Sunset Dongling - The Mystery of the Theft of Treasures from the Underground Palace of Qing Dongling

Author: Yue Nan
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: On July 1928, the rogue warlord Sun Dianying led his troops, disguised as suppression of bandits and military exercises, fully armed into Dongling. Over the course of seven days and nights, they broke into the mausoleums of emperors Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi, desecrated the coffins, threw out the corpses, and looted the priceless treasures, creating a shocking case in the history of world civilization. The work meticulously depicts the authentic historical scenes that were once buried for more than half a century, provides a detailed introduction to the establishment, scale, and burial process of the imperial and royal mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty, vividly recreating the process of the decline of the last feudal dynasty in China.