Chapter XVII: The Ghost Bard: 17
The ancients broke the convention and stuffed the yellow intestine inscription into the tomb in another form, and added the protection of the mountain to ensure the foolproof of the mausoleum.
However, the wisdom and technology of modern people should not be underestimated, and when they saw the move, they still opened this solid barrier and entered the mausoleum.
Judging by the distance they dug a well to break the yellow intestine inscription, this place should be the inner wall of the outermost protective layer of the mausoleum, that is, the end of the tomb road will not be too far.
After walking for more than ten minutes in the dirty water, I saw a white marble stone door in front of the tomb.
The dragon and phoenix carved on the door wall are very magnificent.
Wen Jin couldn't hold back his joy and hurriedly took his camera out to take pictures.
Wang Shan was also quite excited, thinking: Such a large stone gate, if you move out, you will definitely be able to sell it for a few dollars.
Ding Mo was lying on the stone door, his glasses were almost attached to the door wall, and while stroking the white stone door with a miner's lamp, he said to Wang Shan and Wen Jin: "See? How special this beast pattern is! An ancient cult of faith that is different from our current religious beliefs ....... This is simply a kind of civilization of worship in the desert period, which is incredible. ”
Wang Shan and Wen Jin couldn't understand what Ding Mo said, and the two looked at each other.
"Ding Mo, isn't this just a stone door panel with carved patterns? What desert period of worship civilization? Far from it!? ”
"You don't understand! There are many kinds of animal patterns, such as unicorns, pixiu, cai mao, etc., etc..."
Ding Mo pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and moved his finger to give us an example.
Clearing his throat, Ding Mo picked up and said, "But the beast pattern on this stone door is very special!" Have you seen this cat-like deer-like beast? Isn't it special? ”
Ding Mo pointed to a pattern on the stone door for them to see.
Wang Shan saw that the lines on the stone wall outlined an animal with horns, and its body did look like a big cat. This cat-like beast looked up at the moon, similar to the feeling of a night wolf howling in the air.
"What is it? You know? Wang Shan asked.
"I don't know,"
Ding Mo shook his head, but he was not frustrated by his ignorance.
"Almost no one knows its scientific name. But this thing is not the creation of Han culture, it originated from an ancient religion in the Western Regions. Zoroastrianism. Ding Mo said with certainty.
"I know that the Zoroastrian religion is the Mingjiao in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer". The Tang Dynasty was all the rage, and the Ming Dynasty really disappeared. ”
Seeing that Wang Shan said clearly, Wen Jin gave her a thumbs up, and then looked at Ding Mo waiting for judgment.
"I underestimated you, I thought I couldn't learn these knowledge textbooks, but I didn't expect that you high school students also have a wide range of knowledge."
Ding Mo was praising her, but Wang Shan sounded like she was counting her. It means that he thought that the two of them should not know anything except mathematics, physics and chemistry in the textbook.
"What era is this, uncle! You know the digital age? Wang Shan shook her phone and grinned in front of Ding Mo. If you don't know a little about the history of the Tang Dynasty, how can you play Journey to the West? ”
"Oh......! Wang Shan: You learned all this historical knowledge when you played games? Wen Jin exposed her and pointed to her nose and said.
"Forehead ......"
Ding Mo admired it very much, smiled and said, "Anyway, you still understand a little!" So I'll tell you about this beast. ”
Ding Mo cleared his throat and continued to explain to them the cat with horns: "If you know Zoroastrianism, you should know that Zoroastrianism is a religion that worships fire. This mythical beast is said to be the son of the god of fire and possesses endless divine power. Everywhere he went, whether it was an oasis or a city, it would be incinerated into a desert. That is, in their religion, this mythical beast represents disaster, annihilation, and destruction. ”
Wang Shan and Wen Jin nodded at each other, but after thinking about it, they felt that it was wrong.
Since Zoroastrianism worships fire, then the son of the god of fire should be on the list of their worship. But this guy is clearly a villain, representing destruction. Are those who believe in them extremists? No wonder all dynasties have attacked this religion, and even they can't look at it!
"It's just a grim reaper, such an unlucky thing, what is it carved into the stone door? Is this mausoleum related to Zoroastrianism? ”。
Wang Shan seemed to have found a clue, and felt that such a special divine beast, except for the person who believed, no one would take it and engrave it on the door panel.
"Not really!"
Ding Mo shook his head and explained to them very eruditely: "Although this divine beast came from the Western Regions, it is no accident that it appeared in Middle Earth. The ancients had a special reverence and fear for the Western Regions, especially those ancient humanities and imaginary myths. This may have something to do with the Confucian idea of 'returning to the West when things are exhausted'. They feel that the sun, moon and stars return to the west, and after death, they have to travel west by crane like the sun and moon, which is the final destination. Therefore, the culture of the Western Regions has a particularly mysterious and noble presence in Middle-earth. ”
"Isn't that the worship of hypocrisy?"
Wang Shan said nonchalantly: "It turns out that there was a social problem of strange beauty at that time, and when I saw the sunset returning to the west, I mistakenly thought that the west was noble and holy, but I didn't know that the earth was actually round." ”
Ding Mo looked at her and was immediately dumbfounded, maybe he realized that talking about such a profound academic topic with two high school students was a bit of a cow playing the piano.
Scratching his head, Ding Mo was about to say something while holding on to his glasses, but Wen Jin suddenly snorted and said, "Huh? There's one thing I don't understand. ”
"Can't figure out what? Let's hear it. Wang Shan asked her tightly.
Wen Jin clasped his chin and looked at the stone door in front of him suspiciously, frowned and said, "You all just look at the door panel, have you ever thought about how to open this door?" Should I push or pull? Is it a roller shutter? ”
Wen Jin said and looked up.
The entire stone gate is a well-carved stone, except for the place bordering the tomb, there is not a single gap. It is said to be a door, but in fact it is more like a stone wall! It's just that they didn't have any other exit along the way, and they preconceived that it was just a stone door.
"How do you make a roller shutter from a stone? I think it's going in..."
Wang Shan put it on as she spoke, and pushed it in with her hands together. Wen Jin also came over to help when he saw it, arching himself and gritting his teeth.
Although the two of them don't have much strength, this stone gate is really unsinkable, and they are willing to push hard.
See that there is an improvement. Wang Shan called Ding Mo to help: "Don't just watch! Come here and do it.... ”
"Oh~"
Ding Mo answered, hung the miner's lamp around his neck, and greeted him.
But as soon as he put his hands on the stone door, before he could exert any force, his feet slipped, and the whole person stumbled down and almost fell.
"You're okay, Brother Ding Mo." Wen Jin grabbed Ding Mo and asked with concern: "There is sand on the ground, and I almost slipped just now." ”
"Sand?" Ding Mo's face was full of suspicion, and he patrolled around with the miner's lamp in his hand.
Leaned over and wiped it on the ground, and suddenly his whole body jumped up as if he had been electrocuted, dragged Wang Shan aside, and stammered, "Don't... Don't push, can't push, there's... There is a mechanism ....... ”