Chapter 30: The Ladder and the Legend of the Gods

The length of this ladder is that people will be frightened when they see it, and it is not the kind of ladder I usually see, but this is not the ladder that Wang Dashan said, but the ladder, I even doubt that it will lead to the bottom of the earth, of course, this is a joke. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The existence of this ladder not only made me think of many things, but I said to myself: "The owner of this tomb can't be a god who believes in God, otherwise why would such a long ladder be made?" ”

"Huh?" Wang Dashan's eyes suddenly moved from the ladder in front of him to me, and he asked, "What are you talking about, what do you believe in God or not?" ”

I had no choice but to explain seriously: "The ladder to heaven, as the name suggests, is the ladder to heaven for people on the earth, if you hadn't said it just now, I really can't say what the owner of this tomb is thinking, but you said it, I will guess!" ”

As soon as the second uncle heard that I had some thoughts, he hurriedly said: "Ji Ming, tell me what you know, don't sell it in the tomb, don't you know this." ”

"Okay!" I replied helplessly, so I had to explain: "Legend has it that before Emperor Zhuan, the distance between heaven and earth was not far away, and there was still a road from the ground to the heavenly court or from the heavenly court to the ground, this is the original heavenly ladder. Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty said in "The Sequel to Ding'an, the Fetal View on the Occasion of the Emperor": "At the beginning of people, the world is connected, people are connected, Dan is in the sky, the sun is in the sky, the sky is in the sky, the sky is in the sky, the sky is in the sky, the sky is in the sky, the day is in the sky, the day is in the sky, the day is in the sky, the day is in the sky, the day is in the "It can be seen that there was a period of coexistence between man and God at that time." I paused as I said this, and then looked at the stairs below.

When my father saw me stop, he urged, "Hurry up, they are still waiting below!" ”

I nodded and said, "The ladder of heaven is the way that God has left for people to go to heaven, but who in the world can climb this ladder?" Probably except for those immortals, people with great virtue, they are cultivators like the Yellow Emperor. Legend has it that after the Yellow Emperor was completed, the sky suddenly opened and a yellow dragon descended to greet him. The Yellow Emperor and more than 70 of his close ministers stepped on the Yellow Dragon together, ascending to heaven in the daytime, the owner of this tomb may be a believer in such a thing, after all, the history of the ancient Dian Kingdom is also long. ”

"Seems to make some sense! Keep talking! "When the old lady heard me say this, she interjected.

I added: "Since the Yellow Emperor, there has been a legend of "Peerless Heaven and Earth", that is, the separation of man and god, and legend has it that the subsequent Emperor Zhuan sent two courtiers from Chongli to cut off the road to heaven. Since then, it has become more difficult for people to ascend to the sky, so in what way does the ladder of heaven exist in ancient Chinese mythology? Legend has it that one is a mountain and the other is a specific tree. As the ladder of the mountain, the first is Kunlun Mountain. ”

"Kunlun Mountain?" The old lady still has some understanding of Kunlun Mountain, but it seems that she doesn't know much about the relationship between the ladder and the Kunlun Mountain, and the bridge we saw in the Kunlun Mountain that time also has such a relationship with the ice steps and the blood of the ice steps, but I didn't mention it, and it seems to continue to tell them the origin of some ladders, which must have some actual records of the verification of people in ancient times, which also has something to do with people's thoughts.

I continued to explain based on the records in the materials I had read: "I still remember that the Huainanzi Topographical Chapter says: 'The hill of Kunlun, or the upper double, is the mountain of cool breeze, and you will not die if you climb it; or doubled, it is called a hanging garden, and ascending it is a spirit, which can make wind and rain; Or doubled, it is the heaven of the dimension, and the ascend is the god, which is the residence of the emperor. 'The Emperor is the Emperor of Heaven!' This paragraph tells the process of ascending from Kunlun Mountain to the sky in great detail. ”

"Secondly, the mountain of Tongtian is Zhaoshan, and the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Great Wilderness of the West" records: "To the east of Huashan and Qingshui, there is a mountain named Zhaoshan. There are people named Ribai Gao, Bai Gao up and down here, as for the sky. Again, it is Dengbao Mountain, and the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, Overseas Western Classic" says that it is "from the top and bottom of the group of witches". These witches went up and down to heaven, probably mainly to convey divine will to the people. That's pretty much it. "When I explained this, I also felt that it was almost the same, after all, the situation of the young master and them under this ladder is not clear.

When I finished speaking, the second uncle said: "Don't worry about it for now, let's go down first, pay attention to safety, pull one by one, so as not to roll down!" ”

I nodded, and no longer explained the origin of the ladder, and even my father looked at me with an inexplicable look, and after a while, he walked up to me and said to me, "How do you know so many things!" I could only glance at it and say, "I don't know what it looks like either!" ”

Abu was the most amused at this time, and when he heard the conversation between me and my father, he actually said, "It's always right to read more!" ”

"Alright! You have the final say! That's all I could say, but I didn't say much.

But in fact, in addition to the mountain that I said as a ladder, there are also trees as ladders, and what is known is that it is a building tree. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Southern Classic of the Sea" records: "There is wood, its shape is like a cow, and it has skin, such as a tassel and a yellow snake." Its leaves are like Luo, in fact, such as Luan, its wood is like a Zheng, and its wood is said to be built into wood. On the lonely and weak water. ”

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas, The Classic of the Sea" also contains: "There are nine hills, and they are connected by water...... There are trees, green leaves and purple stems, Xuanhua yellow fruit, the name of the day to build wood, a hundred thousand no branches. There are nine wolfs on it, and there are nine wolfs under it, in fact, it is like hemp, and its leaves are like mangs, and the big howl has passed, and the Yellow Emperor has done it. "Huainanzi Topographic" also said: "The building wood is wide in the capital, and the emperors are from top to bottom, and there is no scenery in the middle of the day, and there is no sound in the breath, covering the heaven and the earth." In other words, this kind of tree, called "Jianmu", is a tree that reaches to heaven.

He grew up in Tsuhironono, which is said to be the center of heaven and earth. At noon, the sun shines on the top of the tree, not even a little shadow can be seen, standing here and roaring, the sound quickly disappeared in the void, from the description of ancient books, it can be seen that the shape of this tree is also strange, the slender trunk stretches straight into the sky, there are no branches on both sides, only at the top of the tree, there are some curved branches, coiled up like an umbrella cover, pull its trunk, there will be a continuous bark falling down, like a tassel, and like a yellow snake, thinking of this, I can't help but look at the ladder in front of me, It is somewhat similar to the shape recorded in this ancient book, very much like the shape of a tree.

And the legend is that this ladder located in the center of heaven and earth, was built by the Yellow Emperor, becoming the ladder of heaven or earth, in the folklore of later generations, you can also find traces of the ladder, such as Huangmei Opera "Tianxian Peizhong", there is such a saying: "Dong Lang, you see these two stubborn stones, one is high and the other is low, as if the ladder is for his wife." ”

There are also different myths of the ladder among the ethnic minorities in southern China, such as the Zhuang people's "The Story of Bu Bo" said that in the past, heaven and earth could go up and down, and later the king of thunder raised the sky in order to prevent Bu Bo, leaving only the sun and moon tree on Bachi Mountain as a ladder to communicate with the heavens and the earth. The ancient song of the Buyi nationality "Breaking the Earth and Supporting the Heavens" says that the people on the earth use Da Nan bamboo to connect the heavens and the earth, and they can ascend to the sky along it. The sun and moon trees and large nan bamboos here all play the role of ladders.

The story of the "Moon Mountain" of the water tribe says that there is a high moon mountain in the mountain town of the water tribe, and you can climb to the sky along this mountain and attract the heavenly maiden to the world.

And when the ancient ladder of heaven has disappeared, how will people return to heaven today? Maybe the heavens have already laid a new ladder, and it's up to us to climb it.

I was still looking at the ladder in a daze, my father pulled the corner of my clothes, I came back to my senses, and the second uncle they didn't know where to go, I shone the flashlight under the ladder, I could only see their bodies getting smaller and smaller, they had gone down far away.