Big Ben

Mzinda uliwonse wotchuka wokaona alendo uli ndi chizindikiro chake chodziwika. Mwachitsanzo, chifanizo cha Khristu Muomboli chimawerengedwa kuti ndi chizindikiro cha Rio de Janeiro. Pali zowoneka zambiri zodziwika ku London, koma Big Ben, yemwe amadziwika padziko lonse lapansi, ali ndi malo apadera pakati pawo.

Big Ben ndi chiyani

Ngakhale kutchuka kwambiri ku England padziko lonse lapansi, anthu ambiri akukhulupirirabe molakwika kuti ili ndi dzina la nsanja yayitali ya Neo-Gothic, yomwe ili moyandikana ndi Westminster Palace. M'malo mwake, dzinali limaperekedwa pachikhomo cha matani khumi ndi atatu, chomwe chili mkati mwa nsanjayo kuseri kwa chozungulira.

Dzinalo lokopa kwambiri ku London ndi "Elizabeth Tower". Nyumbayi idalandira dzina lotere mu 2012, pomwe Nyumba yamalamulo yaku Britain idapanga chisankho choyenera. Izi zidachitika pokumbukira zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi zakubadwa kwa Mfumukazi. Komabe, m'malingaliro a alendo, nsanja, wotchi ndi belu zidakhazikitsidwa pansi pa dzina labwino komanso losaiwalika la Big Ben.

Mbiri ya chilengedwe

Westminster Palace idamangidwa chakumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 11 nthawi ya Knud Wamkulu. Kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 13, nsanja yotchinga idamangidwa, yomwe idakhala gawo lachifumu. Idayima zaka 6 ndipo idawonongedwa pa Okutobala 16, 1834 chifukwa chamoto. Patatha zaka khumi, Nyumba Yamalamulo idapereka ndalama kuti amange nsanja yatsopano kutengera kapangidwe ka Neo-Gothic a Augustus Pugin. Mu 1858 nsanjayo idamalizidwa. Ntchito yamisiri walusoyi idayamikiridwa ndi makasitomala komanso nzika zakomweko.

Belu la nsanjayo lidamangidwa poyesanso kwachiwiri. Mtundu woyamba, womwe umalemera matani 16, udasokonekera poyesa ukadaulo. Dome lophulika linasungunuka ndikupanga belu laling'ono. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, anthu aku London adamva kulira kwa belu latsopano patsiku lomaliza la chaka cha 1859.

Komabe, miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake idaphulikanso. Pakadali pano, akuluakulu aku London sanasungunule dome, koma m'malo mwake adapanga nyundo yopepuka. Chitsulo chamatini cha matani khumi ndi atatu chidasinthidwa kukhala nyundo ndi mbali yake yosasunthika. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, mawuwo sanasinthe.

Zambiri zosangalatsa za Big Ben

Zambiri zosangalatsa komanso nkhani zimakhudzana ndi zokopa zazikulu ku London:

1. Dzinalo la bizinesi ya nsanja yotchingira sikudziwika kunja kwa dziko. Padziko lonse lapansi amatchedwa Big Ben.
2. Kutalika konse kwa nyumbayo, kuphatikiza spire, ndi 96.3 m. Izi ndizapamwamba kuposa Statue of Liberty ku New York.
3. Big Ben yakhala chizindikiro osati cha London chokha, komanso cha UK yonse. Ndi Stonehenge yekha yemwe amatha kupikisana nawo potchuka pakati pa alendo.
4. Zithunzi za nsanja yotchinga nthawi zambiri zimagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mafilimu, makanema apa TV komanso makanema apa TV posonyeza kuti nkhaniyi ili ku UK.
5. Nyumbayi ili ndi malo otsetsereka pang'ono kumpoto chakumadzulo. Izi sizikuwoneka ndi maso.
6. Mawotchi asanu mkati mwa nsanjayo ndiodalirika. Maphunziro a magawo atatu adapangidwa makamaka kwa iye, omwe sanagwiritsidwepo ntchito kwina kulikonse.
7. Gululi lidayambitsidwa koyamba pa Seputembara 7, 1859.
8. Kwa zaka 22 kuchokera pomwe anaponyera, Big Ben idawonedwa ngati belu lalikulu kwambiri komanso lolemera kwambiri ku United Kingdom. Komabe, mu 1881 adapereka mgwalangwa ku "Big Floor" ya matani 17, yomwe idayikidwa ku Cathedral ya St.
9. Ngakhale nthawi yankhondo, pomwe London idaphulitsidwa kwambiri ndi bomba, belu limapitilizabe kugwira ntchito. Komabe, panthawiyi, kuunikira kwazitsulo kunatsekedwa pofuna kuteteza nyumbayo kwa omwe akuphulitsa bomba.
10. Okonda ziwerengero awona kuti manja amphindi a Big Ben amatenga mtunda wa 190 km pachaka.
11. Usiku Watsopano Chaka Chatsopano, nsanja yotchi ya Westminster Palace imagwiranso ntchito ngati Chimes ya Moscow Kremlin. Nzika ndi alendo aku London amasonkhana pafupi ndi izi ndikudikirira ma chimes, omwe akuimira kubwera kwa chaka chatsopano.
12. Phokoso la chimes limamveka mkati mwa utali wa makilomita 8.
13. Chaka chilichonse pa Novembala 11 nthawi ya 11 koloko ma chimes amakhudzidwa pokumbukira kutha kwa Nkhondo Yadziko Lonse.
14. Kukondwerera Olimpiki Achilimwe ku 2012 ku London, ma chimes a nsanjayo sanakhalepo nthawi yoyamba kuyambira 1952. M'mawa wa pa Julayi 27, pasanathe mphindi zitatu, Big Ben idalira kangapo 40, ikudziwitsa anthu komanso alendo mzindawo za kuyamba kwa Olimpiki.
15. Panthawi ya nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse, kuunika kwa nsanjayo kunazimitsidwa kwa zaka ziwiri ndipo belu silinayime. Akuluakulu adapanga chisankho kuti apewe ziwopsezo za a Zeppelin waku Germany.
16. Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse sinadziwike za nsanjayo. Mabomba achijeremani aku Germany adawononga denga lake ndikuwonanso mayendedwe angapo. Komabe, izi sizinaimitse wotchiyo. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, nsanja yotchinga imagwirizanitsidwa ndi kudalirika kwa Chingerezi komanso kulondola.
17. Mu 1949 wotchiyo idayamba kutsalira ndi mphindi zinayi chifukwa cha mbalame zomwe zidakhala padzanja.
18. Makulidwe a wotchiyo ndi ochititsa chidwi: m'mimba mwake mulinso mamitala 7, ndipo manja amatalika ndi 2.7 ndi 4.2 mita. Chifukwa cha kukula kwake, chizindikiro cha London chakhala wotchi yayikulu kwambiri, yomwe imakhala ndi ma dial 4 nthawi imodzi.
19. Kuyambitsidwa kwa makina oyang'anira kunkaphatikizana ndi mavuto omwe amakhudzana ndi kusowa kwa ndalama, kuwerengera kolakwika komanso kuchedwa kwa kupezeka kwa zida.
20. Chithunzi cha nsanjayi chimayikidwa pa T-shirts, mugs, unyolo wamakiyi ndi zokumbutsa zina.
21. Londoner aliyense angakuuzeni adilesi ya Big Ben, popeza ili m'boma lodziwika bwino la Westminster, lomwe ndi likulu lazikhalidwe komanso ndale zaku likulu la Britain.
22. Misonkhano yamalamulo apamwamba kwambiri ikamachitikira kunyumba yachifumu, mawotchi amawunikira ndikuwala.
23. Zithunzi za nsanjayi zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri m'mabuku a ana onena za England.
24. Pa Ogasiti 5, 1976, kuwonongeka kwakukulu koyambirira kwa mawotchi kunachitika. Kuyambira tsiku lomwelo, Big Ben adakhala chete kwa miyezi 9.
25. Mu 2007, wotchiyo idayimitsidwa kwamasabata 10 kuti ikonzedwe.
26. Belu lolira limagwiritsidwa ntchito pazosewerera pazowulutsa zina zaku Britain komanso mawailesi yakanema.
27. Alendo wamba sangathe kukwera nsanjayo. Koma nthawi zina zimasiyanitsidwa ndi atolankhani komanso alendo ofunikira. Kuti mukwere, munthu ayenera kuthana ndi masitepe 334, omwe si onse omwe angathe kuchita.
28. Kulondola kwa mayendedwe kumayendetsedwa ndi ndalama yomwe imayikidwa pa pendulum ndikuchepetsa.
29. Kuphatikiza pa Big Ben palokha, pali mabelu anayi ang'onoang'ono mu nsanjayo, yomwe imalira mphindi 15 zilizonse.
30. Malinga ndi atolankhani aku Britain, mu 2017, mapaundi 29 miliyoni adaperekedwa kuchokera ku bajeti yomanganso ma chimes akulu aku London. Ndalamazi zidaperekedwa kukonzanso mawotchi, kukhazikitsa chikepe mu nsanja ndikusintha mkati.
31. Kwa kanthawi, nsanjayi imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati ndende ya aphungu.
32. Big Ben ili ndi akaunti yake ya Twitter, pomwe zolemba zamtunduwu zimasindikizidwa ola lililonse: "BONG", "BONG BONG". Chiwerengero cha mawu oti "BONG" chimadalira nthawi yake. Pafupifupi theka la miliyoni akuwonera "phokoso" la belu lodziwika ku London pa Twitter.
33. Mu 2013, Big Ben adakhala chete pamaliro a Margaret Thatcher.

Kutsutsana mozungulira dzinalo

Pali mphekesera zambiri komanso nkhani zokhudzana ndi dzina lokopa la London. Nthano ina imati pamsonkhano wapadera pomwe dzina la belu lidasankhidwa, a Lord Benjamin Hall mwa nthabwala adati nthambiyi itchulidwe pambuyo pake. Aliyense anaseka, koma anamvera malangizo a Big Ben, yemwe amayang'anira ntchito yomanga.

Tikukulangizani kuti muyang'ane pa Eiffel Tower.

Nthano ina imati chiphiphiritso chodziwika bwino chidatchulidwa ndi wolemba nkhonya wolemera kwambiri Ben Kaant, yemwe adatchedwa Big Ben ndi okonda nkhonya. Ndiye kuti, mbiri imapereka malongosoledwe osiyana amomwe belu limatchulidwira. Chifukwa chake, aliyense amasankha yekha mtundu womwe uli pafupi naye.

Onerani kanemayo: Inside Big Bens Makeover (November 2024).