Chapter 15: The Bronze Lion, Guarded by the Divine Beast
Inside a dark cave.
Xiao Liu looked at the pagoda dumbfounded and let out a heartfelt sigh.
"It's spectacular."
Mu Yang came back to his senses in Xiao Liu's emotion, and couldn't help nodding in agreement.
"yes, it's spectacular."
"It's hard for me to imagine how they could have built such a majestic building underground in that environment eight or nine hundred years ago, and it was a miracle."
Muyang couldn't help but shake his head, his eyes full of doubts and shock.
The underground structure, which even two archaeologists were amazed by, caused a huge shock on the Internet.
", it's really a pagoda!"
"Mom, which big guy can tell me how big this pagoda is?"
"It's hard to say, from their point of view, they can only see the top of the stupa, and they can't see the details below, so it's basically impossible to infer the height of the stupa."
"Good fellow, this stupa is really built underground. How did it come to be built back then, it's not easy even in modern times. ”
"It's hard, it's hard, it's hard even with modern technology."
"As for why I say that."
"Number one: this is an underground building, not an above-ground building."
"This means that it is impossible for large machinery to be transported underground for construction, and at most it can only be used for work with small instruments underground."
"The second point: from the current situation, this stupa was built between the cliffs."
"It was difficult to transport the materials for the construction of the stupa from the top of the cliff down without the help of large machinery."
"It's not like you just throw it from the top down, you need to rely on manpower to carry it little by little. Looking at the steepness of the sides of this cliff, it is definitely a misstep for eternity, and then looking back at the reincarnation. ”
"Day 3: Environmental problems, the stability of the underground karst cave is difficult to control, and it is in a nearly closed state."
"In such an environment, whether it is noise pollution or dust pollution, it will definitely be very serious. Working in such a place for a long time is also a great psychological burden on workers. ”
"In short, even if such a project is placed in modern times, it is not something that can be done if you want to."
"The big guy is awesome, and he has a reasonable point."
"Yes, even with modern technology, it is not easy to cast such a pagoda, it is really hard to imagine how it was done in an era like the end of the Yuan Dynasty."
"Heh, I don't really bother with how the Yuan Dynasty managed to build such a majestic building underground, I'm more curious about whether the Yuan Dynasty spent so much manpower and material resources to build such a majestic building underground, is it really just to suppress Xuantong."
"If that's the case, then I can only say that Xuantong is an eternal god, and he is awesome."
"Ahem, comrade, I'm going to correct you a little. It is not Xuantong who is suppressed here, but Xuantong's body. ”
"According to the revelations on the Internet, after Xuantong's death, the imperial court was afraid that Xuantong's body would come back from the dead, so they built the Demon Suppression Tower here, hoping to suppress Xuantong forever in the eighteenth layer of hell with the Demon Suppression Tower, and never be reborn."
"I rub it, it seems like that's really the case. If you say that, then Xuantong is really awesome. ”
"Hey, where did the bigwigs get the information, why didn't I see that the Demon Suppression Tower was the place to suppress Xuantong's body."
"Hey, speaking of which, I have to thank the bigwigs in the history department."
"When the Demon Suppression Tower was first discovered, many people didn't realize the difference of the Demon Suppression Tower, and they just thought it was an ordinary ancient tomb, so some information was lost from the archaeological team."
"In these materials, there are photos of the epitaph of the Demon Suppression Tower, which records the origin of the Demon Suppression Tower and the reasons for the construction of the Demon Suppression Tower in the text of the Yuan Dynasty."
"Tsk, this information has been translated into modern Chinese by the bigwigs of the history department, I really don't know if I don't know it, I was shocked when I saw it."
"Flutter, speaking of which, I remembered. The post seems to have been deleted, and the big guy who translated the epitaph was also invited by Guo Jia to tea. ”
"Rub, it's so exciting."
Mu Yang was shocked, and cautiously walked to the edge of the platform near the chain bridge.
There are four iron cables, two on the top and the bottom.
The two iron cables below are relatively thick and thick, the thickness of an adult's forearm.
Under the light, the iron cables the thickness of two adult forearms glowed with a faint sheen, with a faint bronze color, and there was no rust.
Between the iron cables, there are still wooden planks left, but there is not much left.
From this, it can be judged that these two iron cables were once laid with a large number of planks for people to walk on them.
There are also two iron cables on it, which are relatively slender, and there are grass ropes connecting the upper and lower iron cables, which are obviously used as handrails and guardrails.
Two thick iron cables are embedded directly into the stone wall of the platform, like two arms growing on the cliff face.
Two slender iron cables are inlaid on the two stone lion statues on the platform.
The stone lion is one and a half meters high, lifelike and mighty.
But they are different from the stone lions in ordinary temple palaces.
The ordinary stone lion is majestic and domineering, but it is more majestic and has a peaceful demeanor.
And these two stone lions, roaring with their heads high, made an attacking posture, and when they were majestic and domineering, they looked extremely hideous and terrifying.
It's like a beast that chooses people and devours them.
"Hey, this lion ......"
Mu Yang leaned closer to take a closer look, only to find that the two stone lions had other mysteries.
They are not ordinary stone carvings, they are made of bronze!
Under the light, it exudes a metallic luster.
"These two stone carvings are so big, they must be hundreds of pounds, right?"
"Why do many temples and palaces have stone lions in front of them?"
"We didn't produce lions in Huaxia before, right?"
"If you want to talk about the origin of lions in our China, it is too early. The earliest can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. ”
In the "Biography of Mu Tianzi", it was recorded that famous beasts made their feet walk thousands of miles, and wild horses and wild horses walked five hundred miles. We're talking about lions. ”
"Of course, the biggest reason why the image of the lion can rise in China is the prosperity and development of Buddhism."
"Under the Lamp" cloud: When the Buddha Shakyamuni was born, "one finger to the sky, the other to the ground", as a lion roar said: "Heaven and earth, I am the only one." Therefore, Buddhism worships the lion as a solemn and auspicious beast of the gods. ”
"The sound of Buddhism's Dharma shaking the world and the beasts being subdued is called the roar of a lion. With the development of Buddhism, the image of the lion also changed, and eventually became a sacred beast guarding the house. ”
"But the two lion statues here are not sacred beasts that protect the house, you look at their shapes and postures, they are clearly fierce beasts in battle."
"Tut, this can't also be to suppress Xuantong, right?"
Mu Yang's right hand rested on the cold bronze statue of the lion, staring at the pagoda opposite the chain bridge, and there was a little more worry in his heart.
Everything here seems to confirm the legend of the pagoda.
Demon Suppression Tower!
Suppress the evil demon Xuantong!
Although he does not believe in ghosts and gods, he can't help but have some doubts.
Just to suppress a corpse, is it really necessary?
If the Great Yuan Court of the year thought it was necessary, did it mean that this corpse was really not simple!?