As we all know, the mainland has a history of nearly three thousand years of ancient architecture, but many ancient buildings were built in ancient times, withstood thousands of years of wind and rain, and many ancient buildings were completely destroyed because of slaughter, war and other reasons.
Although some ancient buildings have been baptized by history, they can at least be restored, which is considered to protect the cultural value of ancient buildings. Like all ancient buildings currently preserved on the mainland, only the Forbidden City at the Forbidden City in Beijing is typical. This ancient building in Beijing is important to our country. It not only has a rich architectural heritage, but also has a profound cultural heritage and artistic connotations. Therefore, it is very necessary for us to protect these precious cultural relics. Of course, this also requires the efforts of the whole society. As a national tourist city, Beijing is fortunate to have mysterious attractions such as the Forbidden City, as well as China.
But it is important to understand that the efforts made by people in ancient and modern China and abroad to preserve the Forbidden City are enormous. Just mentioning the more than 100 large and small fires that have occurred in the Forbidden City, the ancient buildings of the Forbidden City are more or less threatened. The most famous of these was the August 21 fire, which killed more than 600 people and injured more than 300 people. This cannot but be said to be a tragedy! After the fire, the wells in the Forbidden City were also severely damaged. Why? Fortunately, the 72 wells of the Forbidden City were cleverly set up to supply water for firefighting in time, and the ancient buildings of the Forbidden City were not destroyed.
But you must know that although the well of the Forbidden City is a well, the water here is not clean, so all the artificial water in the Forbidden City is drawn from the Yuquan Mountain outside the Forbidden City. And what is going on with these "floods" in the Forbidden City? Was it because the emperors wanted to use well water to water the flowers? (Figure 1). Why is there so many "well holes" in the Forbidden City? In this special program, what we want to share with you is that the deep wells of the Forbidden City are full of national treasures, but why has no one come to the rescue? Wonderful explanations from experts! When it comes to the wells of the Forbidden City, many people will think of a series of jumping wells in the Imperial Palace.
In ancient times, those who committed crimes in the court, fearing execution or repeated delays, often ended their lives by suicide. Therefore, before death, a "death and death" (i.e., "going to the grave") ceremony is held. The so-called grave is to bury the body of the deceased in the ground. Because it is buried in the ground, there is no smell. And some people in the palace jumped into the well, few people can know, so after a period of time, the body in the well stinks, and then know that the palace people jumped the well, basically impossible to rescue. In life, many palace people will bring some jewelry, or nail some jade pendants.
When the corpses became skeletons, these ancient jade artifacts and ornaments also became today's artifacts, some of which can be considered national treasures. However, there are some ancient jades that did not appear in ancient times, or even did not exist. So, who exactly lost these ancient jade artifacts? And how do you get it back? The story of the ancient jade lost and regained thus happened. So, why is the deep well of the Forbidden City full of national treasures but not rescued? According to experts, it's not really that it wasn't salvaged, but most of the wells in the palace were cleverly designed. Why do you say that?
This is mainly because the diameter of the wellhead can only go down the person is almost relatively small, like a strong man really can not go down. Just like in the Forbidden City, this well is smaller in diameter, and even people can't go down. If forced to go down the well, the danger is unimaginable. Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying of "drilling the sky to get things", which was to avoid irreparable losses caused by the collapse of the well wall. Here I would like to use this story to remind people: be careful! I have to say that the ancient design is very clever and impressive.