The Forbidden City is the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of hundreds of years since the Ming Emperor Zhu Di moved the imperial palace to Beijing. The demise of the Qingming Dynasty heralded the end of the feudal era, and after the founding of New China, the imperial palace was renamed the Forbidden City and used as a scenic spot for tourists to visit. During this period, the supernatural events about the Forbidden City continued to rise, and some people said that they saw the shadow of the palace women who had previously lived in the Forbidden City. The explanation given by the scientists is that this is the magnetic field at work, because the palace wall of the Forbidden City is red, and the paint painted on the wall contains iron tetroxide, and iron oxide is the main raw material for making tapes. Whenever there is thunder or lightning, it is possible to introduce the shadow of a passerby into the wall, so there will be this phenomenon of seeing the shadow of the palace girl. Although the explanations given by scientists are reasonable and well-founded, there are still many people who do not buy it.
Many people have a doubt in their hearts, that is, since the Forbidden City has been opened as a scenic spot, why are some palaces still not open to the public? Among them, there is the Cold Palace, let's see how Puyi explained it.
First of all, we understand what the Lower Cold Palace is used for? Since ancient times, there have been more women than not many, and the emperor's harem can be described as three thousand beautiful women. However, the emperor will not be able to do rain and dew evenly, so there will be many concubines who are not favored and beaten into the cold palace by the emperor. This is the origin and use of the Cold Palace, in the later, the Cold Palace slowly deteriorated, not only the concubines who fell out of favor, but also the people who failed in the palace fight, offended the emperor, and did the wrong thing will be imprisoned in the Cold Palace.
Most of the people who were beaten into the cold palace were the emperor's men who spared no execution, and the palaces we saw in many costume dramas were magnificent. Don't be deceived by the TV series, the cold palace in reality is a dark and remote cottage, the decoration inside is simple, there is no decoration, not to mention what is valuable. For the concubines who were beaten into the cold palace by the emperor, the cold palace was even more terrifying than the prison. These people who have entered the cold palace have no titles, no glory and wealth in the past, even the problem of food and clothing is difficult to solve, it is inevitable that they will become very depressed, coupled with living in dark and damp places for a long time, many people will complain and choose to commit suicide. Over time, people will avoid it because the yin qi in the cold palace is too heavy, and they are afraid of getting into it and contaminating some unclean things.
Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, mentioned this issue in his autobiography "The First Half of My Life", and he gave the world such an explanation. Puyi said that there was nothing in the Cold Palace, the treasury in the late Qing Dynasty was empty, and the Forbidden City was too big, resulting in many houses inside having no money to repair, not to mention the Cold Palace, which would certainly not be repaired under the tense situation of the national treasury.
The staff in the Forbidden City also explained that there is nothing inside the Cold Palace, but because of the long time and no better repair inside, there are many safety hazards for fear of hurting tourists, so it is not open to the public.
The Forbidden City has experienced hundreds of years of history, and in this 3-kilometer-long, 10-meter-high palace wall, many stories of emperors and concubines and ministers have been left behind. In this iron-walled castle, too many women are completely isolated from the outside world.