The moment I saw this thing, my brain short-circuited for a few seconds. This is a legendary thing. I have only heard about it before. This is the first time I have seen this thing up close.
No one really understands the historical mystery behind the "handprint bricks". Exactly the same ones have been found in many ancient pagodas and underground palaces. There are rumors that they are replicas of the handprints of the Buddha when he was alive, but I think this statement cannot be verified and there is no evidence.
The handprint tiles are large and the cards fit perfectly.
I put my hand on it for comparison, and the fingerprint on the brick was much larger than my hand.
When the bricks were removed, a rectangular space was immediately revealed, which was very deep.
Turn sideways and stick the flashlight in.
The first thing I saw was a stone letter covered with dust on the surface, tied with a yellow silk ribbon in the middle. The silk ribbon was weathered, and it was vaguely visible that the surface of the stone letter was covered with Buddhist patterns.
My heart was beating wildly, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. It's impossible to see this thing in a tomb.
Biting the flashlight, he reached out and took it out.
I saw that this stone letter was carved from white sandstone. It was rectangular, with a dazzling top, a heaven and earth cover, a mother-in-law mouth, and a hole at the end of the cover. There was a small Buddha standing on the hole. The cover of the letter was also engraved with scriptures. These scriptures were like images.
It's the Paramita Heart Sutra. If you look closely, it doesn't look like it. Anyway, I don't recognize it.
I opened the stone letter with an uneasy heart, and when I saw what was inside, my heart immediately skipped a beat!
A small palm-sized nanmu coffin and a matchbox.
That’s right, it’s the modern matchbox!
My heart suddenly became cold.
This must have been discovered by a colleague who didn't know how long ago. This matchbox is the evidence. Leaving this thing behind deliberately is like mocking the latecomers.
All other things had been taken away, but the small coffin was intact and there were no signs of being opened on the surface, indicating that someone did not want it back then.
I don’t want it either. It’s not that it’s bad luck, but I know what’s in it.
There is probably a small silver coffin inside, and inside the silver coffin is a glass bottle, which contains the relics of a certain eminent monk in the past.
Logically speaking, this type of stone letter should have inscriptions on it, but this one does not.
Disappointed, I covered the stone letter as it was and was about to put it back. At this moment, I suddenly noticed something reflecting light in the corner.
The flashlight shook, and it had a metallic luster.
I immediately reached in and touched it, and I quickly found it, but I couldn't take it out, it was stuck!
From the feel, it looks like a bronze mirror or some kind of cover.
I supported my body with one hand, grabbed the thing with the other hand, shook it back and forth, and pulled it out hard at the same time.
Without any precautions, the thing was pulled out in the next second, causing me to almost fall over.
Lower your head and take a closer look.
I never expected that it turned out to be a big copper coin.
The size is as big as my hand.
Round! Square hole, gilt all over, bare back, four characters read from top to right, bottom to left on the front.
"The sixth year of Qingning."
Without having time to take a closer look, I quickly restored everything to its original position and returned.
Halfway through, I ran into a problem.
Unlike climbing a tower, when I slid down, there was no point of strength and the high altitude and strong wind caused the cables to swing very violently.
Difficulty controlling direction.
I accidentally bumped into the tower bowl!
Even though I held it up with my hands, it still hit me so hard that I felt like I was about to fall apart, and stars were popping up in front of my eyes.
It was around three o'clock in the middle of the night, and people would come out to clean the scenic area around five o'clock. I knew I didn't dare to delay, so my heart crossed, I saw exactly where my feet were, and I let go and jumped down.
It was a near miss and he landed safely, except that his right foot was twisted.
Then another problem appeared in front of us: how to get down from the top of the tower to the sixth floor platform?
I just turned it up, but now it's very difficult to think about it.
Taking a deep breath and adjusting my posture, I grabbed the edge of the tower and tentatively dangled one foot in the air.
Then the whole person was suspended in the air, hanging by his hands.
Swing a bit.
Swing twice, swing three times...
Look for where the sixth floor platform is.
let go.
Landing!
I lay down for several minutes before I recovered. After checking my surroundings to make sure that no personal belongings were left behind, I limped down and ran down.
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In the early morning, when a ray of sunshine illuminates the horizon, the entire northwest town begins its normal day of operation. It only takes a few hours for the ancient pagoda scenic spot to go from empty to full of people.
I carried my bag and mingled with tourists from all over the world. As a joke, no one knew that Spider-Man was here last night.
Looking at the towering and majestic thousand-year-old wooden tower in front of me, I admired from the bottom of my heart how I dared to go up. If I were to try it again now, I would definitely not dare and almost lose my life.
When I walked to a place with few people, I took out a large copper coin and took a closer look.
There are three painted figures painted on the door panel of the south door on the first floor of the wooden pagoda. According to research, they are the three queens of the Liao Dynasty, namely Xiao Yujin, Xiao Tali and Xiao Guanyin.
Except for one queen of the Liao Dynasty, all the other queens were named Xiao. Because there are three queens on the murals and there is no actual inscription record, there have been many opinions over the years about who was responsible for the construction of the wooden pagoda in Yingxian County.
Now I can say with certainty that it was built by Xiao Tarili, and the big coin I found is the evidence.
At that time, the industry's understanding of this type of copper coins was still very shallow. This thing was big and thick, weighing almost half a catty. It was definitely not the currency of the industry at that time. I once sold a Xixia coin similar to this one.
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At that time, people in the industry called this kind of money "Qian", which meant that it was specially made to commemorate someone or something in ancient times. It was not until more than ten years later that several similar coins were discovered one after another, and some people in the industry overturned the previous idea.
The name is given as: "Sacrifice and offering to commemorate the year."
Similar to mine, I have also discovered "the sixth year of Dakang", "the third year of Da'an", "the first year of Chongxi", "the second year of Shouchang", "Da Liao Tianqing" and so on.
No more than twenty pieces.
Nowadays, one copper coin of this kind will definitely cost over one million, maybe three or four million, but back then, the price was at most one-tenth of the price. It was not easy to sell it, and you had to find the right person to dare to accept it, because of the cognitive
insufficient.
For example, the half of the "Yongle" iron coin I found in Qiandao Lake, if I were to say that it was the year coin of Fangla's uprising army, would definitely be said by experts to be fake and a fabrication.
There is no solution to this.
Because once "discovery" comes before "cognition"! If you want to be accepted by most people, you can only give it time.
There are many similar things in tombs, such as rice dumplings. I believe that sooner or later, ordinary people's knowledge will be refreshed.
...
"here!"
I waved forward.
Wang Mo, who had been taught a lesson by me last night, ran over immediately when he saw me.
"Brother, you are quite leisurely. Why are you here?"
"There are few people here and it's quiet. Do you mind what happened last night?"
"That's what I said! I don't mind at all! It's my blessing to know a master like you, big brother!"
I smiled and said: "Okay, those who know the current affairs are heroes. When I see Hou XX later, I will say a few kind words for you."
In fact, I don’t know Hou xx at all, and people don’t know me either.
He was not stupid, and asked me tentatively: "A master like you, brother, should have a name in the Tao. I dare to ask..."
"Knowing too much is not good for you, Tian Sanjiu has never heard of it." I said.
"Of course I've heard of it! It's recognized as the leader among the ten provincial highways in the north!"
I took a sip of water and said, "You have to give me three points even if you meet me."
Seeing my understatement, his eyes were shocked and his mouth opened wide.