The strongest door-to-door son-in-law

Chapter 1224 Unopened Area

The palace city is surrounded by a 12-meter-high and 3400-meter-long palace wall in the form of a rectangular city. There is a 52-meter-wide moat surrounding the wall, forming a castle with tight barriers.

The palace buildings of the Forbidden City are all wooden structures, with yellow glazed tile roofs, blue and white stone bases, and are decorated with magnificent colorful paintings.

The Forbidden City has four gates, the main gate is called Meridian Gate, the east gate is called Donghua Gate, the west gate is called Xihua Gate, and the north gate is called Shenwu Gate.

Facing the Shenwu Gate at the north gate, there is a Jingshan Mountain built of earth and stone, full of pines and cypresses.

After Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, seized the throne, he decided to move the capital to BJ. Construction of the palace began in 1406 AD and was completed in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty.

The wheel of history is rolling forward. In China's 500-year history, a total of 24 emperors lived in the Forbidden City and ruled the country.

As the capital of China, northern Beijing, especially with the presence of the Forbidden City, attracts many people to settle and travel.

I bought two tickets at the ticket office and walked into the Forbidden City together.

In fact, only a part of the Forbidden City is open to the public, and a large part is not open to the public.

There are many explanations for the specific reasons, but most of them are not convincing.

While walking and watching, Ye Feng told Li Ruoyun beside him some anecdotes about the Forbidden City.

According to legend, when the National Palace Museum was first liberated, security guards patrolling the Palace Museum at night often saw a strange animal that was very large, resembling both a mouse and a pig, and could run extremely fast.

People say that this is a palace beast kept by the royal family in the East and West Palaces.

Later, many people wanted to catch one or two, but it was almost 60 years ago and more and more people saw it, but no one actually caught one!
It is also said that there was a man who used to be a gatekeeper in the Forbidden City. He could hear people playing music every night, and sometimes he could see palace maids and eunuchs lining up to pass by.

A few years later, the caretaker gave birth to a child, but the child's physical condition has been in poor condition since birth. The elderly people in the neighborhood said that it was because the caretaker received a lot of yin energy in the Forbidden City, which affected the next generation.

Many courtyards in the Forbidden City are sealed and closed to tourists.

In the past, when some of the palaces and courtyards of the Forbidden City were not closed, some people either disappeared for no reason or died suddenly after entering these palaces and courtyards.

The police and the management of the Forbidden City invested a lot of manpower and material resources, but could not find the cause.

However, the dead who found their bodies all have one thing in common, that is, the bodies are shameless.

What's even more frightening is that there is a well somewhere in the Forbidden City. If you look down during the day, you will see rocks, weeds and the like at the bottom of the well.

But every time you look down after 12 o'clock in the evening, as long as there is a moon in the sky, you will see that what appears at the bottom of the well is not stones or weeds, but water, and what is reflected in the water is not your face...

There are many, many legends about the Forbidden City.

These anecdotes told by Ye Feng completely attracted Li Ruoyun's interest, so much so that he missed the tour guide's explanation of the history and culture of the Forbidden City.

With Ye Feng by his side, Li Ruoyun was not afraid of the myths and ghosts circulating in the Forbidden City, and he would ask Ye Feng some cute questions from time to time.

For example, what does the plaque in a certain palace mean and who wrote it; where the palace maids lived and where the eunuchs lived; and what did people in the Forbidden City do after dark when there was no electricity in ancient times.

As I kept walking with the tourists, I could hear the voice of the tour guide from time to time.

"Dear tourists, where we are now is the Inner Palace. This is the gate of the Inner Palace, Qianqing Gate."

As the tour guide spoke, he guided the tourists with his hands: "There are glazed screen walls on the left and right sides of Qianqing Gate, and inside the gate are the Housan Palace."

"The Qianqing Palace is at the front of the inner court of the Forbidden City. The Qianqing Palace is the main hall of the inner court, 20 meters high, with double eaves on the top of the verandah."

The tour guide took everyone forward. "There is a throne in the middle of the hall, with a plaque of 'Upright and Bright' inside, and warm pavilions at both ends. The Qianqing Palace was the residence of the feudal emperor. Before Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, this place was where the emperor lived and handled government affairs."

"After Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor moved to Yangxin Hall, but he still reviewed reports, selected officials and summoned ministers here."

The tour guide said vividly that in addition to enjoying the sight of the ancient royal buildings, he could also gain a lot of knowledge along the way.

"The western area of ​​the Forbidden City used to be called the 'Women's World', where the queen mother, concubines and concubines lived together. It has never been opened to the public in the 88 years since its establishment, so it is relatively mysterious."

"Women in the palace have plenty of time, so there are many gardens and Buddhist temples here..."

The tour guide's words reached Ye Feng's ears, and Ye Feng's heart moved. An idea came to his mind - go to Leng Palace to see it!

Among the unopened areas of the Forbidden City, the Cold Palace is prominently listed.

Watching TV dramas from the Qing Dynasty, there are often plots where the emperor banishes a concubine or even a queen to the cold palace.Those concubines would cry till they died. I think coming to the Cold Palace must be a very scary place for the people in the palace.

As soon as his curiosity arose, Ye Feng couldn't control himself. He quietly pulled Li Ruoyun away from the large group and chose a place with few people.

"Where are you taking me?" Li Ruoyun asked in confusion.

"Would you like to visit the Cold Palace?" Ye Feng replied mysteriously.

"Leng Palace?" Li Ruoyun was stunned, "It's not in an unopened area, so it can't be entered."

"Others may not be able to enter, but it's a piece of cake for me. What do you think, do you want to go to unopened areas with me?"

Everyone is curious, and Li Ruoyun is no exception. He nodded: "Okay."

So Ye Feng found a tour map of the Forbidden City, and the two of them visited the unopened areas.

Today, feudal autocracy and emperors have long been submerged in the advancing tide of history.

The only thing that can show the royal style and leave it to future generations is this huge Forbidden City.

Over the course of hundreds of years, the Forbidden City has witnessed many changes in power.

Although the veil of the Forbidden City has been lifted now, there must still be many secrets hidden in it.

After passing through a palace gate, there were even fewer tourists around Ye Feng.

The closer you get to the unopened areas of the Forbidden City, the fewer tourists there are.

The reason why this happens is that tourists know that they cannot enter unopened areas. Even if they find a way to enter secretly, they will face penalties if they are caught.

The second reason is that people who have entered unopened areas have either disappeared or died tragically inexplicably.

When word of this kind of thing spreads, coupled with the embarrassment of bad actors, tourists are even more afraid to set foot in unopened areas.

Five o'clock in the afternoon is the time when the Forbidden City closes its doors to clear out visitors.

It is said that that hour is the most dark time in the Forbidden City.

Many tourists feel that even in the sultry summer, the Forbidden City at 5 pm will make people feel cold...

(End of this chapter)