The royal family is a unique product of the feudal dynasty. In the era of the monarchy, being born in the royal family meant having a gilded status, being able to enjoy wealth and wealth, and having a higher status than ordinary people. But China's last feudal dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, was declared extinct as early as 1912, and the last emperor, Puyi, died as an ordinary commoner, often forgetting the royal privileges.
However, some of the descendants of the Qing Dynasty royal family living in the present day still remember the glory of their ancestors. Today I want to talk about Aisin Kyora Zhoudi, and to take him out alone is because this person's behavior is particularly prominent and special among the descendants of Aisin Kyora. Regarding the identity of Zhou Di, he claimed to be the 10th grandson of the Qing Dynasty royal branch, Dorgon, but he was repeatedly questioned.
Some people think that Zhou Di is just false propaganda, but Zhou Di said that in modern society, it is difficult to make people believe in the royal identity, so it is inevitable to question, he will not care about these, just with the mentality of retaining the love of the new Jueluo clan culture, always respecting the ancestors, not forgetting the father's teachings - his father is a loyal subject of the Qing Dynasty, and he has listened to him since he was a child and did not "forget his ancestors".
The state change began in 2002. According to him, before that, the family life was relatively low-key, only dared to follow Han customs, he called his father "Uncle", not "Amma". But after 2002, Zhou Di felt that his identity should not be hidden, and he was older, and he had nothing to worry about, so he began to restore the customs of the Manchu Qing ancestors little by little:
The first is that the daily necessities are all yellow, and yellow is the symbol of the emperor, in order to commemorate the ancestors' deeds. Antique furniture can be seen everywhere in Zhoudi's home, washbasin barrels are antique style, the clothes he wears are yellow robes and coats, daily telephone wallets, and even eye masks, bookmarks, towels and other items, all require the selection of yellow, reflecting the home brightly.
Secondly, Zhou Di has a striking long braid, which is the "yin and yang head" handed down from the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty. After the Qing army entered the customs, the majority of Han soldiers and civilians were ordered to change the hairstyle of the crown to "money rat tail" and shave off most of their hair, many people were ashamed of it, but Zhou Di did not think so, he believed that the long braid represented the glorious years of the ancestors, and the long braid was also one of the ways to express his respect.
Zhou Di presented himself as a dragon and arranged his home like the Manchu Qing Dynasty Palace, which naturally attracted people's attention. Zhou Di once gave an interview and invited everyone to visit his home, and people were surprised to find that Zhou Di's love for Manchu imperial culture reached a fanatical state, and his house was not only dedicated to Nurhaci and Dolgun, but also inlaid with Manchu "Eight Flags" on the ceiling:
Yellow, white, blue, red, yellow, white, blue, red... People who don't know walk in, I'm afraid they will mistakenly think that they have come to the Qing Dynasty Archaeological Museum. Zhou Di always enthusiastically introduced his own lineage to the people, as well as the various cultural, historical and customs of his ancestors, etc. According to himself, although the Qing Dynasty perished, he hoped that these traditions would "be left a little bit."
No matter how people look at him with strange eyes, Zhou Di does not change his original intention. Zhou Di's neighbors gradually became accustomed to his style, but one thing made them feel unbearable: Zhou Di claimed that he only did these things by preserving tradition, but he also set a standard for his family to choose a wife, and he claimed that in order to ensure the purity of the royal bloodline, he and his descendants only married the Eight Banners women.
He hoped that his descendants would continue this tradition. Zhou Di's wife and son also followed his wishes to wear yellow coats at home, maintaining the manners of "princess" and "wang sun", his wife combed Fu Jin's hairstyle, and his son kept long braids, and often followed Zhou Di back to the north to worship his ancestors. Xiao Bian privately thought that if Zhou Di really wanted to respect the ancestors, he could act in a low-key manner at home, so he was afraid that the drunkard's intention was not in the wine, and there was a suspicion of showing off.