U-Ben omkhulu

Idolobha ngalinye lezivakashi elithandwayo linophawu lwalo olubonakalayo. Isibonelo, umfanekiso kaKristu uMhlengi uthathwa njengophawu lweRio de Janeiro. Kunokunye ukubukwa okuningi okubonakalayo eLondon, kepha iBig Ben, eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke, ithatha indawo ekhethekile phakathi kwabo.

Yini uBig Ben

Naphezu kokuthandwa komhlaba wonke okuyingqophamlando kweNgilandi, abantu abaningi basakholelwa ngephutha ukuthi leli yigama lombhoshongo wewashi onamacala amane, oseduze neWestminster Palace. Eqinisweni, leli gama linikezwa isikhonkwane samathani ayishumi nantathu, esitholakala ngaphakathi kombhoshongo ongemuva kokudayela.

Igama elisemthethweni lokuheha okuyinhloko eLondon ngu- "Elizabeth Tower". Lesi sakhiwo sathola lelo gama kuphela ngo-2012, lapho iPhalamende laseBrithani lithatha isinqumo esifanele. Lokhu kwenziwa ukukhumbula iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha kubusa iNdlovukazi. Kodwa-ke, ezingqondweni zabavakashi, umbhoshongo, iwashi nensimbi kwagxiliswa ngaphansi kwegama elinamandla nelingasoze lilibaleke iBig Ben.

Umlando wokudala

IWestminster Palace yakhiwa ngekhulu le-11 leminyaka ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaKnud the Great. Ekupheleni kwekhulu le-13, kwakhiwa umbhoshongo wewashi, owaba yingxenye yesigodlo. Yama amakhulu ayisithupha eminyaka futhi yabhujiswa ngo-Okthoba 16, 1834 ngenxa yomlilo. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, iphalamende labela imali yokwakha umbhoshongo omusha ngokususelwa kumklamo we-neo-Gothic ka-Augustus Pugin. Ngo-1858 umbhoshongo waqedwa. Umsebenzi womakhi onethalente wathandwa kakhulu ngamakhasimende nabahlali bendawo.

Insimbi yombhoshongo yakhiwe ekuzameni kwesibili. Uhlobo lokuqala, olwalunesisindo samathani ayi-16, lwaqhekeka ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kobuchwepheshe. Idome eliqhumayo lancibilika lenziwa insimbi encane. Ngokokuqala ngqa, abantu baseLondon bezwa ukukhala kwensimbi entsha ngosuku lokugcina lwentwasahlobo lwango-1859.

Kodwa-ke, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva kwaqhuma futhi. Ngalesi sikhathi, iziphathimandla zaseLondon azizange ziphinde zincibilikise idome, kepha esikhundleni salokho bayenzela isando esilula. Isakhiwo sethini lethusi lamathani ayishumi nantathu saphendulwa saba yisando ngohlangothi lwaso oluqinile. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, umsindo uhlala ungaguquki.

Amaqiniso athokozisayo ngeBig Ben

Amaqiniso amaningi nezindaba ezihlotshaniswa nokukhanga okuyinhloko kwaseLondon:

1. Igama lebhizinisi lewashi lewashi cishe alaziwa ngaphandle kwezwe. Emhlabeni jikelele ibizwa nje ngeBig Ben.
2. Ukuphakama okuphelele kwesakhiwo, kufaka phakathi i-spire, kungama-96.3 m. Lokhu kuphakeme kuneSitembu Sokukhululeka eNew York.
3. IBig Ben isiphenduke uphawu hhayi iLondon kuphela, kodwa neGreat Britain yonke. I-Stonehenge kuphela engancintisana nayo ngokuthandwa phakathi kwabavakashi.
4. Izithombe zombhoshongo wewashi zivame ukusetshenziselwa amafilimu, uchungechunge lwe-TV nezinhlelo ze-TV ukukhombisa ukuthi icala lise-UK.
5. Isakhiwo sinomthambeka omncane obheke enyakatho-ntshonalanga. Lokhu akubonakali ngeso lenyama.
6. Iwashi lamathani amahlanu ngaphakathi kombhoshongo liyizinga lokuthembeka. Izifundo ezinezigaba ezintathu zenzelwe yena ikakhulukazi, ezazingasetshenziswanga kwenye indawo.
7. Ukunyakaza kwethulwe okokuqala ngoSepthemba 7, 1859.
8. Sekuyiminyaka engama-22 yasakazwa, iBig Ben yathathwa njengensimbi enkulu kunazo zonke nase-United Kingdom. Kodwa-ke, ngo-1881 wanikela isundu ku "Isitezi Esikhulu" samathani ayishumi nesikhombisa, esabekwa eSt.
9. Ngisho nangesikhathi sempi, lapho iLondon yayiqhunyiswe kakhulu ngamabhomu, insimbi yaqhubeka isebenza. Kodwa-ke, ngalesi sikhathi ukukhanya kwe-dials kwavalwa ukuvikela isakhiwo kubahlaseli.
10. Abathandi bezibalo balinganise ukuthi izandla zomzuzu kaBig Ben zimboza ibanga elingu-190 km ngonyaka.
11. Ngosuku olwandulela unyaka omusha, umbhoshongo wewashi leWestminster Palace wenza umsebenzi ofanayo nowamaChimes aseMoscow Kremlin. Izakhamizi nezivakashi zaseLondon zibuthana eduze kwaso futhi zilindele ama-chimes, akhombisa ukufika konyaka omusha.
12. Umsindo wama-chimes ungezwakala ebangeni elingamakhilomitha ayi-8.
13. Njalo ngonyaka ngoNovemba 11 ngehora le-11 ama-chimes ashaywa ukukhumbula ukuphela kweMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.
14. Ukugubha ama-Olimpiki asehlobo e-London eLondon, ama-chimes alo mbhoshongo ayengekho esimisweni okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1952. Ekuseni ngoJulayi 27, kungakapheli nemizuzu emithathu, iBig Ben yakhala izikhathi ezingama-40, yazisa izakhamuzi nezivakashi zedolobha ngokuqala kwama-Olimpiki.
15. Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, ukukhanyiswa kombhoshongo ebusuku kwavalwa iminyaka emibili futhi insimbi yafiphazwa. Iziphathimandla zenze isinqumo ukuvimbela ukuhlaselwa yiZeppelin yaseJalimane.
16. IMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba ayizange ibonwe ngalo mbhoshongo. Amabhomu aseJalimane acekela phansi uphahla lwawo futhi onakalise nezingcingo eziningana. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akuzange kumise ukusebenza kwewashi. Kusukela lapho, umbhoshongo wewashi uhlotshaniswa nokwethenjelwa nokunemba kweNgisi.
17. Ngo-1949 iwashi laqala ukusilela emuva ngemizuzu emine ngenxa yezinyoni ezazinamathele esandleni.
18. Ubukhulu bewashi buhlaba umxhwele: ububanzi bokudayela buyi-7 m, nobude bezandla bungu-2.7 no-4.2 m. Ngenxa yalezi zilinganiso, uphawu lwendawo lwaseLondon lube iwashi elikhulu kunawo wonke loshimula, elinamakholi amane ngasikhathi sinye.
19. Ukwethulwa kohlelo lokubuka lapho luqala ukusebenza kuhambisane nezinkinga ezihambisana nokushoda kwemali, ukubalwa okungalungile nokubambezeleka kokulethwa kwezinto.
20. Isithombe sombhoshongo sibekwe ngokuqinile kuma-T-shirts, mugs, emaketangeni okhiye nakwezinye izinto eziyizikhumbuzo.
21. Noma ngubani waseLondon uzokutshela ikheli leBig Ben, njengoba lisendaweni yesigodi yaseWestminster, okuyisikhungo sempilo yamasiko nezepolitiki yenhlokodolobha yaseBrithani.
22. Lapho imihlangano yendikimba yomthetho ephezulu kakhulu ibanjelwe esigodlweni, iwashi elikhanyayo lakhanyiswa ngokukhanyisa okuyisici.
23. Imidwebo yombhoshongo isetshenziswa kakhulu ezincwadini zezingane ezikhuluma ngeNgilandi.
24. Ngo-Agasti 5, 1976, ukonakala kokuqala okukhulu kwendlela yokubuka kwenzeka. Kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke, uBig Ben wathula izinyanga eziyi-9.
25. Ngo-2007, iwashi lamiswa amasonto ayishumi ukuze lilondolozwe.
26. Insimbi ekhalayo isetshenziswa kuma-screensavers eminye imisakazo yaseBrithani nethelevishini.
27. Abavakashi abavamile abakwazi ukukhuphuka embhoshongweni. Kepha kwesinye isikhathi kwenzeka okwehlukile kwabezindaba nabama-VIP. Ukuze uye phezulu, umuntu udinga ukunqoba izinyathelo ezingama-334, okungezona wonke umuntu ongazenza.
28. Ukunemba kokuhamba kulawulwa uhlamvu lwemali olubekwe kwi-pendulum bese luyinciphisa.
29. Ngaphezu kweBig Ben uqobo, kunezinsimbi ezine ezincane embhoshongweni, ezikhala njalo ngemizuzu engu-15.
30. Ngokusho kwabezindaba baseBrithani, ngo-2017, kwabiwa amaphawundi ayizigidi ezingama-29 kusuka kwisabelomali sokwakhiwa kabusha kwama-chimes amakhulu aseLondon. Imali yabelwe ukulungisa iwashi, ukufaka ikheshi embhoshongweni nokwenza ngcono ingaphakathi.
31. Isikhathi esithile, umbhoshongo wasetshenziswa njengejele lamalungu ephalamende.
32. IBig Ben ine-akhawunti yayo yeTwitter, lapho okuthunyelwe kwalolu hlobo olulandelayo kushicilelwa njalo ngehora: "BONG", "BONG BONG". Inani lamagama "BONG" lincike esikhathini sosuku. Cishe isigamu sesigidi sabantu sibheke "umsindo" wensimbi edumile yaseLondon kuTwitter.
33. Ngo-2013, uBig Ben wathula ngesikhathi somngcwabo kaMargaret Thatcher.

Impikiswano ezungeze igama

Kunamahemuhemu amaningi nezindaba ezizungeze igama lokuheha okuyinhloko kweLondon. Enye yezinganekwane ithi ngesikhathi somhlangano okhethekile lapho kwakukhethwa khona igama lensimbi, uMhlonishwa iNkosi uBenjamin Hall ngokuncokola waphakamisa ukuthi isakhiwo siqanjwe ngaye. Wonke umuntu wahleka, kodwa walalela izeluleko zikaBig Ben, owayengamele ukwakhiwa.

Sikukwazisa ukuthi ubheke i-Eiffel Tower.

Enye inganekwane ithi ingqophamlando yaqanjwa ngegama lomshayisibhakela osindayo osindayo uBen Kaant, owaqokwa ngabalandeli bezibhakela iBig Ben. Lokho wukuthi, umlando unikeza incazelo ehlukile yokuthi insimbi yalithola kanjani igama layo. Ngakho-ke, wonke umuntu uyazikhethela ukuthi iyiphi inguqulo esondele kakhulu kuye.

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