Chapter 491: Unsolved Mystery
Looking at the wreckage of the surrounding buildings, and hearing the doubts of He Xiaoman and the fans, Zhang Yang stopped the balance bike and walked down, and at the same time came to the door of a house next to the Central Avenue, raised his hand and gently touched the seemingly fragile but extremely strong wall.
"After thousands of years of vicissitudes of wind and rain, the main structure of the city's architectural layout is still miraculously preserved. All of this is due to Turpan's unique dry and rainless climate.
In particular, the ancient city is adjacent to cliffs on all sides, and three gates are built on the cliffs on the east, west and south sides.
In fact, what is really unexpected is that in addition to the lack of city walls, there is also an obvious feature of the architectural form here, that is, most of the buildings in the entire city, regardless of size, are basically built by the method of 'reducing land and leaving walls'.
Jiaohe Ancient City is a wonderful, downward development of the city, the whole city is dug down from the surface of the towering earth terrace, the deepest is even as high as the current three-story building, this construction method is called 'subtracting the ground and leaving the wall'.
This is the only one in our country, and it is extremely rare even in the world.
The walls of temples, government offices, city gates, and private houses are basically raw earth walls, especially the streets and alleys, which are long and narrow, like winding trenches.
It can be said that the city is a huge ancient sculpture, and its architectural craftsmanship is unique, reflecting the ingenuity and great creativity of ancient laborers. ”
Stroking the wall that was rough to the touch, but there was a delicate human life, Zhang Yang ended such a paragraph, and then came to Rhubarb's side.
"Xiaoman, are you hungry, or are you thirsty? should we stop and rest for a while?"
Squatting next to the rhubarb, Zhang Yang lifted the lid of the backpack on its back, first took out two bottles of mineral water from it, and then took out the jug of the great sage.
The two little guys always use the same kettle outside, and every time they drink water, the great sage pours out the water with the lid of the kettle for Rhubarb to lick and drink, and its own is to drink water with the kettle.
The relationship between two different species of animals is very good.
"No need husband, I'm not tired, I haven't walked, and it's only been 10 o'clock, let's keep walking." ”
He Xiaoman raised his hand and stroked a strand of hair that had just been blown down by the wind in his ears, and then looked at Zhang Yang gently and said with a sweet smile.
Unscrewed the bottle of mineral water in his hand and handed it to He Xiaoman, Zhang Yang returned to his balance bike.
"Alright, let's move on.
Speaking of which, with the continuous research of archaeologists over the years, and with the continuous deepening of archaeological work, there are still some mysteries in this ancient city. ”
Re-starting, hearing Zhang Yang's sudden mention of this topic, and then as if deliberately stopped talking, it immediately aroused the curiosity of many people, everyone likes to listen to stories and anecdotes too much, especially this kind of ancient city with a mysterious color in itself.
This is also a feature of Zhang Yang's live broadcast room, there are always a variety of different legends and stories in his mouth, some of which are based on facts, and some are purely made up by people, but each story will sound very attractive.
"Oh~~ Then husband, hurry up, everyone is waiting to listen, don't drink water!"
Hearing He Xiaoman's words, the two of us couldn't help but laugh, this method of suddenly not saying half of the story was urged by fans and he felt quite accomplished, but let his own Xiaoman urge him, he couldn't pretend to be able to do it.
"Okay, okay, I said, I said no, maybe there should be six.
This first is the mystery of the ancient well, that is, we just passed through the location in the south of the city to see the ancient well, archaeologists were digging an ancient well in the south of the city, in the well depth of more than ten meters found an underground passage.
As for what era this tunnel is, what it does, it is still unclear, some experts speculate that this tunnel may be the fortification of the former country of the Cheshi two thousand years ago, and even speculate that the king of the former country of the Cheshi may have broken through from this tunnel.
The reason for this is that an ancient well was also found in the courtyard of the Northwest Buddhist Temple, and when it was dug to 8 meters, two female skeletons were pulled out, judging by their teeth, they were about 30 years old.
Judging from the bones, the two women had their arms cut off and had serious injuries to their heads and feet, but it is still unknown who they were, how they died, and why they were buried in the well of the temple.
As for the second one, there are thousands of houses that can still be identified in the old city of Jiaohe, but the roofs of all the houses have long since collapsed.
So now we don't know what kind of roofs the houses in the old city were.
Is he round, flat, or arched? No one has yet solved the mystery.
Recently, however, it seems that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (ARTA) are going to organize domestic and foreign experts to study this matter, try to unravel the mystery of the roof of the Jiaohe Ancient City, and finally decide what shape of roof will be used for the restoration of the Northwest Buddhist Temple.
As for the third puzzle, in fact, we have just said, that is, why the houses facing the street do not open doors and windows, which is the most puzzling, and the houses in the residential area do not have a single door or window on the street, which is why it is still unknown.
The fourth puzzle is the mystery of the underground temple, which is also a scenic spot in this ancient city, an underground temple was found in the northwest direction of the ancient city, we can take a look at it later, the temple is a curved roof building, painted with murals.
The monastic houses are connected to the monastery, and according to the construction pattern here, they are all underground.
In the past, it was considered to be a tomb visited by tomb thieves, and the cultural relics unearthed in the temple are relatively rich, not only 5 milky white relics, but also bronze Buddha statues, Chinese documents, and so on.
Buddhism was very popular in the old city of Jiaohe at that time, and there are more than 50 large and small Buddhist buildings that can be seen in the city, but why is this Buddhist temple built underground, and what special significance and function does it have?
At present, no one has found out the reason, but I believe that one day in the future, it should be decrypted by our archaeologists.
The fifth is the city wall we just talked about, and the north gate and city wall of this ancient city are also confusing.
As I said just now, the ancient city of Jiaohe was built on a high platform, surrounded by cliffs, and some people thought that Jiaohe was without walls in the past.
However, a few years ago, an adobe wall and rammed wall were found on the edge of the west cliff, and the dream was realized that this was the city wall.
However, whether the ancient city of Jiaohe only has such a section of the city wall or whether the whole city has a city wall has not yet found specific facts.
But if that's the only part of the wall that's been discovered, then why?
In addition, there must be a gate if there is a city, now there are 3 city gates in the east, west and south of the old city of Jiaohe, but there is no city gate in the north, is there no north gate at that time or our people did not find the north gate at all, if it is not the whole city has a wall, then what is the point of building these city gates?
Anyway, these secrets have not been solved yet, and I believe that if these secrets are solved, there will be surprising discoveries in the excavation of this period of history. ”
Zhang Yang gushed five unsolved mysteries in a row, and couldn't help but feel a little dry, so he quickly picked up the mineral water and unscrewed the lid and took a sip.
But He Xiaoman, who was listening to it with relish, was not so easy to fool, she obviously found that Zhang Yang only said 5, and there was no one at all.
"Husband, what's this sixth? You can't forget it, can't you?