The bed of the emperor of China is only 1m wide, the reason behind makes many people surprised

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The emperor had thousands of beautiful ladies and concubines, the number of concubines and nobles could be said to be long, but most of them had their own palaces.

In the feudal society of China, the emperor was considered by the people as the son of the heavens, holding the whole world in hand. Therefore, the emperor is also a person who has a luxurious life, living in a most magnificent palace. Today, posterity can clearly visualize the life of the emperors when visiting the Forbidden City, also known as the Imperial Palace, Beijing, China.

The Palace is a large-scale palace with an area of up to 720,000 m2. It is reported that the Palace has 9,999 rooms. However, many tourists who have visited this place and had the opportunity to witnes.s the emperor's palace are amazed with the king's bed. Because in the minds of many people, the bed of the head of the world cannot have such a strange size.

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In fact, every bed in the Forbidden City has a length of about 2m, a width of only about 1m. For posterity today, this size is quite narrow but not only emperors, queens or concubines use the same type of bed. Because the regulation of the size of the bed in the bow is based on the following reasons:

Originating from the concept of the Chinese people

The ancients placed a great deal of importance on longevity, many emperors, to prolong their life, did not hesitate to go to the horizon to find the elixir of life, even they blindly believed in the physician who could prepare the immortals. medicine and lost his life.

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In addition to taking medicine, the ancients also used rituals and actions to convey their wish for longevity. For example, when meeting the emperor, the officials often shouted "Long live ten thousand years old" all meant to wish the emperor a long life. Obviously, the design of a narrow bed also has the same intention.

In Chinese, the pronunciation of the word "bed" (ò02;) is almost the same as that of the word "school" (长), the word "crou" (瘦) with a narrow meaning is homophonous with the word "tho" (寿). Therefore, the word "narrow bed" when pronounced closely resembles the word "longevity". From this auspicious meaning, not only in the royal palace but even in the junta also use such narrow sized beds.

This point is very different from today, modern people think that rest is very important for everyone's health. So to create comfort, no matter what style the bed is designed, they need to meet a basic need of spaciousness.

The design is compatible with the rooms in the palace

In addition, the second reason why the beds in the palace are narrow in size is due to the area of the rooms. In feudal times, the ancients considered the construction of rooms as a big deal, there were many taboos when building and arranging furniture.

Because the room is used for people to live in, the architecture and structure of the room will directly affect that person's luck. The ancients have a saying "Snail great man lacks iron pillar" which means that the building is too big, but please don't stay. They think that the room is too big, it will be easy for yang to leak out, disaster will follow.

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Therefore, in the royal palace, most of the rooms are designed to be the lowest and narrowest. They believe that the smaller the room, the more gas will accumulate, and the people in it will be very safe. Especially the bedroom will have an area of no more than 10 square meters. Thus, the bed will be selected with a small size to fit the room space.

Another thing is that the rooms in the palace often use wood to build. The weight of wood is limited, the smaller the crossbar, the stronger the room will be, and the bed will also be designed with a commensurate size for convenient layout.

Based on the number of conjugates in the palace

In the palace, the emperor had thousands of concubines and beauties, so the number of concubines and nobles could not be said to be in long queues. Most of them have their own palaces, the number of rooms that the court gives them is not a small number. However, the emperor only has one, it is not possible to visit all the concubines every day.

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Furthermore, most of the time, when the emperor chooses to impregnate his concubines, they will be taken to his palace. If the emperor goes to the palace of his concubine, according to the rules of the court, he will rest there for two hours and then return to his palace. Therefore, the court decided to save the budget by building the rooms of the concubines with a small area.

Through this, it can be seen that the ancients, in addition to designing the emperor's bed with a small size, meant to wish for a long life, but also showed that his every decision was carefully calculated to bring benefits. reality.

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