Eastern trick for protection from thieves: he himself would not have guessed

Recently, I rarely watch TV, but this time I accidentally got on an interesting program in which they talked about the Japanese palace Chion-in, in the city of Kyoto (this is the old capital of Japan). So, this palace is interesting in that a very cunning alarm system is used in it.

To protect their emperor from assassination attempts, the carpenters who built the palace invented a very cunning floors: in them, the flooring is not attached directly to the beams, but first to metal brackets of medium length (~ 15 cm). And already the brackets themselves were attached to the beams.

There is an explanation for this decision: when someone walks on such a floor, the metal bracket and sticking out there is a thorn in it, begin to rub each other and cause a strange sound, vaguely reminiscent of singing birds.

Moreover, the slower and more accurately (on tiptoe) a person walks, the stronger the pressure on the floor point, and the stronger the "birdsong" is heard. Thus, the emperor could understand in advance that an intruder was sneaking into his chambers.

By the way, they call such a floor system "uguisubari", which translates just the same as "birdsong".

You ask: "what about the security"? She also needs to patrol the palace at night? And I will answer you: you are absolutely right, but the guards agreed on which boards to step on during the night round, and the melody of the "walking guard" was always the same. But if someone else is walking on the floor, the shogun will immediately hear it and have time to escape.

Do you think this is a working method of protection?

It will be interesting to hear your opinion in the comments to the article! Write, discuss, reflect, laugh :)

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