Why must the Forbidden City close before 5 o'clock? What happened then?

Speaking of famous historical buildings in the world, for foreigners, many people may talk about the Colosseum in ancient Rome, the pyramids in Egypt or the hanging gardens built by one of the ancient civilizations. But when it comes to our country, many of us should say in unison that it is the Forbidden City in Beijing today.

Speaking of the Forbidden City, it has a history of several years. In fact, the Forbidden City was first established in the Ming Dynasty. Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, everyone should know that there was a supercilious dynasty known as "the emperor protected the country and the king died". In fact, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was not in Beijing at first. Because of the invasion of nomadic people in the north, the once uncompromising Ming Dynasty finally moved its capital to Beijing today, and then built the famous Forbidden City. With the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Forbidden City did not disappear with the demise of this great dynasty, so there was this magnificent and tall Forbidden City.

What Bian Xiao wants to talk about today is actually not the origin of the Forbidden City. I want to ask you a question, that is, why do you have to close before 5 o'clock every day during the visit to the Forbidden City? Speaking of this problem, many people may say; Because there is something unclean. In fact, the Forbidden City was closed before 5 o'clock not because of those ghosts and gods, but mainly because of other problems; First, it is convenient for staff to check the equipment inside the Forbidden City; The second nature is for the safety of tourists. After all, the Forbidden City covers a huge area, so it is not surprising to get lost in it.

But these are not the main reasons. In fact, the main reason is that something happened 59 years ago, which made the Forbidden City close on time at 5 o'clock every day. That used to be a Shandong man named Wu Qinghui. In order to steal some valuables from the Forbidden City, he hid after it closed. He didn't come out to commit crimes until dark, and finally succeeded in stealing the cultural relic "The Golden Book of Emperor Kangxi". However, it didn't take long for the thief to be successfully caught. It is for this reason that not only Wu Qinghui was sentenced to life imprisonment, but also the Forbidden City has the habit of closing at 5 o'clock every day on time.

Will you be disappointed when you know this reason? In fact, we don't know whether there are ghosts in the world, but in the palace at the foot of the son of heaven, how come even ghosts are so rampant in front of people? Of course, this is just a joke. Maybe the next time someone asks this question, everyone can really answer it for others and show their self-knowledge.