At this time, everyone also noticed this situation, and a tail like a leopard was really shaped behind the statue.....!

Sun Zeliang, an archaeological expert who specializes in ancient history, said at this time: Xiao Zhou, don't look like this! You are an archaeology major, you must be calm and not surprised when you encounter problems, and you must be rigorous in your speech!

Zhou Ning pouted, obviously not too happy to reply: Yes! I will try to pay attention in the future.

Sun Zeliang then said: The image in this statue should be the legendary "Queen Mother of the West"! Her characteristics are very consistent with those recorded in ancient books, let me explain to you: Originally, the word "Queen Mother" came from the "Great Wilderness of the West Classic" of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": "There are mountains of the Queen Mother in the west, mountains and mountains, and seamounts in the west."

The term "Queen Mother of the West" comes from "Zhuangzi", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", etc., because of the Kunlun Hill (Kunlun Mountain) where she lives, it is called the Queen Mother of the West in the Hanzhong Dynasty. She is a supreme goddess in ancient mythology.

In the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", her image is described as: "Jade Mountain is the residence of the Queen Mother of the West." The Queen Mother of the West is like a human, with a leopard tail and tiger teeth and a good roar, and a hoopoe with fluffy hair.

The meaning is: Jade Mountain (Kunlun Mountain), this is where the Queen Mother of the West lives. The Queen Mother of the West has the same appearance as a human, but she has a tail like a leopard, teeth like a tiger, and likes to howl, and her fluffy hair wears jade sheng (a kind of jewelry made of jade in ancient times), which is in charge of the calamity of heaven and the murderous aura of the five punishments.

Zhou Ning asked a little unconvinced: Then why do some people call the Queen Mother of the West the "Mother of Ten Thousand Demons" now?

Sun Zeliang smiled and held his glasses with his hand and said: It must be clear that the Queen Mother of the West has been a god herself since she appeared, and she has never had anything to do with demons, let alone the mother of ten thousand demons!

The reason why there is such a name is probably that some people may take the famous record about the Queen Mother of the West in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Classic of the West Mountains": "The Queen Mother of the West is like a human, with a leopard tail and tiger teeth and a good roar, and a hoopoe with fluffy hair, which is the power of Si Tian and the five remnants." Come to prove that you see that the Queen Mother of the West looks half-human and half-beast, and that "the Lord knows that the five punishments and the qi of murder are also good"! Where is this god, it is clearly a monster!

First of all, we must know that the images of the gods of the pre-Qin Dynasty were generally half-human and half-beast, and you can't find a completely human-shaped god if you look through the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

And the so-called "Si Tianzhi and the Five Remnants" focuses on the word "Si", which means that the Queen Mother of the West is actually a deity who is responsible for controlling the "Force" and the "Five Remnants". Guo Pu thinks that this sentence refers to the Queen Mother of the West being in charge of the prediction of the disaster, and Hao Yixing thinks: "The five remnants are all star names" However, although the Queen Mother of the West is in charge of the disaster star, it does not mean that she is a fierce god!

In the ancient theological books of "Confucianism" in the Han Dynasty, it is recorded many times that the Queen Mother of the West sent an envoy to the earth, and once sent her apprentice "Nine Heavens Xuannu" to help the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were four or five children painting ground plays on the road. A children's song said: Wearing a green skirt, entering the gate of heaven, bowing to the golden mother, and worshiping Mugong. "Naturalist" also said: There are peach trees in Yaochi, "three thousand years of life". Heaven and earth, the three realms and the ten directions, but all women who have attained the Tao and ascended to the immortal are under the jurisdiction of the Queen Mother of the West.

The myth of the Queen Mother of the West is not only well-known and widely circulated, but also its content is complex and complex. Researchers generally believe that in addition to the value and influence of the myth itself, it also involves related aspects such as the ancient history of China, the history of the people, the primitive culture and religion, Taoism, the geographical evolution, and even the history of Sino-Western transportation. It has certain value and significance in the study of general cultural history!

Everyone saw that Sun Zeliang, an authority in the field of archaeology specializing in ancient history, said so, and of course there was nothing to say!

Since there is such a big statue of the "Queen Mother of the West" here, it should be the home of her old man's house! Could the palace behind it be the dormitory where her old man lives? Doctor Qi Hengyuan, the accompanying doctor, asked curiously

Sun Zeliang shook his head incomprehensibly and said: I have to see this before I can say it! Although the character of "Queen Mother of the West" only appears in some myths and legends, if we can find solid evidence this time, maybe we may be able to rewrite the ..... history!

Li Qiming, the boss of the mine, interjected and asked: Since this is the palace where the "Queen Mother of the West" lives, can it be called the "Kunlun Divine Palace"? I have read a novel on the theme of tomb robbery that mentions the name of this word!

Everyone looked at each other and said, "You can call it that!" After all, it's just a name, and no one has prescribed how to call it!

After resting for a while, everyone decided to go inside with all their might, and the door of the huge archway was also made of bronze, which was extremely heavy! After everyone pushed open the bronze door of the huge archway, what greeted them was the tall and colorful palace walls on both sides and the ground paved with gold bricks!

There are two layers of heavy eaves on the eaves, which are paved with cyan green jade tiles. The north and south sides are carved lattice bronze doors, and the ceiling, door arches, and beams are carved with colorful auspicious cloud patterns and two strange animal-like patterns!

One is a snow-white, lion-like animal, with two horns on its head and a goatee on its jaw!

Professor Sun, what kind of animal is painted on this, and how does it look weird!!) Zhou Ning asked

Sun Zeliang lifted his glasses again and said: The snow-white, with the posture of a lion, two horns on the head, and a goatee on the chin is the famous divine beast "Bai Ze" on Kunlun Mountain. And the beautiful bird with bright color, light body and three legs is the mythical and legendary "blue bird" that feeds and transmits news for the Queen Mother of the West!

Zhou Ning muttered: It turns out that this is the "blue bird"! The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin's poem "Untitled" has been praised for thousands of years, and it should be this "blue bird"!

It is difficult to say goodbye when we meet, and the east wind is powerless.

The spring silkworm is dead to the end, and the wax torch turns to ash and tears begin to dry.

Xiaojing but the clouds and temples have changed, and the night chant should feel the cold moonlight.

There is no way to go to Pengshan, and the blue bird is diligent to visit.

There are many poems about bluebirds, but this one is probably the most famous!

Sun Zeliang said: Yes! This "Untitled" is indeed a little more popular! In addition, there is also "The Banquet of the Qingming Day, Mei Taoist Room", which is a five-character poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran. "Two Songs of Encounter" is a group of poems created by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty with the old theme of Yuefu. "Answering Yuan Danqiu with Poems on Behalf of Books" is a five-character ancient poem written by the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai to his friend Yuan Danqiu.

"Thoughtful" is a poem created by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty by borrowing the old title of Yuefu. "Beauty Walking" is the work of the great poet Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty. "Qin Song Lyrics: Flying Kite Exercise" is one of the representative works of the famous Tang Dynasty writer Liu Yuxi. These are all poems about bluebirds!

Zhou Ning exclaimed: Wow, Professor Sun, you are so good! Why do you have such a good memory?

Sun Zeliang held his glasses with his signature gesture and said: I am not only an expert in ancient history, but also an expert in Chinese language and literature!

Yang Zhuochao secretly thought: Who would boast like this that he is such an expert and such an expert! I am afraid that he is a "brick family", and this grandson is really shameless .....!

Everyone is afraid that they have the same mind, but they have to admire and admit that they are really knowledgeable, and their memory is very good! Alas, this person has to die more than others, and the goods have to be thrown away!!

Sun Zeliang then said: Bai Ze is a mythical beast in Chinese myths and legends, it knows the name, shape and exorcism of all ghosts in the world, so from a very early age, it has been worshiped as a divine beast and auspicious rui to exorcise ghosts, which was first recorded in Ge Hong's "Hug Puzi", not the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" rumored on the Internet.

Especially in the Middle Ages, the respect for Bai Ze was even more grand. At that time, "Bai Ze Tu" was also known as "Bai Ze Spirit Diagram", and this book was very popular, to the extent that almost everyone had one volume. The book contains the names, appearances, and methods of exorcising various gods and monsters, as well as drawings of them, and people will search for them once they encounter them.

In Zen quotations, there are also common quotations such as "there is a white Zetu at home, and the monster is eliminated by itself", "If you don't hang your elbow, how to stick Bai Zetu", "There is no Bai Zetu at home, there are such monsters".

People hung pictures of Bai Ze on the wall or pasted them on the gate to ward off evil spirits. At that time, there was also the custom of making "Bai Ze pillow", that is, a pillow made into the image of Bai Ze was used for sleeping, and its intention was also to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts. In the army's uniform equipment, "Bai Zeqi" is also a common flag. People even named themselves after "Shirakuzawa", and many people called "Shirasawa" appeared!

Another mythical story says: "Bai Ze" is the legendary Kunlun Mountain on the divine beast, the whole body is snow-white can speak human words, through the love of all things rarely haunts, unless there is a saint to govern the world at that time, only to come to the book, is the auspicious beast that can make people turn evil into good fortune.

In ancient times, after death, people's grievances were not eliminated, and they turned into ghosts, staying in the world to resolve their grievances. If animals and plants can absorb the aura between heaven and earth or the essence of the sun and the moon for a long time, they can become spirits after a few years. Ghosts and spirits are all alternative beings with supernatural powers, and once they become ghosts, they will disrupt the normal order of the world.

After the end of the shocking "Zhuolu War" in ancient times, after the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, the people in the world have not yet broken free from the chaos, but the ghosts are particularly rampant everywhere in the world. Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the ruler of the world, faced a large number of demons and monsters, although there were gods to complement him, he could not find out the origin of the ghosts one by one and subdue them. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor planned to find a quick and effective way to exorcise ghosts.