On the nearest hill, there are three or four caves in front of them, which were originally a form of Buddhist architecture in India. Buddhism advocates seclusion, so monks choose secluded places in the mountains to dig caves for spiritual purposes. The layout of the Indian grottoes is roughly centered on a square hall, surrounded by a circle of pillars, and several square small meditation rooms are chiseled on three sides, and the outside of the cave is a colonnade.

Located in Dunhuang at the west end of the Hexi Corridor, famous for its exquisite murals and statues, the grottoes were built in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, according to the records of Tang "Li Kerang rebuilt the Buddha shrine tablet in Mogao Grottoes", in the second year of Qin Jianyuan, the monk Lexuan passed through this mountain, suddenly saw the golden light shining, such as ten thousand Buddhas, so he dug the first cave on the rock wall, which then passed through various dynasties, the scale of the grotto is getting larger and larger, and the mural culture in the grotto is constantly changing with the evolution of history, and finally formed a multi-level mural culture, The Dunhuang Grottoes that formed in, the world also called it the Thousand Buddha Caves.

Tang Sancheng is most concerned about not the now widely known Dunhuang Grottoes, that is, the so-called "Thousand Buddha Caves", what he cares most about is the golden light that the monk Le Xuan once saw, that is the beginning of the Thousand Buddha Caves, he sensed the Buddha gas, perhaps in order to find those Buddha gas, so he dug the first hole, of course, he did not find a thousand Buddhas, but he created the grotto culture of later generations, which was a mistake. （）

Just not far from this Thousand Buddha Cave, there is a mountain peak standing there alone, its shape is somewhat like a tripod, the belly is wide tripod, sixty years ago, Tang Sancheng had been there, not close, was called by the villagers here, at that time, the material life was very poor, but the folk customs were simple, the general impression of the northwest people is rough and direct, the stout man at that time was like this: "Hey, I said you!" “

"Me?" At that time, Tang Sancheng was planning to visit the Thousand Buddha Caves, but he passed by here by chance, and when he saw this mountain, he suddenly felt strange, and was about to step forward, but he was stopped by this man.

This man's face is like a vegetable, in that era, it was a famine, if it was in the south, the warbler flew and the grass grows, and you can dig some wild vegetables, here is full of yellow sand, there are few green plants, it is not easy to mix a full stomach, this man is carrying a pheasant.

"To go in is to die."

After an interval of sixty years, these five words rang in Tang Sancheng's ears again: "People with bad hearts, if they break in rashly, they will inevitably rupture their hearts and die, this is what that man told me, I was still young back then, and I visited the Buddha everywhere alone, you know, I was timid, as soon as the man warned me, I immediately bypassed it and went directly to the Thousand Buddha Cave, now think about it, and the phenomenon caused by Fu Xiqin is somewhat similar, In order to prevent Fu Xiqin from falling into the hands of those who tried to seize Fu Xiqin to fulfill their ambitions, the Thousand Buddhas of Dunhuang relied on its power to dominate the hearts of all things, so that anyone who came to find Fu Xiqin would die of mental breakdown and severe brain pain, and those who strayed here would die of a broken heart. Bai Yi said: However, I have a question.

"What?" Tang Sancheng is still immersed in the memories of the past.

"How did he know that those people died from a ruptured heart, sixty years ago, medical conditions were very limited, and people who died in such a remote place would be considered an accident at first, and they would not have been pulled for an autopsy, if there were more people who died, and there were many coincidences, it was generally thought that this place was very evil, and then rumors would start to spread." Bai Yi said: "The cause of death that person said is too accurate. “

"It's not that important, is it?" Cong Yang said: "It's been so many years, do you still have to pull him out and ask him to understand?" “

Cong Yang felt that Bai Yi was a little bit of a bull, this was Bai Yi's old problem, once he was asked to catch something wrong, he always loved to hold on, Cong Yang shrugged: "Tang Sancheng, are we going to see what is going on now?" Let's see if we will die with a broken heart. （）“

I made up my mind, I went to the tripod-shaped mountain, this place is about ten kilometers away from the Thousand Buddha Cave, looking close in front of me, it took some time to really hike past, this season because of the weather, it is not the tourist season, there are very few passing cars along the way, the mountain is finally a little closer, this place is simply a place where birds don't come to, except for their footprints on the ground, and some sporadic footprints like animal footprints, there is nothing else.

The Seven Evils suddenly raised their heads: "The sandstorm is coming. “

This wind came very unusually, the sky was black and oppressive, the seven evils were very sensitive to natural changes, sure enough, as soon as his words fell, the air became chaotic, the whistling sound of the wind and the sand and dust swept in, and it opened in Tang Sancheng's ears, the seven evils looked around, there was no shelter in front of here, there was no block, only the tripod-shaped mountain in front of him, and the seven evils had already run towards the mountain: "Find a place to avoid it, only here!" “

The sand hit them in the faces, and many of them got into their eyes, and they had to hold their knapsacks in front of their heads to resist a little, and then quickly moved towards the tripod-shaped mountain, and the little hole became their savior, and they lay on the ground and carefully slipped into it......

Cong Yang sat down: "Compared to the curly wind, this kind of sandstorm is much better." “

"The principle is similar." Bai Yi spit on the ground several times, the feeling of the sand in his mouth was really not good, he reached out and wiped his mouth and said: "There is a lot of sand and dust here, the wind is strong, it is evening, the air state is unstable, this is an important local thermal condition, sandstorms generally occur in the evening, this is the reason." “

When it comes to the evening, everyone thinks that it is going to be dark soon, there is no village in front of it, there is no store in the back, only sleeping here at night, just the light at the entrance of the cave, the five people looked at the cave, it was full of rubble, and the seven evils turned on the flashlight in their hands and shone on the wall: "Sancheng, what is this?" “

The mural on the wall was like an abstract painting, Tang Sancheng hit a spirit, went up to remove some dead branches and leaves on the wall, and his whole body was eager to stick to the wall: "This is the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon." “

The Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon are not human, including the eight kinds of Shinto monsters, because the Celestial and Dragon Beings are the most important, so they are called the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon. The eight divisions include: the One Dharma, the Two Naga, the Three Yakshas, the Four Gandharvas, the Five Asuras, the Six Garudas, the Seven Kinaras, and the Eight Makhurakas. The Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon look like people, but they are not actually human beings.

"These are the portraits of the Eight Divisions of the Celestial Dragon, you see, this is the Yaksha." Tang Sancheng brushed aside the dry vine leaves, revealing the portrait of the Yaksha there, which was exactly the same as the Yaksha they had seen, the Yaksha was a non-human race they had known for a long time, it seemed that the world encompassed me, how could there be only human beings?

"This is Asura." Tang Sancheng pointed to the portrait with two faces and said: "This is a man, this is a woman, the man is extremely ugly, but the woman is extremely beautiful, the king of Asura often leads his troops to fight with the emperor, because the Asura has beautiful women but no good food, and the emperor has food but no beautiful women, jealousy and robbery from each other, every time there is a vicious battle, it is always turned upside down." As a result of the great battle, the Asura was often defeated, and there was nowhere to escape from heaven and earth, so he incarnated into the silk hole of the lotus root. “

"Where's this?" Xiaoshan pointed, "It has a dragon in its mouth?" Is it eating dragons? “

This is a large bird, with its wings outstretched, and a raised Ruyi bead on its head, and on the mural, it is holding a small dragon in its mouth, which has only a few strokes, but its dying struggle is vividly expressed.

"Some people like to call him the Dapeng Goldwing, but in the Eight Divisions of the Heavenly Dragon, its name is Garuda." Tang Sancheng said: "Its ending is more tragic, the sound is sad, it feeds on dragons, and eats one dragon and five hundred small dragons every day. At the end of his life, all the poisons accumulated in his body and he could no longer eat them, so he flew up and down seven times, and flew to the top of the Vajra Wheel Mountain to die. Because he has eaten dragons all his life, he has accumulated a lot of poisonous gas in his body, and he is poisoned when he dies. After the body is burned, only one heart remains, making pure green glass, the little dragon you see, is actually not a dragon, the little dragon also has a name, called a snake, so, its final cause of death is because of snake venom. “

(Education 123 Literature Network)