Volume 3 The Silver City of the Dome Chapter 9 The Ritual of Purification
Ma Bai helped me up to the candle dragon that was already dead and hard, only to see the white candle dragon is more than ten meters long, I remember I once heard my grandfather say, the candle dragon should have a human face snake body, the color is red, longitudinal, the eye characteristics of this monster are too obvious, I have to make people think of the candle dragon, it is estimated that in the thousands of years of mutation, in order to adapt to the extremely cold place of the snow mountain, the color of the candle dragon has also changed to adapt to it.
Baynt, Liam and the others were all annoyed, the camera equipment had been lost in the snowy mountains, this amazing discovery of the Oriental Dragon, if it could be published in Western magazines at that time, it was estimated that it would be no less than the archaeological discovery of the Dome Silver City, and it was impossible to say what the name of the Dragon's Dragon would be.
Although he didn't have a camera, Bayant still took out a pen and paper and drew the appearance of the candle dragon, presumably for publication after returning to China in the future, after all, this opportunity is too rare.
At this time, Tuesday Mao also opened his eyes sleepily, and we saw that Tuesday Mao also woke up, so we went over to say a few words.
Tuesday Mao said with a confused face: "What's going on?" Wasn't Lao Tzu still in the fog just now? ”
I laughed and said, "You knelt in front of that stone wall just now, and I thought you were going to become a monk!" ”
On Tuesday, Mao asked strangely: "What are you kneeling in front of the stone wall?" Lao Tzu didn't think about it again. ”
I then told Tuesday Mao the ins and outs of this matter, and Tuesday Mao shook his head again and again when he heard it, and complained: "Damn X, why is it that Lao Tzu is evil every time, it's really a shame for JB." ”
I comforted: "It's nothing, Lao Tzu is not the same evil, the dog day is all this candle dragon to harm, it is estimated that this candle dragon was not far from death at that time, I want to pull a few cushions, just coiled in the fog, Lao Tzu looked at the eyes and went, where they knew that this thing was going to harm us." ”
Tuesday Mao staggered to his feet and said, "Lao Tzu wants to see this thing, the demon dragon of the dog day, it's too vicious." ”
We walked up to the candle dragon, and Tuesday Mao was also startled and said, "This is too big!" Can you Chen Erwa take it off? ”
I said, "It was probably at the end of the crossbow at the time, and it just happened to hit the edge of the knife." ”
Tuesday Mao nodded and said, "Why don't you say that your turtle is a lucky general, and you will find another one to die." ”
Ma Bo and the others also laughed in agreement.
Liam said, "Could it be that the green fog just now has something to do with this demon dragon?" ”
I thought about it, there is also such a possibility, so where did this fog come from? It is said that the dragon calls for wind and rain when it comes out, is it still true?
I walked under the stone wall, and suddenly some powder under the stone wall caught my attention, the stone wall was closed everywhere, dry, but there was a fine layer of powder at the foot of the stone wall, and it was quite uniform, I squatted on the ground, picked up a little powder with the tip of a knife and observed under the flashlight, only to see that the powder showed a pale green color in the light.
I thought of the strange green smoke, and I was still a little scared, afraid that I would fall into evil again, so I hurriedly asked everyone to step back a little, and then covered my mouth and nose with a cloth before I began to continue to check.
This position should be the position where the candle dragon was lying at that time, I went to the candle dragon's corpse to check, and sure enough, the candle dragon's abdomen also had some of the same green powder, but we all paid attention to the appearance of the candle dragon at the time, and did not observe it carefully.
It seems that the candle dragon is indeed at work, but how does it know that this powder has a deceptive effect? I went back to the stone wall and touched the stone wall with my hand, but this time, a little ash fell on the stone wall, and these ashes fell to the ground, only to see the green powder on the ground, and the green smoke appeared again.
I panicked and hurriedly retreated, but fortunately the ash was very small, and the green smoke had just come out and disappeared immediately.
So that's it!
The candle dragon somehow learned that after the two powders were mixed, this kind of disturbing green smoke would appear, so when the candle dragon was dying, it somehow evaded our pursuit, came to this eye, and then rubbed the stone wall with its body, and a large amount of green smoke appeared in this space, causing me and Tuesday Mao to be hit.
I didn't dare to touch the stone wall again, and used a flashlight to look at this eye, just now in the fog, this eye was lifelike, and now there is no smoke, but I don't feel how vivid it is.
I slowly observed the flashlight on the stone wall under the eyeball, at this time, I found a small stone crack under the eyeball, I was happy, hurriedly approached, it turned out that this place was rubbed off by the candle dragon more of a place, now take a closer look, only to see that this stone crack turned out to be a dark pavilion.
As soon as I pressed this mechanism, I saw that this dark pavilion was suddenly pushed into the stone wall, but when I heard a sound, a door suddenly turned out of an inconspicuous place on the stone wall!
We walked over, only to see a hall suddenly revealed behind this stone door, and there are many layers of cloth of various colors hanging on the top of the hall, although more than a thousand years have passed, but because this place has been in a relatively sealed state, so everything is exactly the same as at that time.
This stone hall is wide and grand, and around the stone hall, there are various statues of gods, some are human figures, some are spirit monkeys, and there are anthropomorphic images of animals such as lions. We don't know much about the primitive Bon, including the Tibetan guide Pasang, who can't name the idols.
However, Basang walked around the hall and said, "I think that the smoke may be a ritual of purification and exorcism. ”
I wondered: "Purify and exorcise evil spirits? So why is it still deceptive? ”
Basang said: "I heard the Living Buddha say that in ancient times, there were two worlds of gods and demons, these two worlds are called "Ye" country and "shore" country, "shore" country is the world of demons, all poisons come from "shore" country, the living Buddha has talked about several kinds, I still remember, such as a willow tree called "Langma", and a shrub called "Tangzhuom" and so on.
In the time of cleansing the filth, certain things with mana are needed, and these things are provided by the goddess Nam Ja Ji Gong Je, who lives in the Milky Way and also on an island in a lake called Nam Mu Tsosumu. ”
I blurted out, "
The snow of the Gangdis Mountains,
The waters of the lake of Mapanyongcuo,
Mixed into medical nectar,
They were poured into a silver spoon,
But "ginseng" has neither a tongue nor a mouth.
All holy birds,
Surrounded by drugs ,
white grouse,
Feathers with red patterns... ”
Basang was shocked and said, "Young man from Handi, how do you know this Bon scripture????? ”
It turned out that this was one of the contents of the leather book that I was in the secret room with Khenpo Goncho Tenzin, and he told me about the contents of the brown book.
I said, "I also heard from a lama in Kham who told me about this. ”
Basang nodded thoughtfully and said, "No wonder, no wonder, the Living Buddha said that this thing is a Bon thing, and it was not for us to read." I don't want you to know this, it's not easy. ”
Actually, I don't know much about it, and I don't know which living Buddha Pasang is talking about, but I also know this scripture, I just remembered and said a few more words, who expected that Basang thought I knew a lot about this thing.
Pasang continued: "You see, when some of our big monasteries in Tibetan areas practice their rituals, they drink a kind of holy water called 'omachi' that is mixed with various medicinal powders and plant juices, which actually comes from the Bon tradition.
The Living Buddha said that the original purification ritual was when the men of the tribe returned from a campaign or hunting, the old people and women of the tribe burned a bunch of cypress branches and herbs in the neighboring tribes, and constantly sprinkled water on the men returning from the expedition or hunting to dispel the filth brought by the return of the battle or hunting.
Later, this ritual of purification was gradually combined with the worship of the gods, especially the worship of the god of war, prayers for victory in war, and the safety of the tribe. ”
I said, "Then why do you think this is purifying and driving away evil spirits?"
Basang said: "Use smoke to purify and drive away evil spirits, that is, Tibetan areas are still very popular now, before welcoming the gods, we must first burn incense and use smoke to purify the surrounding environment, eliminate impurity and filth, we ordinary people, in the place of life at any time have pollution, the living Buddha said that this is a kind of dirt, a kind of impurity, so, you need to use smoke to remove filth."
Originally, I didn't think of it at first, but it wasn't until I saw this temple that I remembered that it was that kind of smoke, and it was probably some kind of purification ritual. ”
I was half-convinced that before entering this temple, people had to smoke it to make people lose their minds, and then entering this temple always sounded a bit unbelievable. However, the various sects have all kinds of strange theories, which is not impossible, but why they did it, I wonder if there are any clues from the statues of the gods they worship.