Chapter 400: Mo Evil Moves Mountains
"How many hundred years have it been excavated? So how is it that there is no record in history? Or do these Ah San not have the habit of writing history at all? Walking into the No. 19 grotto, Mo Ye found that this place was actually excavated in the fifth century AD. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
By identifying the carbon-14 decay at the moments, it is possible to accurately obtain the engraving age of these moments.
Cave No. 19 was excavated around the 5th century AD, and the front and interior of the cave are richly carved.
The Buddha statue in the cave is integrated with the stupa, and the top reaches the roof. The umbrella at the top of the stupa is typical of Mahayana Buddhism.
And to Cave 26, there is a 5-meter-long statue of Nirvana Buddha in the left corridor, where the Buddha made his last instructions to his disciples when he was dying: Don't think that if you lose me, you will have no teacher, after I am extinguished, the words and precepts that I have said in the past are your teachers!
After the command was completed, the Buddha lay down on his right side in the middle of the night on February 15, 543 B.C., and entered Nirvana.
In addition to the Nirvana Buddha statue, there are also many Buddha statues with handprints, and there are bright points of light on the handprints of these Buddha statues, which look like stones, but if you look closely, it turns out that it is a white crystal that is integrated with the Buddha statue.
"And the crystal mines?" Mo Xie had already scanned the entire place, but he didn't go out of his way to look for all kinds of mineral deposits, of course, there were no special mineral deposits here.
However, when he saw a large number of white crystals, Mo Ye suddenly realized that he might have missed something.
Sure enough, the characteristics of the white crystal were deliberately selected, and Mo Ye soon discovered that some seemingly inconspicuous ordinary stones around here might be valuable crystals.
White crystal is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, also known as the Mani orb, skilled craftsmen can carve it into a piece of mysterious work, such as a crystal ring on the finger of a Buddha statue, only at a certain angle, can see its flash.
Of course, there are not many boutiques like the Crystal Ring, and white crystals are mostly used here to increase the effect of light and shadow.
The white light that Mo Ye saw just now was the effect of the white crystal and the handprints of those Buddha statues.
It is said that when the practice of the mudra reaches the highest state, there is an extremely bright point of light on the fingertips, which Zen Buddhism calls it the Great Light, the Pure Land Buddhism calls it enlightenment, the Tantric Buddhism calls it the light point, the Indian name it Mani beads, and some schools call it sexual light, spiritual light, and so on.
Now, with the decoration of white crystal, the great light in the hands of those Buddhas is really bright.
It is with this light and shadow effect that the murals here look even more magnificent and mysterious!
Seeing so many exquisite murals, Mo Ye suddenly thought of the grotto in China, when those crooked nuts had stripped the murals from the stone wall and caused great damage to that grotto.
And he couldn't do that, so Mo Xie decided to move the grotto completely.
Therefore, in the following days, Mo Xie pressed his mood and began to plan carefully, and it was only at this time that he expressed great appreciation for his previous brain opening.
Without the propeller, he would definitely not be able to cut the rock at the bottom of this cliff smoothly, and of course, without the absolute control range of the super biological detector of 100 meters, even if he separated this grotto from the cliff, he would not be able to move this grotto.
Of course, even now, it would not be so easy for Mo Ye to move so many and such a huge grotto.
However, seeing this kind of fine murals, Mo Ye realized that the murals and zenith paintings of this grotto are very rich in themes, and the skills are also very exquisite, such a good thing, it must not be given up lightly.
Therefore, next Mo Xie began to move mountains, and he began to have the opportunity to divide the caves, after all, the caves here are divided into thirty, not a whole, which gives Mo Ye a chance.
After staying here for a week, many places were cut open by Mo Ye, after all, he was able to drill into the ground.
And on this day, the grotto, which was the easiest to separate, was collected by Mo Ye into the internal space of the super biological detector.
Although the grotto was the smallest and on the very edge, he still moved him into the Super Biodetector completely.
Looking at the murals inside, Mo Ye was very lucky, glad that this place was not discovered by others, otherwise it would be difficult for these murals to be completely preserved, and now these murals are a little faded, but they are not lost at all.
After these days of research, Mo Ye knew that these murals were not fresco paintings as people imagined, but Canberra tempera, and the base was made up of two layers of plaster applied to the rock, first a coarse plaster, then a fine plaster, and finally a thin layer of lime to level the walls.
Stucco is made up of organic materials, generally some plant fibers, sand and gravel.
The pigments used in the painting are hematite, yellow ochre, green earth, coal, and cobalt blue imported from Iran.
Regarding the theory of painting, in the commentary of the Indian "Book of Love", it is mentioned that the requirements for painting are: the difference between shape, quantity, emotion, beauty, resemblance and color.
Interestingly, this is similar to the Six Laws of the Chinese Sheikh.
The theme of these murals is mainly based on the stories of Bunsen and Buddha, such as the pair of Bodhisattva murals on either side of the gate of Cave No. 1, which is very famous, which shows the perfect combination of flesh and spiritual beauty.
The tapered headdress and duck egg-shaped face create a perfect balance, and the lotus-shaped eyes are slightly closed, the bridge of the nose is high, and the lips are full.
Painted in a concave and convex way, the facial features are very soft, and this image is as mesmerizing as the Mona Lisa, because her expression is as involuntary, and you can interpret the slightly closed eyes as a kind of vision, but also as a manifestation of meditation and inner care.
This series of murals is very interesting, especially the murals in Caves 9 and 10, which are relatively rare, including images of the Buddha in Gandhara, mathura-style robes, and some seated statues of the Buddha.
On the ceiling of the grotto, there are mostly decorative murals such as curly grass, and there are few images of the Buddha, which is likely to be due to the convenience of believers, and believers cannot raise their heads to worship the Buddha while walking.
The large number of concentric circles is often reminiscent of the Buddha's headlight.
There are also zenith paintings depicting flora and fauna, as well as flying figures, which are also very common.
In addition, Mo Xie also found a very interesting devil decorative pattern, when depicting the devil's hideous face, the painter used dotted lines, instead of smooth and complete lines to outline the devil's face and facial features, just to remind people that the devil is not really chiseled correctly, it can be transformed into a puppy, can also become a beauty.
The dotted lines indicate that the devil is changeable, but one thing that remains constant is that the devil is very evil, so this can be seen in the artist's depiction of his eyes.
At this time, Chen Erlei and others, looking at Mo Ye, were already equivalent to the devil.
They were the first people to come here, they haven't left since they came here, so they know this place best, and now, suddenly there is a huge gap here.
"Cave No. 1 is gone?" Chen Erlei endured it for a few days, and finally spoke, because this is too outrageous, how can such a thing happen in broad daylight?
They had only heard a few strange noises last night, and the noise was so light that they didn't even have the interest to get up and check it, and when they woke up in the morning, there was a large vacancy in front of them, as if the cliff had suddenly collapsed.
Although reason told him that this cave was probably moved, how could this be?
Therefore, at this time, Chen Erlei and the others looked at Mo Ye's gaze, just looking at the demon.
"It's been divided, and people are taken away, can't you?" Mo Xie had no choice but to play tricks.
In fact, people like Chen Erlei, who often go out with him, how could they not notice his abnormality?
The anomaly used to be so minor that it could explain the past, but today, it can't be explained.
Decomposed and taken away, how did it decompose? How did you take it? And most importantly, how can you bring out the Three Kingdoms? Also, who took it away!
The Buddha's nirvana is gone, and the monkey god Hanuman has also disappeared, so how can such a huge Buddha statue disappear silently?
"Airlift, you just know, this should be kept secret, don't ask more!" Mo Ye couldn't talk nonsense with empty teeth, so he still found a plausible reason.
Moreover, Mo Ye will definitely make a large aircraft in the future, so Chen Erlei will accept this statement in the future.
After all, compared to carry-on space or something, large aircraft are still more acceptable.
"What is this?" At this moment, Chen Erlei suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a stone wall left in Cave No. 1.
Mo Ye touched his head and said depressedly: "This stone wall is actually connected to Cave No. 2, and it is separated from Cave No. 1!" ”
"So, the rest of the part was taken away, and only the part connected to Cave Two remained?" Chen Erlei was very smart enough to understand what Mo Xie meant.
Mo Xie smiled and said: "Yes, that's it, these murals are so beautiful, it is a huge sin to destroy any of them, so we must be careful!" ”
Chen Erlei was speechless, isn't it the greatest protection for them if they are placed here?
If you are so optimistic about the things here, why can you bear to cut them?
"Your own things need to be protected, no matter how good other people's children are, they are also bear children!" Mo Ye has his heart, and it is easy to see through Chen Erlei's thoughts.
"This is a bodhisattva, why does it look so awkward?" Chen Erlei decisively changed the topic.
has been here for so long, Chen Erlei has also received some Buddhist influence, such as the Buddha statue on the stone wall, it should be the mighty Vajrapani Bodhisattva, but this Vajrapani Bodhisattva is painted so weakly, why does it look so awkward?