According to legend, Cixi was "stinking" when she was buried. Why did she find that the body didn't decompose when she was dug up?

The reason why Cixi was buried stinks is that she was buried with a lot of ostentation and extravagance, and her body was specially treated.

1, the body was soaked in formalin.

We all know that Cixi loves beauty very much, so she will not allow her body to rot after her death. When Cixi was alive, she collected many people's opinions on how to ensure that the flesh did not rot. Finally, we got a method from the people. After soaking the corpse in formalin, it will slow down the decomposition rate of the corpse. So after Cixi died, her body was soaked in formalin. As we all know, formalin has a strong smell, so it stinks when she is buried. If you want to let a person soak in formalin to ensure that his body does not rot, the amount needed is very large.

2. There are more chariots and horses.

We all know that Cixi's ostentation and extravagance is very big, so when she was buried, the queue was also very long. At that time, nearly 3000 people came to bury Cixi. Of course, these people don't walk barefoot, but they are followed by horses and chariots. The smell of this kind of livestock is particularly heavy after increasing. As we all know, animals such as horses and donkeys have strong smells. And we can't guarantee that these animals will not excrete when they walk along the way. So at that time, because of the long distance, the excrement of these animals was directly solved on the road, which made people feel that Cixi's burial was smelly.

To sum up, the reason why Cixi was buried stinks, first, her body was specially treated, and second, there were more chariots and horses buried with her.