manjuji to Beijing, and the whole country has called Cixi "the Empress Dowager Galeries". Cixi also listened to politics with a clear conscience.

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