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More than 9,000 rooms in the Forbidden City, but this is the only place no one dares to stay: Visitors are scared when entering

Once one of the most important palaces of Tu Cam Thanh, why was Khôn Ninh later no longer inhabited?
The Forbidden City (Beijing, China) was the palace system of 24 emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Forbidden City is 960m long from north to south, 760m wide from east to west, with a total area of ​​720,000 square meters. This is the most complete and well-preserved ancient building system in China.

Map of the Forbidden City with more than 9000 rooms. Photo: Ton That Minh Khoi With the huge area of ​​the Forbidden City, many debates broke out to see how many rooms this project has. In 1972, architects conducted comprehensive statistics according to the standard “four pillars and one room” (that is, each anti-stall is equal to 4 columns, counted as one room). The statistical results show that the Forbidden City has a total of 9687 rooms. However, in all these rooms, there is a place where no one has lived for a long time, that is Khôn Ninh Palace. Cung Khôn Ninh The royal family members living in the Forbidden City all have their own residence: His Majesty lives in Can Thanh palace, the queen lives in Khôn Ninh palace, the queen lives in Tu Ninh palace, and the crown prince is Ninh Tho palace. Each place has its own meaning. If the Can Thanh sign represents positive, the Khôn Ninh arc represents the negative. Photo: Sohu The position of the queen is opposed to the emperor, the emperor is heaven, the queen is earth, so the word “Khôn” in “Khôn Ninh” is taken from the hexagram “Khone” in “Chu translated”, which means that the prince uses virtue to support all things. The bow name Khôn Ninh is understood as “Khone Geographic Security”, which means that this is a safe and pure place. Starting in the Ming Dynasty, the Khôn Ninh Palace was used as an impregnation for the queen. Red is the main color of Khôn Ninh to represent love and reproduction. The emperors would stay with their queen in this palace shortly after their wedding, wishing they could soon give birth to a son. After being ordained, queens will live in Khôn Ninh Palace until their death. If the queen moves out of the palace, it is usually for two reasons, one is that the emperor has died, the queen moves to the queen’s palace or, in a worse case, when the queen becomes unseen. A place such a good place to live, why later Khôn Ninh Palace becomes a gloomy place, no people live? “Hell” queen Contrary to the name of peaceful meaning, Khone Ninh Palace is considered to be a place full of waves. During the Ming dynasty, Emperor Chu – the queen of Minh Tu Tong Sung Trinh De hanged himself here. By the Qing dynasty, King Khang Hi had a total of 4 post-creation times, his two queens passed away inside the Khoneing Palace, which made Khang Hi extremely miserable and never married again. After these haunting events, Khôn Ninh Palace was left vacant for more than 30 years because it was considered a curse. The decoration inside the Khone Ninh Palace is only to serve the emperor’s wedding day, the rest of the year is used as a place of worship. Photo: Sohu According to experts’ analysis, the main reason why Khôn Ninh Palace was uninhabited was the policy of building Di Hoa Vien of the Qing royal family. Many concubines were moved to live in Di Hoa Vien, so the existence of the harem was very blurred, and the old Khôn Ninh Palace was also increasingly empty. Although always vacant, according to royal rites, this Khôn Ninh Palace is still the place where the emperor and the queen get married, they will live there for 3 days before moving to another palace. Later, the Khôn Ninh palace was used mainly as a place of worship for the Manchus deities. Although not often frequented by people, this place is still decorated with splendid architecture and interiors in accordance with royal regulations. However, being only used as a place of smoke for a long time without people living has made Khôn Ninh palace become dull and dull. The murky space and many dark legends will make visitors visiting the Forbidden City feel extremely scared when entering this palace.

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