As we all know, Qianlong loved to write poetry and poetry all his life, but in addition to this hobby, Qianlong also had a habit, that is, when he went out to play, he liked to write inscriptions on certain things. In the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City, an unexpected thing happened, there were three strange stones in the courtyard, only the wood fossils got the inscription of Qianlong, why is this? Today, Xiaobian will reveal the secret to you:
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As we all know, there are many treasures in the Forbidden City, but if we want to appreciate the "strange stones", we also need to go to the Royal Garden, ningshou Palace Garden, Cining Palace Garden, etc. Among them, the strange stones in the Royal Garden are the most densely distributed, because it is called the "Royal Strange Stone Museum".
Located behind Kunning Palace, the Royal Garden was known as the "Harem Garden" during the Ming Dynasty and was renamed the "Royal Garden" in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the imperial garden was a place for the imperial concubines to rest and play, so the royal garden covers a large area, about 11,000 square meters, the whole courtyard is 80 meters wide from north to south, 140 meters long from east to west, there are more than 20 buildings, around each building, we can see a thousand strange stones, of which, the most eye-catching is the "sea cucumber stone", "Zhuge Bai Beidou stone", "wood change stone". Next, Xiaobian will introduce these three strange stones to you in turn:
The first odd stone: sea cucumber stone
On the east side of Tianyi Gate, we can see a stone 78 cm long, 66 cm wide and 14 cm thick, which is shaped like a "sea cucumber" connected from end to end, and it is because of this shape that this stone is named "sea cucumber stone".
After research, experts said that sea cucumber stone is not a mineral stone, but a fossil formed by the excrement of the seabed coral, which has been hundreds of millions of years ago, because the formation of fossils of coral excrement is rare, so the value of sea cucumber stone naturally rises, if you are interested in sea cucumber stone, you can touch it with your hand, and there is a warm feeling on your hand, unlike ordinary stones.
The second strange stone: Zhuge Bai Big Dipper Stone
On the west side of Tianyi Gate, there is a colorful pattern stone, we can see, above it seems to be a head wearing a scarf, wide robes and large sleeves, hands folded, raised above the head, is doing the old man, and the old man opposite there is a group of white dots arranged with the seven stars of the Big Dipper, seeing such a pattern, many tourists will think of Zhuge Liang, therefore, this stone is called "Zhuge Worship Big Dipper Stone".
Zhuge Liang is a representative of great wisdom and courage, so tourists will bring their children to see, want to stick to Zhuge Liang's luck, and make their children smarter.
The third strange stone: wood-to-wood stone
Wood-metamorphic stone is composed of wood sinking into gloomy wood, and then carbonized wood, and finally becomes a silicon fossil, that is, the formation of a wood-changing stone takes at least hundreds of years or even thousands of years. The wood in the imperial garden has changed from dynasty to dynasty, but the texture of the surface is still clearly visible.
The sea cucumber stone is an old object of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhuge Baiyue Beidou was given to Qianlong by Hezhen, but the figure who sent wood to change stone is relatively special, although his popularity is not high, but he is deeply appreciated by Qianlong. The person who sent the wood into the stone was the Heilongjiang general Fu Monk A, known as the "Patrol General", who had made great achievements in battle.
After Qianlong received the wood change stone, he was naturally very surprised, but what everyone did not expect was that Qianlong actually inscribed a poem on the stone, and the content of the poem was: "Do not remember the day of throwing the river, it is like the year of the change of stone." Knocking on the hammer, the austerity is still there. The side branches are all thankful, and the straight long ben is self-determined. Although Kanggan is old, he is inferior to this peak. ”
Through "Although Kanggan is old and tribute, it is inferior to this peak", we can see Qianlong's love for wood-changing stones, which will pay tribute every year, but they are not as good as this Song stone, and "knocking on the hammer, the rhythm is still the same." Side branches are thankful, straight long ben self-firm", describing the appearance of this stone, the most important thing is, "do not remember the day of the river, like the year of changing stones" also records a legend about "pine stone", the ancient plucking wild ancient in the Kanggan River to throw pine fossils, and because of this legend, the Kanggan River has become an important birthplace of pine culture in the north.
When Qianlong encounters something he likes, he will leave his own mark, and when Qianlong inscribes a poem on the wood change stone, this behavior is enough to prove Qianlong's love for the wood change stone and his appreciation for the rich monk.
If you readers go to the Royal Garden, you must go to see the wood change stone and see if this stone is the same as the appearance described in Qianlong's poem.