Beijing Forbidden City is a royal palace in my country’s Ming and Qing Dynasties, commonly known as the Forbidden City. The material cultural heritage is extremely famous even on the list of world material cultural heritage. At the same time, the Forbidden City also has many achievements that cannot be surpassed. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world.
Because of the large scale of the overall building and the long history, the Forbidden City hides many unknown secrets, such as The Hall of Mental Cultivation, where many emperors liked to live in the Qing Dynasty, has become a famous tourist attraction.People find that this place is cold and humid all year round, which is completely inconsistent with the masculine temperament of the emperor. What’s the reason? The staff got the answer by prying open the floor tiles.
01The Hall of Mental Cultivation span>
The Hall of Mental Cultivation was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It is located on the west side of the Qianqing Palace of the Inner Court. At the beginning, this palace was not used for living. , but the manufacturing office in the palace, specializing in the production of some imperial supplies. In short, it is a workshop inside the palace.It meets the needs of the daily necessities of the royal family, but it is such an inconspicuous In the Qing Dynasty, the place turned into a palace where the emperor lived.
At first the change of use of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was due to the fact that Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty had no intention of the government, and Wei Zhongxian interfered in the government and held the power alone. Therefore, Emperor Xizong of Ming Dynasty used Yangxin Hall as his office space. In addition to being lazy, it was also convenient to handle military and political affairs.When the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Yongzheng didn’t know why he liked this place, and he always liked it on weekdays. Working in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, over time, this place has become the emperor’s office, and some of the original equipment of the building office has been gradually removed, and began to be arranged as an office specially built for the emperor.
After Yongzheng, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty also Following the example of the previous emperor, he has been working and resting in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so that the Qianqing Palace, which was originally built for the emperor, was gradually forgotten. Decorations were moved here, and the place became the residence of the eighth emperors of the Qing Dynasty. I have to say that the Hall of Mental Cultivation is a bit surprising to be “solely favored”, but judging from the performance of these emperors, the Hall of Mental Cultivation should be a good place, not only because of the good meaning of the name, It may well be that the environment of the palace is very habitable, but the opposite is true.
02Cold and damp, making people uncomfortable
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I believe that many friends who have been to the Forbidden City or have been to the Hall of Mental Cultivation will know something about it. Don’t look at it as the palace where many emperors live, but it is actually not as grand and bright as we imagined. , In addition to being magnificent, it gives people a more gloomy feeling.
It stands to reason that the place where the emperor lives must choose a location with better feng shui, with better lighting Naturally, it is also the best, but the Hall of Mental Cultivation does not meet this requirement. On the contrary, when many tourists visit the Forbidden City, they pass by the Hall of Mental Cultivation and find that this place not only does not give people the kind of yang, but also shows some coolness. Recently, it was found that it was dark and damp, and the floor tiles were obviously not very dry.
Be aware that this is a place to live. If you live in such an environment for a long time, you will easily suffer from some diseases. It will also accelerate the aging of the overall wooden structure due to the indoor humid environment, which is not a good place to live from any point of view.So some people speculate whether the feng shui of the Hall of Mental Cultivation is not good. This situation was caused, and the explanation by the staff at the time was only because the air conditioner was turned on in the Forbidden City, and the location was relatively remote, and the overall air circulation was not very good, so this happened. anomalous phenomenon.
But later, experts also found that things were not imaginary It is so simple, because even if the air conditioner is turned off, there is still a lot of water vapor in this place, which has caused a lot of disadvantages for the preservation and later repair of the Yangxin Temple. There are many precious cultural relics, many of these cultural relics are wooden materials. If not improved, this cold and humid environment is likely to cause irreversible damage to these cultural relics. Considering these factors, many experts have begun to study this place to work out a reasonable solution.
03The Secret Under the Floor Tiles of the Hall of Mental Cultivation
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In order to find the truth, the staff searched several times, but could not find any relevant clues. Finally, they accidentally discovered that there was something strange under the floor tiles of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so they applied to pry open the tiles of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. It doesn’t matter if you pry, a pry discovers a huge secret. There are two passages hidden in His Highness Yangxin. Of course, these two passages are not secret passages used for entry and exit, but are similar to exhaust.Or the exhaust channel.
Through research, we found that these two channels have their own uses, one is fire Road, one is a water channel, and the fire channel is activated in winter, because the winter in the north is very cold, and there were no heating facilities in ancient times, so building such a channel is a simple thermal cycle. There are special people burning fire at the other end of the palace, so that the fire will enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation through this passage, making the whole room warm.
The opposite is true for watercourses, which are used in summer to infuse cold water through the evaporation of water vapour and the movement of water flow to cool the room as a whole.Although this method is old and simple, it is the biggest standard that can be done at the time. Anyway, this method can still make The Hall of Mental Cultivation realizes the purpose of being warm in winter and cool in summer.
But unfortunately, after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the There is no one to take care of the heart hall. The fire path is fine and has been kept dry, but the water path cannot be cleaned in time, and the lighting in this location is also poor, which leads to a large amount of water vapor still gathering in the ground. Over time, As a result, the Hall of Mental Cultivation began to be cold and damp. After the staff cleaned up the hidden water vapor, it finally returned to normal environmental conditions.
04Conclusion
Although raising The secrets hidden in the Heart Palace have been revealed, but there are still many secrets in the Forbidden City, waiting for people to discover. Behind the ancient city walls are the painstaking efforts and wisdom of countless craftsmen. The architectural craftsmanship has contributed to the beauty of the Forbidden City and the unique charm of this material cultural heritage. In our generation, the cultural relics left by our ancestors must be well preserved, so that more descendants can also see the beauty of ancient Chinese architecture. style and character.
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