Chapter 192: Jin Ding II
The Book of Rites? It is recorded in the "Rites and Fortunes": "In the past, the first king did not have a palace, and in winter he lived in a camp cave, and in summer he lived in a nest. It is not cremated, but eats the flesh of plants and trees, birds and beasts, drinks its blood, and eats its hair. There is no linen silk, and the feathers are clothed. This is the literati of the Western Han Dynasty who recorded the life of the ancients, however, even if the earliest excavated documents are counted, some documents that record the history of the same era can only be traced back to the oracle bones of the late Shang Dynasty. There has always been endless debate in the historical circles about the authenticity of the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" period, and even in the twenties and thirties of the 20 th century, a group of scholars represented by Gu Jiegang used a critical spirit and scientific methods to examine ancient historical materials, and at one time a large number of scholars denied that China had a history of 5,000 years of civilization.
This is just a historical debate to such an extent, let alone religion. As the only pure indigenous religion in China, the birth of Taoism has always been a mystery in the early days. According to legends and sporadic historiography, as early as the Yellow Emperor period, there was a sacrifice to the Emperor of Heaven, and its content included "sealing Zen to tell the sky", "suburbing to God", "receiving all spirits in the Ming Court" and so on. This long-standing worship of ghosts and gods formed a system of gods and spirits of the gods, earthly gods and ghosts, and a tradition of worship for the gods and ancestors of heaven and the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty, which has been passed down to this day and is still repeated today in places where there are Chinese people all over the world.
If the early stage of the emergence of religion originated from people's worship of natural forces, and the description of some powers beyond their cognition was deified, then Taoism not only inherited this idea of ghost worship, but also incorporated this god system into the immortal system. Later, around the Warring States Period, the dream of immortality was at the peak of the pursuit of immortality by the vassal states, especially represented by Qin Shi Huang. The frequent descriptions of the fairyland of the gods and spirits in the Jingchu region of the same period, such as "Zhuangzi" and "Chu Ci", gave great inspiration and thinking to the fairy monks; In the Yanqi area, there are legends of Penglai, Yingzhou, and Abbot Sanshen Mountain on the sea, driving emperors and monks to visit. Fang Xian's beliefs and Fang techniques were inherited by Taoism, and Fang Shi gradually evolved into Taoist priests.
In addition, during this period, Lao Tzu's Taoist culture was born, so some Taoist priests who sought immortals regarded "Tao" as the origin of heaven and earth, the universe, the five elements of yin and yang, and all living beings, and established a Taoist theological theory system based on this, so Taoism officially became a set of oriental religions with its own history and theory.
"The real Taoist priest is by no means engaged in feudal superstition." This is Cha Wenbin's rebuttal in the face of some public opinion, he has never collected money and wealth from everyone because of what he has done, religion is faith for him, but Taoist priests are not a profession for him.
The construction and art of this tripod have exceeded my imagination, and I wonder how it was brought in.
Cha Wenbin replied: "The mold was opened on the spot, and you can see some of the stones scattered on the ground, which are existing layers, and then superimposed layer by layer, and finally form a mountain. ”
"Who has that ability?" Although my history is not particularly good, I have never heard of such a strong civilization in the area of Tianmu Mountain, according to the structure of this map, some of the information depicted in it, as well as the materials used and the relief techniques, at least before the Warring States period.
"I want to go up and have a look." He looked up at the ding, which was usually hollow inside, and in the past there were usually sacrifices in such noble vessels, and inscriptions were carved into them, which usually recorded who the ritual vessel was made for and under what circumstances.
I know Cha Wenbin's tree-climbing skills, he is purely at the level of a layman, and this kind of task is naturally me. "It's too high, and besides, can you climb? Or I'll go up, just stand high and see far, and by the way, look for where the second stay has slipped away. ”
"Then you take it easy." He didn't refuse my proposal, and I could see that the shock of this thing was too great for him, and as a non-religious person, I naturally couldn't understand the excitement in his heart, especially the appearance of the Creation Jade Disc in this picture, which was a legendary Heavenly Book-like existence.
I took off my shoes and tried it, it was okay, the patterns were quite deep, and my hands and feet could be focused. Taking a deep breath, I chose one of them. This pillar is easy to climb, and after a while, it rubbed on the top, which is rare to be the top of the thing, and then up after the pillar is the head of the tripod, this thing is like a wall on all sides, except for geckos.
I hung five or six halves on the rope and threw it up a few times, and I wanted to go through the ears of the ding, which had a hollow that might be wrapped around and knotted. I don't know if I'm too lucky or if I'm destined to let me go that mess, such a difficult action is really done, try to pull a few times, the rope is very strong. I waved my hand to Cha Wenbin below and swung it away like a swing, this is not a joke, as long as I don't catch it or the rope falls off, I will definitely not die or be seriously injured.
The moment I grabbed the edge of my ear, I knew that I had successfully reached the top, and after waving my hand to Cha Wenbin excitedly, I couldn't wait to bend down, but what was waiting for me was not gold and silver jewelry, but a picture that I couldn't and couldn't accept.
There was a puddle of water in it, and the first thing I saw when I looked down was a dazzling miner's lamp, like a moon reflected in it. It is not surprising that there is stagnant water here, compared to the fact that there is often low seepage water at the bottom of the river. But I don't seem to be alone in the reflection in the water, because I seem to see something else in the water.
I don't know if my eyes are spent, but as I began to get used to the reflection of the miner's lamp, two figures appeared faintly below my own avatar, and this figure slowly began to become clear as I stared at it for a long time:
A chubby guy and a tall, lanky man walked one after the other on a certain road, as if they were looking for something, and the two of them exchanged more than once, but I couldn't hear the sound. I recognize both of these people, one is Ye Qiu, and the other is a fat man I can recognize when I burnt to ashes!
I looked up, the top of my head was indeed a slippery stone, I turned sideways, and the one standing below was still Cha Wenbin, I went back to look, and the scene slowly appeared again, it was still those two guys, it seemed that they were at the end of this statue!
"Wen Bin! Wen Bin! I turned around and shouted, "Damn, the fat man and the dick are in there!" My words were a little incoherent: "I don't know how to say it, anyway, they are walking around in it, it's really them, I'm not mistaken!" ”
"What?" Cha Wenbin was obviously surprised by this answer, and he hurriedly pulled the rope and said, "Wait for me to come up!" ”
"Good, good!" I don't care about him anymore, I look down and continue to look at the scene in Dingzhong, I don't know if they can hear the sound of my speech, I find that every time the second person in the picture stays in my speech, he will stop and look around, can he still hear me?
There seem to be a lot of things in this world that are so magical, and in this Ding there is a camera, and it seems that I can see the picture transmitted from the other side of the camera. There are scenes in the picture that we are familiar with but are not familiar with, this door came in one after another, I was in a scene with Cha Wenbin, and it seemed that the "fat man" was now in a scene with Ye Qiu.
However, by the time Cha Wenbin climbed up, the water had returned to calm. I told him what I had seen, and he fell silent for a moment before he said, "It's a bit like what I used to be, I always feel that this place seems to have some kind of power that can split the space, and the world that opens a door into it may be completely different." ”
"It's easy." I proposed, "Otherwise, let's go out and come in again and see if it's the same world." ”
Again, he accepted my proposal, which was the simplest and most stupid way to do it, and from the point of view of dialectical materialism, one could not have stepped into the same river twice. All I had to do was make a mark on the ground in front of the door, and I found two random stones to pile together.
"Let's go, man, we'll know in a few seconds at most." At this time, I was careless, I thought that Cha Wenbin would come out immediately, so I didn't connect the two people with ropes like I came in, I just went out, one in and one out, but when I walked out of the door and waited for him to come out, I couldn't see it anymore......