Chapter 9 Clay Pots
I looked back at the escape route and thought, hehe, what happened to Panzi is really a bit puzzling.
The road ahead is still dark and fearful, and the road behind is so dark. The white light illuminates the feet, the destination in the distance is still unknown, I really don't know what else is waiting for us to come, it feels like a rabbit waiting for a rabbit, and the thing in front is like a farmer waiting for the arrival of a rabbit, it is really ridiculous to think about us.
Panzi walked forward in the first formation, the fat man followed, and the fat man teased Frank: "Don't you foreigners all love adventure, how do you feel this time?"
Frank reluctantly smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, it's nothing, what, I've also been to Asia, the Amazon River, lions, lions, elephants, I've seen it, this just that, that." ”
The fat man smiled and said: "Okay, yes, you are worthy of being a foreigner, you just love to take risks, wait for the mechanism in front, at that time, you will be happy, but it will be challenging." “
Frank smiled reluctantly.
After walking for a while, the fat man said, "Hey, Xiao Liu, what time is it for you to see your watch?" ”
Xiao Liu looked at his watch and said, "It's exactly 12:00 noon, what's wrong?" ”
The fat man said, "I'm hungry, find a place to eat." ”
I nodded: "Well, Panzi, you tell everyone to rest and eat something before leaving." ”
Panzi agreed, "Go further and find a place to rest in a large tomb or something." ”
We just walked on, everything was quiet, only our footsteps and the beating of our hearts could be heard, and there was a deathly silence, and it felt a little hairy.
At this time, Xiao Liu came to me and the fat man and said, "Dead fat man, dead fat pig, you are really a straw bag, haha, you are hungry so soon." “
When the fat man heard this, he became angry: "Who are you talking about, what qualifications do you have to say that I am a thin monkey, I am malnourished at first glance, with a yellow face and thin muscles, is it a refugee from Africa, I will beat you carefully in Dese." “
I said, "Don't make any noise, it's important to fight on the road." “
Everyone continued to move forward, but there were still no carved murals on the dark walls, and the overheads were empty.
We walked in the corridor for a while, and as we walked, the road ahead was much wider.
Panzi said, "Everyone follow, take a few quick steps and see what is in front of you." ”
The fat man and Xiao Liu rushed up and ran all the way, but the thin monkey and the fat man ran to the end of the road together. We hurried forward to follow them, and there was a burial chamber in front of us, and we walked in and looked around.
The surrounding burial chamber is sandy yellow, the ground is full of rows of clay pots, each with some strange symbols that are particularly abstract, and there are some murals on the walls of the tomb, from which you can see a group of people behind the mountains, houses, and fields.
The first mural shows a man wearing a pair of coarse cloth trousers, or more precisely, a leaf in his mouth with a leaf in his hand, apparently trying to eat it, and a handful of plant stems and leaves in the other.
I thought about it, why did this old farmer put the grass in his mouth and taste it, didn't he see the grass, could it be that this was rice, and there was a bumper harvest? Is it a taste? I haven't thought of much of it just yet.
I continued to look at the second mural, and it was still a person, a man dressed in coarse cloth, sitting on the ground, holding a pottery in his hand, something like a bowl, and a woman next to him, this woman had a delicate face, and she was also wearing a coarse cloth, and she was wearing a necklace on her chest, and you could see that it was a necklace made of bone, and there was a green stone in the middle of the necklace, woman
The head of the child was lying on the side of the man's shoulder, and the man was smiling, holding a pottery to his mouth, as if he was drinking water.
It can be seen from the picture that this is a scene of love between a husband and wife. It is not necessarily from a modern point of view, it may also be a lover, a third party, etc. I don't know why I have such thoughts, maybe I'm used to being with fat people, and my mind doesn't think about this kind of weird idea.
The third mural shows a group of people dressed in coarse cloth clothes on a hill full of green trees and grass, some picking leaves from trees, some tasting leaves, and some putting leaves in a bamboo basket. There was a person who was different from them, dressed in coarse cloth trousers, and carried a bamboo basket behind his back, but the bamboo basket was larger than the others, and it was full, and there was a woman beside him
Holding a cloth and wiping his sweat. Looking at the description in the painting, it should be picking something, and the woman and the previous woman are the same person, and the man is also the man he saw before.
The fourth mural shows a group of people kneeling in front of a sculpture, a statue of a man in coarse cloth. The man was holding a leaf in his hand. There are some sacrificial things all around.
In the fifth, a group of people are picking the stems and leaves of a plant on a hill that resembles a bush.
After reading these five paintings, I guessed that this description should be a plant that Shennong found after tasting a hundred herbs, he and his wife and the clansmen all picked this plant, and it can be seen that this plant should be useful, after Shennong's death, the descendants miss him very much, and the descendants continue to pick this plant. The plant should be edible.
I looked back at the people behind me, they were also looking at the murals, and some were looking at the clay pots on the ground.
The fat man asked, "What is this clay pot for?" ”
I said, "I think it has something to do with the wall murals." ”
The fat man said: "Nonsense, of course there is a connection, otherwise why paint murals." ”
Professor Su spoke at this time: "I think it should be Shennong picking herbs, some kind of medicine, otherwise it would not be painted in the tomb, and it should be a very useful medicine, it should be a medicinal material for treating a certain disease, yes, it should be a cure for the plague, only this kind of important information can be engraved in the tomb." ”
Bob said disdainfully: "It should not be a medicinal material, but a kind of thing that is needed for Gu art, I have also heard of your Chinese Gu art, I think it is related to Gu art, this person is a wizard, and the woman next to him is a witch." “
Frank laughed: "Old ghost, you think too much, I think it's vegetables, edible wild vegetables, press, according to your Chinese words, the people take food as the sky, he solves the problem of people's food and clothing, and people paint him here to commemorate him." “
As soon as these words came out, we couldn't hold back our joy. I smiled and said, "Hahaha, vegetables are not ceremoniously recorded in the tomb, the murals are all major records related to the tomb owner's life, how can it be possible to paint the vegetables eaten in the tomb, unless the tomb owner is engaged in health or is a chef." “
Frank said unhappily: "Hehe, it's not easy to say, the tomb, the tomb, the tomb owner found a certain plant that can satisfy hunger and replenish physical strength, and before they just caught up with no food to eat, and then he discovered that this plant can be eaten as food, and mastered the method of planting and popularized it, so that future generations will no longer starve, so, how can such an important thing not be engraved."
It's painted in the burial chamber. “
Alice said: "You are so vulgar, this is obviously a record of the sweet love life of the owner of the tomb and his wife, how much love they have, so that future generations will remember that husband and wife should learn from them." "Alice is a woman, but what we think is different, and many things are very romantic." Whatever it is, open it and see it", said the fat man eagerly.
Also, everyone is scrambling, and only the easiest way to open it and look at it can know the answer.
The fat man picked up a clay pot very close to him and tried to lift the lid with his hands, but he couldn't open it with a lot of effort, and it was estimated that it was sealed. He hurriedly picked up the clay pot and touched it against the wall, and with a bang, the clay pot was smashed.
We saw that the leaves and stems of some green plants were scattered all over the place, and they were all emerald green like jadeite.
A fresh scent came to my nose and gave a feeling of relaxation and delight, and I was immediately attracted to this fragrance.
Professor Su suddenly said: "I thought wrong, oops, how did I forget this stubble." “
I looked back and saw Professor Su's face first flushed, then shamed.
I asked, "What's wrong?" Professor Su. ”
Professor Su said: "This is not a medicinal herb, nor is it something needed for Gu magic, let alone a vegetable, but a drink material. ”
When the fat man heard this, he shouted, "It can't be tea." ”
Yes? I was also shocked, what? Tea.
"You look at the color of the plant, you pick it up and pinch it, you smell it," Professor Su said.
Sure enough, this fragrance is only the taste of tea leaves, and the feel is also the feeling of tea leaves.
Professor Su went on to say, "There is one thing in the ancient Bashu culture that is the world's precedent, and that is tea. ”
Professor Su also said: "The tea history data before the Six Dynasties show that the Chinese tea industry first emerged in Bashu. "Hanshu Geographical Chronicles" said: "Ba, Shu, Guanghan and Nanyi, Qin and thought it was a county. ”
The scope of Bashu is larger, in addition to the Ba and Shu people, there are many other ethnic minorities such as Pu, Tho, Gong, Nu, etc., Ba and Shu are just the two major ethnic groups that are widely distributed and have a larger population. These ethnic groups, roughly in the Xia Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, still stayed in the primitive clan stage, until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, under the influence of the Central Plains culture, they went from the primitive
to civilization.
Ba and Shu are also a type of civilization, and its origin is later than the Western Queen Mother Civilization and the Yanhuang Civilization. Although it is a little late, however, there are many precedents, and tea is one of them. Tea is a tree species in the south, tea drinking and tea industry first flourished in Bashu, so the Yellow River Basin, where Chinese characters were originally used in China, not only did not have the concept and knowledge of tea, but also the earliest description of tea's "荼"
And the word "槚" is also borrowed from the text at that time according to the pronunciation of tea in the Bashu dialect. For example, the word "荼", the predecessor of the word tea, originally had various interpretations such as "bitter herb", "weed" and "white";
The name of tea in the "Book of Tea" is derived from the two-syllable dialect of ancient tea in Bashu. In fact, there are not only the above names, it can be said that all the names and characters of tea and tea in the history of our country are all from the Bashu dialect. At this point, there is no other province except Bashu that can cite the tea name and tea character in our country's historical books, which comes from their dialect. Since our country is
To the world's tea name tea word originated from Bashu, Bashu is the cradle of our country and the world's tea industry and tea culture, it is self-evident.
There is also a poem of "Ascending Chengdu Baisu Tower" by Zhang Zai of the Western Jin Dynasty
By asking Yang Zishe, I want to see Changqinglu. Cheng Zhuo has a lot of money, and he is arrogant and wants to be five marquis.
The door has even its guests, and the emerald belt waist Wu hook. Ding food can be eaten at any time, and it is wonderful and different.
Picking autumn oranges in the forest, fishing spring fish in the forest. The sunspots pass the dragon skull, and the fruit dishes are crab stalks.
Fangtu crown six clear, overflowing flavor sowing nine districts. Life is peaceful, and it is entertaining to talk about it.
From the two sentences of "Fang Tu crown six clear, overflowing flavor sowing nine districts", it can be seen that tea was the mainstream drink at that time, and the law of man and earth, the law of earth and heaven, the law of heaven and the law of nature. All things originate from the Tao, and nature is in the Tao. "Bashu's tea is also related to Taoism, the so-called Taoism is what nature is, and Taoism is about returning to natural nature. And the Japanese tea ceremony was passed over from China, with
It is said to be a tea ceremony, but it is better to say that it is a set of tricks to drink tea. Authentic tea ceremony in China, Chinese tea tasting can see a person's character, style, interests, personality, but also what a person does.
After listening to Professor Su's words, I felt like listening to the sage's lecture, it turned out that tea originated in Bashu.
The fat man said, "It looks like tea, but you say you can eat it." “
I said, "I can eat it, but I can't eat it, and I can't make tea, because the expiration date has passed." ”
Professor Su said: "When Chinese tea came to India, it became a food, and I really don't know how it came to be like this. ”
Alice pouted and said, "Tea, a sweet love caused by a tea, no less than Romeo and Juliet, you are right." ”
The fat man said: "Beauty, you are so right, I can't see that you are so gentle and romantic with a cold appearance." ”
Alice said: "Mr. Fatty, it is a miracle that you are fat and can still wash sand." ”
The fat man said, "That is, who am my fat man?" ”
The fat man said, "This time you can rest." “
Panzi said, "Well, let's take a break and eat something." ”