Chapter 17 The Emperor of the Four Directions, the Four Seasons and the Five Elements
Chunting is indeed the smartest existence in our group.
In such a strange situation, we are all confused, but Chunting can still have his own judgment, which is really rare.
And before I could open my mouth to ask Chunting, I found that Chunting's eyes had already looked at me.
Qi Zhi had already told Shen Lang just now that there was a pitch-black hall in our direction, so he didn't ask me if I had made any discoveries, but unexpectedly guessed my findings.
"Han Chuan, if I guessed correctly, the black brick and black tile hall you found also has a plaque, and this plaque is engraved with the word Xuantang?"
I was surprised when I heard what Chunting said, and hurriedly asked him how he knew.
"That's right, Chunting, how do you know."
Chunting's brow, which had been frowning until he entered here, finally relaxed, and the smile on his face was even bigger, and he did not answer me, but walked to the east alone, and waved his hand to signal us to keep up with him, and the tone of his mouth was so brisk.
"Let's check it out, I might have guessed what this place is."
Things are getting more and more interesting.
Originally, I didn't agree with Chunting's plan, because I felt that it was difficult to find clues in such an important place, and even if everyone went around, it would be just useless.
But when I heard the voices of everyone, I found them in every direction, and without exception, they were all majestic halls, but of different colors.
And in the time when I was confused, Chunting had already guessed.
We all know Chunting's character, we can't ask what he doesn't want to say, seeing this, we have to follow his footsteps and wait for him to verify his ideas one by one.
The direction chosen by Chunting is due east, just went to the east to explore Shen Lang and Yihe, according to Shen Lang, the east of the hall of blue bricks and tiles, looks particularly sacred, and the plaque at the entrance of the hall is engraved with the word Qingyang.
Since we didn't have to care about the details along the road, we quickly arrived at the main hall in Shen Lang's mouth.
Chun Ting motioned for us to stop, and he cautiously stretched out his hand to push towards the door of this hall, but there was no trap as we guessed, just a creak, and the cyan hall slowly opened in front of us.
After careful observation, Chunting confirmed that there was no danger here, so he relieved us to come forward and walk into the main hall with him.
I saw that this hall was blue, and there was no decoration, unusually simple but not majestic, in the middle of the hall there is a desk, on the desk enshrined a statue of a god, in front of the statue of a tablet enshrined.
This statue has the body of a bird and the appearance of a human being, with two dragons under its feet, it looks simple and sacred, although it is only a statue, it seems to have infinite divine power, which makes people dare not look directly.
We were curious, and hurriedly walked to the tablet to know which way of the gods this enshrined, but Chunting did not move, just smiled more happily, and talked to himself.
"Bird's body and human face, take two dragons, and sure enough."
I had a faint impression when I heard Chunting's self-talk, and when I saw the contents of the tablet, it finally dawned on me.
The one enshrined here is actually the Emperor Taihao.
Taihao, who lives in the East and takes the green dragon, is the ancestor and leader of the ancient Dongyi, who is both the ancestor god of the East and the Emperor of the East, and is known as the Green Emperor.
No wonder this place is full of blue, blue bricks and green tiles, it was originally a place to worship the Qingdi, no wonder it was built like this.
And if it is Taihao who is enshrined here, then the identity of this idol also has an answer.
This idol is the legendary Jumang.
Jumang is the god of spring in ancient mythology, and also the god of wood in the five elements, he is in charge of the germination and growth of trees, and assists the Eastern Emperor Qingdi Taihao, who is in charge of the Fuso tree where the sun rises every morning.
Jumang because it is the god of spring, so it is very important in ancient times, every year there is a special person to sacrifice in the spring festival, the legend is that its original face is the body of a bird, by two dragons, no wonder I sounded so familiar when the spring pavilion was talking to himself just now.
I was just about to open my mouth to inquire about Chunting, when I saw Chunting walking out of this Qingyang Hall without hesitation, shouting that we should hurry up and follow.
"Let's go, let's go to the next hall and take a look, this Vientiane Shrine is a bit interesting."
The direction he chose this time was due west.
Without saying anything all the way, we soon arrived at the main hall found by Ling Xuan and Chen Gong in the west, and sure enough, as the two of them said, this hall is white bricks and white tiles, and the word general chapter is engraved on the plaque, which looks faintly weird.
And Niu Kelian seemed to have guessed something, and without waiting for Chunting to speak, he pushed open the door of this general chapter hall and entered the hall directly.
The layout here is almost exactly the same as in the Qingyang Hall, except that the whole body of the hall is decorated in white, and the statues of the gods enshrined are also slightly different.
The statue has the face of a human tiger, the claws of a tiger, two dragons under its feet, and a snake hanging from its left ear.
Everyone hurriedly went to the tablet, wondering what was sacred here.
But I didn't move, and after seeing this statue, I finally had a trace of guess when I contacted the Dongfang Qingyang Hall that I had just discovered.
With a human face and tiger claws, a snake in his left ear, and two dragons, is this statue like a harvest?
"Shaohao?"
Hearing the name on this tablet from Xue Nan's mouth, I finally confirmed my guess.
This should not be called a tablet, but rather a god.
Shao Hao, according to legend, is the son of the Yellow Emperor, the leader of the ancient tribes, and one of the common ancestors of China, respected by later generations as the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and in mythology is respected as the Emperor of the West, also known as the White Emperor.
The harvest is the autumn god located in the west in myths and legends, and it is also the golden god in the five elements, the main task of the autumn harvest, there is a legend that the harvest is the auxiliary god of the White Emperor Shaohao, and there is also a legend that the harvest is the son of the White Emperor, no matter what kind of identity, there is a good reason to worship here.
Now, I can finally confirm my guess.
These four halls enshrine the gods of the Four Heavenly Emperors and the statues of the four gods of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
According to my thoughts, the hall located in the south of the Spring Pavilion is dedicated to the god seat of Emperor Yan and the statue of the summer god Zhurong, while the dark hall that I found with Qi Zhi is dedicated to the god seat of Zhuan Xuan and the statue of the god of winter.
But what does that have to do with us?
And, if it is as I suspected, there is still a most important hall missing.
That's the main hall that should be in the center.
In the central hall, the most important gods should be enshrined.
That is the god of the Yellow Emperor and the statue of the mother of the earth.
This is supposed to be the most important offering, but now we don't find any clues, why is that?
When Ling Xuan saw me, he should have seen that I had gained something, but he was still confused, so he came over to comfort me.
"Han Chuan, don't worry, since it's a good thing to have a discovery, let's go to the other two halls first to investigate and see if it's as we guessed."
It seems that although Ling Xuan is not as smart as Chunting, he still saw through the layout here one step earlier than me.
After thinking about it, it was indeed as he said, so I could only nod my head and walk to the next two halls with everyone. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "Guanshan Chronicle Claw Book House" for free for the first time.