Whether the Undersea Dragon Palace exists or not, we can't be sure. But in Yanbei Village, Hengzhou City, people found a palace under the water, and some people think that this is the Dragon Palace. It happened in 1992, when several villagers in Yanbei Village in Hengzhou City were chatting. Suddenly, they noticed that next to a pool of water, there were several artificially carved stone pillars. Remember that this pool has existed for hundreds of years, and they have lived here for generations, but they have never found this carved stone pillar to be magical.
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Speaking of which, these villagers are also really interesting, in order to explore whether there is any treasure here, they have found all the water pumps in the village and are ready to drain the water from the pool. Many people think that these few people may be too boring, after all, this pool of water must be pumped for at least ten and a half days, but a few people just think that this must be extraordinary.
So after seventeen days of continuous pumping, a half-collapsed hole appeared in front of them. Seeing this scene, their eyes lit up instantly. Because in addition to the rubble and mud at the entrance of the cave, you can also faintly see some frescoes and stone pillars inside. The villagers have found secrets beyond imagination and naturally want to go inside to find out. When they entered the cave with a flashlight, they found that it was an extremely wide space, and the further they went inside, the larger the space. Of course.
Nature will also form many natural caves or caves, but this cave is obviously not natural. Because the walls of the cave are carved with various murals and stone pillars of different shapes, the scene inside completely stunned the villagers. They had lived in this place for generations, and they had never heard of these things, so this was the Underwater Dragon Palace where the Dragon King lived.
Although the Dragon Palace was discovered by them, the villagers knew that the incident was far beyond their rights. So they hurried to find the local public security bureau, and the public security bureau reported to the superior, who immediately sent experts to the village to investigate.
However, even the well-informed experts, after entering the cave entrance, were stunned by the scene inside. Naturally, they had seen palaces, but they had never seen a palace of such a grand scale, especially an underground palace. With the subsequent pumping, six more palaces of different sizes were discovered, and not all of them were discovered in succession.
After measurement, experts found that each of these artificial caves of different sizes was extremely magnificent, and the smallest palace reached 300 square meters, and the largest palace even reached 2,000 square meters. Due to its sheer size, the cave is also known locally as the ninth wonder of the world.
When experts investigated the grotto, locals talked about it, believing that it should be a dragon palace, which was once inhabited by dragons. It is because of this rumor that the grotto was eventually named after the Longyou Grottoes.
Villagers believe that this is where dragons once lived, but experts can't be so superstitious. They found that this place had typhoons, lighting, and stone pillars, much like a secret soldier's office, and they naturally heard rumors about the Dragon Palace, but they didn't think it was the Dragon Palace. After all, the existence of dragons is still unknown.
With the current official records, people can only determine that the dragon is the totem and mascot of the Chinese nation, which is imagined, so it cannot be said that the dragon really exists. Even if the dragon really exists, with its size and appearance, it is absolutely impossible to create an architecture, unless they can really transform into human form.
Since he wasn't sure it was the Dragon Palace, he must have a use. In order to find out the provenance of the Longyou Grottoes, experts have read a large number of historical texts, but they have not found a very consistent source, and can only speculate on a few possible historical nodes.
Some experts said that the village has been inhabited for 2,500 years, and was called Lonely Contempt at the time, and is the second largest ancient city in Zhejiang Province. This grotto is most likely a tunbing cave built by a great king in the ancient city, after all, at that time, countries were fighting each other, and small countries were also precarious.
At that time, the Yue King's Gou Jian was able to make a comeback in the three thousand Yue Jia, and it was difficult to guarantee that no other king would make preparations earlier. Some experts believe that this grotto may have been built during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty to store grain, goods and war materials. Some experts believe that this place was called the Northern Dynasty Pingcang before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and was listed as a monument during the Sui Dynasty, so this cave must have been built before the Sui Dynasty.
Of course, some experts believe that this may be a hidden dojo of The Taoists, and there may be a Taoist cultivation team practicing here. Later, for some reason, the team moved away.
It was then flooded by large waters and was discovered to this day. There are also two more absurd claims, one saying that this is a large ancient tomb, but the speculation that the burial chamber has not been found cannot be established. The second is to say that this may have been built by an alien civilization, which is too exaggerated, and can only be said to be full of imagination.
However, from the perspective of construction methods, the people who built this grotto should already have relatively advanced technology and have great rights to organize so many people to build such a magnificent grotto.
When Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources, and although this grotto could not be compared with the Great Wall in scale, it was better in the difficulty of details. After all, it is the accumulation of excavating stones and building grottoes, not buildings. For example, if you want to build a grotto, you must find many people who can carve stones. Due to the small space in the grotto, the progress must not be fast. According to the scale of the Longyou Grottoes, the time it takes is bound to be very long, and the human, material and financial resources spent must be extremely amazing.
Some people believe that the Longyou Grottoes are caves used to hold soldiers or store supplies and food. But if that's all there is to it, why are there so many patterns and sculptures on his walls?
These murals and sculptures feature immortals standing on clouds, monks carrying water by literati in hats, children playing drums, several sculptures of bodhisattvas, and dragon totems on stone pillars. These cultural totems show that this grotto is not simply used for some purpose, but if it is done by modern people, there will be relevant records. If the ancients did such a huge project in the face of the underground productivity at that time, why is it also an unsolvable mystery?
Although the discovery of the Longyou Grottoes cannot find out the secrets, this underground building complex and the humanities, arts, culture, engineering and wealth in it all show the wisdom of the ancient Chinese people and are the proof of the great history of the Chinese nation. However, in the midst of this praise, some people think that the biggest secret of the Dragon Tour Grottoes is that it is a complete deception in itself.
The Longyou Grottoes are known locally as the ninth artificial wonder of the world. But in the eyes of many people, this is a simple hype scam. It's just an abandoned quarry.
They believe that in the Zhejiang area, such quarries are not uncommon, and the reason why there is no open-pit mining, but to mine in the form of grottoes, is because the people at that time adopted a special quarry called Shi Tang, which required the opening of a smaller opening.
Then mined internally, the reason for this is because the stone here has a characteristic, when mined out of the material is soft, easy to excavate. However, after contact with the air, after wind and sun exposure, it will become extremely strong. Whether it is excavation or polishing, it will be very difficult. These people believe that there are actually many uniform patterns, that is, the traces left by the use of the stone method to mine layer by layer.
In addition, they believe that the grotto dates back to the period of extinction, which is simply nonsense. There are many similar quarries in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, most of which were formed after the Ming Dynasty. Many of the quarries at that time were formed by stagnant water, but no one would drain these ponds with as many pumps as these villagers.
As for the sculptures inside, they may have been carved on them after the quarrying was completed, and someone wanted to use these caves. In addition, there are more than 1,300 in the area of Changyu In Xinhe Town, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province. Some of the ancient cave chambers that have survived due to the long-term underground quarrying of ancient craftsmen have a maximum width of 56 meters and a maximum height of 73 meters.
This is much larger than this Dragon Tour Grotto. If the Longyou Grottoes are the ninth wonder, what should this larger grotto be called? These people believe that the Longyou Grottoes are nothing more than a way for locals to hype up and attract tourists.
If the cave is really the ninth wonder, it won't be just a four-a-class scenic spot. But what we need to make clear here is that the so-called Ninth Wonder is indeed not recognized by the world, but recognized by the locals.
So it's really just a gimmick. But if this cave is a conspiracy, it is not entirely true, because the humanities, arts and engineering techniques in the cave are all clear at a glance and of great research value. Moreover, experts can't determine the age of the cave, so why can some people insist that this is a quarry during the Ming Dynasty?
In general, the Dragon Palace theory of the Dragon Tour Grottoes, or the alien theory, can basically be ruled out, but some other theories have certain possibilities. Some of these secrets have not yet been revealed, and perhaps only continued research can solve this age-old mystery.