There is a folklore about the pair of China watches in front of Tiananmen Square: One year in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor asked for a pair of China watches in front of Tiananmen Square to be put in charge of by a minister. The minister found someone to build a timber factory specially for the royal family.
The owner of the wood factory did his best for the emperor, using fine stones, but he was too honest and frank to do such "traditional" things as giving money and gifts as others did. Then this imperial work is naturally not so easy to do. So someone handed the passbook to the emperor, saying that the boss used scraps.
The owner of the timber factory naturally heard the news, and he was very worried. The minister of supervision is here to investigate, but actually to find fault. The boss asked his friend all night, and finally his old lover gave him an idea.
The next day, when the supervisor came, there were already many people on the construction site. The supervisor wants to turn the stone over to see if there are any cracks. At this time, the boss said that he would set up a written evidence. If the stone is turned upside down and there is a gap, then the people in the wood factory and the supervisory minister will bear the responsibility; If there is no gap in turning it over, give up; But the stone is broken, and the supervisor is responsible.
In fact, the minister of supervision didn't intend to turn it over. He just wanted some oil and water, so he took care of this flashy thing. If the watch is not built, he will have to bear the responsibility. Maybe he will lose his mind and think it is not worthwhile. Finally, no one turned the stone over, so the owner of the wood factory made a Chinese watch with this stone. This is also the origin of the pair of China watches that stand in front of Tiananmen Square today.
Second, the Forbidden City Zhenfei Well is located at Zhenshun Gate at the northern end of Ningshou Palace in the Forbidden City in Beijing. This well is very small, surrounded by a fence. However, the original name of this well is Liu Lijing of Babel, but it is famous because the concubine of Emperor Guangxu was persecuted to death here.
Although Emperor Guangxu was an emperor, one of them had no right, and state affairs were actually controlled by Empress Dowager Cixi. At this time, foreign enemies invaded, and the minister of the DPRK suggested political reform. Emperor Guangxu agreed, so did his favorite consort Zhen, and Empress Dowager Cixi disagreed.
Empress dowager cixi hated the precious princess who helped Guangxu emperor reform, and ordered her to be put in the cold palace. During this period of time in limbo, thanks to the help of my sister Jin Fei, Zhen Fei's life is not too bitter.
Not long after, the Boxer Rebellion got up, killed foreigners and came to Beijing. Empress Dowager Cixi fled with Emperor Guangxu, but she didn't want to take Zhen Fei away. In order to prevent gangsters from breaking into houses and ruining Zhenfei's honor, they let Zhenfei throw himself into the well.
ZhenFei naturally won't agree, but a person with a group of handmaiden is impossible. However, Ren Zhenfei struggled to kick and drag, and was thrown upside down into the sweet glass well. The body was soaked in the well for more than a year, and it was not until the next year that it was salvaged under the mediation of Princess Jin. Since then, there have been rumors that if you walk by this princess well, you will hear crying inside.
Third, there are countless lions in Lugouqiao. Lugou Bridge spans Lugou River, with a total length of 266.5 meters and a width of 7.5 meters. Most people know something about the July 7th Incident because of the July 7th Lugouqiao Incident. 1937.
But this time we won't talk about this serious. There are lions carved on both sides of Lugou Bridge, with different shapes and movements.
It is rumored that the newly appointed Wanping county magistrate once heard that there are countless lions on Lugou Bridge. He doesn't believe it. He thought that the stone lions were crouching there and the length of the bridge was there, so he sent several guards to count the lions on the Lugou Bridge, but the guards counted them several times, and each time they counted them differently.
Wanping county magistrate believed in evil and personally counted several times, but each time it was still a different number, and it was countless.
Wanping county magistrate was exhausted. Until nightfall, Wanping county magistrate still didn't believe in evil and went to the bridge to count. As a result, he saw a group of lions playing on the stone pole of the bridge. These stone lions are actually alive.
It turns out that these stone lions were carved by Lu Ban when he was repairing the bridge. After carving, each stone lion was given a hammer, so all the stone lions survived, but they couldn't leave the bridge.
Crane in Palace of Gathered Elegance has a bronze crane at the entrance of Palace of Gathered Elegance, but this crane has an arrow wound on its left leg. According to legend, this crane was originally a wild crane. It flew to the palace and circled around Gan Long, especially from Nanshan to serve Gan Long.
But emperor Qianlong ignored him and felt very annoying. The crane kept sucking up to Emperor Qianlong, and turned around. When Qianlong got bored, he let him play in front of Palace of Gathered Elegance. From then on, the job is settled.
On one occasion, Qianlong went south. When Crane saw that Emperor Qianlong was absent, it was meaningless to stay here, so he planned to fly to the south to find Emperor Qianlong.
That day, Emperor Qianlong was hunting, and the crane found Qianlong and flew excitedly to flatter the emperor.
Emperor Qianlong only saw a big bird flying head-on, so he naturally planned to shoot arrows. At this moment, I heard the crane shout, "Long live Grandpa, it's me, it's me!" " I am here to escort! "At this time, however, the emperor's arrow has been shot out. Although it was a deliberate miss, it also hit the crane's left leg.
Emperor Qianlong was annoyed and angry when he saw the crane, and said, "Don't you have to work overtime in Palace of Gathered Elegance? Who wants you to escort, get out! "
The crane cut itself off and flew away in frustration. When the crane returned to Palace of Gathered Elegance, it just stood there with an arrow wound on its left leg. People say that cranes fail to flatter themselves and ask for it.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) turret The Forbidden City in Beijing is a square brick city. There are four turrets in each corner of the city, each with nine beams, eighteen columns and seventy-two ridges. These watchtowers are exquisite and look very beautiful. Who does this look like?
Legend has it that when Beijing was built, there were no four watchtowers, only thick and high red walls. One night, the emperor had a dream. In the dream, he dreamed of a city. There were buildings at the four corners of the city, which looked very delicate and he had never seen them before. When he woke up, he ordered four watchtowers to be built in the four corners of the Forbidden City, as he saw in his dream.