In the plaques for each door of the Forbidden City, the word "men" is straight down to the bottom without an upward hook. Why is it written like this on purpose?
It turns out that this way of writing the word "men" was used in the Song Dynasty. Yes. It is said that after Lin'an, the capital of the Song Dynasty, a fire broke out in the Jade Palace and the door of the palace was burned down. The Prime Minister reported that the last strokes of the word "door" on the palace plaques had hooks and fire pens, so they attracted fire, and all these plaques could be burned to avoid disaster. From then on, when writing on any palace plaque, the last pen of the word "men" should be straight down without hooking.