Chapter 506: Deserted Village (4)
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The first thing they saw was a stone statue with a half-cut body emerging from the ground......
Stone elephant sheng, also known as Shi Weng Zhong, began in the Qin and Han dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was one of the main sacrificial rituals in front of the emperor's mausoleum.
It refers to stone beasts such as stone figures and animals that stand on both sides of Shinto, and they are arranged in a certain order in a specific direction, like a group of "guards" guarding the imperial tomb.
The stone elephant is arranged in 12 pairs of stone beasts according to the regulations, sitting and standing in two, in order is the lion (symbolizing might), the pig (symbolizing justice), the camel (symbolizing transportation), and the elephant (symbolizing auspiciousness and peace), etc., which is the decorative building of the mausoleum.
However, the origin of the stone statue is very ancient, and there is nowhere to be found, according to the explanation of "Feng's Experience", the role of the stone elephant is to decorate and decorate the mausoleum, and the other is a symbol of the honor guard.
Before the Qin and Han dynasties, some mausoleums not only stood stone beasts, but also erected statues of civil and military ministers, called "Shi Weng Zhong". Some people believe that this is actually a form of burial.
But these stone statues in front of them look very strange, some of them look like dragon heads, but their bodies are emaciated, like jackals~~~
Chen Zhi remembered that he had read the literature before, which recorded the past of the Qin State during the Warring States Period.
The state of Qin was a vassal state established by the Huaxia people in northwest China during the Zhou Dynasty, and the founder was a branch of the Huaxia people who migrated westward. His ancestor surnamed Ying tribe was the right-hand man of Xirong as early as the Yin Shang period, and was highly valued by the Shang Dynasty, and was a nobleman of the Shang Dynasty and a prince.
During the reign of King Xiao of Zhou, Qin Feizi, the ancestor of Qin, was made a vassal by Zhou Tianzi for his meritorious work in raising horses, and since then he can be regarded as a nobleman.
In 821 B.C., Qin Zhuang defeated Xirong because of his official duties, and was named the doctor of the West by King Xuan of Zhou, and was given Qin (Tianshui) again, together with the land of Dog Hill (Xianyang) where the original Da Luo clan lived, and was later named a prince, and was given the land west of Qishan. From then on, the state of Qin officially became a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty.
It is said that during the period of the old Qin State, due to the difficult mountains and dangerous places, the whole country of Qin was very difficult.
The common people can't eat enough all year round, they can't see brocade silk, and even the monarch of a country has no meat to eat, and the entire Qin State fights with each other in order to compete for food, and even many men are in the same room, sharing wives, which is very barbaric. Despised by other vassal states, it was called the country of tigers and wolves at that time, and there was a saying that scholars did not enter Qin.
But it is such a barbaric and backward country, but it is unusually advocating force, they live a simple life, but they value courage and decisiveness, despise cowardice and cowardice, and are not afraid of death for the glory of life. Almost all men are in the army, and women don't look good at makeup.
During the period of the Southern and Northern Expeditions of the Old Qin State, the people admired a kind of virtual beast and was called a thin dragon......
This kind of dragon does not have the strength and float of ordinary dragons, but it is very fast, just like the people of the Qin State at that time.
According to some very old and unique texts, when a famous general of the Qin State died, the Qin people would carve a thin dragon in stone to commemorate the brave and warlike general, and the descendants of the general would be proud of it.
At this time, these stone statues seen in front of me are estimated to be the kind of beast dragons, but these stone carvings are obviously old, and under the destruction of wind and rain and years, most of them have long been unrecognizable, and they can only see the general outline of the upper body, and the lower body has already been deeply immersed in the soil.
Behind the two rows of beast dragons was the isolated village, and this village was completely different from what Chen Zhi and the others had imagined, outside the entire village, there was actually a high wall.
This wall is covered with green vines, which look dense, like green snakes, which makes people get goosebumps~~
From the outside, it didn't look like a village that had been abandoned for more than ten years, but rather like a deserted village in the rainforest hundreds of years ago.
They slowly walked towards the gate of the wall......
There is a very high stone platform with a relatively flat stone slab with a clear mark on it.
It seems that for a long time in the past, there would be a long-term standing guard for the village......
At this moment, the sky was already dark, and the smoke in the air suppressed all the moonlight, the visual effect was very bad, and the surrounding atmosphere was depressing, and the breathing was a little short.
Chen Zhi and Fat Wei turned on the flashlight and walked into the village, under the smoke, there was a vast fog everywhere they entered, and they couldn't see anything clearly.
Chen Zhi and the others groped their way forward in the only line of sight, and before they had gone some distance, they redetermined their position.
Of course, at this time, Bai Xiaowei had already shaken into chaff......
Further on, the details of the village came into their eyes.
This village is indeed not big, it is estimated that it can accommodate more than 1,000 people, and the architectural style of all the village houses is very simple, arranged in an orderly manner, and even the architectural pattern is basically the same.
All the houses here are the same as the outside, all of them are densely covered with green vines, and from a distance, it looks like a green grass house in a cartoon.
Chen Zhi walked to a village house, took out a dagger and cut a few knives on the vines, revealing wooden boards and mud walls mixed with grass stalks.
As they walked on, they saw that the houses had basically collapsed, and the roofs were all broken, and it was completely impossible to say that there were still people living in this village.
In this dark environment, people's ability to associate begins to be uncontrollable, everything around them is gloomy, and these long-vacant houses seem to tell the story of an ancient people who have been hidden for many years, and their tenacious persistence.
As Bai Xiaowei said, this village does not seem to have moved collectively, but more like all the villagers have evaporated overnight!
In some rooms, you can still see some daily necessities, and half of the food is eaten, and the chopsticks are still placed next to it, as if someone has just come!
But for some reason, there are very few daily necessities and decorations in this village, and there are no entertainment things in every house, and on the whole it can be basically the same, simple and clear, just like a military camp.
But there is one very special thing that appears in the courtyard of every household, and that is a wooden stake that is inserted in the soil and practiced martial arts......
But for some reason, there are very few daily necessities and decorations in this village, and there are no entertainment things in every house, and on the whole it can be basically the same, simple and clear, just like a military camp.
But there is one very special thing that appears in the courtyard of every household, and that is a wooden stake that is inserted in the soil and practiced martial arts......