The Sacred Spring: Chapter 13: The Inca Princess (3)
Inca civilization, Mayan civilization and Azcot civilization are known as the three major civilizations in South America, the entire Inca Empire has gone through 7 centuries, fourteen monarchs, the Inca Empire at its peak, the territory is vast, and the population once reached 12 million. The Incas even built the world-famous Inca road network in the Andes Mountains with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters. It is such a strange miracle in the history of human civilization, but in the 16th century AD, it was destroyed under the iron hooves of the Spanish colonists.
The most famous legends about the Inca Empire are the Golden House and the Fountain of Youth. The former is evidenced by the relevant documents recorded by historians, and in January 1531 the Spanish colonizer Francisco ? Pizarro led a cavalry team armed with muskets and cannons to ambush the then Inca king Atahualpa. In order to save his life, the Inca king told Pizarro that if he was released, he would fill the room where he was imprisoned with gold. According to later research by archaeologists, the ransom house where Atahualpa was held was 3 meters high, 6 meters wide and 7 meters long. In order to redeem their king, the Incas spent three months raising 13,265 pounds of gold from all over the country to build the empty house. Unfortunately, the colonists later betrayed their promises and killed Atahualpa, and the Inca king put a poisonous curse on the sun god Inti when he was dying, so that all the colonists who touched the ransom would not die well. Unfortunately, the gods didn't seem to hear his curse. In November 1533, the clutches of the invaders reached the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, Cusco, and the ancient civilization of mankind was destroyed in the most barbaric and ruthless way, and disappeared into the torrent of history. The legend of the Fountain of Youth is even more mysterious.
As mentioned earlier, the Incas worshipped the sun god, and like the logic of all ruling classes, the Inca king was naturally the son of the sun, and the emperor ordained it. It doesn't matter, the most important thing is the first Inca king Manco recorded in the epic? Capac, this kid is not only the son of God, but also the golden scepter given by his father, the sun god. Legend has it that the Inca was still a wild land at that time, and the sun god was going to send his son Capac, daughter Mama? Occleus? Waco went to illiteracy for humanity. As for why the brother and sister have different surnames, this is the problem of the sun god himself, and outsiders have no right to interfere. Before Capac went out, his father took care of him: "Son, don't be afraid after you take your sister to the world, your father has already laid a good network for you." Everyone will follow you to make a revolution, and when the time comes, you will poke the ground with a golden scepter, and the place where you will be hit is the treasure land of feng shui, where the dragon veins are. Where you build a capital, you will ensure the well-being of your children and grandchildren.
As soon as the fairy Lao Tzu spoke, Kapac couldn't accept it. He and his sister were sent to Lake Titicaca, where the first rays of sunlight arrived. The brother and sister set out from the Holy Lake, all the way to find a place to settle the capital of Anbang, and tried many places, but they returned in vain. Finally, in Cusco, the golden scepter was poked smoothly into the soil, and the centuries-long journey of prosperity of the Inca Empire began.
The fat man asked Shirley Yang, "Hey, where is all the gold hidden?" Is there any relevant information for reference? -
I said, "You still have to wait a few years for the dream of treasure hunting and gold digging." Let's listen to the story of the Fountain of Eternal Life first-
Shirley Young continued: "Long before the Spanish colonists arrived on the American continent, legends about the Fountain of Youth were endless. The most famous is the Spanish explorer Juan? Poncy? Derian's nautical diary, which details how they found the sacred spring among the Inca tribes, according to his description, appeared after the golden scepter of the sun god was plunged into the earth for the last time. It can make dead trees sprout, dead birds and beasts can be resurrected, and old people who have lost their youth can regain their youth just by soaking in the spring. Later, German court painters also painted the famous "Goddess of the Spring" based on this legend, which is now in the collection of the Leipzig Museum. Princess Lilia's tribe is located near Lake Titicaca, the birthplace of the Holy Spring, and they are descendants of the ancient Incas, and her survival is like a living fossil, which is of great help to us in studying Inca culture. Professor Owen recalls that when she escaped from the jungle, the princess desperately had to rescue the mask from the rubble, which showed its importance. It's just that I don't know what the Golden Mask of Winged Three-Eyed Eyes represents in the concept of the Incas, which can make them willing to give up their lives-
I was immersed in the ancient empire described by Shirley Young, and I could see the glorious past, the city that had been burned down by the invaders. How could it be that the Chinese nation has not suffered such trauma. As he was thinking, Shirley Yang stopped at the edge of a leafy Dowlin, which was separated by a police cordon because it was attached to the perimeter of the stolen warehouse, and a yellow plastic line was very obvious halfway up the waist.
I asked Shirley Young what was so strange here, and she leaned over the cordon, moved aside the potted plants stacked in the corner, and a hole appeared in front of us. The fat man glanced at it, squatted down and said, "Hey, it's weird, why is there someone else calling in besides our brothers." Lao Hu, look at the shape of this hole, is it a Luoyang shovel? -
The opening is rounded and open, and it is inserted straight into the wall. Judging from the appearance, it is indeed the trace of the Luoyang shovel, but how a small shovel can break through a reinforced concrete wall, which makes me puzzled-
The shape of the utensils is similar, but the process of making zuò is very different- Shirley Yang said, pointing to the mouth of the cave that had burned like fire, - My grandfather once mentioned a secret method of cutting stones, which is a unique secret book that is not passed on by the people who move the mountain, and it is said that a minister surnamed Li during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that at that time, inkstones were abundant in eastern Guangdong, and there was a kind of purple inkstone that was rare in the world and only grew in the steep walls of the cliffs by the sea. The quarryman excavated with an iron pestle and hammer, and could only punch a distance of half an inch on the cliff wall every day, year after year, day after day, and several years of work to take a small rough stone. After Li arrived, he ordered people to use the liver of the Kunwu Mountain rabbit beast as the guide to cast the mountain-opening equipment, and each time before cutting the stone, the stone wall was washed with the wax moon snow prepared in advance. The pioneers all praised the use of Master Li's secret method, the mountain stone was as soft as the soil, and the iron tools were as sharp as the gods. Last night, after the police left, I carefully inspected the warehouse again, and found that the location of some lockers had been moved, and I thought something was wrong, and I found this thief hole all the way along the corner. At that time, there were still traces of water on the wall, and it was cold to the bone. So I guess the origin of these thieves is by no means simple-
Neither the fat man nor I had ever heard of such a magical secret technique in the world, so we first sighed at the wisdom of our predecessors, and then the fat man said: "According to your statement, it's not a wall anywhere, give it a bucket of cold water to dig in." The common people are still working poorly, and they all go to be thieves-
Shirley Yang replied to him: "Layue snow is easy to find, but it is not easy to find rabbit beasts that grow up eating copper and iron." Let me ask you, have you ever seen a rabbit that does not eat grass and trees, but only gnaws copper and iron? -
The fat man sighed in disappointment, saddened by the loss of a quick get-rich-quick path. I looked at the thief hole in the wall and suddenly remembered the black-clothed people I met at the airport that day, didn't they hold the process diagram of the Luoyang shovel in their hands?