Why the Forbidden City was not destroyed by the invaders

Reason: In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing on the way to be blocked by the Boxers, when the army advanced to Beijing, it took a lot of time to enter the outer city of Beijing, on the eve of entering the outer city of Beijing, when Cixi and others who lived in the inner city of Beijing, that is, the Forbidden City, hurriedly fled, they sued for peace with the Eight-Nation Alliance, asking the Eight-Nation Coalition not to enter the city of Beijing, and at the same time, in order to give the Eight-Nation Coalition a good face, ordered the remaining Qing army to exterminate the Boxers, However, the Eight-Nation Coalition did not agree to this peace condition, continued to march to Beijing, and ransacked the entire outer city of Beijing, and for the inner city, that is, the Forbidden City, because the Eight-Nation Coalition Army considered that it would sign the "Xinchou Treaty" with the Qing ** after the war, so the destruction of the Forbidden City was only stationed in the Forbidden City, and did not do the kind of action like the looting of the outer city of Beijing, but the Forbidden City was also damaged to a certain extent, but it was generally intact.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Forbidden City at that time has become the Palace Museum, before the Japanese army entered Beijing, Zhang Xueliang at that time had ordered someone to escort the important national treasure to the south with a special car, the treasures left in the Forbidden City were very few, at that time the Japanese army was mainly staring at the national treasure train, not many troops were placed in the Forbidden City, in addition to the foreign envoys stationed in Beijing at that time, the Japanese did not dare to take big action against the Forbidden City for the sake of international face, the above reasons are the reasons why the Forbidden City was not completely destroyed.

Because the Japanese have respect for ancient Chinese civilization, they are embarrassed to say what they destroyed compared to after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Some time ago, there was an earth-shattering news on the Internet, Notre Dame Cathedral in France suffered a serious fire, the fire of Notre Dame Cathedral almost destroyed this 800-year-old civilization, and the Forbidden City, as an ancient building with a history of more than 600 years in our country, has been well protected, on the one hand, our country's protection of cultural relics is in place, on the other hand, it is also related to the structure of the Forbidden City building itself. <>

As we all know, the Forbidden City is actually what we now call the Forbidden City, the name of the Forbidden City comes from the "Purple Micro Star", because the Purple Micro Star belongs to the soil, and the ancients believed that the Purple Micro Star is located in the center of the firmament, and the Forbidden City is located in the center of Beijing, and at the same time it is the center of power, hence the name. The Forbidden City was once the palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, with more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses, and is one of the largest and most well-preserved ancient buildings in the world. <>

In the 600 years of the Forbidden City, it has experienced more than 200 destructive ** and retreated unscathed, because of the use of the structure of the dougong. Dougong, also called 枓栱, Douke, is a characteristic structure of Han architecture, and it can be traced back to the history of thousands of years. The bucket arch bears the roof on the top and the column below, and has always played the role of standing up to the sky and the earth in the ancient building.

It is precisely because of the existence of the dougong structure that the Forbidden City can stand proudly. To this end, the staff and a foreign carpenter also did an experiment to prove, they according to the scale of 1:5, with the bucket arch structure to copy the mini version of the Forbidden City model and carried out a simulation test, the results of the mini Forbidden City no matter what wind and waves it faces, its foundation is always stable.

Moreover, our country set up the Forbidden City Fire Special Service Squadron in 1975, which has continued to this day, under their strict defense, the Forbidden City has never had a fire for more than 40 years, and the Forbidden City is equipped with 94 high-pressure fire hydrants, 4866 fire extinguishing appliances, and 55 fire extinguishing plans are specially designed to ensure that the Forbidden City is foolproof.

The reason is that people are well protected now, there has not been large-scale destruction, and the reason is that when it was built, it was built with the best materials and the strongest building structure.

On the one hand, every owner of the Forbidden City cherishes and cares for the Forbidden City, and will regularly carry out a series of repairs to the Forbidden City; On the other hand, ordinary people cannot go to the Forbidden City, which reduces the probability of man-made damage.

Personally, I think that on the one hand, because the Qing Dynasty emperor lived here, so the protection is very good, and on the other hand, it is the dougong structure designed by ancient craftsmen, so that the Forbidden City can be preserved to this day.

Before the Qing army entered the customs, there was a Forbidden City in Shenyang, and after the unification of the Central Plains, the Qing Dynasty concluded that Beijing should be selected as the capital from the ruling experience accumulated by the political, economic and cultural records of various dynasties in history.

1. Beijing has complete facilities, and the imperial palace and other buildings have been rebuilt in the province.

2. The capital of Daming was declared, and the intention to seize the Ming Dynasty was declared, and the confidence of the resistance forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty was hit.

3. Beijing is near the mountain customs, in case the war is unfavorable, the Qing army can directly retreat to the nest outside the customs, so as not to fall into the Central Plains battlefield. Near, attacked, retreated, and defended.

4. Beijing is the closest to Guanwai and Mongolia, and can get the support of the garrison outside Guanxi and various Mongolian ministries nearby.

This is the reason why the Qing Dynasty retained the Forbidden City after it entered the customs and unified the country.

Because I am reluctant to dismantle it, I can continue to use it. Such a luxurious palace, except for Xiang Yu, few people would be stupid enough to burn it.

The abdication of the Qing Emperor was an agreement to keep the Forbidden City as a royal property.

I don't say so many boring historical arguments to argue. For example, the two countries are at war. One destroys another. You are the emperor of the victorious side. Do you think you will burn all the gold, silver, and jewels of the enemy? The Forbidden City is worth more than gold, silver, and jewelry.

How much financial and human resources are needed to tear down and rebuild, enough to crush the Manchu rulers who have just entered the customs, do what you can, and live there.