Friends who have been to the Forbidden City should have the impression that in the Zhenshun Gate at the north end of the Ningshou Palace of the Forbidden City, there is a strange well, Zhenfei Well.
The mouth of the well couldn't even fit a child, but the Empress Dowager Cixi pushed Concubine Zhen into it and drowned herself.
Zhenfei Well. It's weird to say.
AbsolutelyThere is something even stranger in the Forbidden City.
That isIn 1992, a row of ghosts suddenly appeared on the wall of the Forbidden City, all of whom looked like Qing Dynasty palace maids, although they only appeared for about 5 seconds, but they were photographed and recorded by tourists.
So, what is the ins and outs of the whole incident?The strange ghost of the palace maid, can it be explained by science?
Time to go backOne day in 1992, the sky in Beijing was gray and raining lightlyDespite the bad weather, there is still a steady stream of tourists visiting the Forbidden City.
Just when many tourists held umbrellas and lingered in various palaces of the Forbidden City, enjoying the rain scene,As a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, there were bursts of exclamations near the vermilion wall.
"Look!Palace maid!”After the lightning,A row of palace maids dressed in Qing Dynasty costumes appeared near the wall, and they went to the wall neatly side by side.
The walls of the Forbidden City.
When many people saw such a strange scene, they only felt that they were dazzled, and they couldn't help but rub their eyesBut in the interval of rubbing their eyes, the palace maids disappeared, and when they looked again, they could only see the original palace walls and the tourists who hurried to join in the fun.
The appearance of this group of palace maids took only about 5 seconds.
Luckily for you, thoughThere are still tourists who are quick to see and use the camera equipment in their hands to shoot and record.
The palace maid ghost incident.
Since then, there has been another strange incident in the Forbidden City - the palace maid ghost incident.
Since the Forbidden City palace maid ghost incident spread,Many people have begun to find ways to explain it with relatively scientific theories.
Among them,There is one of the most widely circulated and most popular explanations, which is the "ferric tetroxide video theory".
Iron oxide, an oxide of iron, iron oxide, is often used as a red paint in both ancient and modern times, and the red paint on the walls of the palace in the Forbidden City contains the substance ferric oxide.
Ferric oxide.
In the process of oxidation, iron will not only become ferric oxide, but also may become ferric oxide and ferrous oxide.
Among them, ferric oxide is a magnetic substance, so it is also called magnetic iron oxide.
Ferric oxide.
Interestingly,This magnetic iron oxide has the function of recording sound and video under certain conditions, such as lightning and thunder, and storms, just like a video recorder.
There is an issue in the column "Approaching Science", which talks about this matter.
It is said that in the valley of the horse trough in Luliang County, Yunnan Province, once there is a violent storm, there will be the sound of the ancient battlefield Jin Ge iron horse fighting, and the locals once thought that this was the rumored "Yin soldier borrowing the road".
Horse trough. But in the end, after an investigation by experts, it was foundThe area is rich in magnetite, which acts as a tape recorder, and when lightning and thunder roar, it will release the recordings of ancient wars.
As a result, the mystery of the local "Yin Soldier Borrowing the Road" was revealed.
So,The ghost of the palace maid in the Forbidden City is also caused by ferric tetroxide.
It's just that this place is more advanced than that in the valley of the manger, and the picture of the Qing Dynasty palace maid walking has been recorded......
Although the "ferric tetroxide video theory" is reasonable and well-founded, there are also big flaws in it.
I don't know if you have noticed,Since ferric oxide can play the role of a video recorder under certain conditions, and the entire Forbidden City uses iron oxide (ferric oxide) to make red paint, that is to say, the entire Forbidden City, every wall should contain ferric tetroxide to a greater or lesser extent.
That being the case,Why didn't other places record the scenes of the lives of the ancient palace ladies and concubines, not even the sound was left.
Qing Dynasty palace concubines.
Again,The number of tourists coming and going to the Forbidden City today is probably several times more than all the people who lived in the Forbidden City combined.
In this case, the probability of the "ferric tetroxide video recorder" recording tourists is naturally greater.
Visitors to the Forbidden City.
But,Dachuan has not heard of the rumors of "tourist ghosts" seen in the Forbidden City.
Judging from these facts, the "ferric tetroxide video theory" seems to be self-defeating......
Let's go back to the palace maid ghost incident itself to look at this problem.
The most controversial point of this problem is actually the ** taken by tourists, Dachuan checked a lot of information, and only found some fake pictures that were synthesized later, as well as screenshots of illustrations, but did not find the real **.
The ghost of the palace maid incident was reported on the Internet** (this is fake).
The palace maid was actually deducted from this **.
If the incident is true, that ** will naturally cause a huge sensation, and it will naturally survive to this day, just like the sensational Yingkou falling dragon incident.
The reason why the incident was so sensational was because there was ** corroboration, and there was evidence from the news publications at the time.
Yingkou dragon falling incident.
Therefore,As far as the palace maid ghost incident itself is concerned, Okawa believes that its authenticity may be doubtful at all, which is why science has not been able to explain the occurrence of this incident.
And back to the mystery of Zhenfeijing that Okawa mentioned at the beginning, speaking of which, this matter can only be regarded as an oolong.
It's simple to explainYou only need to look at a comparison photo to see it at a glance.
Comparison before and after the renovation of Zhenfei Well.
It's this comparison.
Above is the Zhenfei Well that we see today, and below is the Zhenfei Well of the past.
The reason why we think the well is weird is because we didn't know that it had been repaired.
When Concubine Zhen was pushed into the well by the Empress Dowager Cixi, the wellhead was large enough to accommodate an adult, and it was later repaired to become the wellhead ...... that we see that even a child can't plug in