Volume 1 Kurosawa's Domain Chapter 88 The Mural
Seeing that the plastic bag disappeared into the monster's mouth with the water rapids in a blink of an eye, everyone was frightened by the powerful suction of this turbulent undercurrent, and secretly glad that they didn't go down easily to find a way out from this direction, otherwise they would be sucked in, and it is estimated that eight * nine times out of ten it is a small life.
Lu Wuyang asked incomprehensibly: "This is a dragon spitting water again, and a monster sucking water, what are you tossing about?" ”
Wang Ziming replied dissatisfiedly: "The water level of this waterhole is precisely because of the swallowing of these eight ugly monsters, so that the water surface does not rise by a point.
Otherwise, the dragon that kept spitting water downwards would have spat water into the pool, and without these eight monsters with huge mouths and other excretory channels, the water level of this pool would have risen. ”
"What if you go up?" Lu Wuyang still didn't understand.
Han Debang knocked on the mural next to him with his hand:
"How? Of course, these murals will all sink into the water, not to mention the murals of ancient times, even in today's waterproof coating technology is so developed, after soaking the murals of such a huge project in water, it will not take many days, but also slowly fester. ”
"Are there any murals painted here? This pond is full of water vapor, and even if it is not flooded, it will be washed away. Lu Wuyang said dissatisfied.
"Gong family baby, what you say is wrong. I think that the anonymous clan is a drop person in the last years of the Three Kingdoms, thousands of years have passed, is this mural rotten? Hey, people can build miles, and there are geothermal droplets on the surrounding stone walls, which one can get wet? ”
Old Ghost Su retorted, and Lu Wuyang was speechless.
Then Su Lao Ghost and Han Debang sang and harmonized, and sneered at the "wrong behavior" of everyone who saw something they didn't understand, and proudly said that everyone was uneducated, and then carried out some science popularization to everyone.
It turns out that this monster is one of the nine sons of the legendary dragon, and 饕餮 (tāotiè) is also.
However, it is also said that Tao Tao is the son of the Jinyun clan (the Yellow Emperor clan), not the fifth son of the dragon.
The monster resembles a wolf and is voracious, and if the bronze is engraved with their shape, it will be called gluttonous pattern.
And because it can drink water, it is often engraved in the middle of the outside of the bridge in ancient times to prevent the bridge from being flooded by water.
In folklore, gluttony is insatiable, and after eating everything he can eat, he actually eats his body, and finally eats only one head, so he has the reputation of "gluttonous and insatiable, with a head without a body".
The spiral staircase has come to an end, and there is a deep pool of water at your feet.
The crowd used multiple flashlights to shine into the water at the end of the stairs to increase the brightness and irradiation range, so as to observe the continuation of the stairs and judge whether there were palaces, pavilions, secret rooms, tombs, and the like under the water.
Taking advantage of the limited depth of the flashlight's light in the water, it was discovered that the spiral staircase was designed in this way, and when it circled down to the surface of the water, it came to an abrupt end, rather than continuing to extend downward and be submerged by the water.
It is speculated that if it is designed this way, it is likely that the spiral staircase was used for painting murals, moving building materials, and cleaning up waste, and it should be ruled out that it was a step leading to some secret place below.
Later, due to some kind of change, it may be flooded.
As for whether there are any hidden places under the water, or important clues worth exploring, don't think about it yet, go back to find out the content of these murals first, and then make other plans.
After all, there is still such a huge mural project that has not been searched, and a lot of valuable information should be obtained from it.
It should be noted that in ancient times, although there was a language and writing, the technology was backward, the information and carriers were not developed, and the preservation of historical materials and classics still relied to a large extent on murals, carvings and other forms, which can be compared with books and regulations.
The murals are generally created on the walls of grottoes, tombs or temples, because these places are places that can well preserve the information of murals, but they are not suitable for places such as dwellings and markets.
In particular, this tomb mural, in ancient times, it did not belong to the state or local government, even if it was the tomb of the emperor and the general, it was also the tomb of an individual.
Although it is an imperial tomb and a noble tomb, the identity, wealth, and deeds within it will eventually belong to the individual.
Therefore, the murals in the tomb are the most abundant and accurate "historical materials" that depict the life of the tomb owner.
Although in the process of painting, it may be exaggerated or contrary to historical facts, but after all, it is an intuitive description of the owner of the tomb, and the praise of merit and virtue and the establishment of a monument are only superficial articles, and the inside is still an intuitive commentary on this person.
Therefore, since the people had just entered this huge waterhole, they confirmed from a small number of frescoes that this ancient tomb was the tomb of King Abraham.
Well, in order to get more information about his tomb, there is naturally no reason to ignore these frescoes.
So they went back the way they came, and then went up the spiraling staircase, inspecting the frescoes on the stone wall as they went.
However, it was found that these murals were sequential, and the part near the water surface should be the later content, such as the state funeral procession, thousands of vehicles, spirit flags all over the field, the front tomb gate opened, and the people who greeted the burial knelt on the ground.
And the next picture is in the palace of the high pavilion palace, the king died, the whole country mourned, the world was plain, and the people were crying out.
This obviously reverses history, first look at the burial, and then look at the death, although it can also be coherent, but not only looks weird and uncomfortable.
And once there are any valuable clues in it, it is easy to be confused by this "flashback" way of reading, thus ignoring or confusing the really meaningful elements in it.
As soon as everyone discussed, there was no way, so they regarded it as exercising their bodies, and everyone walked back to the top of the spiral stairs. So the crowd returned to the top and observed in the narrative order of the mural.
In the team of everyone, although they are known as the "Eight Immortals of the Earth", they all have some specialties in one or two aspects, and no one dares to say that they are involved in and proficient in all fields involved in exploration.
For the murals, in fact, Han Debang, who has studied ancient texts, and Su Laogui, who has many years of experience in exploring the underground palace, can contact some, but they can only be called stronger than "laymen", and they can't talk about experts or scholars at all.
It's nothing more than Han Debang used to study ancient texts, poems, and picture scrolls, so he should be the most familiar with murals here.
And there are a few people left, they can only be "laymen watching the excitement", and it would be good to be able to analyze the intuitive meaning according to the content of the picture.
When everyone watched carefully, Han Debang said that the human beings of the primitive society depicted various figures on the cave walls, and according to this account, it can be said that it is the earliest mural.
According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty painted statues of gods in Ganquan Palace, and Emperor Xuan painted portraits of heroes in Qilin Pavilion, all of which belong to murals.
From the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties, Buddhism and Taoism prevailed, and there were many murals in temples and Taoist temples, while Dunhuang murals reached the peak of art at that time.
Later, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, scrolls prevailed, and the murals gradually declined.
For everyone, in fact, the main thing is to be able to analyze the information to be described in these huge and rich murals in front of them.
There is no need to know anything about other murals, because professional knowledge is not very helpful to everyone.
But Bai Yunfei still asked Han Debang to explain to everyone some knowledge about the mural while looking at the painting.
Because that anonymous ghost is treacherous, maverick, and full of wisdom, no one knows where he will hide information, but if he can understand, Bai Yunfei doesn't want to let go.
So everyone learned that the creation of ancient murals is actually diverse, there are like modern color tiles, in the decoration to buy all kinds of painted pictures of the shaped tiles, the rest is the work of the bricklayer, in ancient times there are also such pasted murals.
However, it is most common to paint directly on the wall by hand. There are many types of direct hand painting methods:
The first is dry murals, which are painted on dry walls after treatment of stone walls, masonry, coarse mud, fine mud, lime mortar, etc.
The second is the fresco, when the painting base is semi-dry, it is painted with clear lime water and pigments, which must be completed at one time, which is more difficult.
The third is tempera painting, which uses egg yolk or egg white as the main blending agent of water-soluble pigments, painted on dry walls, opaque, easy to dry, and has a hard feeling.
The fourth is wax painting, in which wax and pigment are mixed and painted on wood or stone, and then heated.
The fifth is oil painting, which refers to a form of mural painting painted on linen or wooden panels.
The above painting methods do not have to be used alone, and sometimes they can be mixed or combined with statues, statues, reliefs, etc.
And in front of everyone, these huge number of murals in the palace of King Abraham of the Great Moon Kingdom are the embodiment of the combination of hand-painted stone murals and stone wall reliefs, its scale is grand, the scene is magnificent, there are many people and things depicted, the content is rich, the skills are exquisite, and it can be called the best product in the murals.
Walking down the murals, everyone gradually learned about the history of the Great Moon Kingdom, which was relatively unfamiliar in history, and even had many mysterious colors.
In these murals, the content covers a wide range of areas, the time span is also very large, and the amount of information contained is naturally huge.
In terms of time, there is the content of King Abraham leading an army to fight valiantly when he was a prince;
There are also those who are favored and elected as the king of a country, ascend the throne to worship the prime minister, and are crowned as the glory of the king.
Of course, as Anonymous said, this King Abraham actually usurped power by seeking power, how can it be reflected in this fresco?
There is only the praise of merit and virtue, and the usurpation of power is naturally not reflected in the picture;
There are also measures taken by him to make great efforts to govern the country, strengthen civil rule, and stabilize the power of the dynasty;
There is a military strategy to build an army into an ironclad hero; It has made great achievements in pacifying the Quartet and expanding the territory of the stable country;
has the reputation of loving the people like sons and letting the people live and work in peace and contentment;
There are edicts to strengthen animal husbandry and try farming and hunting to improve people's livelihood;
There are new measures to control sand and water, and implement environmental transformation and conservation;
There is inclusiveness, and hundreds of schools of thought contend, advocating open-minded cultural promotion, popularization and glory;
There are great compassion and compassion that advocate the Buddha and promote the Dharma, and the good thoughts of all people;
There are trade and marriage, and the beautiful talks on strengthening foreign economic and trade cooperation and ethnic exchanges;
There is a beautiful love between him and the queen who was once the king of women's rights, loving and loving, connecting with the same branches, flying together, and supporting the government together;
There are those original people who fled from the Central Plains and the original women of this feminist country got married, and even spent candles in the cave house, bathed in love, and gave love...
Looking at these comic-like murals, they are all singing the praises of the so-called "life deeds" of King Abraham, needless to say.
As for the truth or falsehood, that's another matter.
If it weren't for the anonymous man who had already made an evaluation of this King Abraham in his own tomb inscriptions, anyone would have admired the contents of these frescoes.
The image of a tall, benevolent, diligent, for the people, compassionate, full of strategy, and great martial arts has been quietly established in my mind.
Even if his grave has not been found, he has not seen whether he is handsome or ugly, tall, short, fat and thin, with a few pockmarks on his face and a few moles on his buttocks.
But with these frescoes alone, there is already a preconceived idea of worshipping him as a heroic emperor.
However, everyone is more inclined to what the anonymous man said, although this eunuch-born ghost acted and spoke in an extreme way, but it should be inseparable from historical facts, after all, there is Cao Pi's tomb as circumstantial evidence.
Although there will be some discrepancies, the imprint that King Abraham is not a generation of wise kings has been deeply rooted in the hearts of everyone.
Although neither the Ming Monarch nor the brutal Faint Monarch will be merciful to everyone who is a dungeon explorer, it is definitely helpful to understand the true life and habits of the tomb owner to successfully complete the dungeon exploration.