Chapter 11 The Lion of the Snow Mountain

The loudest noise that people who live in the city hear is probably the sound of a sprinkler truck, which is described in the book as the sound of the whole earth trembling, which is difficult to appreciate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But now Wang Yao understood that the ground was trembling faintly, and from there came a wild barking sound that made the entire canyon tremble, with a shock that made people can't help but retreat.

Wang Yao's eyes widened as he looked at the group of huge Tibetan mastiffs that stretched out from the canyon, nearly a hundred Tibetan mastiffs of various colors and with a body similar to Danba Nyima, and Wang Yao couldn't help but admit it.

If it weren't for Su Yong pulling, Wang Yao might have run away.

"Sona, go take them out. Su Yong kicked the big white Tibetan mastiff next to him.

Sona rubbed Su Yong's slender thighs, and then barked at the group of dogs who surrounded Danbanima in the middle, like an order, and the dogs followed Sona to the outside, leaving down the miserable and sullen Danbanima who was ravaged by the dogs.

Dambanima lay on the ground on all fours, no longer having the appearance of the sun god dog who was brave in the temple at that time, but like a big dog who was confused by play.

"Are you okay?" Wang Yao waited for the dogs to run away before daring to step forward and touch Danba Neyma.

Danba Nyima rolled up from the ground, stuck out her tongue and ran out with the dogs, making Wang Yao a little dumbfounded.

"Leave them alone. Looking at Wang Yao's stunned appearance, Su Yong took his hand with a smile and pulled him to continue walking.

Wang Yao swallowed his saliva, "You raised all those Tibetan mastiffs?"

"Sort of. Su Yong smiled, "But they are not Tibetan mastiffs, they are Tibetan lions." ”

"Tibetan lion?" Wang Yao was stunned, although it sounded like the name was similar, but it didn't feel like a breed.

Mastiff is a kind of dog, growing on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with the growth of Tibetan history, according to research, mastiff appeared on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a history of more than 5,000 years, and the mastiff is also one of the oldest dog breeds.

Because it grows on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which has the source of civilization, the mastiff is also covered with a layer of mystery, coupled with the peculiar status of the Buddhist mastiff, so this dog breed is not only superior to other dog breeds in terms of appearance, but also culture.

In Chinese history, the ancestor of dictionaries, the thirteen classics of "Erya" are separately recorded, why it is called a mastiff, not a dog - "a dog four feet is a mastiff".

In addition to the appearance, compared to the typical characteristics of other dog breeds that always stand tall and never bow their heads, among all dog breeds, the mastiff is a relatively unaware and fearful, somewhat foolish and loyal dog breed.

Whether the mastiff is standing, walking, or lying on the ground, the first of all, it gives people a kind of contagious force is the appearance and temperament characteristics of mighty, high-headed, arrogant, and invincible, and it is vigilant but ignores the animals that do not invade the territory.

This is what the ancients said about mastiffs, and it is serious among the Tibetan people.

The status of the mastiff is more sacred, according to legend, there was a wolf plague and plague on the plateau, the herdsmen were besieged by wolves, when their lives were threatened, a living Buddha rode a mastiff from the sky, the mastiff drove away the wolves, and the living Buddha cured people's diseases.

Later, the Living Buddha left and stayed on the plateau, guarding the herders and livestock for generations.

Therefore, mastiffs are all mounts known as living Buddhas, and they are ordered to guard the villagers, and the villagers treat mastiffs as a monk, which is different from ordinary domestic animals.

Because of the mastiff's mighty appearance, it has always been liked by many people, and Emperor Qianlong personally gave a mastiff as the champion of dogs, named Cangyi.

In modern times, the queen of England was once paid tribute to the mastiff, and later England held a 'dog show', setting a pedigree for more than 4,000 dogs around the world, and the mastiff was also the first dog breed to be blooded named 'Tibetan Mastiff'.

Legends about mastiffs are widely spread in the mainland, not to mention Tibet.

But Wang Yao really knew for the first time that there was also a mastiff called the Tibetan lion.

It turns out that the Tibetan lion is more mysterious than the Tibetan mastiff, the Tibetan mastiff is just the mount of the living Buddha, the source of the Tibetan lion is more ancient, it is the Buddha for the villagers to avoid tigers, leopards, wolves and bears and other beast disasters, the death of a giant beast incarnated into a giant beast - the snow mountain lion.

The snow-capped mountain lion was the name of the Tibetan lion at the beginning, and later became the Tibetan lion.

In terms of appearance, the Tibetan lion is much taller than the Tibetan mastiff, and the hair is more dense, and the overall is more heroic.

And the Tibetan lion is more docile than the Tibetan mastiff, all the monasteries in Tibet, at the beginning only for the Tibetan lion, the Tibetan mastiff is civilian, and later because the number of Tibetan lions is too scarce, the bloodline is scattered on the plateau, there are a large number of mastiffs, and the Tibetan mastiff formed a guard team to patrol the plateau.

And the Tibetan lion also slowly disappeared on the plateau along with the Bon, and now it is difficult to find a purebred Tibetan lion on the plateau, but here, there are nearly a hundred.

"No wonder, Dhama Nyima doesn't look like those Tibetan mastiffs. Wang Yao suddenly realized after listening to Su Yong's explanation.

"It's called Danba Nyima?" Su Yong blinked and smiled, "It's a good name, Buddhist Sun." ”

"Master Mage said it went out from here. Wang Yao asked.

"Well, yes, in our Xiangxiong people, gold is not a good color, because it robs the Buddha's light. Su Yong smiled, "So every time a little golden guy appears in the Tibetan lion, we will send it out to the monastery, and they seem to have a good impression of gold." ”

Wang Yao was stunned, and suddenly remembered that Sona was white, really like the legendary snow-capped mountain lion.

Wang Yao was about to say something when suddenly a burst of sunlight dazzled, making him can't help but cover his eyes, looking at the suddenly open hall in front of him, holding his breath.

After experiencing the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple, two temples that can be called brilliant in the whole area, Wang Yao thought that he would never have such a strong sense of shock to a Buddhist hall again, but the hall in front of him shocked him and made him speechless.

The temple that rises from the bottom of the canyon is the size of a small football field, and there is not a single Buddha statue, but this gem is used to create all kinds of strangely shaped 'creatures'.

It may be a bit inappropriate to describe it as a living thing, because those things made of gems are mountains, rivers, lakes and all kinds of beast shapes, all of which are humanoid, but they feel like people.

Colorful thangkas decorate the sky above the main hall like a spiral staircase, the windless automatic prayer flags carry an ancient atmosphere, the floor of the main hall is made of three colors, the outside is silver, the middle is gold, and most importantly, all kinds of precious stones.

It is no longer luxurious to describe it as extravagant.

This hall gave Wang Yao the feeling of two words, ancient.

It is a kind of ancient with a sense of history, different from you looking at an ancient cultural relic, this hall is alive, like an old man who has lived for countless years, sitting quietly in front of you, making people creepy at the same time, but also feeling a heaviness of the years.

"Little brother, why are you in a daze again?" Su Yong walked up the steps and found that Wang Yao was in a daze again, frowning slightly, reaching out to grab Wang Yao's hand and pull him up.

Wang Yao swallowed his saliva, and was pulled inside by Su Yong, stepping on the bricks and stones of the hall, Wang Yao felt an inexplicable sense of guilt, and Wang Yao found that this hall was built in the mountain, and the hollowed mountains around it were polished and smooth, and various characters that Wang Yao knew were carved on it.

The text of the Elephant Hung Kingdom.

Perhaps because of the chiseling or other methods to bring in sunlight, the light refracted by these Zhangxiong characters really gives people the illusion that the Buddha's light is shining.

Although there is not a single Buddha statue here, it is a Buddhist hall.

Passing through the main hall, Wang Yao didn't have time to see the enshrined 'creatures', so he was pulled into the back, behind which was a palace, and Wang Yao knew that it was a palace, because there was a gilded door plaque. (To be continued.) )