Beijing is the city of Nezha (now GM Nezha), with three heads and six arms, and also the navel of Nezha. Without a navel, a person will lose his physiology. ? Because it was sealed by a big stone. ?
This is the record left by eunuch Xin in Memoirs of an Old Eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty.
It records many details of the Qing palace, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. This record shows that at the latest in the late Qing Dynasty, was old Beijing the city of Nezha with eight arms? This legend has been widely accepted by people.
In 1950s, the famous scholar Mr. Jin Shoushen completed The Legend of Beijing, which further refined the legend. Now population communication is based on this. In The Legend of Beijing, when they moved northward, Liu Bowen and Yao drew a map of Beijing according to Nezha, so as to guard the dragon in a miserable and closed state.
Of course, there are other legends that are not widely circulated. For example, when Judy was the prince of Yan, he defended Peiping against Mongolia in the north.
Yao aimed at the Mongols with the guns of Nezha and Nezha.
After Yao advised to fight for this position, he told Beijing that Feng Shui had fallen, and Nezha's spear had fallen, pointing to Nanjing. It must be a big deal.
Eight-arm Nezha diagram
According to the legend of Mr. Jin Shoushen, when planning Beijing, Liu Ji and Yao deliberately opened the door of 1 1, because the combination of three heads, six arms and two feet happened to be 1 1.
In the middle of the south is a door called Zhengyangmen, which is Nezha's head; The two wells in Zhengyangmen are Nezha's eyes; Chongwenmen and Dongbianmen to the east of Zhengyangmen, Chaoyangmen and Dongzhimen to the east of the city are the four arms of this half of Nezha; Xuanwu Gate and Xibianmen to the west of Zhengyangmen, Fuchengmen and Xizhimen to the west are the four arms of Nezha's bust; The Andingmen and Deshengmen in the north of the city are Nezha's feet.
As for the internal correspondence, Mr. Jin's memory is not as detailed as the book Looking for Old Beijing by Englishman Arlington and others. According to the latter's records, the front door is Nezha's head, Chessboard Street is his nose, Zhonghua Gate is his mouth, Shuangjing in the south of Chessboard Street is his eyes, Chongwenmen is his right shoulder, Xuanwu Gate is his left shoulder, Fuchengmen is his left hand, Baita is his spear, Donghuamen and Xihuamen are his hips, Dongzhimen and Xizhimen are his knees, Andingmen and Deshengmen are his feet (below
At present, the earliest written record comes from "The Myth and Legend of China" written by an Englishman Werner. It is said that when Judy left Nanjing for Beijing, Liu Bowen gave him a kit containing the urban design scheme of old Beijing.