Demon, be like a demon:
It is said that art comes from life. Indeed, when tianxia Basing wrote the script of "Nine-Story Demon Tower", he referred to a very evil ancient tomb in reality. It does have nine floors, but the archaeological team did not dare to dig down again because of an accident when they dug to the second floor.
Today, SiqiMei will take everyone to reveal this place, which is called by the locals"
Nine-story demon building
"Of"
Tomb No. 1
”。
▲ Stills of "Nine-Story Demon Tower".
Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb is the most spectacular tomb in the Dulan Ancient Tomb Group in Qinghai. It is located in Hot Water Township about 10 kilometers southeast of Chakhan Wusu Town, Dulan County, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai. We find this tomb so evil because of the following points:
Geographical Location Mystery:
First of all, geographically speaking, there are two mountains behind the tomb from east to west, like two dragons, sandwiching the tomb in the mountain pass.
▲Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb.
This situation is like the "two dragon play beads", and the tomb is the "jewel". What does this "two dragon play beads" feng shui represent? The tomb was built on nine floors, and "nine" is the largest natural number, what is the town under the nine-story demon tower?
Who is the owner of the tomb?
After the study of archaeologists, it was found that the Tomb no. 1 of Blood Wei belonged to the royal tomb of Tubo (bō) in the early Tang Dynasty.
Looking at history, we know that in the era when the tomb was built (618-907), Tubo and the Tang Dynasty had close contacts. For example, Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng both married Tubo and kissed at that time. Are these events related to Tomb 1? Who is the owner of the tomb? Since archaeology has only dug two layers so far and then forced to interrupt, the answer may still be hidden in the seven layers below, and we have no way to explore it for the time being.
Quirky structure:
Tomb No. 1 sits north to south, 33 meters high, 55 meters long from east to west, and 37 meters wide from north to south. It is the height of an 11-story building. The whole shape looks like a "gold" character from the front, so it is called the "Pyramid of the East". In archaeology, this form and style of mound construction is the only example in China's previous archaeological excavations.
The architectural structure of tomb No. 1 in Blood Wei, in fact, and "
Yellow intestines are asked
"Some of them are similar, using cypress wood. However, the "Yellow Intestine Inscription" is one layer, and the Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb is stacked with nine layers in layers. I saw that the tomb was stacked from top to bottom, with a layer of cypress wood and a layer of stone, and then stacked on top of each other, as if building a building.
Every 1 meter or so, there is a layer of neatly arranged through the mound of equal thickness, a total of 9 layers
, so the locals also call it "
Friends who often read Xi Qimei's articles must be familiar with the "yellow intestine inscription", which is a particularly expensive burial structure. At that time, Tubo was influenced by the Han Dynasty royal family and also fell in love with this luxury. A cypress with a thick bowl mouth will grow for 200 years, and a tree with a hug will grow for 1,000 years. The owner of the tomb can erect nine layers of cypress wood, and each one is equal in thickness, which shows that the cost is huge. Not only are building materials rare, some people have calculated that even if 10,000 people come to build this tomb at the same time, it will take more than a year.
Scary Legends:
Under the unique structure of The Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb, there is also a terrifying legend.
Legend has it that in the ancient hot water territory, the demons danced wildly, and the people did not talk about life. Then it came
A hero named "King Gesar", after three days and three nights of fighting with the Demon King, finally suppressed many demons, and he drove them to the ninth floor of the demon tower and sealed them
。 Also because of this legend, many tomb robbers have "spared" the Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb.
However, in the midst of the war and horse chaos in the 1940s, a lieutenant under a warlord told the warlord that there were a large number of treasures hidden in the tomb in order to ask for credit. So the warlord came to Dulan County, Qinghai Province, to prepare to move, and when the local Tibetans learned of this, they knelt down and begged him not to move the "nine-story demon building", otherwise it would harm the entire region. But the warlord did not listen, and began to dig with his men. When the first floor was opened, many treasures were found, and they moved for three days. The second layer was followed, and it was found that there were many animal skeletons inside, so I threw it away and prepared to dig the third layer. But something strange happened, and one by one the soldiers began to talk gibberish, act in a frenzied manner and self-harm. The warlord also looked at it and ordered a temporary withdrawal. Because the war was approaching and these supernatural events occurred, the large troops withdrew.
▲Maoshan Town Demon Tower.
Entering the tomb again, it was already 1982. The national archaeological team discovered the Dulan Ancient Tomb Group, and because it was seriously stolen, the archaeological team decided to carry out a rescue excavation of the Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb. When sweeping the tail to sort out the first and second floors that had been stolen and excavated, a total of more than 700 animal remains were still unearthed, as well as funerary items such as ancient leather boots, ancient Tibetan wood chips, and ancient Mongolian wooden sticks. When they wanted to dig down, the local Tibetans rushed to hear the news and strongly opposed the digging. On the one hand, it is still necessary to take into account the mood of the Tibetans, on the other hand, because there have indeed been many bizarre incidents before, and if you dig further, you are afraid that today's technical means will not be able to preserve those precious cultural relics (such as silk fabrics), under comprehensive consideration, the archaeological team decided to suspend the excavation of the No. 1 tomb of Blood Wei. The remaining seven floors will not be disturbed.
Maybe goodbye. Maybe never again.
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Author: SiqiMei
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