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Yucatán is a state in Mexico, located in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula, bordering the Gulf of Mexico to the north. Its capital is Merida.
The entire Yucatan Peninsula is one of the cradles of ancient Mayan culture.
According to the discovered stone tablets, at the beginning of the Christian era, the Mayans had already established a city in the northeast of Lake Beden Icha in the southern part of the Yucatan Peninsula.
In the 5th and 6th centuries AD, they established the city of Chichen-Itza.
The city of Chichén-Itzá not only has exquisitely carved and vivid statues of gods, monuments painted with honey, egg white and lime, but also the world-famous Mayan pyramids.
Among the hundreds of pyramids, the most famous is the Pyramid of Kukulkan, which stands in a clearing in the tropical jungle.
The original meaning of 'Kukulkan' in the local indigenous language is: a place for dancing and singing, or a feathered snake god.
The Pyramid of Kukulkan is about 30 meters high and is surrounded by 91 steps, adding up to a total of 364 steps. Including the Quetzalcoatl Temple at the top of the tower, there are a total of 365 steps, symbolizing the 365 days of the year.
sky.
There are side walls up to 1 meter wide on both sides of the steps. At the lower end of the north wall, there is a stone carving of a large snake head with feathers. The snake head is 1.43 meters high, 1.80 meters long and 1.07 meters wide. A big tongue comes out of the snake's mouth.
, looks very intimidating.
Moreover, the most mysterious part of the Kukulkan Pyramid lies in this serpentine statue: at sunset on the spring and autumn equinoxes every year, the side wall of a set of steps on the north side of the pyramid will shine in the sunlight.
Under the illumination, it forms a winding seven-segment isosceles triangle, together with the snake head carved at the bottom, like a giant snake swimming from the top of the tower to the earth, as if it is trying to crawl out of the temple.
Each time, this illusion lasted for a full 3 hours and 22 minutes, exactly every second.
This mysterious landscape is called: Light and Shadow Snake.
In ancient times, whenever a snake shadow appeared at the Kukulkan Pyramid, the Mayans would gather together, sing and dance to celebrate the arrival of the feathered snake god.
According to the information provided by Sophie, when Chu Yang arrived near the Kukulkan Pyramid south of the University of Mexico, it was the 28th day of the second lunar month in 2012 in China.
The 28th day of the second lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar is the vernal equinox.
Vernal Equinox: means the equinox of day and night, ranking fourth among the twenty-four solar terms. At this time, the sun shines directly on the equator, spring is warm, flowers bloom, warblers fly and grass grows, which is suitable for farming, field management, sightseeing, etc.
Because the Kukulkan Pyramid displays the mysterious phenomenon of "light and shadow snakes" every spring and autumn equinox, there are always a large number of tourists here on this day.
Chu Yang, who was dressed like a Mexican local in a floral shirt, was among these tourists.
Like those famous scenic spots in China, the Kukulkan Pyramid also has a special promotional brochure on copper plates and colored paper.
"Light and shadow snake shape? Haha, it sounds quite mysterious. I just don't know if the big snake will crawl over and say hello to me after I arrive."
After Chu Yang browsed through it casually, he came to a small temporary coffee shop and ordered a cup of cat poop coffee that was said to be made from coffee beans pulled out of cats.
A Cuban cigar (he was sure that both of these were knock-offs because they only cost a dozen dollars in total), raised his hand to hold the white cowboy hat on his head, and asked the Mexican who had just finished greeting the guests.
Girl: "Hi, miss, there are a lot of guests today. Are they all here to see the light and shadow snake shape?"
That Mexican girl with slightly dark skin and big seductive eyes seems to like someone's pretty Asian face.
After giving him an exotic and ambiguous look, the Mexican girl sat opposite him with her white teeth exposed. She held her chin with one hand and lifted her already low clothes seemingly unintentionally with the other.
After pulling down the collar for a moment, making the pair of grooves on her chest hidden under the two peaks deeper, she clamped her left eye and replied: "Yes, at this time, there will be a lot of tourists here.
Customers. But there are so many of them this year.”
After casually glancing at the girl's breasts, Chu Yang calmly raised his head, glanced at the crowd outside the booth and asked casually: "Why are there so many guests this year?"
"Because there is a sacrificial ceremony at midnight tonight."
The Mexican girl looked around, leaned in front of Chu Yang, and whispered mysteriously: "According to the prophecy, December 21 this year is the end of the fifth solar era, and the high priest
Shakku emerged in front of the altar more than a month ago. The new high priest Juyeo said that Shakku went to ask the sun god for a decree. Quetzalcoatl, who came to the world more than a year ago, is likely to
tonight
Appear to save the world that is about to perish. Therefore, the sacrificial ceremony will be held at midnight today to welcome the arrival of Quetzalcoatl..."
"Will Quetzalcoatl show up tonight?"
When Chu Yang heard this, he asked with a thought: "Is the high priest Juyeo sure that Quetzalcoatl will show up tonight? Where did you hear this news? Oh, by the way, this sacrificial ceremony
How is the ceremony held? And how to determine whether Quetzalcoatl is authentic or not?"
When Chu Yang came to Mexico this time, he originally wanted to check out the place where Shakku "transformed into an immortal", hoping to get some useful clues.
But he never expected that he, who was recognized by Sophie as the 'Quetzalcoatl', resisted the idea of going back to China to 'torture' Chai Murong, and when he came here, he would encounter such a sacrificial ceremony.
Mode.
Moreover, from what this girl said, it seems that Juyeo is sure that Quetzalcoatl will appear tonight.
As a result, Chu Yang became very interested, so he asked the Mexican girl this series of questions.
Seeing that Chu Yang only cared about her words but turned a blind eye to her pair of girls who were about to jump out, the Mexican girl suddenly lost interest. She shrugged and raised her collar to cover it.
Those "exotic scenery" shook their heads and said nothing, stood up and left.
"Hey, I asked you something!" Seeing that she was about to leave, Chu Yang quickly reached out and grabbed her left hand.
The Mexican girl frowned, and just when she was about to say something, she saw Chu Yang take out seven or eight large-denomination U.S. dollars from his pocket and put them in her hand, and his eyes began to stare at her chest: "Haha, I haven't done it yet.
What's your name? Can we be friends? Are you free tonight? I'd like to invite you out for a drink."
"My name is Marina." Seeing Chu Yang being so aggressive, the Mexican girl was in a good mood immediately, and she immediately put the dollar bills into her ### and held them tightly together.
He sat down and began to answer his questions...
The difference between the Egyptian pyramids and the Mayan pyramids is that the Egyptian pyramids are all tombs of the pharaohs, while the Mayan pyramids are mainly used to hold various religious ceremonies, and only a few pyramids have
It functions as a mausoleum.
When the Mayans held various religious ceremonies, sacrificial ceremonies were an indispensable part of them.
In ancient times, the Maya's sacrificial activities were frequent and cruel: wars, festivals, praying for a good harvest, and many other activities had sacrificial rituals. The sacrificial rituals not only included rich treasure sacrifices, but also used living people.
The heart is sacrificed to the sun god.
However, with the continuous development of society, this cruel way of sacrifice has been stopped by the local government.
However, with the advent of December 21, 2012, the Mayans, who took it as their duty to "save mankind", under the leadership of their high priests, held the spring equinox and the autumnal equinox for Quetzalcoatl for several years.
At midnight, this cruel sacrificial ceremony was secretly held.
However, although modern sacrificial rituals still use living people to offer gifts to the sun god, the process is not very bloody. This can be regarded as being infected by modern civilization.
According to the information revealed by Marina, a local aboriginal, Chu Yang also knew a little bit about the process of sacrifice: the 'offering' offered to the sun god is usually a young and beautiful girl. Before the sacrifice ceremony begins, the girl must
A 16-day fasting period is spent in front of a statue of the sun god in a temple. When the spring equinox or the autumnal equinox is midnight, girls will be smoked with various spices.
Then put on gorgeous clothes and walk up to the altar on the top of Kukulkan's pyramid to the accompaniment of monotonous drums.
When the midnight bell rings, this weak girl will be pushed down on the altar by four saints (usually mature women) wearing ancient Mayan costumes, with her arms and legs spread out.
Then, the high priest will pierce her heart with a long iron nail, letting her 'purified' blood flow down the altar, and finally disappear under the altar at the top of the pyramid.
After the girl is "accepted" by the sun god, the high priest will hold up the skull scepter in his hand and shout some "Nima Nima Na Red" Mayan to the believers surrounding the pyramid.
Sacrifice ancient sayings.
At this time, the people around the pyramid and the four saints on the altar will all prostrate themselves on the ground, hoping to use their piety to win the visit of Quetzalcoatl and lead mankind to the end of the world before the end of the world.
A new era.
Although this kind of sacrificial ceremony that took place in the middle of the night cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of the local government, as long as no one goes to the police station to report the case, they will not take care of it.
Because local government officials also firmly believe that December 21, 2012 is the end of the Fifth Solar Era, and they also long for a god to save them...
When Marina talked about it, in order to make the problem more clear, Chu Yang paid a small price: more than a dozen U.S. dollars and a sweet kiss on the forehead.
Under the temptation of money and 'beauty', Marina simply stopped doing business in the small coffee shop, and affectionately led Chu Yang away and walked into a temporary small tent where she rested.
Chu Yang didn't mind spending money to buy information, and he could accept the reality of giving a 'sweet kiss' to a girl, but he really didn't want to, and he didn't have the ability to deal with this girl who started to exude a kind of female animal hair.
A girl who only has the aura of being in love behaves wildly in a place close to the gods.
It was easy to talk, but Mr. Chu used the excuse of "doing this as blasphemy" to stop Marina who started to take off her clothes, and promised that after tonight, he would invite her to the largest restaurant in Mexico.
In the hotel, ‘deepen’ the relationship in detail.
Although she couldn't taste the taste of a handsome Asian boy for the time being, Marina was intoxicated by Mr. Chu's carefulness and sweet words, and he told her everything she knew.
Come out: "John (Chu Yang's temporary English name), you just asked how to verify the true identity of Quetzalcoatl. This is very simple."