The Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City, is now the Palace Museum. Speaking of the Forbidden City, I believe everyone is familiar with it, and even anyone can say a few words of his own understanding. At the beginning, many people's impressions of the Forbidden City were legendary, such as Princess Pearl, War and Beauty, Emperor Kangxi, Walking on Thin Ice and The Queen of the Palace. Aside from the story color of the Old Palace in literary novels and film and television dramas, we can learn more about the Forbidden City, which is a well-deserved world-class cultural and artistic hall from its initial construction to historical inheritance, from architectural art to cultural relics collection.
In this way, visitors to the Forbidden City are in an endless stream. Careful tourists will find that no matter how high the outdoor temperature is, hall of mental cultivation always feels very cold every time you walk into the Forbidden City. Why does the Forbidden City hall of mental cultivation always feel damp and cold? In order to find the answer, the experts pried open the floor tiles in hall of mental cultivation and were immediately frightened by what they saw. What's under the floor of Yangxintang? This has to start with the construction of the Forbidden City.
The construction of the Forbidden City originated from the migration of the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Judy, the Yan king of the Ming Dynasty, launched the battle of Jingnan, seized the regime of the Ming Dynasty from her nephew Zhu Yunwen, became the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and changed her name to Yongle. In history, this kind of change and struggle within the royal family is called the change in the south of Beijing, and it is this change that led to the emergence of the magnificent Forbidden City. After Judy ascended the throne, she changed the tradition of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and often brought government affairs to Miyagi, Beijing, instead of Nanjing, the capital.
There are many conjectures about the surprising move that Emperor Yongle often left the capital Nanjing and chose to stay in Beijing. And the emperor doesn't stay in Nanjing, the capital, but always goes to Beijing. How can it not make people suspicious? Therefore, some scholars suspect that Judy chose to leave Nanjing because she avoided this bloody and difficult change. The real answer is unknown. Regardless of the subjective factors that Emperor Yongle was so keen on going to Beijing to enter the palace, with the frequent visits of emperors in previous dynasties, Beijing's population increased sharply and its economy and culture developed rapidly, which can be said to be one of the important "metropolises" in the Ming Dynasty.
It was not until the fourth year of Yongle that Ming Chengzu made up his mind and reached an agreement with his ministers to move the capital to Beijing. It is not easy for a dynasty to move its capital. The most important thing is to have a palace that can represent the imperial power, symbolize the supreme leadership of the country and show the royal majesty. After consulting with his ministers, Judy decided to build a more magnificent palace in Beijing, imitating the model of Nanjing Imperial City. As a result, the Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty was finally completed in the fifteenth year of Yongle after 1 1 year of preparation, and the construction took three years.
Following the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty, the new palace constantly staged new stories about the political rights and infighting of the harem. The construction of the Forbidden City in the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the pinnacle of China's ancient architectural art and the shape of Miyagi. Both architectural details and etiquette culture show the prosperity and national prestige of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, there is no eternal glory. Hundreds of years later, the glory of the Ming Dynasty fell under the iron horse of the Qing Dynasty. The vast loess is no longer the world of Emperor Zhu.
The imperial palace, which once showed its national prestige, also had a new owner, and has since become the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty. It was not until modern times that the last emperor Puyi was forced to move out of the Forbidden City, which ended the historical mission of the feudal palace since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the founding of New China, the Forbidden City became a museum for people to visit and study.
Even after more than one hundred years, the Forbidden City still stands as before. Despite the change of dynasties, the buildings in the Forbidden City are still well preserved. Just like this, whenever tourists feel the humidity and cold in hall of mental cultivation, the Forbidden City, they will always wonder whether it is equipped with air conditioning. On the contrary, the cold in hall of mental cultivation of the Forbidden City is not caused by air conditioning. So how did the humidity and cold in hall of mental cultivation come from? What unknown construction techniques were used in the construction of the Forbidden City?
It is normal for people to have doubts about the humidity and cold in the Forbidden City. After all, the Forbidden City has always been the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the "home" of the emperor, and represents the supreme power of a country. As the supreme ruler of ancient feudal society, the emperor naturally has the absolute right to enjoy the highest level of material life. But it is puzzling that hall of mental cultivation, where the emperor handled government affairs and discussed state affairs, was so cold and humid that it would be uncomfortable to stay for a long time. This is completely against the normal law. Maybe there are architectural "secrets" in the hall of mental cultivation of the Forbidden City that we don't know.
With this question, the staff of the Forbidden City pried open the floor tiles of hall of mental cultivation during a comprehensive construction of the Forbidden City, and finally lifted the doubts that have been lingering in the hearts of countless people for a long time. There is really a "technical secret" in the coldness and humidity of Yangxintang. When the research experts in the Forbidden City saw the dense and orderly water pipes under the floor tiles in hall of mental cultivation, they were startled on the spot. No one expected that there would be such a building structure under the resplendent hall of mental cultivation, and they were even more amazed at the creativity and wisdom of ancient ancestors.
According to the survey results and literature, experts in the Forbidden City finally figured out the purpose of the water pipes under the floor tiles in hall of mental cultivation. It turns out that as early as the beginning of the construction of the Forbidden City, considering that the entire palace complex is all made of wood, we should pay great attention to fire prevention. In addition, the palace building is large in scale and the overall space is relatively wide. To make the emperor live comfortably, it is necessary to solve the problem of Leng Xia heat in winter. Especially in winter, it is definitely impossible to provide warmth and cold protection for the emperor like burning a kang.
All things considered, there are water pipes under the floor tiles. In winter, when the weather is cold, hot water can be injected into the water pipe to maintain a relatively suitable temperature in hall of mental cultivation. It is very hot in summer. If you pour cold water into the water pipe, it will be cool in Yangxintang. This kind of water pipe "controls the temperature", much like the "manual version" air conditioner.
It must be said that the creative spirit and labor wisdom of the ancient people are the source of China's splendid civilization for 5,000 years, which can provide endless vitality for the long-term development of the Chinese nation. Just like the Forbidden City built in the Ming Dynasty, the exquisite architectural details and superb technical content are amazing. The arrangement of sewer pipes for floor tiles will solve the long-standing problems. I believe that when more people visit the Forbidden City in the future, they will feel the humidity and cold in hall of mental cultivation and admire its exquisite architectural technology in their hearts.