362. Chapter 362: Shaman Temple
"Princess Rouran's fame comes from her father-in-law Gao Huan, her husband Gao Zhan, and also from her beauty - legend has it that her appearance and figure are compared to the later 'Jade Body Hengchen' Feng Xiaolian is also better than that - as well as her unparalleled dancing skills. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Jin Yutang told the story, and everyone listened attentively.
But the whereabouts of this mysterious woman remain a mystery. It is reported that in the spring of 1978, Hebei farmers dug a tomb when digging the ground, and the unearthed epitaph was identified by the Hebei Cultural Relics Bureau and archaeological experts, and the unearthed epitaph read: 'Wei Kaifu Yi and Changguang County's founding wife Princess Ruru Lu'. According to historical records, this 'Wei Kaifu Yi and Changguang County Founding Gao Gong' is Gao Zhan, the ninth son of Gao Huan, the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and Ru Ru is another name for Rouran.
"The funeral goods in the mausoleum of Princess Rouran are very rich, and the arrangements are very thoughtful, and the terracotta figurines of the honor guard alone include the 'hood beating drum figurines', the 'hood ceremonial figurines', the 'short hood ceremonial figurines', the 'negative sword and hoop (fu two sounds) iron rope two crotch figurines', the 'negative sword and leather two crotch warrior figurines', the 'scarf lapel attendant warrior figurines', the 'small crown sword bag warrior figurines', the 'knight figurines', the 'samurai figurines', the 'dustpan figurines', the 'rice figurines', the 'maid figurines', the 'slave figurines', the 'drum figurines' and the 'dancing queen figurines' and so on.
"It is true that Princess Rouran married from the distant Rouran to the Central Plains, although she is only five years old and comes from a different race, but she has always lived a noble life of fine clothes and food, and no one dares to despise her, just because the Gao family needs to rely on the Rouran Kingdom as a backing to contain the opposition forces in the DPRK and China and the Western Wei regime......"
Hearing this, Chen Menglong suddenly asked, "I...... I have a doubt, since you said that the tomb of Princess Rouran was excavated in Hebei very early, then what else do we have to find here? ”
Almost everyone stared at Jin Yutang and waited for his reply, and Hu Xunyi was even more nervous that his face changed color slightly.
Jin Yutang smiled, and a sense of satisfaction unique to storytellers arose: "Although the tomb in Hebei is rich and thoughtful, it is just a well-dressed mound. Legend has it that Princess Rouran died young, but her body did not stay at Gao's house in the Northern Qi Dynasty of the Central Plains, but was transported all the way back to Rouran, and the fallen leaves returned to the roots, and she was buried on the prairie in the north of Yinshan Mountain. For the sake of their own face, the Gao family buried Princess Rouran's clothes and ornaments, but the body mound was in the vast grassland desert.
"This is naturally not an officially recognized statement, but the tombs in Hebei are full of suspicions, and they can't support in-depth investigation."
Hu Xunyi kept bowing his head and praised: "Mr. Jin really studied thoroughly, I didn't invite the wrong person." ”
Jin Yutang waved his hand to show modesty, but the smug look on his face couldn't be hidden.
After resting for a while, Wu Daring looked at the sky and proposed: "There is not much time, let's act when we are full of food and drink, it is best to find some clues before dark, otherwise I don't know what will happen." ”
Hu Xunyi agreed.
So everyone tidied up, leaving two bodyguards to guard the car, and the others headed towards the big rocky desert.
This area is a special landform formed by rocky desertification and wind erosion, which is very similar to the "devil city" in the Wuerhe mining area of the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, forming a type of rocky desert wind erosion landform in the arid and windy environment, forming a dense and scattered sandstone strange shape under the long-term action of nature, looking up, it is like a city standing majestically in the vast desert of the Gobi.
Walking through the "city", you can see bare and exposed stone formations carved by the wind everywhere: some grin like monsters; Some of the dangerous platforms are towering, the battlements are distinct, and the shape is like an ancient castle; Here are like pavilions and pavilions, and the eaves are like the tops; It looks like a magnificent palace, standing proudly. There are also various kinds of "stone monkeys watching the sea", "cattle ploughing the fields", "male teachers lying horizontally", "poisonous snakes swinging tails", "Dapeng spreading wings...... It's really dazzling, varied, vivid, and imaginative.
On the undulating hillside, there are stones of various colors of blood red, blue, white, and orange, like witches' pearls, adding a bit of mystery.
It's just that in this city, there is no figure, and it is very sluggish, and this place is in the wind, whenever the wind rises, the sand and rocks are flying, the sky is dark, and the strange shadows are blurred. The air flow like an arrow shuttles and whirls between the strange rocks, making a sharp sound, like a wolf howling and a tiger roaring, and the ghost crying god, which is quite terrifying.
Under such a scene and atmosphere, everyone was nervous, Chu Chu and Zi Ning were even more trembling, although one of them was a Gu Master and the other was a Falling Flower Cave Girl, but they were even more girls.
After walking for about two hours, I finally turned out of the labyrinthine strange stone city.
After walking for a while, he found a dilapidated ancient temple standing in front of him.
There is only one temple in this temple, and there is no distinction between advancing and backward, east and west, and the temple gate has long been gone.
The scale of this temple is very small, it seems to be unremarkable, but the geographical location is a little strange, built in this desert alone, there is no village in front of the village, there is no shop behind it, and where will anyone come here to worship incense?
Everyone thought that the location of the ancient temple was a bit strange.
"What kind of temple is this?" After looking around, the fat man Wang Wanquan asked the guide Ao Ri Gele.
Ori Gele shook his head and said, "It's too broken, I can't see it, let's go in and take a look." ”
Ao Ri Gele and Wang Wanquan walked towards the temple.
The crowd hurriedly followed their pace.
The area of the temple is really not large, and a group of eleven people standing in it is too crowded.
After watching it for a while, he withdrew from the temple.
"There are several stone statues of animals and a statue of a goddess...... Uh, naked-naked-body statue of the goddess...... What kind of temple is this? How do you feel a little evil? Wang Wanquan muttered.
"Shaman!" It was Lu Fan who answered.
Among the group, Lu Fan is the most knowledgeable about religion, because he has listened to his master tell the story of religion in ancient and modern China and foreign countries since he was a child.
Others asked curiously, "Shaman?" ”
Seeing everyone's appearance, Lu Fan had no choice but to explain from the beginning: "All religions in the world originated from witch, and witch is the explanation of human beings' fear of the unknown world. With the development of human beings, the degree of civilization in different regions was very different, and witches began to evolve into various religions - Buddha, Tao, Christ, Halal, Brahmin, Shaman, and so on. Other religions, whether they are Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, or Halal, are relatively mature religions in terms of doctrine, organization, and expression. Shamanism, on the other hand, was developed on the basis of primitive beliefs, worshipping nature and advocating animism. Among the nature gods believed in by shamans, Tengri, the god of heaven, was the main god, and then Nachigai, the god of the earth......"
PS: Thanks for the heart-warming tip with a glass of spirits!