Why is there a scar on the Jinshi Bridge in front of Tiananmen Square?

The stone lion in front of Tiananmen Square in the Forbidden City is the facade of Tiananmen Square, but many tourists will find that two of them are incomplete and have obvious scratches. Legend has it that these wounds were not deliberately destroyed by later generations, but existed in the Qing Dynasty. So why didn't the Qing emperor, who was very concerned about the face of the royal family, replace these stone lions? It was Li Zicheng who left this scratch.

At that time, Li Chuangwang's army was on its way to Beijing, and Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty felt guilty and killed his princess before hanging himself. Li Chuangwang hit the gate all the way, and the eunuch at the gate surrendered and immediately opened the door to meet Li Zicheng. When Li Zicheng rode a burly horse and led a mighty army to Tiananmen Square (then called Chengtianmen Gate), he was shocked by the grandeur of the palace and stopped to look up! Because it was night and the light was not very good, Li Zicheng ordered people to hold the torch higher so that they could see it clearly! Suddenly, Li Zicheng seemed to see a shadow moving behind the stone lion.

The instinctive reaction made Li Zicheng lift his steel gun and stab the stone lion. The shadow immediately jumped behind another stone lion, and Li Zicheng stabbed it again ... The shadow was caught. It was Li Guozhen. It turned out that when Li Guozhen saw that Beijing was broken, he wanted to escape. He happened to meet Li Zicheng and had to hide behind the stone lion, but he was still found.

Thanks to Li Guozhen, these two stone lions are scarred! Later, the Qing army did not replace or repair the stone lion after entering the customs, in order to warn future generations!