Chapter 1071 Ritual Instruments
The Tibetan silver ornaments have a single variety, and silver ornaments and related ornaments are a very important part of the Tibetan people's religious beliefs and life habits.
Tibetan men's headdresses are colorful, or full of beads, or pigtails into the waterfall, brilliant and dazzling, sultry and seductive.
The most famous and magnificent hair ornament for Tibetan women is the hair cover "Jiarong" and the silver shield whitewash on it.
The silver shield of the department is as big as a bowl, and the hair cover once weighed five or six catties, or even more than ten catties, and the number of silver ornaments reached more than 30.
If such silver ornaments can also be thrown into the holy lake, now that Han Peacock can harvest so many silver ornaments, it is conceivable that Han Peacock still knows a little bit about Tibetan silver, so when Han Peacock saw a set of large silver ornaments, he simply laughed.
One of them is a rare Daming-type ornament, also called "Loshal", which means the moon and the sun.
The diameter of the silver ornament is 9 centimeters, and the length of the silver ornament representing the crescent moon is 11 centimeters. When worn, it is hung on the left side of a woman's blouse.
The anchor-shaped ornament is called "Xiao Sang", which was originally a milk hook used by women when milking, and it was an authentic ornament at first.
There is also a peach-shaped silver jewelry called "Luo Song", dressed in the waist, the ornamentation on it is carved simply, inlaid with coral beads, the lower part is the abstract and strange animal face pattern, the whole ornament, the light is strange and heavy, gorgeous and elegant.
Tibetan women like to wear coral beads to raise the necklace, which contrasts with the turquoise stone, dwarfing each other. The silver box under it is called "Xiawu", which is a treasure box for Tibetans to put aside Buddhist doors and talismans.
"Tibetan silver" is simply a common term that is being spread in the silver jewelry market in the country. And has a large market share. The Tibetan silver ornaments have a single variety. Silver ornaments and related ornaments are a major part of the Tibetan people's religious beliefs and habits.
Dig out a duck-shaped silver kettle more than 30 centimeters long and more than 20 centimeters high, Han Peacock is even higher, such a beautiful utensil, even if it is silverware, it is also rare.
Gold and silverware is a traditional handicraft of the West and Tibet, with a history of more than 1,000 years, and the gold and silverware are roughly divided into two categories: one is ornaments, such as bracelets, headdresses, scabbards and snuff bottles.
One is daily necessities, such as wine jugs, wine glasses, plates, etc. Skilled craftsmen. Make a variety of patterns on gold and silverware, exquisitely clear, delicate and delicate, dragon, phoenix, tiger and lion. Wonderful Vishaw.
This duck silver kettle. It's clearly one of the masterpieces. It's just such a thing, and Han Peacock is worth the trip.
After digging out a golden wine jug again, Han Peacock was even happier.
It's a treasure here. Originally, Han Peacock thought that most of the gold and silver artifacts here should be fished away, but he didn't expect that he was here, but he had a continuous harvest.
Han Peacock carefully observed the surrounding terrain, the water depth here reached twenty meters, but this should not be the key to no one coming down, right?
The bottom of the lake is uneven, and there is a lot of silt, but it is not too thick, and if this side has never been plundered, then someone should be concerned about this side.
Han Peacock increased the range of perception, this side belongs to the deep water area, the shore is full of rocks, although there is a path leading to here, but not many tourists come, because this side is not suitable for people to swim in the lake.
didn't understand why the gold and silver jewelry here would be kept, Han Peacock didn't want to think about it, he sensed all the lumps in the silt within twenty meters from the shore, and in the end, Han Peacock simply searched them all.
In this way, he found more things, many small gold and silver beads, rings, and headdresses, although some of them were crudely made, but Han Peacock was even more surprised, because he could see that these things should be more old.
You must know that in the early metal period of Western and Tibetan (about 3,000 years ago to before the 7th century AD), gold and silver products were relatively rare, mainly small ornaments, chariot and horse utensils, finger rings, and shop heads.
During the period of the Tibetan monarchy (7th-9th centuries AD), with the development of the economy, the aristocracy and bureaucracy pursued pleasure day by day, and the demand for gold and silver artifacts increased, and the types of gold and silver artifacts increased, mainly gold and bronze statues, ritual utensils, and practical utensils.
Now some simple rings and trinkets have been found, which may indicate that the things here were thrown here very early, which made Han Peacock even more calm, and searched forward inch by inch.
Although the speed was a lot slower, he found more things, found so many things, and Han Peacock was dazzled, and in the end, except for some fine products, he had no idea of studying it carefully, as long as he found it, he threw it directly into a coral island in the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag.
"Ugh! This can't be a golden Buddha, right? Han Peacock cleared out the bottom of the lake again, and a humanoid object appeared in his sight.
Looking at the golden seated Buddha, Han Peacock didn't know what to say, this Buddha statue was about seventy or eighty centimeters high, and the thickness was more than thirty centimeters, Han Peacock hugged it and found that it was very heavy, this is completely a solid sitting Buddha, such a Buddha statue, weighing more than two hundred catties.
The value of a Buddha statue cast in two hundred catties of gold is certainly not low, but such a golden Buddha, who is willing to throw it into this lake?
If such a heavy Golden Buddha is willing to be thrown here, how rich is the owner of the Golden Buddha?
The golden Buddha, the seal, was dug out by the Han peacock one by one, at this time the Han peacock family was numb, after the discovery of the first golden Buddha, the Han peacock found all kinds of golden Buddha, and each of them is a real pure gold Buddha statue.
Looking at the exquisite gold seal, the Tibetan text on it looks very pleasing to the eye, but Han Peacock doesn't know it, but this kind of seal, as long as you go back to check, you should find the source.
Han Peacock put it away with satisfaction, and cleaned up this treasure again, yes, it is a treasure, Han Peacock has confirmed that the reason why there are so many treasures here should not be thrown in by herdsmen, but someone should be hiding here.
I don't know how many years have passed, these gold and silver jewels are scattered at the bottom of the lake, and now they have been found by Han Peacock, which is determined by Han Peacock after looking around, because except for this area of dozens of meters, there is no gold and silver scattered at the bottom of the lake.
By this time, Han Peacock had already guessed that maybe there was indeed no one here who still wanted things in the lake, so even if someone went down to the lake to salvage gold and silver jewelry, no one ran here, which is also the reason why these treasures have been able to survive until now.
There are a lot of treasures in this batch, among which the gold and silver ware occupies a considerable proportion, these gold and silver ware are in good condition, the shape is beautiful and generous, it is the superior work of the same kind of utensils, the era is mostly from the Qing Dynasty to modern times, the types include religious instruments, daily necessities, etc., the type of utensils is larger, and the craftsmanship of making zuò is very exquisite.
Among them, the magic weapons are the most, especially the vajra, the vajra is transliterated to bind the sun, cut the fold, break the fold, (left Wu right me) Tan Yan, cut the Yan Yan. It was originally a weapon of ancient India, and it was called the vajra because of its strong texture and ability to break through various substances.
In Esoteric Buddhism, the vajra symbolizes the bodhicitta of destroying afflictions, and is the holding object or the prop of the Dharma cultivation of the deities.
Han Peacock found this batch of vajra can be said to be of any material, there are gold, silver, copper, iron, stone, crystal, sandalwood, human bones and other materials, the size of the "Su Po Hu Tongzi Sutra" said, the size of the vajra has eight fingers, ten fingers, twelve fingers, sixteen fingers, twenty fingers and so on.
The shapes are single strands, two strands, three strands, four strands, five strands, nine strands, human-shaped pestle, karma vajra, pagoda pestle, treasure pestle, etc., and the single strand, three strands, and five strands are the most common, which symbolize the unique Dharma realm, the three secrets and three bodies, the five wisdoms and five Buddhas, etc.
In addition to this relatively normal magic weapon, there are also some that are more infiltrating when you look at it, Han Peacock knows that this should be a human bone magic weapon.
The raw materials of human bone ritual vessels containing human bones are mainly made and used by Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism.
The raw materials of the human bones of the Tantric human bone ritual come from people with very high cultivation, such as lamas with high cultivation.
The provider of human bone raw materials must be voluntary, not murdered, and there is a tradition of celestial burial in the West, where the bones are used to make human bones after the dead body is eaten by vultures.
Normally, the body of a person buried in the sky will be eaten by the eagle, but if the deceased has made a wish before his death, saying that he hopes that his part can be made into a ritual weapon, and that it meets the standards, some of the bones will be left.
The production of human bone ritual tools basically disappeared after the Cultural Revolution and the Tibetan tradition has been diluted by now.
Ritual utensils are used when doing ritual objects, except for the more strange human bone artifacts, most of the other artifacts are mainly gold, silver, and copper casting, and there are wood carvings, bone carvings, ivory carvings, stone carvings, sea shell carvings and other products, it can be said that Han Peacock found a magic weapon museum this time, where there are all kinds of magic weapons.
Its materials are different, the shape is peculiar, the production zuò is ingeniously conceived, and the quantity is huge, which can completely form a Tibetan Buddhist ritual museum.
There are many kinds of them, with a strong mystical color, and these ritual weapons can be roughly divided into six categories: respect, praise, offering, inspection, demon protection, and persuasion.
There are robes, collar beads, hata, etc., which belong to the category of salutes, especially the robes, which are really woven with gold and silver threads, even if they are soaked in water for so many years, they can still see the golden light.
Han Peacock put things in the water flag like Xuanyuan, while checking, bells, drums, bone flutes, conchs, six-stringed pianos, tubas and other magic instruments, one by one, the bell is bronze, the drum is made of wood, but Han Peacock can't see what wood is made of zuò for a while, however, it shouldn't be a simple thing, otherwise it would have rotted in the water a long time ago.
Next, pagodas, mandalas, eight treasures, seven politics, offering platforms, prayer beads, wooden fish, vajra, empowerment pots, Gabala bowls, talisman Buddhas, secret sigils, mani wheels engraved or written with six-character mantras, prayer wheels, towers, stones and other ritual utensils, all appeared, each of which has its own different religious meaning, and some of which have several uses. (To be continued......)