The Forbidden City covers an area of over 700,000 square meters. According to incomplete statistics at present, there are at least 70 wells in it, not including sealed and abandoned wells. These wells are mainly used for drinking and fire prevention, and as mentioned in the question, there are also many precious jewels in them. But why is it so close to the water tower that no one goes to salvage it?
Cann't catch it Many people think that a well is a puddle, which is completely wrong. In fact, there must be an underground river or at least an undercurrent under the well, which is the source of well water. Some deep wells are directly connected with underground rivers. Do you know what Lock Longjing is?
In fact, there is a big underground river underground, so it may be bottomless. So is the Forbidden City. Jewelry was thrown into the well of the Forbidden City. Except for some very heavy gold and silver jewelry, other lighter jewelry is easily washed away by the current of the underground river. So if you throw the jewels down, they will disappear for a long time and you can't get them.
Moreover, the wellhead of the Forbidden City is very narrow, and a slightly fatter person may get stuck in the wellhead. If you really want to salvage, it is particularly difficult to use equipment and construction in such a narrow space. Many wells have long been blocked by stones, which need to be cleared by large machinery before they can be fished out in the depths of the wells. In this case, these ancient wells are likely to be destroyed, and even landslides are likely to occur during the construction process, which is also considered to be the destruction of cultural relics.
After the demise of the Qing Dynasty, the warlords allowed Puyi to stay in the palace. Although on the surface, it is said that Puyi will be given a certain living expenses, in fact, it is not given much. Therefore, in order to maintain the life in the palace, the eunuchs in the palace will inevitably steal the good things in the palace and cash them outside the palace in exchange for the necessities of life. And they will search for places where they can think of hidden treasures. They know the places where they hide treasures best, including the wells in the Forbidden City. So they will salvage, reducing the possibility of treasure in the well again.
At the same time, the wells in the Forbidden City are very different from those we saw in the village. The wellhead of the Forbidden City is very small, and there are many protective measures on it. Therefore, if you go down to salvage, you must destroy the wellhead of the well, which is also a kind of destruction of cultural relics. Fishing in the well is also a very dangerous thing, so it is not necessary to salvage precious cultural relics in the well for safety and not to destroy cultural relics.