Why are there 9999 and a half rooms in the Forbidden City?

For a long time, it was said in the capital that there were 9,999 and a half rooms in the Forbidden City. Many people can't help wondering why there are 9,999 and a half rooms in the Forbidden City. What's the point? There is a touching legend here. Legend has it that when the Forbidden City was just built, Judy of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle, planned to set the total number of rooms in the palace as 10000.

But on the fifth night after he issued the imperial edict, he suddenly had a dream. He dreamed that he was summoned by the Jade Emperor to the Lingxiao Temple in the sky. He saw the jade emperor's face full of anger. Emperor Yongle doesn't know what happened. Later, it was discovered that I wanted to build more than 10000 palaces in the Forbidden City. So he said, "Please calm the jade emperor's anger. I have offended you. How can I surpass your heavenly palace in the number of palaces in the world? " The jade emperor can't be provoked.

Listen to him. Since there are 10000 temples, let's build 9999 and a half. This not only retains the face of the jade emperor, but also does not lose the royal demeanor. "In fact, the number of halls in this palace is not 9999 and a half. It turned out that when he bought wood and stones everywhere, he saw that the daily life of ordinary people was getting more and more bitter, while the emperor was building a lot of buildings. How much does it cost?

So, I specially changed the design drawings. As a result, the number of units built was reduced by several hundred, and more than 8,000 units were actually built. Since then, the saying that there are 9,999 half houses in the Forbidden City has spread. Of course, this figure is not exact, just a legend. In fact, the Forbidden City now has 8,707 rooms, half of which are located on the west side of the attic of Wenyuan Pavilion, where the Four Ku Quanshu was stored in the Qing Dynasty.