"Roll out midday door behead " not be to be before midday door, the holiday is more very in telepl

Midday door (Meridian Gate) the front door that is Forbidden City, be located in axes of Forbidden City north and south, connect 37.95 meters tall, only then build Yumingchaoyongle 18 years (1420) , qing Chaoshun treats 4 years (1647) repair again, qing Chaojia celebrates 6 years (1801) repair again.

Exposed to the sun of midday door be placed in the middle, when child midday, door of friend name midday. There is end door, Tian An Men before its (emperor town front door) , big clear door, have ever since too with the door.

In the TV series, classics regular meeting is heard " roll out midday door behead! " wait for speech, midday door became the room that punishment of life-and-death of the place in hearsay makes. It is incorrectly relay an erroneous information actually, behead is not held in midday door.

Forbidden City is an emperor the home of a person, the emperor is impossible that in oneself door mouth commits murder, this is much more ominous. The person that bright Qing Dynasty committed capital crime is in behead of food market mouth, never be in midday door.

Midday door builds Yu Ming to take the place of, what Zhu Di builds You Yongle's emperor. Bright generation, just " bastinado of the court of a feudal ruler " when in midday the door executes, but also can beat dead sometimes, became bloodguilty place so; Clear generation just fights come back to celebrate in midday door just. Actually before door of Ming Qinghuang palace extremely forbidding, convict " behead city Cao " be not here definitely, however must commit bavin city (today on the west 4) or execution ground of and other places of food market mouth executes.

Rolling out midday door behead is the emperor is saying " roll out, do not commit murder in my home " , not be to let commit murder in imperial home doorway.

When bright generation, if chancellery offended imperial dignity, with " go against scale " blame, the drive before be being bound to give midday door east side beat on the buttocks, be called " bastinado of the court of a feudal ruler " . It is symbolistic toco only at first, development arrives later dozen of person is deadly. Be like Ming Zhengde 14 years (1519) , imperial Zhu Houzhao disregards national sufferings, and should go to Changjiang Delta to choose a belle. For the expostulate with on this group of official, the emperor is huffish give orders the chancellery such as Shu Fen of bastinado of the court of a feudal ruler, Huang Gong 130 more than person, beat dead on the spot 11 people. In addition of Zhu Hou of Ming Jiajing's emperor, accede the emperor of its cousin Zhu Houzhao hind, be about to chase after the unripe father that seals him to promote display Wang Wei emperor, suffer minister people boycott. Group official 100 much people cry expostulate with Yu Zunshun door, the emperor gives orders to apply bastinado of the court of a feudal ruler is punished, get killed on the spot 17 people, so folk has " roll out midday door behead " character circulates.