Chapter 426: Human Bone Rosary
After Lao Su got the set of armor in his hands, he threw away the armor when he changed hands, just pulled off the short knife on it, and took it out to look at it.
When everyone saw it, they were stunned, including the original seller.
Just when everyone thought that this was a big wrong, they didn't expect that what people looked at was not the armor itself, but the short knife on the waist of the armor.
The short knife is covered in leather, and it is a bit short and inconspicuous, so everyone doesn't pay much attention to it.
Even if you notice it, you think it's an ornament, and it's useless. But I didn't expect that this knife was probably a treasure knife?
The antique market has always been like this, and if others don't notice it, but they notice it, then they deserve to make a fortune. Knowledge is important, and experience is important, but sometimes it just doesn't match eyesight.
The onlookers talked a lot, expressed envy, and also doubted, in short, their eyes were complicated.
"This knife feels worth some money!"
"Well, that guy is going to sell at a loss. β
"There's nothing to pity about that man, didn't we see it just now? But we just didn't start it, and now it seems that we are even more sorry. β
"Sabre? or what?"
"It's kind of like a hunting knife, but it doesn't feel like it, I haven't seen it much. β
"Don't pretend to understand, let's see what others say!"
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"Xiao Hu, what do you think?" After pulling out the knife, Lao Su looked at it for a while and handed it to Hu Yang.
Hu Yang didn't take it, just looked at it twice, and then said: "This kind of knife is not as practical as ornamental, so the artistic value is often a little higher, and it is made entirely for fun." β
said it was fun, but in fact, in ancient times, it was just the children of the Eight Banners pretending to be forced.
In the Qing Dynasty, the children of the Eight Banners, in order to pretend to be forced, can get out a lot of things, such as bird walking, dog fighting, cockfighting, insect fighting, etc., anyway, as long as they can entertain, they will play.
Moreover, playing these activities, you will often get some more advanced props. For example, when you go out hunting, you get such a hunting knife, which is actually killing a rabbit or something.
To say that the short soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are actually something.
According to the understanding of Populus euphratica, the short soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were restructured, self-made, and tributed, with many shapes, and the degree of exquisiteness was better than that of the Song and Ming dynasties, which were divided into knives, swords, hooks, halberds, maces, whips, axes, hammers, etc. The most important weapons necessary for the march were only knives and swords, and the rest were only used for practice and self-defense.
In terms of short knives, the more popular one is the shun knife.
Those who wear shun knives are generally used to open roads in the mountains, build bridges when encountering water, go into battle to kill the enemy, clean up the battlefield, and cut off people's heads.
Structurally speaking, the connection between the blade and the handle is different from other swords, most of which have a wide and long blade and a narrow and short stem, and the handle is wrapped in wood and fixed with a tail rivet or stem hole. The blade of the knife is the same width as the handle, and only two pieces of wood are fixed with multiple rivets at the handle, so it is extremely strong, and the knife has a thick back and a thin edge.
The one in front of me is a little smooth, but it pays more attention to the appearance. As for the scabbard made of leather, it was actually added later, which only concealed the beauty of the knife.
On the body of the knife, you can see some exquisite patterns, and on the other side of the knife, a poem is engraved.
It's not pretending, what is it?
"In terms of value, this hunting knife of the Qing Dynasty is still good. Hu Yang said.
As mentioned earlier, Qianlong's hunting knife, Boateng's saber, sold for tens of millions of dollars, and was almost listed as one of the most expensive treasure knives in the world.
The handle of the saber is made of antelope horns, and the body of the knife is engraved with some special inscriptions, and the decorations on the handle and scabbard are all made of gold, silver, and copper, and the shape is similar to the standard weapon of the modern cavalry army.
Such a treasure knife is naturally used by the emperor to pretend to be forced, and it has style.
It is precisely in this way that it can be auctioned at such a sky-high price, and it is listed as the most expensive knife in the world. But in fact, that kind of treasure knife is only precious in terms of materials, plus it looks good, and it is not very useful, at most it is used by the emperor to kill a few deer or something.
The man who sold the armor regretted it very much, and knew that he should sell the armor and the sword separately.
Although he doesn't know how to do it, when he sees the reactions of the people around him, he knows that he is afraid that it is not cheap, and he will definitely lose money.
Lao Su was very happy, this knife was worth at least fifty thousand. Although this is just a little "soup" that you don't want from poplar, for him, it is satisfied. Of course, it doesn't mean that he is poor, in fact, tens of thousands of yuan, or even more than 100,000 yuan, are just some pocket money he gave his daughter.
What he really enjoys is the joy of picking up leaks. Even if it's just to make 10,000 dollars.
"Taste it, hey, the ancestral secret recipe sesame paste, everyone, would you like a bowl?" a voice interrupted the poplar chat.
A middle-aged man carrying a burden and selling sesame paste asked. This person is a little short, but stout, and the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but ridicule when they saw it, isn't this Wu Dalang?
At this time, the people who set up stalls around came around and asked, "Bring me a bowl." β
They are all residents here, and they are more familiar with the situation here, such as whose things are more authentic, more delicious, cheaper, etc., all know.
Seeing so many people cheering, Hu Yang couldn't help but speak: "Then give us a little too." β
It's not expensive anyway, and people make hard-earned money.
However, not everyone likes to eat this kind of thing, for example, Andy, he doesn't like it, saying that he doesn't use it. Brother Hu has been with him for a long time, and he also knows this guy, Andy doesn't like any food like paste, and this guy even feels a little disgusting.
After eating, Hua Tsai continued to look forward, and Andy asked Hu Yang: "Brother Hu, what is a Gabala rosary? What a strange name." β
In front of me, there was a seller of Gabala prayer beads, which were strange beads, not spherical, but empty cylinders, strung together.
Next to it, there is a sign called the Gabala rosary.
"It's better that you don't know. Lao Su said with a smile.
"Why?" Ran asked his father.
Hu Yang said: "Actually, it's nothing, it's made of human bones." β
As soon as these words came out, both Andy and the audience in the live broadcast room stood on end.
Damn! There is such a strange literary play? Make a bracelet out of human bones, not to mention anything else! Don't you have a little diaphragm for people who play? This is almost like playing with ashes!
"This is the legendary hardcore player?"
"It's too heavy, isn't it?"
"Who the hell made it? perverted!"
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Animal bones can be made into bone carvings or something, everyone can accept it, but the human skull is made into a text and played, and it is still worn on the body all day long, isn't it a bit too heavy?
Many people have said that this is a tasteful cultural play.
In fact, the human bone rosary is only used in Tantra in Buddhism, and it is a unique ritual instrument of Tantra, which is unique to Tibetan Buddhism.
Hu Yang told everyone: "The word Gabala comes from Sanskrit and means skull. But originally, it was also the name of an ancient Indian Mahasiddh.
Don't look at the human bone rosary, it sounds a bit oozing. But in fact, not all people's bones are eligible to be made into rosaries. In Buddhism, only the bones of a high monk have this qualification. β
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but think of one thing - relics. Isn't it also something left over from the cremation of the monks? It is said that it is a stone or something, and it is regarded as a mascot after the fire has formed a certain color and has a luster like a gemstone.
It seems that this human bone rosary is similar to a relic!
In Tibetan areas, when the great virtuous monk passed away, he would feed the eagle with his body with a heavenly burial, reaching the Buddhist realm of the ancestor cutting shares to feed the eagle, and the body has been used as food for the living, and the bones will be donated to the utensils.
The production of real human bone rosaries is very complex, so they are all made by hand. And this requires the monks to have very high skills, and they have to polish their luster every day.
And in the lama temple, there are generally lamas who vow to ponder human bone prayer beads, they hold spiritual bones and ponder on the stone, and recite a heart mantra or Buddha number every time they grind it, and a spirit bone grinds into a round prayer bead, and may have to recite tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of heart mantras or Buddha numbers.
Hence the GΓ‘bala rosary.
"Generally speaking, it is easier to make a rosary from finger bones, usually a pair of rosaries can be made from the bones of ten fingers, and the brow bones are relatively hard, so a pair of rosaries may be made from the brow bones of a dozen monks. At the same time, to make up all the eyebrow bones of a pair of prayer beads, it is necessary to wait for more than a dozen eminent monks to pass away. Hu Yang said.
In this way, it may take 50, 60, or even 100 years for a pair of rosaries, which can really be described as a "hundred-year work".
Therefore, the real Gabala rosary is precious.
Then, what is in front of you is definitely not true. There are few monks, and you have a lot of them here, all of which are the bones of monks? This is too exaggerated, isn't it?
"But it looks like the toning is good. Lao Su couldn't help but say.
"Dad, you don't want to buy one back, do you?" asked Ran Ran. If that were the case, she promised to tell her mother that life would not be easy when Dad returned.
That thing, not to mention whether it's real or not, but it already sounds creepy.
Hu Yang smiled: "Don't worry! That's not the real Gabala rosary, it's fake! The string that the person is wearing is okay." β
"Is it really made of human bones? Dare to wear it on your body, it's amazing!" Andy was surprised, he didn't dare anyway, even if it was a monk's bone, it had an effect of warding off evil spirits, he wouldn't want it, and he didn't even want to pay for it.
Hu Yang shook his head: "No, the string he is wearing should be an eagle bone bracelet." β
In fact, there are some very niche cultural toys in the entertainment industry, such as eagle bone bracelets, eagle claws, eagle flutes, tiger bones, bear bones, wolf teeth, etc., all of which have some special enthusiasts.
"Really? I'll ask. As soon as he heard that it was a treasure, Lao Su was about to make another move.
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