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The Chinese nation has a long history, has a history of more than 5,000 years, in the splendid and grand Chinese civilization, the ancestors of the "palace building" gave us the precious wealth.
Since the Xia Dynasty, there have been a total of 83 dynasties in China (such as the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties) and 559 emperors (such as King Wu of Zhou, Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, Gaozu of Tang, Taizong of Song, etc.).
Among them, the palaces where the emperors lived have always been loved by archaeologists, such as today's Nanjing, Luoyang, Xi'an, etc., which are the capitals where the emperor's palaces were once located.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the capital of the dynasty was transferred to Beijing, and Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt the palace here, which is today's Forbidden City.
But today, many people say that the Forbidden City is "too evil", so it will be closed at 5 o'clock in the evening, and 60 tons of pig blood will be used every year to suppress evil.
So, is this really the case? Today, I will take you to find out.
1. The 100-year history of the Forbidden City
The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, symbolized dignity and solemnity in ancient times, and the name "Forbidden City" came from "Purple Microstar".
Because the purple microstar belongs to the earth, the ancients believed that the "purple microstar" occupies the center of the sky in the five attributes.
It can represent the supreme power of the state and the supreme majesty of the emperor, so the emperor's palace was named "Forbidden City", located in the center of Beijing.
In the fourth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1406 AD), Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt the palace on the basis of the palace of the Dadu Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.
For this grand plan, he gathered a large number of people and famous carpenters and craftsmen among the people, and after designing the territory, he began to work.
According to historical records, at that time, many men in the prime of life in the people's families participated in the construction of the Forbidden City.
With a total of more than 1.3 million people, it took more than 10 years to complete the royal palace in 1420 AD.
From the Ming Dynasty to the abdication of the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in 1911, after more than 500 years, a total of 24 emperors ascended the throne and ruled the whole country.
The overall layout of the Forbidden City is rectangular, covering a total area of 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of 150,000 square meters, 753 meters from east to west, and 961 meters from north to south.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 1,630 palaces, and in the Qing Dynasty, the number of palaces reached more than 1,800, and there are more than 1,500 of them.
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the era of feudal dynasties in China came to an end, and the Forbidden City was transformed into the Palace Museum under the regulations of the state.
People can buy tickets to visit and really feel the place where the emperors, concubines and ministers lived and discussed politics hundreds of years ago. The Forbidden City has become an icon of Beijing and the whole of China.
However, there are more than 900 large and small houses in the Forbidden City, and not all of them are open to the public, and some courtyards are closed all year round.
Firmly closed with heavy chains, some curious tourists often run to the door, open the crack of the door to look inside, and some people even say that "the locked place is the real Forbidden City".
2. Strange rumors about the Forbidden City
In this way, some strange rumors appeared.
For example, in 2001, when an engineering team came to the Forbidden City for construction, one of the workers accidentally fell into a hole several meters deep, and the hole was pitch black.
Even in broad daylight, there was no light, and when I went inside, I found a large basement, and there were even traces of used candles on the surrounding walls and underground.
Some archaeologists speculated that this might be the place where someone had stolen the treasure, so they searched the basement for many days, but found nothing, and it was an empty basement.
Therefore, it was suggested that this house could be used as a "haunted house" to attract tourists to come and "explore".
Not long after this "haunted house" was established, some people reacted that "cold sweat broke out after entering" and "I couldn't come back to my senses for a few days and nights after returning home".
It turned out that some tourists entered the basement and were frightened by the surrounding darkness and eerie atmosphere.
In addition, the basement is not well ventilated, and it is easy for people to lose breath under fear, and this basement is also completely closed.
In addition to this, there is a legend that cannot be verified but has always been believed to be a real event.
It is said that once upon a time, an official accidentally walked into a remote room at night, and the door was immediately closed after he entered, and he could not open it.
He suddenly remembered that this room was one of the few houses in the Forbidden City that was not inhabited, and it was closed all year round, but he didn't expect that he actually walked in unconsciously.
The official shuddered, the darkness of his surroundings made it impossible for him to observe, and the white moonlight was shining through the window.
He felt a foreign object passing by him, and he made a noise from time to time, and he fainted with fright.
When he woke up, the officer found that it was already noon the next day, and he shouted for help, which happened to be heard by passers-by, so he was saved, and the room was later closed completely.
If the first two unverifiable stories are not convincing, then the following strange photo taken by someone with a camera makes everyone gasp.
In the 90s of the last century, a tourist was about to leave the Forbidden City in the evening when he accidentally saw several palace ladies walking by a red wall.
He immediately got goosebumps, why is there still a palace maid wearing Qing Dynasty costumes in modern society? Could it be that there is a crew here to shoot?
But the Forbidden City will not become a filming location, and it is about to close time, so the appearance of these people is too strange.
After a few seconds of brainstorming, he took out the camera in his bag without thinking, and quickly pressed the shutter towards the wall to take pictures of the palace maids.
After returning home, he uploaded the photo to the online forum as soon as possible, which immediately caused an uproar.
There have always been strange rumors about the Forbidden City, but there is no substantial evidence.
So there are many people who are skeptical, and the photo of this tourist undoubtedly brings convincing evidence to these rumors.
Some netizens have said that the Forbidden City is a royal palace, where twenty-four emperors and countless concubines have lived.
In the past few hundred years, I don't know how many palace maids and concubines who died with hatred, among which the more well-known ones are Concubine Zhen jumping into a well.
Therefore, in the Forbidden City, "the yin qi is too heavy and the resentment is too great", which is why there will be so many bizarre phenomena.
Some netizens also said that they had seen a well-equipped and neat army appear in the Forbidden City, and the soldiers in it were all armored and equipped with halberds.
This may be the folklore of "Yin Soldier Borrowing Dao", but soon someone came out to refute it, even if there is "Yin Soldier Borrowing Dao".
It also happened in the mountains and fields in the middle of the night, not in the Forbidden City in the city center.
Seeing that the discussion on the Internet is in full swing and everyone is telling the strange story of the Forbidden City, the state sent experts to the Forbidden City to check it out for themselves.
3. Explain all the strange things from a scientific point of view
After the expert team arrived at the Forbidden City, they immediately conducted scientific research, and in less than two days, they came to a conclusion and gave a reasonable explanation to the public.
In ancient times, craftsmen used a red pigment to decorate the walls when building houses (because red symbolized auspiciousness and festivity in ancient times, many palace buildings used red as the main color).
It can also be moisture-proof and moth-proof, and according to the method of making this pigment handed down by folks, archaeologists have found that it contains a substance called ferric tetroxide.
This is a relatively common chemical substance, and those who have learned this knowledge may know that naturally pure ferric oxide does not dissolve in acid solutions.
It can be converted into ferric oxide in humid air, and most of them are used in life to make old-fashioned tapes and tape recorders, and can also be used as a polish for pigments.
The wonderful thing is that because ferric tetroxide is naturally magnetic, if you use ferric tetroxide to make pigments and apply them to the wall, when you encounter lightning and thunder, stormy nights or strong light environments.
Perhaps the scene of the time will be mapped on the wall, and after that, if possible, the wall will reproduce the scene.
So all of this became reasonable, the tourist's so-called "palace maid photo".
Maybe it was a bright light or thunderstorm night hundreds of years ago, when several little palace maids were walking on the road, and they happened to be "recorded" by the wall.
Hundreds of years later, the visitor saw the scene on the wall by chance.
Due to too many so-called weird rumors from hearsay before, I was afraid, and subconsciously thought that the image in front of me was a real palace maid hundreds of years ago, and had the illusion that "there is indeed a person".
The so-called "the first palace maid in the photo covered her face with her hands, perhaps avoiding the flash of the camera" is even more nonsense.
If this is really the palace maid herself, how do they know that the tourists have a camera that can flash in their hands?
The only possibility is that this palace maid was wiping the rain from her face at that time, or was frightened by the thunder in the sky.
As for the "Yin Soldier Borrowing", perhaps it is a reason for this incident, and it is not difficult to explain.
The reason why the Forbidden City closes at 5 p.m. every day is because there used to be tourists who took advantage of the staff to get off work.
Sneaked in and took the "Eight Pages of the Emblem of Empress Ren in the Twenty Years of Kangxi" and five daggers carved from jade in the health palace.
The combined value of several items took a long time for the police to apprehend the thief.
Therefore, the Forbidden City has also changed to close on time at 5 p.m. every day, and special staff are on duty in turn.
epilogue
We live under the banner of scientific socialism and should not be deceived by hearsay.
As a royal palace with a history of nearly 1,000 years, the Forbidden City has antique buildings and gathers the wisdom of ancient working people and the fruits of civilization in previous dynasties.
We should go there to visit and study with an attitude of reverence and humility, and resolutely not desecrate the dignity of civilization and respect traditional culture.