Empress Dowager Cixi was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908. Ultimately, the Qing Dynasty collapsed a few years after her death.
Historians from both Kuomintang and Communist backgrounds have generally portrayed her as a despot and villain responsible for the fall of the Qing Dynasty, and her tomb was robbed by a warlord in 1928.
The color of golden yellow encaustic tile, red colomns and wall paintings rendered by the sunset glory, indicating the brilliance of the empire and the ending of the dynasity.
the East Royal Tomb, Zunhua, Hebei,China
