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九门八点一口钟
Nine doors and eight point one clocks
Talking about the gate of Beijing, a doggerel is summed up: "nine seven ugh two holes. When it is hung and struck, it sounds very loud. Now Fayuansi East Peidian still hung a "point”, may be a sign of monks and rest time.
I lived near Chengguan when I was young, and it was fun to see the city in the evening. Before the city, knock three times, "point”, the first time "point" knock, shut a gate, knock second times "point”, another half closed, knock third times "point”, the door closed only a little gap. The man who drove the city could hear the noise from a long distance, and at that moment his feet were running, panting, and sometimes running slowly, and he was shut out of the city, or out of the city. At this time, had to climb the "water”, is also the city rainwater sewer dredge, generally no water during the dry season, the children or the body is not so fat people can sideways from the gap through the railings.
The nine gate eight gate off the city are playing the "point”, but this Chongwenmen city bell. Why is that? Listen to the old man said that Liu Bowen and Yao Guangxiao built the city of Beijing, built to Chongwenmen, under the tower is just a big eyes, eyes there is a giant turtle lying on top. If you do not put on a giant turtle, it will turn over, the water flooded. It is said that the original Beijing area is fort