The Forbidden City is located in Beijing, built in 1406 in the fourth year of Ming Chengzu Yongle, it was once the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Chinese history, at that time it was called the Forbidden City, which is undoubtedly the essence of ancient Chinese court architecture, and the construction of the Forbidden City represents the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients. Nowadays, the Forbidden City has become a must-visit place for Tourist Attractions in Beijing, after all, everyone wants to witness the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients. People who have been to the Forbidden City, I wonder if they have noticed a strange phenomenon, the Forbidden City has existed for 613 years, but there is no such thing as bird droppings. There are roughly 5 reasons, let's take a look!
1. Forbidden City design.
From the perspective of the roof design of the Forbidden City, it uses the most traditional "slope roof" design, where the sloped roof and the flat roof are very different. The design of the sloped roof is conducive to better drainage on rainy days, while the steep slope is not conducive to birds walking on the roof, and it is not conducive to thieves climbing. More importantly, in the eyes of the ancients, it was believed that the roof was more beautiful.
2. Material selection.
As the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worked and lived, the choice of materials in the Forbidden City is naturally special. Take the roof of the Forbidden City, for example, it is not like the clay tiles used by ordinary people, but is built with glazed tiles. And this glazed tile is produced by the royal factory specially destined. From the appearance, there is a very special layer of enamel, do not underestimate this enamel, it can make the roof tile color bright, but also better row jade.
3. The color of the roof.
The color of the roof of the Forbidden City gives us the most impression of the red wall and yellow tiles. The reason why the two colors of red and yellow are used are the colors that symbolized the position of power in ancient times. In ancient times the status and power of the emperor was the greatest, so these two colors are necessary. Over time, it has become the special color of the ancient emperor, if there is a common people to use, it will be cut off by the door, the people naturally do not dare to use it easily. Birds also have eyesight, and when they see that only the Forbidden City has these two colors, they will naturally avoid it.
4, few trees.
For the Forbidden City, there were rumors that there were no trees in it, but in fact, it was not, although there were not many, but there were still some. The reason why, unlike the Summer Palace and the Yuanmingyuan, a lot of trees are placed is actually for safety, in order to prevent assassins from hiding. The Forbidden City is the residence of the emperor, and there are naturally high requirements for the safety factor. It is precisely because there are few trees that birds have no place to live.
5, someone cleaned.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, in order to keep the palace look new, there were special cleaning staff. After daily cleaning, naturally there will be no bird droppings.