Though the meaning behind such lullabies can often be forgotten (for example, many are unaware that “Ring around the Rosy” actually refers to the Black Plague), their words and the comfort they brought during childhood continues into adulthood.
researcher Richard Dumbrill from the British Museum in London points out that “frightening themes were typical of lullabies of the era” because of the relationship in the ancient world between the world of humans and those of the gods. They were not separated into two separate realities as one might expect them to be today
因軍餉遭嚴重剋扣，孫殿英以「軍事演習」的旗號，對清東陵當中的裕陵和菩陀峪定東陵進行大規模盜掘，其他陵墓的隆恩殿當中的貼金也幾乎全部被盜走。盜掘後，孫殿英對外宣稱是報祖上孫承宗之仇，並將其中部分盜取的寶物賄賂宋美齡、孔祥熙等人，案件查辦最終不了了之，寓居天津的溥儀只得自行將被挖出的遺骨重新安葬。該事件史稱「東陵事件」，國民政府不追究孫殿英的責任，並最終導致溥儀和國民政府完全決裂，這是溥儀和日本人合作成立滿洲國的重要原因之一。
雖然二千多年之間，亞述有時強大，有時則淪為他國的屬地，但作為獨立的國家和相對獨立地區的亞述，是一直存在的。直到公元前900年前後，亞述國家突然空前強大，成為不可一世的亞述帝國，然而最終於公元前605年滅亡，國家隨之消失。但亞述民族仍然頑強地在其祖居地生活至今，當今的亞述人是信奉各東方禮教會的基督徒，語言為現代阿拉米語。