The Forbidden City was the place where ancient emperors lived, and was known as the Forbidden City during the feudal period. Inside the Forbidden City, there is a Yangxin Hall, which was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, just on the west side of the Qianqing Palace. The Forbidden City was the place where ancient emperors lived, and was known as the Forbidden City during the feudal period. Inside the Forbidden City, there is a Yangxin Hall, which was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, just on the west side of the Qianqing Palace. In the beginning, the builders of the Forbidden City just wanted to use the Yangxin Hall as a temporary rest palace.
During the Qing Dynasty, the Shunzhi Emperor unfortunately died in the Yangxin Hall, and its role gradually changed. During the Kangxi Dynasty, the Yangxin Hall was used as a workshop for the palace office, specializing in the manufacture of imperial objects. During the Yongzheng period, the imperial court took out a sum of money to remodel the Yangxin Hall. Since then, the palace has become an important place for the emperor to live and carry out daily activities. Behind the throne of the Yangxin Hall, a bookshelf was placed on which were placed many of the emperor's experiences and lessons in governing the country. Before officials were promoted and transferred by the imperial court, they were generally summoned by the emperor to the Yangxin Hall to face the saints.
According to statistics, among the dozen emperors of the Qing Dynasty, eight emperors lived in the Yangxin Hall, of which three emperors, Shunzhi, Qianlong and Tongzhi, died in the Yangxin Hall. After the founding of New China, the Forbidden City, which was once dedicated to the emperor, became a relatively open tourist attraction. At this time, some tourists suddenly found that the Yangxin Hall was wet and cold all year round, why was this? Did the ancient emperors like this feeling? This question has plagued experts for a long time, and no reasonable explanation has been found. Later, experts took the opportunity of the renovation and reconstruction of the Forbidden City to open the floor tiles of the Yangxin Hall. After seeing the scene inside, the expert was frightened on the spot. Under the floor tiles of the Yangxin Hall, a dense pile of water pipes is buried.
The groundwater inside took away a lot of heat energy during the volatilization process, making the environment of the Yangxin Hall become moist and cold. Experts saw these water pipes and suddenly realized that the ancient emperors did not like the cold and humid environment, they liked to live in warm places like ordinary people.
These underground water pipes, like our current air conditioners, can regulate the temperature. In winter, you can heat the water in the water pipe to warm up the whole palace. In the summer, you can inject some cold water into the pipe to reduce the temperature inside the power supply so that the emperor can cool down. I have to say that the wisdom of the ancients should indeed not be underestimated, and they will also find ways to solve various problems and create better living conditions for themselves like modern people.