The helicopter landed slowly, and the sound of the propeller was deafening. Tang Sancheng covered his ears and fled away from the helicopter. The five people, carrying backpacks, waved to the helicopter and watched it leave. The deafening sound finally
keep away
He was alone. Tang Sancheng breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to look over. The place was vast and desolate on the Loess Mountain. It was already autumn and it was already very cold here. Tang Sancheng wrapped himself up in clothes and said, "It is indeed a thousand caves."
Land, you see..."
On the mountain closest to them, at a glance, there were three or four grottoes in front of them. Grottoes were originally a form of Buddhist architecture in India. Buddhism advocates seclusion, so the monks chose secluded places in the mountains to dig grottoes.
For the purpose of spiritual practice. The layout of Indian grottoes generally has a square hall as the core, surrounded by a circle of pillars, with several small square meditation rooms carved on three sides, and a colonnade outside the cave.
Dunhuang, located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, is world-famous for its exquisite murals and statues. The grottoes were first built during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. According to the Tang Dynasty's "Li Kerang Rebuilt the Buddhist Shrine Stele of the Mogao Grottoes", in the second year of Jianyuan of the former Qin Dynasty (366),
Monk Le Zun was passing by this mountain when he suddenly saw golden light shining like ten thousand Buddhas appearing.
So the first cave was dug on the rock wall. Afterwards, through each dynasty, the scale of the cave became larger and larger, and the mural culture in the cave continued to change with the evolution of history, eventually forming a multi-layered
The mural culture formed the Dunhuang Grottoes in China, and the world also called it Thousand Buddha Caves.
What Tang Sancheng cared about most was not the now well-known Dunhuang Grottoes, also known as the "Thousand Buddha Cave". What he cared about most was the shining golden light that the monk Le Zun once saw. That was the beginning of the Thousand Buddha Cave, and he sensed the Buddha's energy.
, perhaps in order to find those Buddhist auras, he dug the first cave. Of course, he did not find the Thousand Buddhas, but he created the grotto culture of later generations. This was an accident.
Not far from the Thousand Buddha Cave, there is a mountain peak standing there by itself. Its shape is somewhat like a tripod with a wide belly. Sixty years ago, Tang Sancheng had been there before, and he was attracted by this place before he even got close.
The villagers stopped. At that time, material life was very poor, but the folk customs were simple. Generally, the impression of northwest people was that they were rough and direct. The sturdy man at that time was like this: "Hey, I'm talking about you!"
"Me?" At that time, Tang Sancheng was planning to visit the Thousand Buddha Cave, but he happened to pass by this place. When he saw this big mountain like a tripod, he suddenly felt strange. Just as he was about to step forward, he was stopped by this man.
This man looks like a vegetable. At that time, there was a famine. If you go to the south, where the warblers fly and the grass grows, you can dig some wild vegetables. The land here is full of yellow sand and there are few green plants. It is not easy to have a full belly. This man
What I am carrying is a pheasant.
"If you enter, you will die."
Sixty years later, these five words rang in Tang Sancheng's ears again: "If a person with evil intentions breaks in rashly, he will definitely die of a broken heart. This is what that man told me. I was still
When I was young, I visited Taoism and worshiped Buddha alone. As you know, I was timid. As soon as the man warned me, I immediately bypassed it and went directly to Thousand Buddha Cave. Now think about it, the phenomenon caused by Fu Xiqin
They are somewhat similar,
"In order to prevent the Fu Xi Qin from falling into the hands of those who want to seize the Fu Xi Qin to achieve their ambitions, Thousand Buddhas of Dunhuang rely on its power to control the souls of all things, causing anyone who comes to look for the Fu Xi Qin to suffer from mental breakdown and death from severe brain pain.
Anyone who enters here by mistake will suffer a heart attack and die." Bai Yi said, "However, I have a question."
"What?" Tang Sancheng was still immersed in the memories of the past.
"How did he know that those people died of heart rupture? Sixty years ago, medical conditions were very limited, and if someone died in such a remote place, it would be considered an accident at first, and no autopsy would be done. If
There are too many people dying and there are too many coincidences. Generally, this place is considered to be very evil, and then rumors will start to spread." Bai Yi said: "The cause of death that person said is really accurate."
"Isn't this matter not very important?" Cong Yang said: "After so many years, do we still need to find him and ask him clearly?"
Cong Yang felt that Bai Yi was a bit over the top. This was Bai Yi's old problem. Once he caught something wrong, he always liked to hold on to it. Cong Yang shrugged: "Tang Sancheng, are we going to go now?"
Let’s see what happens? Let’s see if we will die of heart rupture.”
After making up my mind, I headed towards the tripod-shaped mountain. This place is about ten kilometers away from the Thousand Buddha Cave. It looked so close, but it took some time to actually hike there. Due to the weather this season,
It was not the peak tourist season, and there were very few passing cars along the way. The mountain was finally getting closer. This place was simply a place where no birds came to poop. Apart from their footprints on the ground, there were some scattered ones that looked like animal footprints.
Imprints, nothing more.
Qixie suddenly raised his head: "The sandstorm is coming."
This wind was very unusual, and the sky was completely dark. Qixie was very sensitive to changes in nature. Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the air became chaotic, and the whistling sound of the wind and the sweeping dust swept in.
Turning on the ring in Tang Sancheng's ear, Qixie looked around. There was no cover in front of him and no blocker in the back. There was only the tripod-shaped mountain in front of him. Qixie had already run towards the mountain: "Find a place to take shelter.
This is the only place!"
The sand hit everyone's faces, and a lot of it got into their eyes. They had to hold their backpacks in front of their heads to resist for a while, and then quickly moved towards the tripod-shaped mountain.
The small hole became their savior. They lay on the ground and carefully got in...
Cong Yang sat down and said, "Compared to the roller wind, this kind of sandstorm is much better."
"The principle is similar." Bai Yi spat on the ground several times. The feeling of the sand in his mouth was really not good. He stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth and said: "There is a lot of dust here and the wind is strong. It is evening now and the air condition is unstable.
This is an important local thermal condition, and this is why sandstorms generally occur in the evening."
When it came to the evening, everyone thought that it would be dark soon. There was no village in front of it, and no store in the back. They could only sleep here at night. Using the light from the entrance of the cave, the five of them looked at the cave. It was full of gravel.
, Qixie turned on the flashlight in his hand and shined it on the wall: "Sancheng, what is this?"
The mural on the wall looked like an abstract painting. Tang Sancheng was so excited that he went up to push away some dead branches and leaves on the wall. He wanted to stick his whole body to the wall: "This is the Eight Parts of Demi-Gods and Dragons."
The Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragons are non-human beings and include eight kinds of Shinto monsters. Because the gods and dragons are the most important, they are called the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragons. The eight divisions include: the Heavenly Division, the Two Dragon Divisions, the Three Yakshas, the Four Gandharvas, and the Five As. Shura, Liujialuo, Qijinnara, Bamohuluka. The eight divisions of heaven and dragon are living beings that look like humans but are not actually human beings.
"These are the portraits of the Eight Tribes of Heavenly Dragons. Look, this is Yaksha." Tang Sancheng pushed aside the dry vine leaves and revealed the portrait of Yaksha there. It was exactly the same as the Yaksha they had seen. Yaksha was a non-human race and they had long ago Got it, it seems like there are all kinds of things in the world, but only human beings?
"This is Asura." Tang Sancheng pointed to the portrait with two faces and said: "This is a man and this is a woman. The man is extremely ugly, but the woman is extremely beautiful. King Asura often leads his troops to fight against Emperor Shi. , because Asura has beauties but no good food, and Sakyamuni has good food but no beauties, they are jealous and rob each other, and every time there is a fierce battle, the world is turned upside down. As a result of the war, Asura is often defeated, and there is nowhere to escape in the world. So he transformed himself into the lotus root and sneaked into its pores."
"What about this one?" Xiaoshan pointed: "Is it holding a dragon in its mouth? Is it eating a dragon?"
This is a big bird with its wings spread out and a raised wishful bead on its head. On the mural, it is holding a small dragon in its mouth. The small dragon has only a few strokes, but its death struggle is vividly expressed. .
"Some people like to call it Dapeng Garuda, but in the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon, its name is Garuda," Tang Sancheng said: "Its ending is rather tragic, its song is sad, it feeds on dragons, and it has to eat every day. One dragon and five hundred little dragons. When they died, all the poisons accumulated in their bodies and they could no longer eat. So they flew up and down seven times and flew to the top of Diamond Wheel Mountain to die. Because they had eaten dragons all their lives, they had accumulated a lot of poisonous gases in their bodies. , when he was about to die, he burned himself with poison. After the body was burned away, only one heart remained, which was pure green and glazed. Is the little dragon you see actually a dragon? The little dragon also has a name, called snake, so its final cause of death is Because of snake venom.”
"It died, so it ceased to exist a long time ago?" Cong Yang still can't understand the existence of emperors, generals and the like. They do exist. "What about other people?"
"I don't know. You know, there are two other people in the Tian Long Ba Bu. They are the couple we mentioned before. They are also one of the Tian Long Ba Bu." Tang Sancheng suddenly felt that something was wrong. He immediately turned around and looked over, and immediately took a breath. He took a breath of air: "The entrance to the cave is gone."
Along with the entrance of the cave, there was the sound of sandstorm. Cong Yang spat on the ground: "Damn, what kind of monster did we encounter? Isn't that where we got in just now?"
What was the entrance to the cave just now is now a dark rock wall. There was light coming in just now. Now it is completely closed. Where is the entrance to the cave? From when they found the entrance to the cave to the murals of the Eight Tribes of the Dragon and the Dragon on the wall. , in just ten minutes, earth-shaking changes have taken place here.
"Here..." Tang Sancheng touched his nose: "There is a ghost."