How much do you know about the bricks on the floor of the Forbidden City?

People will write with admiration when describing the grand occasion and ceremony of the prosperous times? The tree is wrapped in brocade? 、? Brick floor? It was taken for granted that this was a writing technique, but when people saw countless gold, silver and jewels and countless antiques in the palace, they vaguely felt that the description in the book really exaggerated the Forbidden City, a blessed place that gathered all the wealth in the world, and whether it was really paved with gold bricks. ?

When the Forbidden City was built in the Ming Dynasty, the fine bricks used for floor paving were all fired by Suzhou and other five governments, because Suzhou and other places are located next to the Grand Canal, with fine soil, much gum, great plasticity and easy to slurry, and the bricks made are dense in texture. And after the production is completed, it can be transported to Beijing through the nearby canal.

Colored floor tiles eroded by wind and rain in the Forbidden City

In the process of laying this kind of brick, the requirements are more stringent. First, cut and polish to make the surface fit perfectly. What is this called? Grinding bricks to sew? . Then copy the mud, stretch the line, try paving, and finally scrape and soak the tung oil according to the requirements of trial paving. According to the regulations in the official book "Engineering Practice" of Qing Dynasty, when cutting and polishing 2-foot gold bricks, each worker can only cut 3 pieces. However, each bricklayer has 1 worker and 2 laborers when paving the ground, and only 5 pieces can be paved every day, which shows the meticulous degree of the paving project.

It's not hard to think why it's called brick just to lay the floor of the palace. BRIC? Yes One view is that this brick is straight and complete, with fine particles, dense texture and pure blue color, so it is called? BRIC? . Some people think that because this brick is only shipped to Beijing? Kyokura? For the use of the palace, so it is called. Beijing brick? And then gradually evolved into? BRIC? . Whatever the reason, this brick embodies the wisdom and sweat of so many working people and consumes so much manpower and material resources. It is really impossible to calculate easily with gold. If we think about it in this sense, it is called? BRIC? , deserved. ?