There is no doubt that Gaochang State is indeed a very devout Buddhist country.
But the history of this country's political power is full of killing and bloodshed.
The earliest political power of Gaochang State was established during the Han Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, soldiers and their families were sent to the front of the Che Division to farm, cultivate and guard the fields. During the reign of Emperor Yuan, military fortresses were built there. Because "the terrain is high and open, the people are prosperous", it was called Gaochangbi, also known as Gaochang.
base.
This is the origin of the earliest city in Gaochang Kingdom.
Since then, this prosperous small country in the Western Region has begun to undergo ordinary political changes.
The king was killed, the regicide established himself as king, and he was also killed by the next king. The throne changed frequently over thousands of years.
It was not until later that the people of Gaochang elected their own Ma Ru chief Shi Qujia as king. King Qujia worked hard to govern, and the power of Gaochang State began to grow, and then gradually stabilized in the frontier fortresses of the Western Regions.
As the tour guide said, here is an introduction to the customs and customs of the ancient Gaochang Kingdom.
There are many portraits of ancient Gaochang women in this museum. They were probably painted by later generations based on their own understanding. They look very much like current Uyghur girls.
Chen Zhi remembers the "Five Classics", the history of the dynasties, and various scholars' collective descriptions. The appearance of the people in Gaochang is similar to that of Gao Li, with braided hair hanging down the back, long body and small sleeve robes, and mandarin crotch hakama. Women's hair is braided but not hanging down, and they wear brocade valeres.
Tassel ring.
That is to say, girls in Gaochang will wear many braids, but they will not hang down and cover their faces with light gauze and brocade.
There is a certain similarity with the current Uyghur girls, but not completely.
There are many cultural relics from ancient Gaochang displayed in the exhibition hall, including the wooden frames used to build houses, clay pots used for making salt, and many agricultural and industrial tools.
What’s more, there are tools used for winemaking. These winemaking products are diverse, including stone plates and wood grains. They are of various types. From the looks of it, they should be used to make grape-type fruit wine. It can be seen that the workshop is not big, but a bit
It looks like a country workshop.
What is surprising is that there are several pieces of clothing called Gaochangguo here.
The colors are very bright and there are bright laces on the edges, very much like the current Uyghur clothing.
"Haha, you can really talk nonsense!" Fat Wei said with a smile beside him,
"To say that the clothes of ancient people can be preserved for hundreds of years, the quality is still quite good.
If you tell me that these are clothes from the Tang Dynasty, I won’t believe you.
So if the clothes of the people of Gaochang in the Tang Dynasty had been preserved to this day, they would have turned to gray long ago, and yet they are still standing in front of you in colorful colors?"
"It's indeed nonsense..." Chen Zhi said softly in his heart. He already knew a lot about this so-called museum.
According to historical data, Gaochang State on the Silk Road had superb textile technology. Their textile industry did not require sericulture, and its materials came from a local grassland plant.
The plant lasts for one year and produces fruits just like cicada pupae. The silk threads spun out are white and very delicate.
However, this special imitation cannot be dyed and can only appear in its original color. In other words, most people in Gaochang at that time wore white.
Chen Zhi remembers that there is a text description in the Later Tang Dynasty:
"Gaochang is full of vegetation. The grass is like a cocoon, and the silk in the cocoon is like fine silk. It is called Baidiezi. Chinese people often use it to make cloth. The cloth is very soft and white, so it is used in the market."
It should be describing the white cloth of Gaochang at that time, but the colorful ancient clothing now is probably not excavated in the ancient Gaochang Kingdom.
After they left the museum, there was a pedestrian street. There were many tourists here. Souvenirs were sold on both sides of the street, including Princess Iron Fan's banana fan, Sun Wukong's golden cudgel, and dolls of Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, etc.
, quite lively.
Chen Zhi and his party did not miss these merchants and followed the escalator all the way to the ground.
There seems to be a patio-like courtyard in the middle of this underground palace, with a large square above it. Inside, there is a rather impressive sculpture, a huge thermometer made of imitation of a golden hoop.
A lot of thought went into this sculpture, which is made entirely of metal. It is said to be the largest three-dimensional thermometer that has won the Guinness World Record.
This is an extremely large thermometer with a diameter of 0.65 meters and a three-dimensional shape of 12 meters high. It can actually measure temperatures within 100 degrees Celsius.
Next to it are a series of "Flaming Mountain" monuments and the statues of Tang Monk and his four disciples, which together are very beautiful.
It seems that a lot of money was spent to build this scenic spot.
Chen Zhi stood in the square and looked ahead.
I saw the Flame Mountain in front of me, with many mountains and undulating mountains criss-crossing each other. The winding folds, under the direct sunlight, rolling heat waves, shrouded in clouds and mist, the ocher-brown peaks were burning like raging flames, it was really
It is worthy of the title of Flame Mountain.
The local tour guide, sweating profusely, held up the microphone to explain to everyone.
It is said that now is not the hottest time, but the Flame Mountain in summer is a hot hell. It is one of the hottest places in the country, and the climate is very dry. When visiting here, be sure to bring plenty of drinking water, and prepare a sun hat and sunglasses.
Wait to avoid heat stroke.
The surrounding area is full of fire, and there is a huge stone carving on the desert directly in front, with an interesting sentence from the original "Journey to the West" engraved on it:
"There is a country called Sihari on the road to the west. It is the place where the sun sets, commonly known as the end of the sky. There is a flaming mountain here. There is no spring or autumn, it is hot all year round, and there is no grass growing around it.
If you cross the mountain, even your brass head and iron body will turn into juice!"
Although the words in this novel were exaggerated, at this time, they seemed very real. First of all, Fat Wei couldn't stand it.
"Fuck tnd, I really can't stand it anymore, this damn place is so damn hot!"
Fat Wei's body felt as if it had been roasted by fire from just now, and he kept sweating out.
It was a little cooler in the underground palace just now, but now I can't stand it anymore after coming out, and sweat keeps flowing down my temples.
Chen Zhi also felt very stuffy. The clothes on his chest and back were all stuck to his body, and there were two sweat marks on the front and back.
Chen Zhi looked ahead. The desert ahead was like a furnace with a fire. The layers of wrinkles were endless and full of red. It was particularly magnificent under the clear blue sky, and it made people dizzy.
A group of tourists gathered there, and several old men and women from their tour group gathered there to take pictures. The laughter and laughter just now were gone, and everyone's face was flushed with heat. It is estimated that this is the terminal station of this journey.
.
"There are too many people here now. It would be too eye-catching for us to go directly into the desert!" Chen Zhi said softly,
"I think we should go back to the underground palace, hide somewhere, and then find a way out at night..."
"Let's go, let's go! I can't stand it anymore!" Fat Wei shouted loudly, obviously he couldn't stay any longer.
"Let's go into the underground palace and stay there. It has air conditioning. If we stay there for a while, we'll be like roasting pigs..."
After Fat Wei finished speaking, he quickly ran back, and Chen Zhi and the others followed him down.
When he walked into this courtyard-like underground palace again, Chen Zhi felt more and more that the terrain here was very strange.
Combined with everything I just saw in the museum.
Chen Zhi suddenly realized that this was not a randomly selected scenic spot, and...