1626 at 9:00 a.m. on May 30, 1626, a bizarre explosion occurred in the area near the Wanggong Factory Gunpowder Depot in the southwest corner of the capital Beijing City .
This big explosion is known as the three mystery of the world's three natural mystery, including ancient India " dead hill incident ", and the " Tungus Big Bang " in Siberia, Russia.
When the explosion occurred, the emperor was having a meal at Qianqing Palace . Suddenly, there was a loud noise and the hall was shaking. The emperor immediately took a personal guard and stood up and went straight to Jiaotai Palace . Unfortunately, as soon as I walked to Jianji Hall , the guard was hit by a wooden sill and tiles and died. Seeing this, the emperor rushed into Jiaotai Hall and hid under a table in the hall. The crown prince under the age of one year also died of frightened.
The famous historian Ji Liuqi in the late Ming Dynasty once wrote in "Mingji Beiluo": In 1626 AD, the sky was bright, the sound was like roar, the dim and dark as night, the city was flat and sinking, tens of thousands of houses and more than 20,000 people, and the area around Wang Gongchang was particularly corrupt.
Such a serious explosion attracted the attention of the court, and Emperor Tianqi sent someone to investigate the cause of the explosion. Some situations were indeed obtained, but the situations were gradually becoming bizarre.
Because it happened in Wang Gongchang, where gunpowder was stored, the emperor was angry and burned the place where he stored the gunpowder, and an explosion occurred. But the emperor discovered something unusual from it. Emperor Tianqi discovered that many people had disappeared without warning, and the surrounding residents were stripped of their clothes.
It is understandable that death from the explosion, but there is no corpse to be found, which is incredible, not to mention that there are some people who have been stripped naked for no reason. This made Emperor Aoki who was preparing to punish officials with imperial power fell into deep thought.
In the following time, people speculated that the explosion might be caused by meteorite , tornado, etc.
But we describe it in " Ming Shilu ": The changes in Wang Gongchang are like thunder in the ground. Gunpowder burned itself, smoke and dust covered the sky, rafters and tiles floated, and the daylight was dark. The northwest area is connected to four, and the houses are broken for about five miles. The emperor ordered the Xicheng Censor Li Canran to investigate the report. According to reports, more than 1930 houses collapsed, and 537 men and women were killed.
It is not difficult for us to find that Apocalypse Big Bang is actually caused by gunpowder explosion, not caused by meteorites or tornadoes. Moreover, in the "Ming Shilu", there are accurate records of casualties and damages, which is also logical and common sense.
This big explosion 400 years ago caused many casualties, which also tells us that we should strengthen the safety of gunpowder storage.
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