The Forbidden City has long been the most important urban landscape in Beijing, because it not only represents the history of a city, but more importantly, the true testimony of ancient dynasties. It carries the history of the rise and fall of the two major feudal dynasties, has experienced the baptism of wind and rain in the change of times, and is still towering today, showing its unique charm to the world.
Entering the Forbidden City, there is a sense of touching the history of the crossing, it has served the two dynasties for more than 600 years, ushering in generations of emperors. There was once a very loud name here--- the Forbidden City, which Zhu Di had carefully crafted for his success. It also allowed this imperial city to carry the rise and fall of more than twenty emperors from then on.
Recently, researchers have made a surprising discovery when making a protective restoration of the Nine Dragon Wall of Ningshou Palace, which has reproduced a shocking secret in the Forbidden City, which was built in order to show the imperial prestige during the Qianlong period, and was secretly touched during construction.
You must know that the craftsmen who serve the royal family are carefully selected layer by layer, not only excellent in skill, but also have to feel obedient and loyal, otherwise a slight difference is not only a person's life, but may even involve countless heads. But why are scientists so sure that this Nine Dragon Wall was manipulated in the early days of construction?
First of all, let's talk about this famous shadow wall, the Nine Dragon Wall of Ningshou Palace and the Nine Dragon Wall of Beihai, as well as the Nine Dragon Wall of Datong and known as the three major shadow walls of China, its historical significance and cultural relics value are very high. Not only because of its age, but also because of the royal prestige and imperial status displayed by the Nine Dragon Wall.
When Qianlong rebuilt the Ningshou Palace, he deliberately ordered people to create a shadow wall, not only to add beauty, but also to show the dignity of a status and unparalleled imperial power. Among them, the Nine Dragons are centered on the Yellow Dragon in the middle, and the other eight dragons are on both sides of the Yellow Dragon, and four of them appear in different forms.
This means that with the emperor as the center, the eight banner disciples surround the side of the body, and nine is the largest number in the bagua, and the nine dragons are the fifth dragon with a watch, no matter which direction they count from. This also corresponds to the saying that the emperor is the ninth and fifth-year-old, symbolizing the greatest in the world and the center of power.
And this Nine Dragon Wall in the Forbidden City is very different from the other two, because the shadow wall is made of glass throughout. As a work of art, glass was valuable at that time, but it used the first precious material to create a shadow wall with a length of 29.4 meters, a width of 3.5 meters and a thickness of 0.45 meters.
There is no doubt that Qianlong Chi invested heavily in creating this shadow wall to show the supremacy of imperial power and the incomparable dignity of the royal family, but it was only when experts today found out during the restoration that when the shadow wall was built, someone actually moved from it. The shadow wall of the original whole body of glass actually laid a small piece of palm-sized nan wood skin under the belly of the dragon in a corner. Moreover, it is carefully covered up with the best white paint, but it should be eroded over the years to make people see the inner essence.
Experts believe that this may be that there was a little accident during the construction at that time, resulting in the lack of glass here, in order to save the lives of all craftsmen, there will be a skilled craftsman who can use magical techniques to hide the sky and cross the sea, so as not to let everyone become a victim under the imperial power. However, this impersonation passed the extremely strict completion inspection, and had to admire the ingenuity of the ancient craftsmen.