Chapter 127: Zoroastrianism?

With the man's cries, the matter could no longer be kept low-key.

Half an hour later, a team of security personnel came over and directly cordoned off the scene. After another half an hour, several people from the cultural relics department arrived to verify the authenticity of the matter.

Immediately after, a car roared in.

Soon after, the entire canyon was filled with people, at least thousands.

The lonely canyon immediately becomes lively.

Then the engineering truck came, pulled up the cable, and went directly to the interior. A couple of power engineers, walking around the ground twice, began to design a simple circuit diagram.

Dozens of workers, hand and foot neatly constructed.

At dusk, small generators are turned on, and hundreds of electric lights are lit, reflecting the tunnels, labyrinths, and cave halls, as if it were day. Under the blazing light, the dark and gloomy environment is finally clear at a glance.

"That's right, it's definitely a cave dug by hand. ”

"The air circulation, and the hidden air holes, are very ingenious. ”

"I just don't know who dug such a big place. ”

"Why are you digging a labyrinth underground?"

One question after another surfaced in everyone's mind.

In the whole of Dunhuang, the most authoritative experts and scholars gathered together to study carefully.

Of course, the maze or something, it's not the point.

The key is that there are magnificent murals on the huge cave hall.

In the cave hall, there are piles of stones, which is Wang Feng's masterpiece. It's just that no one knows, and they don't think about him. Because this violates common sense, no one thinks that with the power of one person, the stone on the top of the cave can crack and fall.

Everyone thought it was because of the subsidence. Therefore, in the huge cave hall, brackets have been propped up to support the roof of the cave to avoid accidents.

After eliminating potential safety hazards, a group of experts and scholars walked into the cave hall.

Dozens of headlights make the entire cave hall blazing.

On the walls of the round arch cave, there are also a little fluorescent floats, like stars twinkling.

Entering the cave hall, even if you have been reminded by others and have a little psychological preparation, a group of experts and scholars will inevitably be a little dizzy and sigh.

"Gorgeous. ”

"That's the real glamour. ”

"The pigment of painting is definitely the most precious ore......"

The crowd was amazed and intoxicated.

Mainly, the murals in the cave hall, the artistic component, is definitely not inferior to the Mogao Grottoes. And its level of luxury is even better.

You must know that the murals of Mogao Grottoes have gone through a long time, coupled with the influence of war, natural disasters, man-made, and various factors, the color is somewhat dim.

Even if it is restored by future generations, it must maintain its original form and dare not renovate.

But right now, the murals in the cave hall are very new.

All kinds of pigments, under the precipitation of time, not only have not lost their color.

On the contrary, the blue, red, yellow and white colors of the mural are particularly dazzling in the sunlight. Therefore, some experts judge that the pigment of painting must be blended with precious ores, so that the pigment will not fade for thousands of years.

However, the most striking thing is the content of the mural.

The murals are definitely religious art subjects, mainly portraits of gods.

On one side of the cave wall, a huge deity is depicted, sitting cross-legged, with his head tilted and his long arms stretched out, as if hugging something. The gods are dressed in gorgeous clothes, surrounded by flames, shining brightly.

The most miraculous thing is that in the middle of his forehead, a Gobi stone is inlaid with it.

In fact, not only this deity, but also many smaller deities were drawn around him.

The foreheads of these gods are also inlaid with Gobi stones.

So putting aside the portraits, on the cave wall, the Gobi stones are distributed in a disorderly manner. When the light shines, red, yellow, green, black, all kinds of crystal luster shines.

Such a scene also made a group of experts and scholars sigh.

"Miracle ......"

"One of a kind. ”

"I dare to say that this kind of decoration is the only case in China!"

Many people's faces were filled with excitement. For experts and scholars, whether the research is valuable or not depends on whether the thing is universal or rare.

Scarcity is precious, which is the universal truth.

But......

After the amazement, a group of scholars looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

"Does anyone know which religion these murals are the product of?"

"I don't understand, I can't see ......"

"It's definitely not Buddhism anyway. ”

One person affirmed: "There are absolutely no gods of this kind in all branches of Buddhism. ”

Someone nodded, and added, "It can't be Taoism, or Christ, or God, or that indescribable religion." It can't be Hinduism, can it?"

"No, no, no......"

Others took a closer look and muttered: "Look, the image of the gods on the mural is very vague. Whether it is clothes, head shape, or even facial features, there are no distinctive features, but a bit of Chinese and Western fusion. ”

As we all know, when a foreign religion is introduced into a place, it must be indigenized. Otherwise, religion will be ostracized and will not be able to spread at all.

Buddhism, for example, was only widely spread after hundreds of years of improvement. As for Christ and God, because the improvement is not strong, in everyone's impression, they are relatively small.

"Hmmm......"

Caught off guard, an old expert hesitated: "Perhaps, this is ...... Zoroastrian?"

What the?

Zoroastrianism?

For a moment, the others froze.

"Not really. ”

Some people were surprised and questioned: "Isn't Zoroastrianism a worship of fire? The biggest feature of this religion should be the flame that never goes out......

As he spoke, he looked around to the left and right, "Where is the fire here?"

"Yes, what about the holy fire?" the others agreed, and they were also looking: "There is no fire altar in the cave...... However, on the ground, there are some traces of fire. ”

"The most important thing is that the gods of Zoroastrianism and the symbols of its religion are not the images on the murals. ”

One individual raised an objection one after another.

After all, they are not so strange to Zoroastrianism. Before the Tang Dynasty, Zoroastrianism spread in Persia, and it was called Zoroastrianism at that time, also known as Huojiao.

There are also clear records in the history books. However, what everyone is familiar with is Jin Daxia's novel, which makes everyone know that Manichaeism and Mingjiao, which started as a rebellion, originated from Zoroastrianism.

In some places in the northwest, there are still some ruins of Zoroastrian temples.

Among a group of experts and scholars, there are still people who have visited them. Therefore, these people are very sure that the gods in the murals in the cave hall are very different from the Zoroastrianism in their impressions.

In the midst of everyone's doubts, the old expert pondered for a moment before he spoke: "That's right, this is Zoroastrianism, but this should be a branch of Zoroastrianism......"