On May 30, 1626, the sixth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of the Ming Dynasty, at around 9:00 a.m., an accident occurred in the southwest corner of the old city of Beijing, that is, this area. North of Beijing is now Xuanwumen, west of Xidan, and east of Fuxingmen. The mysterious explosion that shocked the whole city caused serious disaster to the survival of the emperor and the people. The areas most severely affected by the disaster are located in Changping County, Miyun County and Jingdong Tongxian County, which are dozens of miles away from the capital of Beijing, covering an area of about three square kilometers.
The official newspaper at the time, Dibao, was the first to interview and publicly report on the disaster. In order to report the truth of the matter in a timely manner, the newspaper specially published "Di Bao · Outside the Numbers", named "Tian Bian Di Chao".
"Bing Yin on the sixth day of the fifth month of the month" in "Tian Bian Di Chao" describes the situation at that time:
"May 30, 1626, at 9:00 a.m., the sky was clear, and suddenly there was a loud bang. From the northeast corner to the southwest corner of the capital, a thick plume of smoke billowed, and the house shook." Moments later, the erosion was bad and the bodies piled up like mountains , the stench filled the sky, and the sky was full of rubble falling from the air. "
The Low Report reports in great detail the devastation to Beijing residents from this bizarre and tragic disaster. In the official mansion, tables and chairs rolled over, and because it was dark, the wives, concubines, and maids collided and collapsed to the ground. A Shaoxing official surnamed Zhou died just two days after arriving in Beijing. With a huge explosion and a terrifying airflow, his head was pulled out of the neck cavity and screwed into the wall. More than 2,000 migrant workers working on the scaffolding of the construction site were thrown away by the violent impact, and all were smashed into meat patties. According to eyewitnesses, the headless bodies, heads, arms and thighs of Chang'an Street fell one after another from the air, blood flowing into rivers. On Shifuma Street, there is a large stone lion weighing 5,000 pounds. Hundreds of people couldn't lift it, but they were swept into the air and flew out of the city. More than 20 trees near Wang Gongchang, the center of the incident, were uprooted. Some large logs were even thrown into the "Miyun" territory dozens of kilometers away.
Facing this unprecedented disaster, not even the emperor could escape. At that time, Emperor Mingxi Zong Zhu Youzheng was having a meal in the Qianqing Palace, and suddenly there was a turmoil in the hall. The throne and the imperial case of the Qianqing Palace were overturned. The rubble of the hall also fell one after another, smashing the head of a guard... There are many similar records, including the "Bi Xue Lu: Tianbian Miscellaneous" by the Ming Dynasty scholar Huang Yu, and the "Juicy Zhongzhi" by the Ming Dynasty eunuch Liu Ruoyu, As well as the official history of the Ming Dynasty, "Ming History: Five Elements", as well as "Old News under the Sun" by Zhu Yizun, a Qing beginner.
The most puzzling thing is that in that catastrophe, all the parties involved were stripped naked in an instant, naked and naked. A man surnamed Xiang was lying on the ground with a broken leg. He saw many men and women screaming and fleeing on the street. Among them, a young woman covered her shy part with a broken tile, while others were draped in mattresses and sheets, and some simply covered them with their hands. What is even more surprising is that a woman sitting on a sedan chair on Yuanhong Temple Street walked across the street. After a loud noise, the top of the sedan chair was lifted off, and all the clothes and jewelry on the woman's body were missing. The woman had to cover her chest with her hands. , hid in the sedan chair naked and dared not come out. According to Di Bao, after the disaster, “red silk clothes and other clothes in Beijing floated to the west mountain, and most of them were hung on the treetops; there were piles of clothes, jewelry, silver, and utensils in the Changping prefecture.” Yes. According to this report, Zhang Fengda, the then Minister of Household Affairs, had sent someone to the scene to check and verify, and it was confirmed that there was something wrong.
"Blue Blood Record" records two puzzling things: one is that there is a school at the intersection of Yuexi Guild Hall with 32 students. After the explosion, all teachers and students disappeared; the other is Xuanfu The new push general soldier went to see friends on Yuanhongsi Street. After the incident, the general soldier with his horse and the seven soldiers he led all disappeared.
Before the catastrophe broke out, some strange signs appeared in Beijing city one after another. According to records, the prefect of Jinan, Shandong went to Beijing to offer incense at the Chenghuang Temple, and just after the incense was lit, the prefect fell unconscious with his entourage. The gatekeeper of the Houzaimen Fire Temple on the west side of Gulou Street suddenly heard the sound of music coming from the temple on the morning of the incident. The gatekeeper was very surprised, so he and his companions pushed open the temple door, only to see a red circular object spinning and flying out of the temple, flying up into the sky, and in a short while, the catastrophe came. The chief of the Beicheng Chayuan had just walked into the door of the Chayuan on a horse that morning, when he suddenly saw a red-haired and red-hatted man on top of his head, holding a sword and riding on a monster. The officer was shocked and fell off his horse. There was chaos in the yamen. At this moment, a big explosion occurred.
Before the catastrophe broke out, one strange sign after another appeared in the city of Beijing. According to records, the prefect of Jinan, Shandong came to Beijing City God Temple to offer incense, and after the incense was offered, the prefect and his entourage fell unconscious. On the morning of the incident, the gatekeeper of the Houzaimen Fire Temple on the west side of Gulou Street suddenly heard the sound of music coming from the temple. The gatekeeper was taken aback, and he and his companions pushed open the gate of the temple, only to see a red circular object spinning and flying out of the temple, straight into the sky, and in a short while, disaster came. The chief of the Beicheng Procuratorate (equivalent to the current prosecutor of the Supreme Procuratorate) had just walked into the door of the tea house on horseback that morning, when he suddenly saw a man with red hair and a red cap on top of his head, holding a long sword and riding on a monster. The officer was startled and fell off his horse. There was chaos in the yamen. Just then, a big explosion occurred.
This mysterious and unprecedented catastrophe has brought to the attention of many historians and scientific researchers, who have proposed various explanations and speculated on the cause of this catastrophe.
The Chronicle of Changping Prefecture, written in the late Qing Dynasty, described the disaster as a major earthquake. This claim seems difficult to hold, because the so-called earthquake is likely to be caused by the shaking of the big bang. The China Earthquake Data Chronology also has no records of earthquakes that occurred at that time.
The second argument is the explosion of gunpowder (see "Five Elements in the History of the Ming Dynasty"). Because many people saw the flames rushing to the sky in the explosion, and the huge shock wave and blood splashed in the explosion, it is difficult for people to have other explanations. According to historical records, the royal factory where the incident occurred was a place for making coins and storing food, as well as producing weapons and gunpowder in small quantities, which of course provided some evidence for the theory of gunpowder explosion. However, let's not talk about whether the power of the gunpowder explosion will cause such serious damage, let's talk about why the flames splashed when the gunpowder exploded failed to ignite the many wooden houses in the city. Instead, all the fires were miraculously extinguished spontaneously. Moreover, many bizarre phenomena before and after the disaster are difficult to come up with convincing explanations.
The third inference is the explosion of a UFO. This is the latest hypothesis, and one of the most fascinating and terrifying explanations. We've known for a long time that some people did see UFOs before the Big Bang. For example, the mysterious red circle flying out of the Fire Temple. The book "China UFO Incident" published by Hong Kong Tomorrow Publishing House identifies it as a flying saucer, and the three tones heard by the gatekeeper are likely to be the sound of the flying saucer being activated. Some people think that the red-haired god seen by the chief inspector of Beicheng at that time may be the so-called "alien" who visited our human earth. Experts here deduce that the big bang was the result of the flying saucer crashing after its control system failed. Someone went further to the dire conclusion that this costly explosion saved the people of Beijing at the time. Judging by the fact that many people mysteriously disappeared in the disaster, both the dead and the survivors were stripped naked, which may have been a dangerous prank by aliens smarter than us Earthlings. We've heard a lot of rumors about aliens abducting Earthlings. Some of the hijacked Earthlings were sent back after being tested by aliens, and some disappeared. The aliens who visited Beijing more than 600 years ago probably carried out large-scale hijacking and hunting on Earth. They strip off the clothes that symbolize human civilization and try to conquer those apes whose IQ is not as good as their own. For example, manipulating and enslaving humans. Fortunately, before these goals were achieved, the flying saucer piloted by the aliens crashed for no reason, thus temporarily restoring humanity's self-esteem as the ruler of the earth and saving Beijing and even humanity from a real catastrophe.
