The Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu has a poem: "Silver candle autumn light cold painting screen, light Luo small fan fluttering fireflies." The night is as cool as water, lying down to watch the morning glory Vega. ”
Yuan Shu also has a poem: "Few ancient palaces, palace flowers are lonely and red." The white-headed palace lady was there, sitting idly and saying Xuanzong. ”
These two poems are written about the lives of women in the cold palace, who can only pass the day alone when they are young, and can only talk about the past alone when they are old.
In many film and television dramas, everyone can also know that some concubines who have lost their favor will also be imprisoned in the cold palace, like silent ghosts.
So many people are curious: what is the cold palace in history like? Can it really be deserted to this point?
In 1912, the feudal Qing Dynasty finally died out, of course, at that time, the Forbidden City was not called the Forbidden City, and it was still the home of the last emperor Puyi.
It was not until Feng Yuxiang launched a coup d'état in 1924, ignoring the previously signed "Preferential Treatment Clause for The Qing Dynasty", that Puyi and his party were expelled from the Forbidden City, and the Forbidden City became a homeless place.
Although it was later taken over by the "Clean Room Aftermath Committee" and became the "Forbidden City", the situation was chaotic, so that the garbage was full of mountains, and locals were not rare to see it, and outsiders did not have time to see it.
In 1933, in order to escape the war, half of the cultural relics were transported out in batches, and the Forbidden City became more and more empty.
After the founding of New China in 1949, life gradually resumed, the Forbidden City was officially opened, and people once again had great enthusiasm for this ancient royal residence.
At that time, many people visited, and everyone was always amazed by the magnificent architecture and magnificent cultural relics.
But in fact, the area that can be seen is only 30%, slowly increasing to 52%, finally increasing to 65% in 2015, and increasing to 76% in 2016...
In short, there is a part that is not open, and this part contains the "cold palace" that everyone wants to know the most.
That is to say, the cold palace that people are most curious about has not been able to see, which makes many people who rush to the cold palace very sorry.
So why has the Cold Palace not been open? People are very curious about this.
People's curiosity has cast a very mysterious layer on the Forbidden City.
In 1992, the Internet began to spread that someone saw 4 palace women on the wall of the Forbidden City.
It is said that several tourists originally followed the tour guide, and then broke away from the team on their own, took a path that no one knew, and suddenly the sky changed greatly, and a lightning bolt broke through the air.
It was the light caused by the lightning that made them see the palace women on the wall, like a projection, but very real, and someone pressed the shutter in fright, took a picture, as follows:
For a while, there was a lot of discussion, and many people said that they were afraid that they had accidentally run to the Cold Palace, after all, the Cold Palace was a place with "heavy yin qi".
Since then, many people have been convinced of the claim that the cold palace is not open because it is unclean.
In fact, in his later years, Puyi had already told the truth in his book "The First Half of My Life", subverted the cognition of many people, and also broke the rumors:
These places are very dilapidated, basically forgotten by the emperors, the Forbidden City is so large, the national treasury has no extra cost to repair the places that do not need to be used.
"Cold Palace" does not refer to a specific palace, but to dwellings that have been forgotten, have no cost to repair, and do not even have plaques, which are dilapidated and overgrown with grass, and are allocated to the inferior palace women and unfavoured concubines to live, collectively known as the "Cold Palace".
Even sometimes the "Cold Palace" is not a palace, just a corridor, and the historical Yu Concubine is pregnant in the aisle with two lives.
In addition, the entire Forbidden City declined in the 38 years before the founding of New China, and the "Cold Palace" that was not taken care of was even more unwatchable.
After 1949, it was finally time to manage this huge historical relic, on the one hand, to sort out a large number of cultural relics, on the other hand, to actively carry out architectural repairs.
First of all, a 5-year plan for governance and rescue was proposed, and then 10 craftsmen with special skills in "tiles and stones, paint and paint paste" were invited to carry out maintenance.
In 1973, a second overhaul was proposed, still a 5-year plan, this time in the face of the society to recruit 300 people, followed by the first batch of craftsmen began to build from the main building of the noon gate, to the southeast corner tower, known as the "second generation of craftsmen".
In 2011, a third overhaul was proposed, and this time it also attracted many people, as well as many experts involved, known as "three generations of craftsmen".
Repair is a very difficult thing, the first major repair, the most difficult is to remove 250,000 cubic meters of garbage, can build a 6 meters wide, 35 cm roadbed road.
The second repair they have to climb up and down to solve the natural damage caused by oxidation, mold, insects and other natural damage to the building, which is a kind of torture for people who are afraid of heights.
The third restoration lasted until 2020, a full 18 years, during which they sometimes had to stay on it all day until the work was completed in the face of inconvenient access to the palace.
It is conceivable that those cold palaces that have not been protected, how difficult it is to repair, how long the repair time is, and naturally not opened.
However, the Forbidden City said that the open area will reach 85% within 2025, which is not far from the day of seeing the Cold Palace.
The Forbidden City is not only a building, it is a museum, it is also a witness to history, even a part of history, it used to be the bearer of history, and now it is also the creator of history, the owner has unparalleled value, so I recommend this "The President of the Forbidden City Says the Forbidden City" for everyone.
Li Wenru, the president of the Forbidden City, holds first-hand information, using 180 private pictures to tell the 600 years of the Forbidden City, turning it over, not only a visual feast, but also a spiritual baptism, so that you do not have to visit the Forbidden City, you can still understand the Forbidden City perfectly, if you are willing to go to the Forbidden City, it is also the best tour guide book.