This situation is not unexpected. Although this gourd-shaped cave is completely natural on the whole, it was most likely formed by the strong changes in the geological environment in ancient times. However, in the fossil forest in the gourd cave, there are many ancient people left
Based on the ancient carvings revealed on the fossil altar, we can almost conclude that this mysterious cave was regarded as an extremely important place by the local aborigines long before the construction of King Xian’s Tomb.
The ancestors of mankind had the tradition of tying ropes to record events in the Stone Age when Hongmeng first opened. With the development of civilization, intuitive forms of expression such as stone carvings and rock paintings and reliefs have become the most effective way of traditional civilization. Important rituals are held in some places.
In every place, a large amount of graphic information will be left behind, providing the most direct inspiration to future generations.
Ancient ancestors used realistic or abstract artistic techniques to draw and carve graphics or symbols on rocks over a long period of time, which recorded all aspects of ancient human social life, and what we have seen in the Gourd Cave under the Insect Valley
The existing fossil altar records the secret activities of ancient people worshiping mountain gods here.
The first thing that catches the eye is the best-preserved one on this altar. It is said to be intact, but relatively speaking, due to thousands of years of erosion, a large part of the reliefs have been blurred, and the stone carving patterns were polished.
The craftsmanship and grinding method is to chisel first and then grind. The lines are thicker and deeper, the grooves are smooth, and some places even retain the original color.
It can also be roughly seen that in the pattern of this stone carving, there is a tall black-faced god with big ears and a high nose, thick hair on his face, and a skull in his mouth. His face is simple and strange, and it is easy to catch people's attention.
Don't forget.
The fat man pointed at the black-faced god on the fossil altar and said: Black-faced, does it look like the statue enshrined in the mountain temple at the entrance, but it is missing two followers? It turns out that this gourd cave is his territory.
, I don’t know where this grandson came from.
Said: The image is slightly different, but in essence they are the same. They are probably the same person. However, the statues in the mountain temple have the style of Qin and Han stone tools, and their images appear elegant and otherworldly. They are quite influenced by the Han civilization circle in the mainland, and this altar
The stone carvings on it all reveal the freehand color of primitive wilderness. They should be primitive monuments from at least three to four thousand years ago. They are the remains left by the ancestors of southern Xinjiang before the Warring States Period. Maybe the mountain temple at the entrance is
When the Tomb of King Xian was built, the image of the god was created based on the legends nearby. In addition, it is not yet certain whether it is a mountain god or a wizard. Let’s look at the rest of the image.
The fat man continued to clean up the rest of the stone carvings with an engineering shovel. He looked at some parts when they were clear, but most of them were unrecognizable, and the order was confusing. After looking at them for a while, no valuable information was recovered.
I was also secretly anxious in my heart. While holding up the flashlight to illuminate Fatty and me, I was alert to the movements around me. Now I was parked in the middle of the cave improperly. Isn’t this a safe place? There are too many lurking dangers. The elusive female corpse under the water.
, unusually large toads, and those huge flying insects. Although we have not received any fatal attacks yet, we have not yet figured out whether our bodies are getting smaller or whether it is due to going deep into this gourd.
Some changes occurred due to the shape of the hole.
The continuous consumption of equipment and energy has forced us to do our best to cross this cave as quickly as possible, but this weird cave is full of dangers. The deeper you go, the wider the cave becomes, and the plants and insects inside are larger than the outside world.
There are many. As mentioned, insects are the species with the strongest vitality and lethality in the world. The reason why they have not yet dominated the earth is entirely due to the limitation of their small body size. If we continue this way in the cave
, those flying insects only need to grow three times larger. If you are unlucky and get bitten by them, you will definitely die. Even if you are a Daluo Jinxian, you will not be able to survive.
It can be said that at this time of hesitation between advance and retreat, the discovery of a fossil altar is of great significance. We can only hope for this now. If we can find some clues from the altar, it will be of great significance.
By evaluating our current situation one by one, we can decide whether we should continue to venture forward, or whether we must return the same way we came, and then think of other ways to find a passage into King Xian's Tomb.
I really couldn't wait any longer, so I said to him: I remember that in the Tang Dynasty Feng Shui master Yuan Tiangang's theory of heaven, there was a six on the top and a brother on the bottom. It once described the situation of the ancients offering sacrifices to the mountain gods. It was quite similar to this.
, there is probably more than one stone altar in this cave, we might as well look for it nearby, maybe we can gain something.
She showed me the stone carvings that she and the fat man had just cleaned up, and said to me: This is the last part, two pieces connected together. Thank God, I can still see the outline clearly, so come and take a look.
The expression on my face was a little strange. I couldn't tell whether it was happiness or sadness, but more of doubt. So I handed the wolf-eye flashlight and Jianwei air rifle to the fat man, leaned down and looked at the polished stone carvings on the altar.
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I calmed down and watched carefully. The artistic shape of the picture was rough and vigorous, the composition was simple, and the posture was natural, but it was highly expressive. At that time, there was an extremely weird scene. In the water of the fossil forest, a group of natives with feathers on their heads were riding on a boat.
On top of the small boat, everyone held long poles in their hands. We had seen those poles and wooden boats after passing through the burial ditch. We didn't know what they were used for at the time.
I saw many large toads tied up in those canoes. Maybe the big toads were captured by these natives nearby and tied very firmly with ropes. Those big toads had big mouths and looked very frightened. They seemed to be
They are extremely worried about their upcoming fate and are struggling as hard as they can. Although the depiction is simple, it is extremely vivid. People can understand the scene conveyed in the stone carvings at a glance, which is full of a kind of large-scale ancient times.
The tragic atmosphere of sacrificial killing.
Several natives with feathers on their heads, under the command of a leader wearing a horn helmet, simultaneously hoisted a large toad on a long pole, lifted it into the air, and stretched it into a hole on the stone wall of the stone forest.
Black gas billowed out of the cave.
There is another wooden boat behind, with several smaller toads placed there, showing a dead expression, and their round bodies have become shriveled. Moreover, the color of the stone carvings of the dead toads is also different from those of the live toads.
It appears lifeless, sad and terrifying, fully embodying the gap between life and death.
I just looked at this and thought of all the things I saw in the mountain temple. The black-faced mountain god was served by a mountain ghost on each side. One was touching a flaming stone gourd, and the other was holding a lively toad. It turned out that
It shows that the god who guards the mountains lives in a gourd-shaped cave. And the local people, under the guidance of the wizard, capture a large number of toads to worship him.
I asked: So it’s not that our bodies have become smaller, but that the cave is indeed in the shape of a gourd, with a trumpet shape. We got in from the small cave as narrow as the mouth of the gourd, and now we have reached the first half of the gourd’s belly.
He nodded and said: You are only half right. Although the stone carvings in front are blurry, I found that there are some descriptions of the terrain here. The entrance we come in is at the bottom of the gourd. It is a man-made entrance, and there is a large gourd cave.
The history of the Tomb of King Xian is much earlier than that of the Tomb of King Xian. If we want to pass through this cave to reach the Tomb of King Xian at the mouth of the gourd, we have to get into the hole where the natives used a long pole to pick the big toad in. It is possible
The mountain god is still waiting for us inside.
I didn’t react for a moment and was completely stunned: What is the mountain god waiting for us to do? Could it be that he wants to eat us like toads?
The fat man said to him: "You don't need to scare us. Except, who have we ever convinced me to sneak in with a submachine gun? If he obediently makes a way for us to pass, then that's all. Otherwise, I will get angry and take it without saying a word."
If you grab him, the surname of Huludong will be Wang instead of Hei from now on.
I came back to my senses and said to the fat man: What nonsense are you talking about? The feudal superstitions of ancient people can be taken seriously. I don’t believe in any mountain gods. I have dug large holes in the Kunlun Mountains for several years, but I have never dug out any mountain gods.
I think it was just some kind of beast that lived in the cave. The local ignorant and ignorant people who were blinded by the ruling class and the hard-working and brave working people who were oppressed by the three mountains regarded that guy as a god. Such a precedent is in
There are countless examples of this in Chinese history.
The fat man said thoughtfully: That's the truth, otherwise, knowledge is power. If some animal is really regarded as a mountain god, it may be a python or something like that, which is what happens in the deep mountains and old forests.
That's awesome. We've seen a lot of snakes eating frogs. It's probably an old python or a big snake.
The fat man and I were immediately complacent, feeling that there was no place for heroes, but we heard: Don't make a conclusion too early, look at this final painting, the female corpse under the water is what we have just seen with our own eyes, over there
There may not be anything left in the cave.
I just remembered that there was a polished stone carving at the end, and then I discovered that there was a dark-faced and cold-hearted god. He was said to be a god, but there was no trace of anger on his face. Instead, he revealed some imperceptible yin energy.
Surrounding him were countless women. Those women were obviously dead bodies. They were all lying on the ground with their backs facing up, their hands spread out, hanging to the left and right, and their legs arched in an arc. They seemed to be crawling on the ground with their anti-joints. The female corpses
Her characteristics are exactly the same as those of the female corpse we saw just now, which floated up from the bottom of the water and then suddenly disappeared. It is better to say it is a corpse than a dead soul. Otherwise, how could we feel such strong resentment the moment we saw her? I was shocked.
Question: Could it be that there is a corpse cave? An old rice dumpling with thousands of years has become a spirit and has a book alliance in it.