Nothing to say all the way.

On the way to Longmen, we were all digesting the news from the empty mouth, because these news were really dense and complicated, it was really difficult to adapt for a while.

And before we could think through it, we reached the destination of our trip, the Longmen Grottoes.

There are many tourists here, a little inquiry will have an understanding, the story of the Buddha carved in the Longmen Grottoes, most of them are concentrated in the caves dug in the Northern Wei Dynasty, from the content point of view, they are carved with the white elephant reincarnation, the garden, the birth under the tree, the lotus step by step, the empowerment of the Nine Dragons and so on more than a dozen different plots of the Buddha story relief.

And not only the Buddha carving, the calligraphy content here is also a Chinese treasure, of which the Longmen twenty products are the essence of the calligraphy Wei stele, the famous calligrapher Chu Suiliang in the Tang Dynasty wrote the "Yique Buddha Shrine Tablet" is a model of the art of Kaishu in the early Tang Dynasty.

After all, we didn't come here for sightseeing, and the so-called scenic spots naturally had no intention of seeing, so because of the clear goal, we went straight to Fengxian Temple, which is engraved with the Great Buddha of Lushena.

After arriving at Fengxian Temple, looking at the breathtaking Buddha statue in front of us, we couldn't help but sigh.

The largest Buddha statue in front of us is the Lushena Buddha, 17 meters high, the head is 4 meters high, and the ear length of this Buddha statue alone is two meters, which can be described as majestic and magnificent.

The face of the Buddha statue is plump and round, the top of the head is a wavy hair line, wearing a shoulder-length robe, the clothing pattern is simple and unpretentious, and the concentric circle of clothing patterns sets off the head is extremely bright and holy. The whole Buddha statue is like a wise and kind middle-aged woman, which is respectful and fearless.

In terms of physiognomy, the eyebrows of the Buddha statue are curved like a crescent moon, and a pair of beautiful eyes are attached, staring slightly downward. With a straight nose, a small mouth, a peaceful smile, long and slightly drooping ears, and a round chin that protrudes slightly forward, the overall look is harmonious and peaceful.

If the rumors are true, if this Buddha statue is really carved with Wu Zetian's face, then we generally have an understanding of Wu Zetian's appearance.

The sitting statue of Lushena Buddha is the largest Buddha statue in Longmen Grottoes, but it is not carved in one place, on both sides of Lushena Buddha are engraved with two Venerable Kasa and Ananda respectively, the full name of Kasa Buddha is Mahakalpa, it looks full of vicissitudes of life, old and heavy, and Ananda is the abbreviated name of Ananda, which means joy and festivity, and looks docile and intelligent, which makes people feel warm.

Next to it are two Bodhisattvas of Manjushri and Fuxian, with a reserved expression, Yongrong and luxury, Fuxian serves the right, Manjushri serves the left, and the Bodhisattva is flanked by the two heavenly kings, the south wall is the southern growth king, and the north wall is the northern Duowen king. The carving is heroic and vigorous, which makes people dare not feel offended.

When we were intoxicated by this ingenious carving, Shen Lang suddenly spoke, he looked at the magnificent nine Buddha statues in front of him, and asked the bottom of his heart.

"Why do you think you want to dig caves here and carve so many Buddha statues on them?"

Chun Ting looked at Xue Nan, as if she wanted to know if there was a record of this in the Lingyun Tower, and Xue Nan did not disappoint him, seeing Chun Ting's gaze, she smiled slightly, and began to talk about the mystery of the origin of this Longmen Grotto.

The origin of the Longmen Grottoes was in the period of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen implemented the policy of sinicization and deeply felt that the national capital was biased towards the north and was not conducive to rule, so he moved the capital to Luoyang, and at the same time because he respected Buddhism, so Buddhism naturally became the object of his key support.

After moving the capital, he excavated the Longmen Grottoes on both sides of the Yishui River in Luoyang, during which the Northern Wei Dynasty unified the north, and Buddhism became the spiritual pillar of its ideological rule.

And the excavation of this Lushena Buddha is to the time of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty can be said to be the heyday of the development of Buddhism, Emperor Taizong's positive and enlightened attitude made Buddhism develop rapidly, Emperor Gaozong is even more respectful of Buddhism, many temples a large area of land is the emperor's imperial approval, at that time people said that "the world's famous mountain monks accounted for more" is from this.

In the period of Wu Zetian, Buddhism reached the scale of the state religion, Wu Zetian built the Longmen Grottoes on a large scale according to the content of the Huayan Sutra, among all the caves here, the caves of the Northern Wei Dynasty accounted for about 30 percent, the Tang Dynasty accounted for 60 percent, and other dynasties only accounted for about 10 percent, which shows the importance attached to this place at that time.

After listening to Xue Nan's narration, Shen Lang's face became a little clear, but Qi Zhi on the side fell into deeper confusion, she remembered what I just said, and looked at us and asked suspiciously.

"Brother Chuan, it doesn't make sense to say that, didn't the abbot of Xingkong say that this Buddha statue was carved here by the gods, and this god can't be Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, right?"

Because of the importance of the matter, I didn't tell everyone the identity of this god, and they naturally didn't know that this so-called god was the original Chunting, so I couldn't help but look at Chunting and wonder how he explained this matter.

Before Chun Ting could speak, Ling Xuan walked out, and he talked about another secret of Guanshan with a smile.

"This heavenly god's statement is pure absurd, in my opinion, it is just a certain Taoist senior in Guanshan, but the reason why this Wu Zetian was able to ascend the throne as the emperor does have something to do with Guanshan."

Although Ling Xuan didn't know the truth, but with his cleverness, he guessed that this god was indeed a person from Guan Mountain, but he didn't guess that this so-called god was the mysterious Spring Pavilion around us.

However, listening to his meaning, this Wu Zetian's ascension to the throne as emperor seems to be strange.

Ling Xuan saw that we were quite interested, and there was no clue to continue now, so he sat down casually and began to talk about the connection between Wu Zetian and Guan Shan.

Legend has it that when Wu Zetian was still in infancy, Yuan Tiangang, a strange generation of people, said in surprise when he saw Wu Zetian's mother Yang, looking at his wife's bones, he would definitely be able to give birth to a noble son, and Yang was very happy, so he led his two sons out to let Yuan Tiangang face each other, but Yuan Tiangang said at a glance that he could be an official to the third grade, but he was not a noble person.

So Yang called out Wu Zetian's sister to let Yuan Tiangang look, Yuan Tiangang said that this woman is expensive and not good for her husband, and she is not a noble person, and finally, she took out Wu Zetian who was dressed in boy's clothes, Yuan Tiangang was shocked when he saw Wu Zetian in swaddling clothes, saying that she had dragon eyes and phoenix neck, and she was extremely expensive, but after the shock, he regretted that this is a man's body, if it is a woman's future is unlimited, she will be the lord of the world in the future.

Xue Nan was a woman after all, her mind was delicate and her reaction was extremely fast, when she heard this, she suddenly patted Shen Lang's thigh beside her, and looked at Ling Xuan's excited mouth.

"It's Yuan Tiangang!"

Shen Lang was fascinated by what he was listening to, and was suddenly attacked by Xue Nan, who muttered while rubbing his thighs.

"Oh, Sister Nan, why don't you pat your thighs when you're excited, you don't know how to tap with such a big hand."

Ling Xuan didn't care about Shen Lang's self-talk, and looked at Xue Nan while confirming to all of us.

"It is precisely because of Yuan Tiangang, if it weren't for his help, Wu Zetian, as a female streamer, how could he easily ascend to the Ninth Five-Year in that era."

Wu Zetian in infancy was not famous, and Yuan Tiangang was already a strange person at that time, how could he deliberately meet a baby, there was only one possibility.

That is why Yuan Tiangang knew at that time that Wu Zetian would be able to ascend the throne as the emperor in the future, so he deliberately went to find Wu Zetian when he was an infant to form a good relationship.

And in Yang Guang's clothed mound at the Baqiao, we already know from Ling Xuan's account why Yang Guang's Sui Dynasty died, and at the same time know why Yuan Tiangang cut off Li Tang's dragon vein there.

What's more, from Ling Xuan's mouth, he clearly stated the fact that Yuan Tiangang, a strange man of a generation, was originally a disciple of Guan Shan Kui's first disciple.

From this point of view, this Wu Zetian's claim to be the emperor is indeed inseparable from Guan Shan. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Guanshan Chronicle Claw Book House" for free for the first time.