Chapter 482: The Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions

The mural depicts scenes of worship and warfare, as well as scenes of hunting and planting, and the faces that appear are clearly characterized by high noses and deep eyes, but they are not the current Westerners, but Central Asians with black hair and black eyes. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

And the most wonderful and the most surprising thing for Ye Xiang is the mural on the top of the cave, which is completely painted with red and black paints, a huge phoenix that is the same as the phoenix in ancient Chinese legends!

Since it is a phoenix, it is naturally a total of two 'phoenixes' and 'phoenixes'!

More importantly, the phoenix pattern has delicate strokes and soft lines, which is very similar to the brushwork of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting. As you can imagine, the forces that built this place were greatly influenced by the Chinese Han culture.

Otherwise, the phoenix, which represents the meaning of rebirth from the ashes, would not appear here.

In addition to these exquisite murals, in this stone cave that covers an area of about 150 square meters and seems relatively empty, only the huge stone monument in the middle is more than five meters high, which is the most eye-catching!

And this stele carved extremely finely, the top is the common relief Ruyi cloud head in the style of the Chinese stele, and the base of the stele is two stone lions lying on the side, the stone lions' thick limbs are comparable to adult thighs, the broad back hunched the stele, the front of the stele is deeply carved with a line of handwriting from top to bottom!

"This is Gu Yu Lu Wen?" Ye Xiang said in surprise after identifying it.

Ye Xiang also read these words when he was fine after cultivating, mainly because some ancient kingdoms and dynasties had some very mysterious things, such as the Exquisite Queen in the Exquisite Ancient Kingdom, and the Ghost Cave Clan in the Exquisite Ancient City.

In the Hanshu Western Regions Biography, the ancient city is called the exquisite country. "The country of excellence, the king ruled the city, 480 households, 3360 mouths, and 500 victorious soldiers. The elite captain, the left and right generals, and the chief interpreter. ”

In Xuanzang's Tang Dynasty Western Regions Records, it is recorded: east into the sand moraine, more than 200 miles to Niyang City, Wednesday four miles, in Daze. Zedi is hot and humid, it is difficult to wade, the reed grass is barren, there is no way to recover, only the interesting city road has to pass, so the passers are not from this city.

The Ghost Cave Clan is mainly the main people of the Exquisite Ancient City, with their own script, culture, and army.

The Exquisite Ancient City is located in the lower reaches of the Zidu River in the Taklamakan Desert, northeast of the Kunlun Mountains.

The elite people are mainly from the ghost cave clan. There were also a few other peoples, and after the death of the last queen of the Elite Kingdom, the city disappeared in the sea of sand. Whether it was destroyed by a natural disaster or a war is unknown, as if the country never existed.

But until the eve of World War II, there was a British explorer who led an expedition into the Taklamakan expedition, and in the end he was the only one who made it out alive. He had completely lost his mind, but a few photographs and diaries in his camera confirmed the existence of the Exquisite Ancient City.

At that time, Ye Xiang was very interested in the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, so he read a lot of books about the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, and it was precisely for this reason that Ye Xiang knew this ancient Luwen that originated from ancient India.

Ancient Lulu script originated from ancient Gandhara, is the 3rd century B.C. Indian Mauryan Dynasty of Ashoka period of the text, the full name of 'Lulu lice text', the first in northwest India and present-day Pakistan, Afghanistan area, the 1st to 2nd century AD in Central Asia widely spread. At the same time, it is also an important commercial language and Buddhist language on the Silk Road.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the gradual collapse of the Kushan Dynasty, the Kushan refugees moved into the Tarim Basin, and Lu Wen began to spread in Khotan, Shanshan and other places.

In the middle of the 4th century AD, with the fall of the Kushan Dynasty, the Luwen disappeared with it.

By the end of the 18th century, it had already become a kind of dead script that no one could recognize, and it was not until 1837 that the British scholar Prinshepp discovered the mystery of Luvin.

Since Gu Lu Wen appears on this stone tablet, it also means that the history of this magnificent underground building can be traced back to at least 1,600 years ago!

In such a long history, many valuable national treasure-level cultural relics can inevitably be formed.

As for the origin of this magnificent underground building, it has been recorded on this stone tablet written by Gu Lu Wen!

"The tomb of the Kangju royal family!"

Perhaps not many people are familiar with Kangju in modern times, but in the Han Dynasty, it was once one of the Western Regions countries called the 'Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions' together with Loulan, and compared with Loulan, Kangju's national strength was more powerful.

This nomadic people of ancient Central Asia was nomadic in southern Kazakhstan and in the middle and lower reaches of the Syr Darya River.

In the Han Dynasty, it was located in the northwest of Dawan, north of Dayueshi, west of Wusun, east of Xiancai, south of Dingling and Jiankun.

In the 2nd century B.C., there were 10,000 people (the cavalry was a cavalry capable of fighting on horseback).

By the end of the first century B.C., Kangju's population had reached 600,000 and 120,000 victories, forming a large tribal alliance in Central Asia.

It can be said that in its heyday, Kangju was a powerful force on the Eurasian continent after the four great powers of the Han Dynasty, Rome, Kushan and Anxi.

However, in the nearly 500-year history of the Kangju Kingdom, there has never been a king who has made great achievements, and there has not even been a name of any Kangju king in history.

From the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, the Kangju people belonged to the Dayue clan who moved westward, and later they were ravaged by the Huns who moved westward, and finally submitted to the westward migration. Even in the strongest period in the history of Kangju Kingdom, you have to look at the face of the Yue Clan King.

These Central Asian nomads, who had cut off the head of the ancient Persian king Cyrus, who had caused the defeat of the Persian king Darius's expedition, and who had forced Alexander to wear Central Asian clothes and adopt a policy of gentleness, seemed vulnerable to the nomads from the East, and were willing to submit.

The political talent of the Kangju people is not even as good as the surname Zhaowujiu, and the connotation is intriguing.

Of course, now that 1600 years have passed, what is the specific history, there are too few historical materials related to Kangju that have been handed down, and it is impossible to verify!

Therefore, Ye Xiang is now more concerned about what good things are buried in this Kangju royal tomb!

You must know that in historical records, the Kangju people are famous for being good at business, and often go to various places to trade, traveling back and forth to the whole territory of Central Asia. Coupled with the fact that it is located on the Silk Road, the wealth accumulated in the hands must be extremely amazing.

In addition, Kangju is the same as Loulan. It also mysteriously disappeared in the long river of history, no one knows how the Kangju people disappeared, but they also left a lot of wealth like the Loulan people waiting for future generations to discover.