Who is the silk empress?

Answer 1

This is probably a cognomen for Tzu Hsi, the last dowager Empress of China who died in l908- and there was little fanfare about her last year, as a century passed. T"zu Hsi (sound lilke T"zoo-She? who is she?) was the last true Chinese Empress and instigated the Boxer Rebellion of l90l. ( aimed against foreign trade!) She is highly regarded by Chinese-Americans and there are many nice formal portraits of her -some on silk, of course silk is a Chinese product. in Chinatown- or let us use the native term- Kandor!In some quarters, Tzu Hsi has Boddisattva ( reincarnated soul-almost akin to a western Saint) status in Buddhist lore- and as ancestor worship is common, this is understandable, she is or was at least as historically popular as , say Victoria among the British, for example though more of a spiritual nature, ah so.