Chairman Mao visited the Forbidden City three times, but each time he stopped at the city wall. Why? Could it be said that Chairman Mao had a unique understanding of the Forbidden City? The reason behind it has to start from the beginning.
Walking in front of the Forbidden City, the magnificence here makes people have mixed feelings.
The Forbidden City in Beijing carries thousands of years of Chinese history. For the Chinese, this is an extraordinary building with its grandeur. The vastness and vastness not only come from the red walls and black tiles and the splendor, but also from the past accumulated in the Forbidden City itself.
The Forbidden City is indispensable in the itinerary of Chinese and foreign tourists. Its beauty astonishes people all over the world, and Chairman Mao is no exception.
The first time Chairman Mao felt the vastness of the Forbidden City with his own eyes was in 1919. At that time, Chairman Mao and many young capable people walked into Peiping from south to north to explore new trends of thought to save the country and the people.
When Chairman Mao and Yang Kaihui passed by the gate of the Forbidden City, they couldn't help but sigh, the Forbidden City is so big, weren't the emperors in the old days lonely?
The Forbidden City in 1919 had not yet been opened to the outside world. Although the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was deposed, he still lived in it.
Therefore, although Chairman Mao was very surprised at the vastness of the Forbidden City at that time, he could not go in and visit it. But since then, the heaviness of the Forbidden City has been deeply imprinted in Chairman Mao's heart. For Chairman Mao, the beauty and splendor of the Forbidden City are somewhat contradictory.
The beauty lies in the magnificence and strangeness of the building itself. The contradiction lies in the fact that a deposed feudal emperor can still live in it, while so many displaced civilians do not even have a safe place to live.
Thirty years later, when Chairman Mao stepped into Peking again, he was already a leader who combined the spirit of the Communist Party and the hope of the people.
No matter how difficult and important the war is, cultural relics must be well protected. These are the cultural treasures of the Chinese nation that have accumulated over thousands of years.
Due to the fierce confrontation between our party and the Kuomintang reactionaries, Chairman Mao could have gone directly to Peking after arriving in Peking. He was ordered to use tough measures to attack the remaining Kuomintang reactionaries in Peiping, but Chairman Mao thought of the Forbidden City and those cultural relics.
Chairman Mao did not directly order the attack, but instead ordered the construction professionals to draw a detailed drawing as soon as possible, indicating where it could be attacked and where it must not be destroyed.
In this regard, Chairman Mao particularly emphasized that cultural relics are extremely valuable to the country, are indispensable treasures for a nation, and are historical and cultural treasures that the entire Chinese nation should jointly protect.
After the liberation of Peiping, the Party Central Committee specially allocated special funds for the repair and management of cultural relics, which shows that Chairman Mao and our party leaders attach great importance to cultural relics.
Since Chairman Mao had such deep feelings for the Forbidden City, why did he climb the walls of the Forbidden City three times without entering?
In 1954, Chairman Mao and two comrades visited the Forbidden City together. However, something strange happened. Chairman Mao just took a bench and sat on the tower, looking into the distance leisurely and contentedly, and did not forget to divide the fruits in his hands. Give it to your companions. The companions suggested to continue walking inside, but Chairman Mao waved his hand and refused.
If I didn’t go into the Forbidden City last time because I was busy with official business, then I should definitely go in and have a look when I go there for the second time, right? However, when Chairman Mao passed by the Forbidden City a few days later, he still only climbed up the city wall and looked far away, sometimes looking at newly unearthed cultural relics.
As expected, it was the same for the third time. Although Chairman Mao offered to take photos and take pictures, he still stopped at the city wall.
It can be seen that Chairman Mao cherished the Forbidden City and cultural relics very much, but for various reasons, Chairman Mao did not want to step into it. According to speculation and conjecture, there are two reasons.
The first one: Although the Forbidden City is a historical building worth seeing, it was once the palace of the old imperial power and old feudalism. The meaning of the Forbidden City is contrary to the ideas revealed by the New China.
The second one: Chairman Mao is the leader of New China and the leader of the people. The Forbidden City was once full of imperial power and autocracy. No matter how beautiful it was, Chairman Mao was unwilling to step into it.
The establishment of New China is like turning a new page in China's history. That crease means new life and hope for all Chinese people.
The Forbidden City certainly has its beauty, but when he thinks of the people and the country, Chairman Mao prefers to stop at the city wall and look at those Chinese treasures.
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