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The Forbidden City is a place full of mystery, and the stories that come out of it are wonderful, and every time I listen to it, I always feel that I can't get enough of it.
But for the rumor that there is no bird poop on the roof of the Forbidden City, it is really rumored to be miraculous, either there are "people" covering the birds who dare not be "presumptuous", or it is the power of heaven and deterrence, anyway, it is puzzling.
Why is that? Could it be that the Forbidden City really has some mysterious power that terrifies the birds?
A place where "birds don't poop".
The Forbidden City is believed to be a well-known place, where successive emperors have lived, and it feels very powerful and domineering from the outside, and it is unimaginably large inside.
It is hard to imagine how happy the emperors should be living in such a big "home".
But for such a good place, it is indeed a place where "birds don't", and the word "birds don't poop" originally described a place that is sparsely populated, very bad, and even birds don't come to.
So why is this term used in the Forbidden City? You must know that the Forbidden City is full of tourists every day, although it closes at five o'clock every day, but it is full of popularity.
In fact, the word "birds don't poop" is not a description here in the Forbidden City, but a thing, which means that the birds never on the roof of the Forbidden City, so the roof of the Forbidden City is particularly clean.
Even the birds don't stay on the roofs of the Forbidden City, so that they don't on the roofs of the Forbidden City, and thus say that the Forbidden City is a place where "birds don't".
There are many speculations about this phenomenon, and as far as I know, the first is that the Forbidden City is too powerful, and it is inhabited by successive emperors.
What is an emperor? They are all true dragon emperors, you can imagine how big the shock on the body is, for this kind of place, the birds dare not be presumptuous, afraid that the "son of heaven" will be angry and "cut the grass and eradicate the roots".
Secondly, it is said that the mysterious power of the Forbidden City is too strong, so that the birds are afraid of it, so they never dare to "solve" it here.
Another reason is that there are decorations on the roofs of the Forbidden City, and when they see those decorations, the birds are afraid, so they all go around the distance, so how can they defecate on the roof.
All kinds of rumors are adding mystery to the Forbidden City, after all, the story in the Forbidden City is really exciting, is this really the case?
In fact, it is not, these are nothing more than some superstitious statements, we have to believe in science, when we go to the Forbidden City, we really haven't seen birds standing on the roof in the Forbidden City?
There must be, and there must be bird droppings, but after fabrication and exaggerated embellishment, the matter is blown to the core.
So why is it that after so many years, the roof of the Forbidden City is still golden? Barely bird poop?
The design of the roof
It all started with our wise ancestors, whose ingenious roof prevented many birds from stopping on it, thus greatly reducing their excrement.
At that time, the status of gold symbols was very high, so a lot of gold was used in the construction of roofs, which also affected the landing of the birds.
When the golden color is irradiated by the sun, it will form a dazzling light, and the birds are very repulsive to such light, so when they encounter these lights, they avoid them.
There is also the material and design of the roof, so that bird droppings cannot defecate on the roof.
The roof of the Forbidden City is made of glazed tile material, which is very smooth to a degree you can't imagine, but if the birds want to stop in one place, they need friction.
Because it is too slippery, it is impossible to create friction and cannot stand on it for a long time, which causes the birds to be unable to defecate and go elsewhere to solve the problem.
In addition, the gap between the tiles on the roof of the Forbidden City is a little wider than the limit that the birds can hold, which also causes the birds to have no focus point, so they cannot stand on it, which makes it impossible to defecate.
These are the birds that can't stand on it, and some of the birds can stand on it, so why don't they have droppings?
Let's not forget the existence of glazed tiles, even if the birds stand on it, their excrement will still not be able to stay on it, and it will slide down well.
Even if you can't slide down, when it rains, it will be washed clean along the gaps in the glazed tiles, and I have to say that the wisdom of our ancestors is really very strong.
In addition, because the place where the birds stand is a corner of the roof, they do not line up against the roof when they defecate, but turn their bodies to face the outside, so that the excrement falls directly on the ground.
In this way, it seems that there is no feces on the roof of the Forbidden City, is it very reasonable, in fact, in addition to this main reason, there are many factors.
The design of the Forbidden City
I don't know if you have noticed that there is not a lot of vegetation around the Forbidden City, which makes birds unable to nest and shy, so few birds will make their home in the Forbidden City.
This will cause the birds to not live in the Forbidden City often, so that there will not be a lot of "domestic waste".
The second is that the Forbidden City has special personnel to take care of it, from ancient times to the present, in addition to taking care of it and repairing, so the Forbidden City is very clean, and the same is true for the roof.
Of course, another outrageous reason is that we can't see the roof, and we don't know how much feces there is on it.
When we go to the Forbidden City to visit, we also move a ladder and climb up to see if there is bird poop on the roof of the Forbidden City, and the roof of the Forbidden City is very high, how big of a ladder do you have to climb up?
In addition to these, there is also a situation where birds defecate while flying, so that the excrement will naturally fall on the roof, so don't you care?
This is going to go back, because it is a glazed tile, so the first is that it will slide down, and the second is that it will be washed clean after the rain.
Sometimes the bird's droppings contain grass seeds, which will fall on the roof with their droppings, which will grow grass on the roof, which will affect the overall appearance of the Forbidden City.
The staff will clean up and clean up the bird droppings very easily.
epilogue
The Forbidden City is a very majestic and magnificent place, every time you go in, you will have a different feeling, although it is an ancient building, but we are modern people, so we have to believe in science.
Everything happens according to its natural laws, and what we need to do is to find these laws, instead of wanton speculation and fabrication, so as to influence some correct answers.
Information sources:
1. The original article was published on October 23, 2021 on the surging news client about "[Rumor Crusher] There is no bird poop on the roof of the Forbidden City? ";
2. The original article was published on July 12, 2018 by Beijing Evening Online on "How many secrets are hidden in the "Golden Dome" of the Forbidden City? There are nearly 100 processes in the production of glazed tiles alone";
3. The original article was published on October 27, 2020 on the article "The Roof of the Forbidden City Really Can't Fall Birds?" glazed tile reflection restricts birds from staying";