The Korean peacock would be so happy after discovering this Buddha statue to save Miwo Tathagata Buddha. If this is really the relic of the ancient Zhangzhong Kingdom, then these Buddha statues must be at least one or two thousand years old. If it can be traced back to "Yong Zhongben"
This Buddha statue may have a history of tens of thousands of years.*
How could Peacock Han be unhappy after discovering such a grotto?
"Boss, this stone statue is very valuable?" Just when Han Peacock was happy, Huangshan came to him at some point.
"Of course they are very valuable. It can be said that the Buddha statues here are no less valuable than the grottoes in Dunhuang, Longmen." Han Kongque said.
Huang Shandao: "In this way, this place must be well protected. I just went up to take a look and found that it was quite damaged."
"Destruction?" Han Peacock was stunned.
Huang Shandao: "It was not destroyed by man, but destroyed by nature."
Han Peacock naturally knows that the natural environment here is not good. You must know that the landforms in the Ali area include mountains, valleys, soil forests, ice erosion, impact fans, moraine and volcanoes. Historically, this feature has been summarized as "a land surrounded by ice and snow"
"Pulan", "Guge" surrounded by rocks, and "Mayu" surrounded by lakes are collectively called the "Three Surrounds of Ali".
The main mountain ranges include the Himalayas, Gangdese Mountains, and Karakoram Mountains. The south and southwest are deep grooves, valleys, and sporadic impact fan zones; the east and northwest have relatively gentle terrain, forming wide valleys and endless grassland Gobi.
The general terrain characteristics are that the plateau rises sequentially from south to north, while the main ridges of the major mountain ranges gradually decrease. The highest point is Namunani Peak in Pulan County, with an altitude of 7694 meters, and the lowest point is Shibu in Zanda County.
The Langqin Zangbo Valley near Qi has an altitude of 2,800 meters and a maximum relative height difference of 894 meters.
Ali belongs to a Category II wind zone, with an annual average wind speed of more than 3.2 meters per second, a wind frequency of more than level 8, and an annual number of windy days of about 149. The annual average temperature is 0°C, and the daily average temperature changes greatly, making it truly a "late weather zone".
Cotton-padded jacket. Wear yarn in the afternoon."
The winter is low and severe all year round. The annual average temperature is less than zero degrees, the extreme minimum temperature can reach -41 degrees, and the extreme maximum temperature in summer is 21 degrees. The temperature difference between day and night is quite large. The annual temperature difference is small in places above 5,000 meters above sea level. The daytime temperature in August
It is above 10c. The night temperature drops below 0c.
Ali has very little precipitation throughout the year and strong seasonality. From October to April of the next year, precipitation only accounts for 10% to 20% of the whole year. From May to September, the rainfall is very concentrated, generally accounting for 10% to 20% of the total.
It accounts for more than 80% of the annual precipitation.
Due to its high altitude, the Ali area has a cold and dry climate, with relatively little rainfall throughout the year and a large temperature difference between day and night. The winter in Ali is long and cold.
In such a climate, the rocks are severely weathered. Although this is not a desert, the environment is not much better than the Dunhuang Grottoes.
However, even in a place with such a harsh climate, a brilliant civilization has emerged. The culture and art here are an important part of the ancient Zhang Zhung civilization, and have produced many myths that interpret nature in the form of legends.
These myths and legends turned out to be illusory, and even the records in the classics were not so clear. However, they were actually reflected in this dilapidated grotto group.
The grottoes here are all very dirty from smoke. This is because people have often burned fires and cooked here for thousands of years.
Accommodation in such a place is naturally as convenient as possible, so we use three stones to surround it in a zigzag shape, put a pot in the middle, and burn cow dung underneath, so that we can have a meal.
After countless years, it would be strange if the grotto is not dark. Now the Korean peacock is slowly brushing it out with water, and some exquisite murals are slowly revealed.
Zhangzhug culture is called the foundation culture of Tibet. The traces of ancient Zhangzhug culture run through all aspects of Tibet. From production to life, from folk customs to beliefs, the shadow of Zhangzhug culture is everywhere.
Religious activities and rituals such as worshiping mountain gods and turning around mountains all originate from the Zhangzhong culture. Many of the customs and lifestyles of Tibetan people today are also inherited from the Zhangzhong era, such as turning around sacred mountains, worshiping sacred lakes, and planting wind-horse flags.
Inserting colorful prayer flags, carving scriptures on stones, placing mani piles, doing divination and fortune-telling all have traces of the traditional customs of this religion.
The murals here mainly depict the living conditions of the ancient Zhangzhung people, so some important sacrificial activities are reflected in the murals, such as turning around the sacred mountain, worshiping the sacred lake, placing wind horse flags, inserting colorful prayer flags, carving
Stone scriptures, placement of mani piles, divination, fortune telling, all these are included, and each mural is not small in length and is very comprehensive.
Perhaps it is because the murals here were covered by smoke a long time ago, so although they were damaged after weathering, they were not too seriously damaged. In particular, many of the Shang Shung characters have been preserved.
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Seeing so many Shang Shung scripts, Han Kongque was even more certain that Tibetan script should have originated from Shang Shung script. When Songtsen Gampo sent his minister Thonmi Sambuza to create Tibetan script, it could only be called an improvement of Shang Shung script.
Nowadays, many people in academia believe that Tibetan was adapted from the Sanskrit of Asan Kingdom. However, as long as we look at Kaxiang Xiongwen, this confidence should be insufficient. Therefore, it was not Tumisangpo who created Tibetan who has been repeatedly praised by people.
Zha, and there may have been ancient writing before Tubo (the era of Songtsan Gampo), which was used to record primitive religious classics, so many scholars tend to think that it is correct that Tibetan was created based on Shangxiong script.
Tibetan letters can be transcribed into Sanskrit letters one by one. Those who believe that Tibetan script was transformed from Sanskrit believe that this transformation relationship is the reason why it can be transcribed one by one. Those who believe that Tibetan script originated from Xiangxiong script believe that this is
This ability was customized by Tibetans in order to be able to recite Buddhist mantras without loss.
However, even if the Tibetan alphabet can be translated into Sanskrit letters one by one, Tibetan and Sanskrit are still two completely different languages. Although Tibetan can reproduce the pronunciation of Sanskrit without loss, it still has no way of understanding its meaning.
, or can only rely on translation.
In addition, among the languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family, as well as among the languages of various ethnic groups in China, Tibetan is second only to Chinese in terms of its length of history and richness of documents. This is a monument that can increase national pride and is of immeasurable value.
As more and more murals were cleared, Han Peacock smiled even more from ear to ear, because he knew that if this discovery was reported, it would definitely cause a sensation.
"What a pity! Why are every cave so dirty?" Han Peacock sighed while cleaning the soot in the cave.
The captured man who was following him all the time saw Han Kongque making water with a wave of his hand. Naturally, he felt it was magical, but he did not dare to say anything. At this time, he heard Han Kongque sigh, and he said: "It turns out that here are some
The winter nests used by herdsmen to spend the winter here year after year are burned with cow dung, so naturally they become so dirty."
"Is this Gangyur?" Han Kongque was holding his mobile phone while comparing some Xiangxiong inscriptions on the wall. This cave is a bit special, it is quite large, and there are no Buddha statues in it, but the walls are all inscribed with Xiangxiong inscriptions.
That's why Han Kongque was interested in translating it.
"Gangyur? What is it?" Huangshan doesn't know the Xiangshung Kingdom. Of course, in China, outside of Tibetan areas, only some scholars know about this ancient country.
While comparing the texts, taking pictures, comparing them with online data, and translating them, Han Kongque explained: "The Kangyur written by Yongzhong Bensect is actually the origin and source of all Tibetan history, religion, and culture. It is the basis for studying ancient Tibetan civilization.
Extremely precious information, this is also an important area that no Tibetan culture researcher can bypass."
"Very famous?" Huangshan asked.
Han Peacock chuckled and said: "Kangyur is a classic of Zhangzhong's Buddhist Tripitaka. There are 178 "Kangyur" in Zhangzhong's Tripitaka (including 74 "Laws" and 70 "Sutras").
, "Continuation" 26 parts, "Library" 8 parts.
The content involves Buddhism, philosophy, logic, literature, art, astrology, medicine, science, engineering and other fields. There are more than 390 parts of "Tengyur", which summarizes the local cultural knowledge of the Tibetan people and is equivalent to the ancient Zhangzhug period.
Do you think it’s important to have a panoramic encyclopedia of Tibet?”
"So many, how many characters are there?" Huangshan looked at the three walls. Although he couldn't understand, it didn't look like there were more than 300 classics.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "Of course these are not all, so these grottoes are not all either. After so many years, there may be many grottoes hidden in the mountain walls."
Seeing Han Kongque's meaning, Huangshan understood: "The boss is saying that there is a universe in this?"
"It's best if there is, then the harvest this time will be greater." Han Peacock said while looking at the elephants.
"It's just some ancient books. There are too many such ancient books. Boss, you won't be so happy, right?" Huang Shan said disapprovingly.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "This is completely different. Ancient books are different from ancient books, just like the difference between comic strips and encyclopedias. Also, don't look down on the ancients. Just say that in "Shangxiong Tripitaka" "Ganzhu"
In the "Er" "Sutra", it is about the origin of the earth.
This classic describes it this way: The earth is a combination of the temperature brought by the speed of the wind, the adhesion brought by the temperature, the soil brought by the adhesion, and the accumulation of cosmic molecules.
Modern people don't know much about this kind of theory, let alone the ancients, and it not only covers the origin of the earth, but also records Buddhism, philosophy, logic, literature, art, astrology, medicine, science, engineering and other fields.
, Putting aside everything else, even if you have never seen Tibetan medicine, you should have heard of it.”
"Boss, how do you know this? You won't tell me that you even understand this ancient Xiangxiong script, right?" Huangshan said in surprise. He really didn't expect that the ancient people in his impression were actually like this.
So impressive, he has even studied the origin of the earth. (To be continued...)