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The Forbidden City is the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived and lived, with a total area of more than 720,000 square meters, and the emperors living here were encountering dangers, such as fires, earthquakes, assassins, etc. How did the guards send out the alarm signal to protect the emperor? I'm afraid that shouting alone is not enough! Today, let's talk about the four major security protection and alarm measures of the Forbidden City.
The White Tower Letter Cannon alarms
Everyone knows the historical allusion of "Beacon Theatre Princes", and the principle of the White Tower Letter Cannon and the Beacon Tower is very similar, both for the purpose of quickly transmitting information. The cannon was built on the White Tower Hill on the northwest side of the Forbidden City, close to the Forbidden City, and as soon as the dangerous cannon warning was received in the Forbidden City, the gunner would immediately fire at the sky. After the Eight Banner Soldiers stationed in the capital heard the sound of artillery, the soldiers must quickly assemble and take their seats in order to prevent anti-thieves from touching fish in muddy waters, which was not good for the True Dragon Heavenly Son.
As soon as the White Pagoda Cannon sounded, the cannons on the other gates of the capital city would also sound, so that the news would spread rapidly and the capital would immediately be on alert.
Access control compliance system
During the Yongzheng period, Yongzheng made strict rules for the guards and guards guarding the Forbidden City and the gates of the capital that must use "conformity". Xiaobian to give an example, the ancient general led the soldiers to fight, need to use the tiger rune, the tiger rune is a tiger that can be divided into two halves, the emperor keeps half, the general takes half, the emperor sends the general to send troops, the commander must hold half of the emperor's tiger rune, and the other half of the general's tiger is in line with a complete tiger, and the general can drive the power to send troops.
In the Tang Dynasty, the concord was the fish charm, and in the Qing Dynasty, the conjuration of the access control became the conjuring of the metal, and the wooden concordance of the wooden concord that could open the gates of the Forbidden City.
The palace gates throughout the Forbidden City are of great importance, and the guards guarding the gates must be strictly guarded, especially when the "holy car patrols the place", the great internal guards must be more meticulous, and for those who enter and leave at night, they must check the compliance to confirm their identity.
Waist card management
According to historical records, the waist plate originated in the fifth year of the Qing Dynasty, but the Forbidden City used the waist plate to verify identity began in the Kangxi Dynasty. In the beginning, the waist plate was a symbol of the official's status, and the military attaché and the internal officer wore tooth tags and labels, while the lieutenants, cooks and others used bronze and wooden medals. When entering and exiting the gate, you must wear a waist tag.
With the gradual maturity of the waist card management system, the imperial court revised the relevant provisions of the waist card, in addition to replacing the waist card every three years, the style of the waist card and the material for making the waist card were gradually diversified. Today, the Palace Museum has more than 9,000 forbidden waist plates at the Forbidden City Gate.
Siren: Shibela
Inside and outside the Forbidden City, if we look closely, we will find a hollow spherical object with a hole in the top of the column of the step railing and a pattern carved below. In fact, this is the siren of the palace- Shibiela.
Shi Biela is also known as Shi Hai Xiao. Each stone Biela has a small hole in the top of the stone, and at the bottom is a small stone ball with exposed holes. When the Forbidden City encounters an emergency, such as fire, earthquake or invasion by foreign enemies, the guards will use the copper horn of the alarm to insert the small hole of Shi Biela and then blow it violently, at which time the small stone ball will vibrate, thus making a "whining" sound, at this time, the big inner guard who hears the sound will immediately enter a state of first-level alert.
In the face of these four kinds of alarm protection, will you admire the ingenuity of your ancestors?
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