The present "crooked neck tree" was replanted in 1980s, and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself here 400 years ago. Tourists in the Qing dynasty did not destroy the crooked neck tree, but kept it as a warning.
First of all, the crooked neck tree is just a statement, which does not mean that it is really a crooked neck tree. This tree was originally an ordinary tree in Jingshan Park, but it went down in history because it witnessed a great historical change in the history of China.
Emperor Chongzhen's hanging from this tree means the demise of the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, and it also means that the world is in complete chaos. At the same time, this tree witnessed the historical moment of China society's transition from Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty.
After Li Zicheng was driven out of Beijing by the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen was buried again. After all, the Qing dynasty entered the customs in the name of revenge for Daming, so this tree was well preserved, so the original crooked neck tree actually survived for nearly 400 years.
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The end of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian;
Zhu Youjian (16 1 1 February 6th-1644 April 25th), the 16th emperor of the Ming Dynasty (reigned 1627- 1644), the fifth son of Zhu Changluo, Ming Xi.
In the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), he was named the letter king. In the seventh year of the Apocalypse (1627), he ascended the throne in Chongzhen. Vigorously eradicate eunuchs, be diligent, diligent, and rehabilitate unjust imprisonment. During his reign, the imperial party fought endlessly and civil strife continued, which led to the outbreak of peasant uprising in this area, and the rise of the Jin regime after Guan Yu, and the country was in a state of internal trouble and foreign invasion.
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he hanged himself in Jingshan Park at the age of 34. After the Qing army entered Beijing, it was reburied in the four spirits of the Ming Tombs with a ceremony, and the temple name was Huaizong (later cancelled). Posthumous title Qin Tianshou Dao Min Yidun Jian Hong Wen Wu Xiangti Ren sent a letter to Emperor Xiao Zhuang. Hong Guang, Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, acceded to the throne, and posthumous title Shaotian Yidao was just clear and frugal. Wu Dunren was filial to the emperor, and the temple number was thought of, and later changed to Zong Yi.
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