"The skull wall is a wall with a skull on the wall, located in Nagquru County, Tibet, and is a wall made of human skulls."

Based on the ruins of ancient tombs in Tibet, sky burials may have originated after the 7th century AD.

Regarding the celestial burial, Tibetan Buddhism believes that lighting mulberry smoke is to pave the colorful road, and respectfully invite the empty mother to the heavenly skull wall burial platform, and the corpse is used as an offering to the gods to pray for the sins of the deceased during his lifetime.

Ask the gods to bring their souls to the heavenly realm. The eagle vulture attracted by the mulberry smoke on the heavenly burial platform does not harm any animal except eating human corpses, and the Tibetans call it "sacred birds".

It is said that this burial method is to imitate Shakyamuni's behavior of "sacrificing one's body to feed the tiger", so the sky burial is still popular in Tibet.

The celestial burial platform was surrounded by skull walls on three sides, and there were more than one person high, and then on a rainy day, turbid water rolled down from the mountain, and the wall of the celestial burial platform collapsed. The two skull walls were built slowly over the course of several decades using the remaining skeletons.

Han Qingxin said: "There are two main legends about the origin of celestial burials. One believes that as early as more than 80 years ago, there was a little boy in a tribe in Qinghai, who witnessed the killing of three people when he was 8 years old, and he was so frightened that he ran to the Fifth Dabu Living Buddha in Ruxian County. The Living Buddha appointed him as the celestial burial master of the Bodhidharma Temple. So, he took down the skeleton walls of all the dead and threw them in the southeast corner of the Heavenly Burial Courtyard until they became skeletons, and then picked them up one by one. He started from the northeast corner of the burial hall and basically placed it in the southwest corner when he returned to heaven in his 50s. It is said that the reason why he did this was because he was afraid that the murderer would be mixed into the celestial burial procession after his death. ”

Another theory is that the preservation of the deceased's skull was set during the 13th Dynasty by the temple rules of the Dapu Living Buddha Danba Tuku Wuzhu (also known as Baima Baizha) of the Xiangqu Township in Xiangqu Township, for example, and the specific motive is still unclear. Ziwen wrote in the book: Ngawang Tenzin, the celestial burial master, said: Leaving the skull and building it into a wall is nothing more than a warning to the living, to do more good deeds, and to have few worldly thoughts, no matter who they are, they are only like this when they die. In the past, now the Dodoka Burial Platform of Dharma Temple has been named the "Pyramid of Skeletons" by artists, and archaeologists realize that this will be of great significance to anthropological research; Writers were struck and amazed by its inscrutable philosophy and legend. The skull wall is only separated by a river of the Nu River between the Ridan Temple and the Dharma Temple, the Ridan Temple is located on the north bank, and the Dharma Temple is on the south bank, and the two temples are managed by a respected celestial burial master. Although sky burial is a peculiar burial custom in the eyes of the world today, the Tibetan people have closer the relationship between man and nature through sky burial, just as the unique lifestyle of the local people is adapted to the unique natural environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the sky burial is also a unique way of survival for the Tibetan people and nature to develop in harmony. ”

The appearance of the skull wall related to the mysterious Tibet in the Lop Nur Sun Tomb is a historical coincidence or a special purpose.

Zhu Beichen said: "Have you ever been to Tibet? I've never seen a skull wall in Tibet, but I guess it shouldn't be like this. ”

The surface of the wall is mirror-like, and the skull is embedded behind the plane.

"I've been to Tibet before, and I've seen that skull wall, it's a very evil thing. I had a nightmare when I came back that night. Han Qingxin said.

Zhu Beichen asked, "What dream?" ”

Han Qingxin said: "I can't remember clearly, I was scared into a cold sweat at that time. At that time, I also witnessed a celestial burial ceremony. In the Dodoka Celestial Burial House. The deceased is brought to the Dodoka burial platform, the body is curled, the head is bent on the knees, and the body is seated in a sitting position, wrapped in a white blanket. On an auspicious day, the corpse will be sent to the burial platform by the person carrying the corpse, and the skull wall will be lit to attract eagle vultures, and then the autopsy will be carried out. Because eagle vultures like to eat meat and do not like to eat bones, the celestial burial procedure uses a flashback method to feed the bones first. ”

"They only leave the skulls of the deceased, and this kind of funeral ritual is the best in the world. I don't know much about religious things, and I'll never forget the funeral ritual, the people who participated in the funeral had wooden eyes, as if they were possessed by evil spirits. ”

Zhu Beichen said: "Every ancient ritual has one thing in common, it pays attention to the details of excellence, and each detail has a special meaning. ”

Since the two walls have something in common, one can understand its purpose if you look at the historical significance of this architecture, and it will not appear in the tomb for no reason.

Moreover, according to the layout of the tomb, the burial goods are stored in the side hall, and there should be no such evil walls.

"Describe to me the layout of the Dodoka Celestial Burial Courtyard again."

His mind seemed to be much more enlightened, and a vague image of the Dodoka Heavenly Burial House appeared in his mind.

"In the middle of the Dodoka Celestial Burial Courtyard, there is a burial pond about 4 square meters in size and paved with pebbles, and on the north side of the pond there is a 60-centimeter-high rectangular stone block where the corpse is parked during the sky burial. Outside the south gate of the Heavenly Burial Courtyard, a prayer flagpole about 10 meters high is also erected, with a skull sculpture on it, and many faded prayer flags are hung on the top. ”

After many years, Han Qingxin's memory is still clear.

Prayer flags? What kind of prayer flags will it be, Zhu Beichen asked: "Describe the appearance of that kind of prayer flags." He felt as if he was about to get to the point.

Tibetan sky burials originated after the 7th century, and the history of this sun tomb dates back to BC, which is far older than the ancient Tibetan funerary culture.

According to the order of inheritance, the Tibetan system of celestial burial may have been modified by some ancient custom.

Han Qingxin waved his hand, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't remember clearly, the feeling that the prayer flag gave me." It hangs more than 10 meters high and waives in the wind. As soon as I looked up at it, I felt dizzy for some reason, and I just remembered that it was bright yellow, and there seemed to be a lot of skulls on the prayer flags. ”

It gives people a visual impact and feelings, as if they are taking the human soul.

By chance, many of the knowledge of the Yin Fu Sutra in his hand had been invisibly imprinted into Zhu Beichen's mind, so when Han Qingxin mentioned the dizzying prayer flag, he had a feeling of familiarity.

But he couldn't find the origin of the prayer flags.

Where did this prayer flag originate in the first place?

What was the original purpose, and why was it introduced to Tibet and finally placed in the Dodoka Celestial Burial Monastery, and what is the significance of prayer flags in this ancient funeral ritual?

What does the prayer flag have to do with the skull wall in the Sun Tomb?

Have I also been affected by prayer flags? Zhu Beichen rubbed his temples and felt a little headache.

Zhu Beichen said: "Since you can't guess this wall, let's be simple and direct and destroy it." ”

Han Qingxin was shocked, with a puzzled expression, when he did things so unexpectedly, how was he going to destroy this wall.

The heat gushing out from the inside out flowed all over Zhu Beichen's body, and an indescribable feeling of heat and dryness hit.

Momentarily hot-headed, he went to the gold and silver vessels and rummaged for something.

Han Qingxin's eyelids lifted suddenly, and he immediately stopped him: "You are crazy, the skeleton wall is a very evil thing in Tibet." ”

He didn't listen to this woman's words, and sometimes he did things with brute force, completely reckless of the consequences, and judged the style of thinking twice on weekdays.

There will always be a time when you will get carried away by sensuality.

I don't know where he found a golden stool, it feels quite sturdy in his hand, and it has some weight in his hand.

Without saying a word, he smashed it against the wall.

"Bang!"

The stool slammed into the skull wall, making a dull noise, and nothing happened.

The stool was bounced back, and there was not a single crack left in the wall, and it seems that the back end of the wall should be solid.

The material of the wall is also extremely strong and not so easy to break.

Han Qingxin was originally a little worried, but when she saw him deflated, she suddenly felt funny, and sighed lightly.

Thinking that it was still a child's heart, he said lightly: "Stubborn temper, you can't get out and you can't be angry with the wall." ”

Xu was a little out of breath because it took too much energy.

Although the wall was not damaged, Zhu Beichen felt that something in the dark was already changing.

It's just that there is no clue now, and that ominous premonition is already slowly circulating in my heart.

The temperature seems to have plummeted by a few degrees, and the slightest coolness is like cold pool water, and it is like a trickle slowly rising.

He realized that he had reacted too violently, and he couldn't control the blood surging in his body, and he was a little out of control just now.

After a pause, he apologized to Han Qingxin: "I'm sorry, maybe I've been holding back in the ancient tomb for too long, and I'm a little dizzy and a little unbearable." ”

Actually, what he wanted to say more was...... Anyway, it's better to die or not, staying here is a death sooner or later, it's better to mess around, it's better than despair to death.

Because he didn't know the Tibetan culture and the origin of the celestial burial ceremony, this skull wall became more and more mysterious, and Zhu Beichen was even more suspicious of Han Qingxin, always feeling that she still had a lot of secrets in her heart.

As a last resort, she is the only credible person around her now.

Damn the tomb of the sun, what the hell is buried in so many people here.

Zhu Beichen remembered again that when he was in the Hades Temple, what the man said about "the ancient city buried in sand".

I thought to myself, could it be that the structure of the Sun Tomb is so large, and there is an ancient city underneath it, not a tomb?

Han Qingxin said: "Don't think about it, I have a hunch that Qijian should still be alive, and he will find a way to save us." ”

What she didn't blurt out was that she now felt that there should actually be another space behind this wall, and that the skull wall in Tibet had an ancient saying, a secret that even many old Tibetans didn't know.

Behind the wall of skulls, there is another world.

Perhaps, it is the ancient city buried in the sand. Han Qingxin thought to herself, but fell silent.

Turn on the walkie-talkie, there is not much time left for them, and after Zhu Beichen calmed down, he suggested trying to try to contact the other side of July to see what the origin of the Sun Tomb was.

Let's see if there is a way to save them in July.