Is there really any "weirdness" from the Qing Dynasty in the Qingning Palace where Huang Taiji lived?

Behind the Phoenix Tower of the Forbidden City in Shenyang, there are the residences of Huang Taiji’s five concubines. Among them, only the Qingning Palace where the queen lives is the main room facing north and south. Behind the east side of the Qingning Palace, there is The east side palace is the "Zhendianhou Pavilion". In addition to a row of Eight Banners costumes, the furnishings in the Zhendian Hou Pavilion include two huge bear skins hanging on the walls on both sides of the door.

A 1925 issue of the Japanese photography magazine "Historical Photo" once took a photo of a black bear in Qingning Palace. The black bear on the left in the photo is 255 centimeters long, and the one next to it is 262 centimeters long. Many people see it. After seeing the photos, they thought it was incredible. They looked like "monsters" from the Qing Dynasty. In order to confirm the authenticity of the magazine, some people even came to the Shenyang Forbidden City to confirm. After arriving, they saw these two animated specimens of black bears. .

Although with the passage of time, in the eyes of tourists, the color of the skins of these two northeastern black bears has changed to brown, the former burly bodies and fierce faces of the black bears can still be vaguely seen.

I saw the specimens in the Shenyang Forbidden City, and many people also heard the legends about their origins. Regarding the legend of Huang Taiji and the black bear, there is a rumor that although it cannot be seen in the official history, it is widely circulated.

It is said that once when Huang Taiji was passing through the Great Qing Gate, he was suddenly attacked by an assassin. The guards had not yet reacted, but at this time, two giant bears rushed up and knocked down the assassin. After the assassin was knocked down by the black bear, Huang Taiji was able to escape the danger.

Huang Taiji was very grateful to the two black bears for saving his life. At the same time, in order to strengthen the defense of the palace gate, he specially raised the male and female giant bears in the palace. The strength of these two giant bears Infinite and very spiritual, the two bears assist the guards in guarding the Great Qing Gate.

Huang Taiji once named these two bears as "Zhendianhou". After the death of these two bears, Huang Taiji ordered people to make specimens of the bears' remains and display them in the gold and silver warehouse. Let the big bear continue to guard the palace.

Although some people later gave different explanations, the legend about Huang Taiji’s black bear specimen in Qingning Palace has basically solved the mystery of the monster in the Japanese reporter’s photo, although most of the legends It's just a guess, the specific origin still needs to be verified.