Chen Ran's cry startled me, thinking he saw something scary. But he immediately jumped up to the hole above his head, and then waved to us.
We started walking up one by one. When I climbed over the steps, I was surprised when I saw the scene in front of me. The cave suddenly became much wider. From a visual inspection, it might be more than seven or eight meters. The ground and cave walls
It was almost completely flattened, forming a square passage. On both sides of the passage, there were some lamp figurines placed symmetrically against the walls.
"Damn it, what a ghost!" Ma Dad was a little nervous: "Why did it suddenly turn into a corridor!"
"Ma Dad, you've made a fool of yourself." The monk laughed and said, "I'm not going to tell you whether you have ever been in a trap before. Let me ask you, have you ever seen such a wide corridor?"
Ma Dad blushed, but refused to give in: "Just say you are ignorant, go to the Ming Tombs and take a look..."
When they heard that Ma Dad was talking about the Ming Tombs again, everyone ignored it and began to walk forward slowly with flashlights on. However, I felt that the scene in front of me was really like walking into an ancient tomb.
But this is just my personal feeling. If you look at it with a "professional" perspective like a mustache or a monk, this is definitely not a tomb. The original location of this cave is quite strange. After climbing for so long, it was suddenly man-made.
It is incomprehensible to transform it into this state. In ancient times, due to the constraints of technology and productivity, all kinds of resources were precious, and it was impossible to waste manpower and material resources on useless work. Since a lot of effort is spent to build any project, there must be something
its usefulness.
Above the two rows of lamp figurines, there are small holes cut out against the rock wall. These are used to place lamps, probably for lighting purposes for the craftsmen who originally dug the cave. If you look carefully, you will see that
I found that the upper edge of each small hole was almost deeply burned by the burning lights.
In other words, many people have been working here for a long time. They have widened the originally not wide passage. If you think about it seriously, these are not in vain. The only explanation is that they want to
Other things are transported in from here, so a relatively wide passage is needed.
This amount of work may not be too difficult now, but it was very impressive in that era. The length of the passage is not long. Standing here, a flashlight can illuminate the exit at the other end. Except for the lantern figurines on both sides of the passage
, we also found some small objects in some hard-to-reach corners behind the lamp figurines, including dry and hard sawdust and a few deformed nails.
These lamp figurines were carved from local materials and made of stone. They are in a half-kneeling shape, with a large vat for placing lamp oil hunched over their backs. The shape of the lamp figurines does not have any atmosphere of Han culture, and the expressions of the lamp figurines are very weird.
, the face seems to be crying or smiling, in short, it makes people feel uncomfortable.
The lamp figurines may not have been used at all. There was still mostly solidified lamp oil in the large vat, which was a large piece of yellow color that looked like cheese. After looking at it for a while, Ma Dad couldn't help it anymore. He grabbed the monk and asked, "Monk, what are you doing?"
If we pull back one or two of these stone sculptures, do you think there will be any trouble?"
"Ma Dad, what do you want to do?"
"I am getting older and older, and I may not be able to run away in the future. At least I can get some souvenirs from here. When I have nothing to do, I can take a look and reminisce about the past. We have horses. This lantern figurine is actually not heavy. Put the lamp oil inside
Pour it out very lightly..."
"Just stay here and dream."
This place doesn't look like a tomb, but walking on this passage, there is a gloomy atmosphere. It feels strange and a bit strange. There is a long, winding and spiraling gap inside the mountain, which is magical enough.
What's more, there is a passage that has been modified by others. I really don't know what those ancient people thought, drilling into the inside of the mountain to carry out projects. But in this way, it further confirmed my initial hunch that this mountain is very unusual.
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The atmosphere was gloomy, but we walked relatively safely. This integrated mountain cave structure is very different from the masonry structure of a real ancient tomb, and it is almost impossible to lay out the main hub of the mechanism.
After walking through this short passage, the cave at the exit returned to its natural state, but it was wider than the previous path. If you look carefully, you can still find some man-made traces on it, which may be the result of
The uneven rocks on the cave walls have been chiseled away to make it easier for people to pass.
I shone the flashlight forward, and it was completely dark, and the light also diffused and faded. It was obviously a relatively large space. I walked and tested it all the way, and found that the air quality was always good. There was no dusty smell like ordinary caves. I guessed that this must be
It is a living hole, with at least one or two outlets to maintain air circulation.
This mountain gap leads to a very irregular small space. Although it is not big, it is much wider than the previous places. Once people enter, the feeling of congestion and depression in the chest disappears a lot. The small space
The area is at most **10 square meters, and it has obviously been renovated. As we walked along, there was always only one gap in the mountain. Judging from the external structure of the mountain, there may be other roads, but we have not found them yet.
When we got here, the stone walls surrounding this small space began to fork, some were large and some were small, and it was almost impossible to recognize which one was the entrance to the main road. These entrances were all built along the natural cracks.
The originally irregular cracks were repaired into circular shapes.
Mustache and the monk immediately stopped. This place was slightly different from the previous modified passage. Except for the different size, there were many more murals on the walls of the stone chamber. It was these murals that attracted them.
Generally speaking, whether it is rock paintings or murals, the amount of information they carry can sometimes be very large. Especially in some environments where written materials are extremely scarce, these remaining paintings have become an important basis for archeology and research. Many
People who know the art like to study these, and can unearth a lot of useful things from them, especially the continuous narrative murals, which may contain events that have been lost in many historical materials.
The murals are well preserved and there is no serious fading. It is obvious that the craftsmen applied a layer of protective oil on the surface after finishing the paintings to isolate the air and moisture from contact with the murals. This technique was developed by the Northern Song Dynasty people.
Invention, as the saying goes, technology knows no borders. Although Xixia has been at war with Song Dynasty, the exchanges between science and technology and culture cannot be blocked.
I'm not too interested in murals, mainly because my cultural background is shallow and I can't understand these things. But the murals in front of me made me pay attention involuntarily along with the mustache, because the content of the murals is very strange.
The slightly flattened rock wall is almost entirely covered with paintings of the seated statue of Taishang Daojun. These are not surprising, as they can often be seen in Taoist temples. As for the appearance of Taishang Daojun, there has never been a conclusive conclusion.
Each era has its own style, and each region has its own characteristics. If you move the Taoist statues in Taoist temples in the north to the south, you may see big differences.
However, the paintings of the seated statues of the Supreme Taoist Lord on these murals are a bit outrageous. Almost all the seated statues on the rock wall are carved from the same mold. There is no trace of Taoist detachment on their faces, but there is a kind of cruelty.
Aura and fierce light.
Everyone was looking at the murals, but Ma Dad tightened his collar and said, "These paintings look evil."
"Why?"
"I can't tell, I just feel evil." Ma Dad muttered to himself for a while, and when no one paid attention to him, he lost interest in these murals and ran to the side to study the lantern figurines.
"Can you see the actual meaning of the mural?" I asked Mustache.
"It's definitely not a narrative mural. Nothing can be seen for the time being. It may have no practical significance."
"There is no substantive meaning. There should be a general category for the mural style. At least we need to know what era it was from."
Just as Mustache was about to speak, Ma Dad suddenly let out a wolf howl, which startled me. I quickly used a flashlight to shine. Ma Dad jumped up to us in two steps, his face was pale, and his Adam's apple squirmed with difficulty:
"There's something!"
"What?"
"I didn't see it." Ma Dad looked back nervously at where he was just now: "But there must be something! I just said this place is evil."
"Ma Dad, what kind of plane are you planning? Don't deceive people. How do you know there is something if you don't even see it?"
Ma Dad has always been arrogant and loves to brag. He would throw away at least half of what he said, and the remaining half would still have water in it. But at this time, I found that Ma Dad’s expression, demeanor, and tone did not look like he was joking, nor did he seem to believe it.
It was nonsense, because he really looked like he was frightened by something.
"Something licked the back of my head."
"That's even more nonsense, Dad, please don't scare yourself, okay..."
"Forget it if you don't believe it!" Ma Dad was also a little anxious: "Do you have to wait until everyone suffers before you believe what I say?"
No matter what others said, Ma Dad insisted that there was something here and licked the back of his head. I couldn't help but walk behind him and take a flashlight to look. After a few glances, my heart suddenly sank.
The hair on the back of Ma Dad's head was stuck in strands with something, and it felt a little sticky to the touch. It was definitely not sweat. I was a little panicked and asked people to come over and take a look. Now everyone stopped talking, knowing that Ma Dad was not talking nonsense.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Both the monk and Chen Ran stretched out their hands to take out the penis and looked around.
I asked Ma Dad about the specific situation just now. Ma Dad said that he was squatting and looking at the lantern figurines. Suddenly, the back of his head felt cold. He vaguely felt that a tongue was licking it. Ma Dad subconsciously touched it.
I found that my hair was a little wet, so I screamed in fear and looked back, but I didn't see anything.