As the imperial palace of my country's Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City is the largest and best-preserved ancient building complex in the world. In the history of our country, 24 emperors have lived in the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City has a total area of ??720,000 square meters. Whether it is its appearance or its interior, it can show its grandeur. The Forbidden City can be called the most unparalleled masterpiece in history. But there is a legend about the Forbidden City that "birds cannot fall on the roof". So why is there no bird droppings on the roof of the Forbidden City? Is it really impossible for birds to fall on the roof of the Forbidden City? How did this legend come to be?
First of all, the Forbidden City is not really impenetrable. This statement appeared because the roof of the Forbidden City looked very clean. In addition, when this statement first appeared, cultural scholar Ma Wei said a similar point of view, which led to later generations believing it to be true. After that, people spread rumors and rumors about this statement. Cultural scholar Ma Wei said that birds cannot land on the roof of the Forbidden City because the designers have special considerations for the design of the roof, and the roofs of the Forbidden City are made of glazed tiles. The glazed tiles are particularly smooth, so birds cannot stay on the roof. There will be no excretion on the roof.
However, his statement was refuted by some netizens. In order to prove the authenticity of this statement, someone posted a video online. In the video, you can see that the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony is dozens of meters high. Mi, even if there are birds stopping, they are completely invisible to our naked eyes. Therefore, the authenticity of this statement needs further investigation. For the above two statements, some people asked experts engaged in the protection of ancient buildings to verify. Experts said that in the history of our country, there are no historical records recording that glazed tiles were used to prevent birds from stopping when houses were built in ancient times.
But according to some current scientific research, luminous objects will restrict the approach of birds or other animals. As we all know, the roof of the Forbidden City is made of glazed tiles. The glazed tiles will reflect light when exposed to sunlight, so they will have a certain impact on the birds' stay. The main purpose of the construction of the Forbidden City is to highlight the imperial power. The use of yellow glazed tiles is exactly this. A form of imperial power. The designers did not design this to prevent birds from landing on the roof. As we all know, the Forbidden City has staff to carry out weeding work every year, so if the roof of the Forbidden City really cannot let birds fly.
So where do grass seeds come from? The reason why grass grows on the roof of the Forbidden City is because the excrement of birds contains grass seeds. This is another indirect proof that birds can fall into the Forbidden City. Not just birds, some cats can also climb onto roofs. Moreover, it is impossible for designers to consider details like animals staying on the roof in the early design. Therefore, this statement is just a folk legend. It is not true that birds cannot land on the roof of the Forbidden City. Moreover, the smoothness of the roof of the Forbidden City may also be caused by the natural environment. The erosion of rain and snow can make the roof of the Forbidden City particularly smooth.