Because foreigners asked her to shout when they first took pictures of her? Eggplant? So let her feel that anything that glows has to shout? Eggplant? Yes, it's not that Cixi regards electric lights as eggplant. At the end of Qing Dynasty, western colonial forces invaded, and western things poured into China, including trains, cameras and electric lights. However, under the old concept of closing the country at that time, the thoughts of the Qing people were still limited, such as Cixi, the actual ruler of the late Qing Dynasty. At first, she was very resistant to western novelty.

At first, Cixi resolutely opposed the installation of electric lights in the palace, thinking that it would make the palace too bright and immoral. However, in order to open the China market, foreigners bribed Li with gold. When Empress Dowager Cixi was away, Li installed electric lights in the palace and installed a generator with a capacity of less than 20 horsepower for the first time.

Empress Dowager Cixi came back at night and asked: Why are there so many eggplants of different colors hanging in the palace? ? Li said? Lafaille, is it time to turn on the light? ? Cixi said:? Let's go Li immediately turned on the light switch, and the hall suddenly lit up. Cixi said:? Why are these eggplants lit immediately? What the hell are they? ? Since then, Cixi has fallen in love with these? Eggplant? Became the first person in Beijing to use electric lights. Later, more and more electric lights were installed in the hall of the palace. According to me and Empress Dowager Cixi, there are at least 100 places where Empress Dowager Cixi lives? Eggplant? . The author of this book claims to have been to Cixi's residence, but we don't rule out the possibility that he may brag.

Since Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China in 1900, Empress Dowager Cixi still missed electric lights when she fled to xi 'an. 1902, Cixi returned to Beijing and spent 52,000 silver to build an electric light hall to make the Summer Palace light up again.