A story about gold and the sun

Empress Dowager Cixi was a devotee of Buddhism As well as a worshiper of Manchu’s shamanism Here’s a story about gold and the sun At the end of Yuan Dynasty and early in Ming Dynasty The Yehe Nara Clan, which established the Yehe Kingdom, clashed with The Aisin Gioro Clan in a war In order to make the Yehe Nara Clan give in, the leader of the Aisin Gioro Clan Pointed at the land and said: “We are the most sacred gold on this land.” Aisin Gioro means gold in Manchu language The leader of the Yehe Nara Clan could only laughed He pointed at the sun above: “How can gold be great? Our name is after it!” The Yehe Nara Clan was eliminated by the Aisin Gioro In early days of Qing Dynasty Before its official establishment as a country A small clan called Yehe Nara living near the Aisin Gioro Which then eliminated the small clan Before the chieftain of the small clan died, he vowed to the heaven :

"We shall take our vengeance Even only one of our women lives!"

Such a story was recorded in the law of the Qing’s royal court No one from the Yehe Nara shall be allowed to enter the royal court The regulation was observed for more than two hundred years See, it’s been through Kangxi, 60 years, Yongzheng, 13 years And Qialong, 60 years After Qianlong, there was another 200 years of Jiaqing, Daoguangm, and Xianfeng Nothing went wrong They were relaxed Cixi was from the Yehe Nara When she entered the court Emperor Xianfeng knew about her origin But He thought that nothing went wrong during these 200 years. It would be okay He accepted her And eventually Qing was destroyed in her hands Their chieftain Held a resolute heart for revenge He’d been waiting for over 200 years Waiting for their fortune depleting And then he came To destroy them Scientific knowledge was a necessity in the royal court But the system was got rid off by Cixi After she had the power She abolished it No scholars were hired to the court Not anymore What did she like? She preferred Fuji (spirit writing) Just Fuji For great matters of the country She didn’t ask for the scholars or experts She asked for the spirits The ghosts and the gods(Also ghosts)

And then the country was no more This truth was told by Master Zhangjia For one time, about Fuji I had a question(Master Chin Kung)

And asked him He then told me of this history Cixi abolished the academy And set the altar for Fuji in the court The altar was the harbinger of the country’s fall Our ancestor said The country should listen to the people If it is to be made a prosperous one Listen to the civics The country will fall If hearing the words from the ghosts and the gods Their words Lead to the destruction of the country So we must understand the truth A truth that was proved by a maiden at the end of a dynasty At the year of Boxer Rebellion The maidens and the empress participated in a public ritual celebration in the Palace of Earthly Tranquility After the period of Yongzheng The Palace became a ritual site for the Qing royal family I’m going to introduce the Pole Ceremony The pole used here is similar to the telephone pole we now have The fujins (maidens) accompanying the empress were all listening in owe They were sitting beneath the main shrine On the mattresses made of wolf hides In terms of feng shui, the primary seat was on the west in Manchu custom Which was different from the Han custom, in which the primary seat was on the east So they put their ancestral tablets on the center and north-west corner of the main shrine When the ritual started There were also drummers Dancing and circling around the pole Soon after There would be some devils in grotesque forms coming out Crying, jumping, and breathing fire And then two of the Shaman gods The devils delightfully followed the Shaman And then bowed and kneeled before the old empress, wishing her long life for three times After the ritual, pigs would be slaughtered as the gift in the palace And everyone would have the pork as a meal.

［Translated by 華碩翻譯社］