The photographs of the Empress Dowager Cixi taken by Xunling are more Western than Eastern in style. Freer and Sackler Galleries, SI Spin doctoring—the art of turning bad news into good and scoundrels ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Arguably the most powerful empress in ...
The life of China’s Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) was anything but conventional. She rose in power from a low-ranking imperial concubine to Grand Empress Dowager of the Qing court, reigning as ...
Cixi reportedly incorporated human breast milk into beauty routine to maintain youthful look In ancient China, it was not uncommon to use animal excrement in beauty treatments, a practice exemplified ...