Kowane mashahuri birni na yawon shakatawa yana da nasa sanannen alama. Misali, ana daukar mutum-mutumin Kristi Mai Fansa a matsayin alamar Rio de Janeiro. Akwai wadatar da yawa irin wadannan abubuwan gani a London, amma Big Ben, wanda aka sani ko'ina cikin duniya, yana da matsayi na musamman a tsakanin su.
Menene Big Ben
Duk da shaharar da aka yi a duk duniya game da wurin tarihi na Ingila, har yanzu mutane da yawa suna kuskuren yarda cewa wannan sunan ne-Gothic hasumiya mai hawa hudu, wanda ke dab da Fadar Westminster. A zahiri, ana ba da wannan sunan ga fegi mai nauyin goma sha uku, wanda ke cikin hasumiyar bayan bugun kiran.
Sunan babban abin jan hankali a London shine "Elizabeth Tower". Ginin ya sami irin wannan suna ne kawai a cikin 2012, lokacin da Majalisar Burtaniya ta yanke shawarar da ta dace. Anyi wannan don tunawa da shekaru sittin na mulkin Sarauniya. Koyaya, a cikin tunanin masu yawon buɗe ido, hasumiya, agogo da ƙararrawa an kafe su a ƙarƙashin babban suna kuma abin tunawa Big Big.
Tarihin halitta
An gina Fadar Westminster a cikin karni na 11 mai nisa a zamanin mulkin Knud the Great. A karshen karni na 13, an gina wata hasumiya mai agogo, wacce ta zama wani bangare na fadar. Ya kasance tsawon ƙarni 6 kuma an lalata shi a ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 1834 sakamakon gobara. Shekaru goma bayan haka, majalisar ta ware kudi don gina sabuwar hasumiya bisa tsarin neo-Gothic na Augustus Pugin. An kammala hasumiyar a 1858. Abokan ciniki da mazauna yankin sun yaba da aikin mai fasaha mai fasaha.
An gina kararrawa don hasumiya a gwaji na biyu. Nau'in farko, wanda yakai nauyin tan 16, ya fashe yayin gwajin fasaha. An narkar da dome mai fashewa kuma ya zama ƙaramin kararrawa. A karo na farko, 'yan London sun ji karar sabuwar kararrawa a ranar bazara ta ƙarshe ta shekarar 1859.
Koyaya, bayan 'yan watanni sai ya sake fashewa. A wannan karon, hukumomin Landan ba su sake narkar da dome ba, a maimakon haka sun yi mata guduma mai haske. Tsarin tan-goma sha uku na kwano-kwano an juya shi zuwa guduma tare da gefensa cikakke. Tun daga wannan lokacin, sautin ya kasance kamar yadda yake.
Gaskiya mai ban sha'awa game da Big Ben
Yawancin bayanai masu ban sha'awa da labarai suna da alaƙa da babban alamar London:
- Sunan kasuwancin hasumiyar agogo kusan ba a san shi ba a cikin ƙasar. A duk duniya ana kiran sa da sauƙi Big Ben.
- Matsakaicin tsayin tsarin, gami da dabarar, ya kai mita 96.3. Wannan ya fi Statue of Liberty a New York girma.
- Big Ben ya zama alama ba ta London kawai ba, amma ta Burtaniya duka. Stonehenge ne kawai zai iya gasa tare da shi cikin shahara tsakanin masu yawon bude ido.
- Sau da yawa ana amfani da hotunan hasumiyar agogo a fina-finai, jerin TV da shirye-shiryen TV don nuna cewa shari'ar tana cikin Burtaniya.
- Tsarin yana da ɗan gangara zuwa arewa maso yamma. Wannan baya gani ga ido mara kyau.
- Agogo mai nauyin ton biyar a cikin hasumiya shine daidaitaccen abin dogara. An haɓaka kwas ɗin matakai uku musamman don shi, wanda ba a yi amfani da shi a ko'ina ba.
- An fara gabatar da harkar ne a ranar 7 ga Satumbar, 1859.
- Tsawon shekaru 22 tun fitowar sa, Big Ben ana daukar sa mafi girma da nauyi a cikin Burtaniya. Koyaya, a cikin 1881, ya miƙa dabinon zuwa ga "Babbar bene mai nauyin tan goma sha bakwai, wanda aka sanya shi a cikin Majami'ar St. Paul.
- Ko da a lokacin yakin, lokacin da Landan ta yi ruwan bama-bamai sosai, kararrawar ta ci gaba da aiki. Koyaya, a wannan lokacin, an kashe hasken dials don kare tsarin daga matukan jirgin.
- Masoya ƙididdiga sun ƙididdige cewa hannuwan minti na Big Ben suna tafiyar nisan kilomita 190 a kowace shekara.
- A jajibirin Sabuwar Shekara, hasumiyar agogo ta Fadar Westminster tana yin aiki daidai da na Chimes na Kremlin na Moscow. Mazauna da baƙi na Landan sun taru kusa da ita kuma suna jiran lokutan, wanda ke nuna zuwan sabuwar shekara.
- Ana iya jin sauti na chimes a cikin radius na kilomita 8.
- A kowace shekara a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba Nuwamba 11 da ƙarfe 11 ana yin shagulgulan tunawa da ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Farko.
- Don bikin wasannin Olympics na lokacin bazara na 2012 a Landan, ba a tsara lokutan hasumiya a karo na farko tun 1952. A safiyar ranar 27 ga watan Yuli, a cikin mintuna uku, Big Ben ya buga sau 40, yana sanar da mazauna da baƙi na gari game da fara wasannin Olympics.
- A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na ,aya, an kashe hasken hasumiyar daren har tsawon shekaru biyu kuma an rufe kararrawa. Hukumomi sun yanke shawara don hana hare-haren baƙon Bajamushen.
- Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ba a kula da hasumiyar ba. Mayakan bama-bamai na Jamus sun lalata rufin ta kuma lalata lamuran da yawa. Koyaya, wannan bai dakatar da aikin agogo ba. Tun daga wannan lokacin, hasumiyar agogo tana da alaƙa da amincin Ingilishi da daidaito.
- A cikin 1949 agogo ya fara zama a baya da mintuna hudu saboda tsuntsayen da ke kan hannun.
- Girman agogon yana da ban mamaki: diamita na bugun kiran waya ya kai mita 7, kuma tsawon hannayen ya kai mita 2.7 da 4.2. Godiya ga waɗannan matakan, alamar London ta zama mafi girman agogo, wanda ke da lambobi 4 a lokaci ɗaya.
- Gabatar da aikin agogo cikin aiki ya kasance tare da matsalolin da ke da alaƙa da ƙarancin kuɗaɗe, lissafin da ba daidai ba da jinkirin samar da kayan.
- An sanya hotunan hasumiyar a kan T-shirts, mugs, sarƙoƙi masu mahimmanci da sauran abubuwan tunawa.
- Duk wani dan Landan zai gaya maka adireshin Big Ben, kasancewar yana cikin gundumar Westminster mai dadadden tarihi, wacce ita ce cibiyar rayuwar al'adu da siyasa ta babban birnin Burtaniya.
- Lokacin da ake gudanar da tarurruka na majalisar dokoki a fada, ana haskaka agogo tare da haskaka yanayin.
- Ana amfani da zane-zane na hasumiya a littattafan yara game da Ingila.
- A ranar 5 ga watan Agusta, 1976, farkon lalacewar tsarin agogo ya faru. Tun daga wannan ranar, Big Ben yayi shiru tsawon watanni 9.
- A shekara ta 2007, an dakatar da agogon tsawon makonni 10 don gyarawa.
- Ana amfani da ƙararrawar kararrawar a cikin ajiyar allo na wasu shirye-shiryen rediyo da talabijin na Biritaniya.
- Talakawan yawon bude ido ba za su iya hawa hasumiyar ba. Amma wasu lokuta ana yin keɓaɓɓu don latsawa da manyan baƙi. Don hawa bene, mutum yana buƙatar shawo kan matakai 334, wanda ba kowa ke iya yi ba.
- Daidaitaccen motsi ana sarrafa shi ta hanyar tsabar tsabar da aka sanya akan abin ɗorawa da rage ta.
- Baya ga Big Ben kanta, akwai ƙananan ƙararrawa guda huɗu a cikin hasumiyar, waɗanda ke ringin kowane minti 15.
- A cewar kafafan yada labaran Burtaniya, a shekarar 2017, an ware fam miliyan 29 daga kasafin kudin don sake gina manyan biranen Landan. An ware kudin don gyara agogo, girka lif a cikin hasumiyar da inganta ciki.
- A wani lokaci, an yi amfani da hasumiyar a matsayin kurkuku ga membobin majalisar.
- Big Ben yana da nasa asusun na Twitter, inda ake buga sakonnin masu zuwa kowane lokaci: BONG, BONG BONG. Adadin kalmomin "BONG" ya dogara da lokacin rana. Kusan rabin mutane miliyan suna kallon "sautin" sanannen kararrawar London a kan Twitter.
- A cikin 2013, Big Ben ya yi shiru yayin jana'izar Margaret Thatcher.
Rigima game da sunan
Akwai jita-jita da labarai da yawa game da sunan babban abin jan hankalin London. Daya daga cikin tatsuniyar ta ce a yayin wani taro na musamman da aka zabi sunan kararrawa, Honourable Lord Benjamin Hall cikin raha ya ba da shawarar cewa a sa masa sunan a bayansa. Kowa ya yi dariya, amma ya bi shawarar Big Ben, wanda ke kula da aikin ginin.
Muna baka shawara ka kalli Hasumiyar Eiffel.
Wata tatsuniya ta nuna cewa an sanya wa fitaccen sanannen sunan dan dambe mai nauyi Ben Kaant, wanda magoya bayan damben suka sanya wa Big Ben. Wato, tarihi ya ba da wani bayanin daban na yadda kararrawar ta sami sunan ta. Saboda haka, kowa ya yanke wa kansa hukuncin wane sigar ya fi kusa da shi.