On the morning of May 30, 1626, there was a sudden loud noise in the sky of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and a white light appeared, and dust and smoke were everywhere. Immediately afterwards, people and livestock were shaken into the sky. a.d

On the morning of May 30, 1626, there was a sudden loud noise in the sky of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and a white light appeared, and dust and smoke were everywhere. Immediately afterwards, people and livestock were shaken into the sky.

The year 1626 was the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty's Apocalypse. On the morning of May 30 of this year, people inside and outside the Forbidden City in Beijing were still sleeping, when there was a loud noise between heaven and earth, and there seemed to be a major explosion near the Wang Gong Factory, as a huge mushroom cloud rose into the air, the sky was dark for a moment, surrounded by a scene of flying sand and stones, a large number of people, pigs, cattle, sheep, dogs, livestock, and broken houses were shaken into half a day.

At that time, the emperor was preparing to leave the palace, and the honor guard arranged for the emperor to travel on an elephant. But the elephants were overly frightened, and they ran out of the elephant's house, running around the streets, trampling on the people, and killing countless people.

The forbidden city was torn apart in a 750-meter radius and an area of 2.23 square kilometers, killing and injuring about 20,000 people. According to historical records, the fierce winds rolled up by the explosion even blew people to Jixian County, 90 kilometers away from the capital.

For this sudden explosion, the Ming Emperor immediately summoned the ministers to participate in the discussion. Although there was a lot of discussion among the civil and military officials, no one at that time could figure out what caused the explosion. No one can solve this puzzle.

Of course, there is a reason for any event, so what is the real cause of this catastrophe? Countless historians have studied and searched, combined various data to come up with the following four speculations.

First: there was an earthquake.

According to historical records, the city of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty did often have earthquakes. Cracking in the ground can trigger a spurt of hot gas, and atomic reactions are also prone to occur in the core of the earth, resulting in explosions.

Since it was an explosion, it can explain the collapse of the house and the flying of crowds and livestock into the air. But there was also a strange phenomenon at that time, when the crowd was pushed into the sky by the shock wave, the clothes on their bodies were actually pulled off, and this phenomenon did not look like the consequences of the earthquake.

Since it is not an earthquake, people have the following speculations.

Second: An explosion occurred in the powder magazine.

Since the location of the explosion occurred in the area of Wang Gong Factory, it is now Guangcai Hutong. At that time, there was a large powder depot near the Wang Gong factory, stockpiling at least hundreds of tons of explosives.

According to Ming Shi's records, there have been many explosions in the Wang Gong factory before. Therefore, it is suspected that the great event of May 30, 1626, was caused by the explosion of a large powder magazine.

Third: There was a hurricane disaster.

It is well known that hurricanes such as tornadoes can roll up crowds and livestock, houses can be destroyed, and people's clothes torn apart by strong winds. However, hurricanes generally do not cause shaking and fire scenes.

Fourth: Meteorites fall from the sky.

Meteorites are also a natural astronomical phenomenon. In the disaster of May 1626, there was a roar in and out of the sky, and a white light appeared, which was very much in line with the phenomenon of meteorite falling.

However, the meteorite landing did not cause a fierce wind and fire, and the meteorite landing would cause a huge crater, but according to the records at the time, people did not find the existence of a giant crater, nor did there be any traces caused by the meteorite falling down.

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Based on the above four speculations, the cause of the explosion is unknown, the phenomenon is strange, and the disaster is huge, which is "the change that has never changed in ancient times." Until now, posterity has not figured out what caused the disaster in May 1626. History is like a mystery, causing people to explore infinitely. It is certain that a strange disaster did occur in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty on this day, but after many investigations, there is still no definite answer, which may be the puzzle left by history.

The causes of the Apocalypse Explosion still haunt historians and scientists, along with the "Death Hill Incident" that occurred in ancient India more than 3,600 years ago and the "Tunguska Explosion" that occurred in Siberia, Russia, on June 30, 1908, and is known as the Mystery of the Three Natures of the World.

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