Xixia people, from emperors and empresses to ordinary people in the city, believe in Buddhism and worship Buddha. It is normal to build pagodas and engrave Buddhist scriptures. If it were really a woodblock version of the scriptures of the Xixia Dynasty, no matter what scriptures were engraved on it, if this thing had been preserved to this day,
We sent it.
Could it be that someone built this stone temple back then just to hide this thing?
I said hurry up, get the things out and take a look.
Dou Sprouts said it was easy to handle, just give him a hollow kick.
I told you to be careful and don't break the board.
Dou Sprout said he understood, then he jumped onto the stone table, followed the hole, raised his feet and landed.
Once the stone is incomplete, it is easy to break. In just a few strokes, Dou Sprout kicked the hole bigger, and the wooden planks hidden inside became clearer and clearer.
"Okay, okay," I stopped him and said it should be almost ready to be taken out. You can try it.
Dou Sprout stepped on both sides of the stone table, bent down and pulled away some gravel, and carefully took out the wooden board.
I quickly took it and laid it flat on the ground to look at it.
I thought it was a wooden scripture book, but when I saw it, I found that it was not. It was not a scripture book.
What the hell is this?
Character map? Story map?
This wood carving board is usually more than 30 centimeters. I tested the hardness with my fingernail. It should be a soft wood such as camphor wood. There are several scenes densely carved on the board, with many characters. These wooden figures are luxuriously dressed and have bald heads.
The sideburns have small braids on both sides. This should be a Dangxiang person from Xixia. In ancient times, only Dangxiang people had such outrageous hairstyles.
These characters are vividly depicted with noses and eyes, and one of the scenes really interested me.
Above the wooden carving board, a scene is carved.
A group of people were kneeling, but only two people were sitting. Judging from the faces and figures of the two sitting people, one looked older and the other looked younger. The young man was bending over to salute.
The older man sitting there has four Chinese characters carved on his head.
"Wei's name is Xiaoxiao."
Dou Yazai was fascinated by what he saw, and he read: "Wei's name... Xiong Xiao?"
"What is it?" I said if you don't understand, don't read it blindly.
"Then what do you mean by this word?" Dou Sprout asked me.
I said I didn't know, it wasn't really about reading.
"Wei Ming...Wei Mingshi..."
Damn it, I suddenly realized it!
I wonder why it looks so familiar!
Isn’t this Li Yuanhao’s nickname?
Yuanhao has five nicknames, Weiming is Xiaoxiao, Tuoba Yuanhao, Weiming is Yuanhao, Zhao Yuanhao, and Qingtianzi. His nickname is Xiaoli, and some people call him Xiaolizi.
Which wood board was carved by Li Yuanhao?
It’s also topped with a spooky sheep’s head!
This is disrespectful!
Xiaoxuan saw me so surprised and whispered who Li Yuanhao was. I know there is a person named Li Yuanba.
I say Yuan Hao is comparable to Yuan Baniu, he was the founding emperor of Xixia.
Huh? So... this person is...
I looked at the young man next to Yuan Hao on the wooden carving board.
Everyone else was kneeling, but he was standing, which showed that this young man must have a high status.
Could it be... Yuan Hao's son?
I remember that Yuan Hao had three sons, the eldest was named Ning Ming, the second was named Brother Ning Ling, and the third was named Liang Zuo.
Which son is this?
Looking at the wooden board and studying it carefully, I found that the face carved by this young man was very similar to Yuan Hao's, and it felt like he came from the same mold.
I secretly guessed that this young man might be Yuan Hao's second son, Brother Ning Ling, because history books say that the second son looks most like Yuan Hao himself.
I called Dou Sprout again and asked him to take out the sheep head.
Bean sprouts took it out and gave it to me.
I first looked at the place where the sheep's head was originally placed on the stone table.
Then, I moved the board down and tried to restore the position as much as possible.
I put down the carved stone sheep's head and found that the sheep's head was right on top of the four characters above Yuan Hao's head.
