In 1 15 1 year, the first generation of Chongbao in Jin Dynasty was formally born. This is the famous Dragon Bell in Jin Dynasty. The bell body is all made of copper, and the sound is extremely clear when it is struck, which can spread for more than ten miles. As soon as this big clock came out, it was placed in Juedao Temple in Leshou County by the Emperor of Jin State as a national protection.
However, no one imagined that Daikin Kingdom was finally destroyed by Mongols. Later, Mongolian aristocrats placed this clock in Gansheng Temple in Ningxian County, Zhaowuda League today, and regarded it as a treasure and became a famous local cultural relic. Even after the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, the clock remained here and never moved. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know who stole this big clock, and it didn't appear in gaizhou city in southern Liaoning until several years later.
6000 Jin, in the Jin, Liao and Song Dynasties, when there were no trucks, no trains, only ox carts and carriages, it was absolutely difficult to transport this giant clock weighing 6000 Jin thousands of miles! At this time, Liaodong area has been occupied by Nurhachi, and gaizhou city in southern Liaoning is also its controlled border. Nurhachi was a military emperor. When he visited Gaizhou City, the villagers wrote a letter and gave this clock to Nurhachi to show their love for this great Khan.
Nurhachi saw the extraordinary origin of the clock and felt the wishes of the villagers, so he shipped it back to Beijing (which is what we now call Liaoyang). Nurhachi has won many battles since he got the big clock, and defeated the Liaodong fighters of the Ming Dynasty many times, making a large area of Liaodong all owned by Nurhachi. When Nurhachi decided to move the capital to Shengjing, he did not forget this big clock, so he ordered someone to transport it to Shengjing (Shenyang) at that time.
After the death of Nurhachi, his son Huang Taiji also regarded the clock as a treasure, and specially built the Shengjing Bell and Drum Tower for this clock and hung it upstairs. Since then, this clock has a special significance in Shenyang, that is, it is responsible for setting the time and becoming an "alarm clock" enjoyed by the whole city.
This special "alarm clock" really played an extremely important role in Shengjing at that time. You know, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when there was no clock to provide accurate time for every household, people's concept of time was very vague. Many people can only estimate the time according to the sun, but they can't know the exact time at night. At this time, the role of the big clock is more obvious.
As soon as the time is ripe, the officers and men in charge will ring the bell, and then the guards at the city gate will start knocking gongs to show their response. It is no exaggeration to say that the whole time of the capital is determined by this giant clock.
In the Republic of China, with the popularity of clocks, this kind of big clock no longer played the role of setting clocks, but changed its function to alarm, and issued fire to Shenyang in all directions with the bell as a signal. At that time, it was stipulated that the bell must be rung as a warning, and it was easy to judge which direction the fire occurred according to the number of bells.
At that time, the fire alarm signal was like this. The number of clocks in the east, west, south and north directions is three, four, five and six in turn. If the big clock strikes seven times in a row, it means that the fire situation at this time is very urgent and needs a lot of people to put out the fire. But if the clock strikes eight times in a row, people will know that the fire alarm has been lifted and the fire is under control, so there is no need to bother.
A clock that has been circulating for nearly a thousand years now lies quietly in the Forbidden City in Shenyang. No one thought that he had undertaken such an important task. We also have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. When the productive forces are extremely underdeveloped, people use their intelligence to come up with various ways to improve their lives.
This big clock can become the treasure of the town hall, not because it is priceless, but because it carries the story of 8900 years. We can also see the iron horse between Baishan and Heishui, unremitting struggle and enterprising spirit.