Buddhism originated in India and was introduced to Middle-earth around the Time of the Gregorian Calendar. Speaking of Buddhism spreading in the Central Plains, there is also a legendary story. Legend has it that the emperor of the Han Dynasty had a dream, and this emperor was the son of Liu Xiu of the Eastern Han Dynasty: Liu Zhuang, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Generally known in history as "
Hamming sensed the dream and first passed it on
It is also a statement that is more recognized by the outside world.
But we're going to talk about it today."
Cave of the Hidden Scriptures
"It is indeed very peculiar, after a thousand years, it has seen the light of day again. The person who can find this cave is indeed an unknown Xuanmen Daoist, and when he discovered this cave, he was born with a different appearance and an inexplicable spiritual phenomenon. Perhaps it is a coincidence of timing that this cave, which has been hidden for thousands of years, is displayed in front of the world at a glance. So why is this cave so important? The reason is that it stores more than 40,000 Buddhist scriptures, social documents, embroidery, silk paintings, ritual instruments and other cultural relics from the 4th to the 11th century AD. It's just that."
Dunhuang Mogao Caves Tibetan Scripture Cave
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The Mogao Caves belong to Dunhuang, and Dunhuang is very familiar to everyone. Above the wasteland, but its mysterious veil has always been admired by the world, can't help but make people yearn for it, so as to find out. “
Silk Road
"Presumably, all readers know that from the Han Dynasty onwards, zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions began. Later, groups of caravans rode camels to closely link the Central Plains and the Western Regions, and from that time on, Dunhuang became a hub for the flourishing of commodities and the carrying of goods, which also created a prosperity of the city.
As a metropolis integrated with the western region, not only the economy and the West have exchanges, but also the culture. Judging from the data, the scale of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is quite large, with 735 caves, 45,000 murals, and 2,415 clay painted sculptures, which is the largest and most historically valuable Buddhist holy place. At the same time, Mogao Grottoes is rated as the first of the four major grottoes in China.
Judging from the records and archaeological data, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, located in the Hexi Corridor, were first established in the Former Qin, and after the construction of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and other dynasties, not only because Buddhism flourished in the Central Plains, but also because of the importance of this economic hub, it was more rich in the Buddhist content it came into contact with. The construction of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, according to the historical record "Li Kerang Rebuilding the Monument to the Shrine of the Mogao Grottoes", originated from a monk Lezun, when he passed a mountain, he suddenly saw a golden light flashing, like the present Ten Thousand Buddhas, so he excavated the first cave. Later generations of Zen masters dug caves here, and there was a later grand scene.
Regarding the origin of the name Mogao Grottoes, there is a saying that the Buddhists have a saying:
Mo, impossible, no.
"The meaning of Mogao Caves is probably that the construction of caves can obtain the highest merit. And then it went through a thousand years."
"Dunhuang gradually became a sacred place for Buddhism, and then after the development of the Five Dynasties of Sui and Tang Dynasties, it gradually reached its peak. However, by the Song Dynasty, the Hexi Corridor had lost its gateway to communication with the Central Plains and was no longer under the rule of the Song Dynasty. The development of mogao grottoes began to fall into decadence, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was even more miserable, and Mogao grottoes directly became a marginal area and became a nomadic pastoral land.
Most of the beginning of the truth originated inadvertently, and the opening of this historical truth was actually opened by a Xuanmen Daoist disciple, and because of this, this shocked the archaeological community."
"To be able to live in this world. Legend has it that when this cave was discovered, a strange appearance appeared in heaven and earth.
Speaking of this Xuanmen Daoist disciple, I have to mention one person, that is, Wang Yuanzhen, who discovered the cave. This man was originally a soldier, but later because of escaping from the disaster, he came to the Taoist family to become a Taoist monk. However, the Mogao Caves where Wang Yuanhuan came, because of the war, most of the passages between the cliffs were destroyed, and some of the cave entrances were also covered by yellow sand. Some of the people who live here are Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma lamas who know a little chinese. After Wang Daoshi came here, the incense here slowly began to flourish. Wang Daoshi thought about repairing the place, so he began to find someone to clean up the mud and sand next to the cave.
When the people hired by Wang Daoshi were cleaning the cave passage, suddenly a thunderclap broke out in the sky, and the yellow sand outside was full of sky. Just then, it was found that there was a small hole in the broken wall, and there was still light inside, like"
Buddha
"In the same way, chiseling this wall, inside it suddenly opened up, containing thousands of scrolls of the Tang Classics, as well as ancient objects, and everyone who saw it praised this spectacle. Everyone who heard it thought it was a myth. The kind of thing that the King Daoist said."
In today's terms, it may be caused by some natural phenomenon in the desert.
But helplessly, the Qing government at that time may have been too worried about itself, and did not protect these cultural relics much, only Wang Daoshi alone guarded it. But I can't stop those who are abroad."
explorer
"Plunder away. Seeing that Westerners cared so much about these things, some of the remaining cultural relics were fortunately brought back to the Beijing Library by the Qing government. However, these cultural relics eventually became only a copy of the calligraphy practiced by a prince and minister.
Inside the small area of the Cave, astronomical, calendar, history, geography, Fang Zhi, Tujing, medical books, folklore, famous books, account books, poems, dictionaries, dialects, travelogues, miscellaneous writings, xishu and other books are collected, similar to a large cultural treasure house, providing some valuable historical documents. The excavation of the Tibetan Scripture Cave is recorded in historical records as a high-ranking monk of the Tang Dynasty.
Hong Debate Monk
。 He dug a cave to collect sutras and immersed himself in translating Buddhist scriptures.
Regrettably, after a catastrophe at the end of the Qing Dynasty, many documents were displaced overseas, and occasionally appeared in major exhibitions. Only a small amount remains in China, and many documents are still unknown. Finally, the author expects more people to discover and examine it, so that future generations can study history more deeply.
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