It is strange to insert an arrow on the plaque, not to mention on such an important door. So where did this arrow come from and why hasn't it been cleaned?
There are two versions about the origin of this arrow.
The first theory is that during the Chongzhen period, when Li Zicheng went to Beijing and the Forbidden City in Beijing, he shot an arrow at Zonglongmenkou in order to throw his weight around, which was an insult to the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. This statement can easily be overturned, because the memorial tablet of Long Zongmen was written in Manchu and Chinese, and it can't be left before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
In other words, this is the arrow left by Tianjin when it entered the palace. Emperor Jiaqing left this arrow to warn himself and future generations. What is the possibility of this statement?
First of all, can we have a look? Shinrikyo left arrow? Where did the statement come from? 197 1 year, under the instructions of Premier Zhou, Mr. Guo Moruo took the lead in compiling the Introduction to the Forbidden City, which described this thrilling story!
In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing, Tianjin attacked from Henan and Shandong all the way to Beijing, ambushed outside Beijing, and later entered the palace from the inside. Tianjin Wei and the palace guards fought fiercely near Longzongmen, and the arrow hit the plaque, so they stayed. Introduction of the Forbidden City:? This is a glorious relic of the heroic struggle of the people of China. ?
However, in historical materials, there is no such record of the sensational anti-Qing activities of Tian Li. Tian Li was a non-governmental anti-Qing organization that appeared in Qianlong and Jiaqing years, and it mainly lived in Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas. With the growing organization, even in the palace, there are believers in Tianjin. At that time, Lin Qing and Li Wencheng, the leaders of Tientsin, led believers to hold an armed uprising. What is their slogan? Kill officers and soldiers to cope with the disaster? ,? If you want to eat white flour, unless Lin Qing sits in a temple? .
On the day of the rebellion, Lin Qing bribed the prison in the palace and gathered people to break into the palace. At that time, Emperor Jiaqing was not in the Forbidden City and was on his way back from the summer resort. These Tianjin believers entered through insiders from Donghuamen and Xihuamen. Some of them took off their coats to show their blades because of a dispute with coal merchants, and were seen by guards, which quickly aroused their vigilance and closed Jingyunmen.
Later, the news that the conspirators entered the palace reached the ears of Prince Mianning, who ordered the immediate closure of the palace gate and urgently sent princes and guards into the palace. At this time, some Christians have entered the Forbidden City and gathered outside Longzong Gate. The parishioners tried to climb over the palace wall because the Dragon Gate was closed. At this time, Mianning had come with guards and killed them with guns. Soon, a large number of officers and men arrived, and these Christians who only had short knives were outnumbered and were quickly eliminated by officers and men. Although some believers gathered in Tianjin and broke into the palace, it was only an activity within the church. The mass base was not extensive and it was not supported by public opinion. It was blind and impulsive, had no strategy, and finally lost.
When Emperor Jiaqing came back, things calmed down. He was furious and wrote an apology letter, claiming that this was? What didn't happen in Han, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties? . The reason why these believers can enter the palace smoothly is because the eunuchs in the palace are insiders. Afterwards, Emperor Jiaqing severely reprimanded the palace defense.
As can be seen from historical data, Tianjin believers who participated in the riots at that time did not use arrows, but hid daggers in their clothes and mixed them into the Forbidden City. If these believers use bows and arrows, they can easily be found outside the palace, and they have no way to sneak into the Forbidden City.
So how did this arrow come from?
Mr. Wukong, the former deputy curator of central research institute of culture and history, once mentioned the arrow of the Dragon Zongmen in Miscellanies of the Forbidden City. He found that the arrow was inserted in a strange direction, because the tail of the arrow was very high, so he thought that the arrow should be shot from a high place. Mr. Wukong consulted many experts such as Shan Shiyuan and Zhu Jiajin. They all said that the arrow on the tablet of Longzongmen was not left over from Jiaqing period, and the legends of Li Zicheng and the rumors of Tian Li could not be found in historical materials.
In order to find out the origin of this arrow, Mr. Wukong even consulted the old workers who were in charge of construction at that time. According to the memories of several workers, they cleaned and restored Zonglongmen in the 1950s. At that time, there were many arrows on doors and plaques. The workers cleaned all the arrows one by one, but the hole left by an arrow on the plaque was too deep, so the workers inserted it with an arrow. This also explains why the arrow is inserted from top to bottom.
Then why are there so many arrows left on the door of Longzong in the 1950s? Some people say that this was left by Eight-Nation Alliance when it invaded China; Some people say that Puyi left it with a group of dude archery in the palace. After all, Puyi once removed the threshold of the palace because he learned to ride a bicycle. It is also said that after the Forbidden City was abandoned in the Republic of China, some people came to the Forbidden City to play pranks. No matter what the statement is, there is no definite evidence. After all, the source of these arrows is difficult to trace. What is certain is that this arrow will never be left over from Jiaqing years.
Now some experts have refuted the rumor. Why does the arrow still stay above the Longzongmen after several large-scale renovations in the Forbidden City? After all, in the 1950s, A Brief History of the Forbidden City edited by Mr. Guo Moruo, the story of Tianjin was still very popular. Today, we can still hear this legend in the mouth of the tour guide. At that time, the editor used this arrow to promote anti-feudal thoughts, and now this legendary story makes this door an online celebrity.
Perhaps it is not a bad thing for tourists to have such an arrow in this palace that has experienced the history of two dynasties. Today, it has become one of the attractions of the Forbidden City. After all, this is a palace full of stories and history!