"Ghost Blowing Lights" is one of the most successful series of adventure novels, and the strange and bizarre story lines and imaginative plot design of the novel have attracted the attention of many readers.
The opening and final work of the "Ghost Blowing Lights" series of novels, "Jingjie Ancient City", was a blockbuster after its launch, laying the foundation for the success of the "Ghost Blowing Lights" series of stories. The storyline in "Jingjie Ancient City" has been adapted into many film and television works, such as the famous director Lu Chuan's "Nine-Story Demon Tower".
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the jingzhi country and the nine-story demon building mentioned in novels and film and television works are real in history. </h1>
The prototype of the nine-story demon building is the "Hot Water No. 1 Tomb" located in Hot Water Township, Dulan County, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Hot water tomb group
This large tomb, from the front looks like a "gold" character, under the tomb pile there are 3 layers of stone wall made of mud and stone mixed with rammed. From top to bottom, every 1 meter or so, there is a layer of neatly arranged through the mound of piercing wood, a total of 9 floors, all of which are generally thick cypress, so the local farmers and herdsmen also call it "nine-story demon building". This large tomb is accompanied by more than 200 small tombs around it.
Hot Water Tomb No. 1
It has been calculated that such a large tomb would take more than 10,000 people to build for more than a year. This precludes the possibility that the elite country built this grand tomb. Why? Because the total population of the Jingzhi Country at that time was less than 10,000 people. According to the "Book of Han and The Tale of the Western Regions": "Jingzhi Guo, Wang Zhijing, went to Chang'an for 8,820 miles, 480 households, 3,360 mouths, and 500 victorious soldiers." "There are only more than 3,000 people in the whole country, which is a pocket country among the thirty-six countries in the western region at that time, and its national strength is weak. The capital of the Jingjie Kingdom is where the ruins of Niya are located today.
The capital of the jing dynasty - the ruins of Nya
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Who built the nine-story demon building? </h1>
At first, it was believed that the "Hot Water No. 1 Tomb" was built by the Tubo State in the early Tang Dynasty, and when Tubo was the most victorious, the population was 10 million, and it was not a problem to build such a mausoleum. However, with the continuous deepening of archaeological work, especially after excavating the large funerary tomb "2018 Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb" about 200 meters away from the "Hot Water No. 1 Tomb", the appearance of a seal determined that the owner of the "2018 Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb" was the Tuguhun King of the Tubo Chide Zuzan period, and after comparative study with the Dunhuang cultural relics of the same period, experts believe that the owner of the tomb is the Tuguhun King Mohe Tuhun Khan under the tuguhun rule. On April 13, 2021, the discovery was identified by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage as "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2020". According to this, there is reason to believe that the nine-story demon tower was built by the Tuguhun people. The real name of this Mohe Tuhun Khan was Murong Nuobao, his surname was Murong Nuo, and he was a Xianbei man from the northeast, who was the ancestor of Murong Fu in Jin Yong's "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", who was bent on restoring the country.
A silver seal found in Tomb No. 1
Many exquisite gold artifacts found in Tomb No. 1
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > tuguhun people migrated from the northeast to the northwest region</h1>
Tuguhun was a state created by the Murong Xianbei tribe that migrated from the Liaodong region to the northwest during the Western Jin Dynasty, and their founder was Murong Tuguhun, the eldest brother of the founder of Former Yan, Murong Kuo! The famous Former Yan founding emperor Murong Hao wanted to call him a grandfather, and the later Yan founding emperor Murong Chui and the southern Yan founding emperor Murong De both called him a grandfather.
Murong Tuguhun
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Murong Tuguhun suddenly ran from the Great Northeast across thousands of miles to the Great Northwest? The world is so big, could it be that he wants to see it? </h1>
Speaking of which, this is another sad story of brothers and sisters. In 283, after the death of Murong Tuguhun and Murong Yu's father Murong Xianbei Dadan, since Murong Tuguhun was the eldest son of Shu, Shan Yu's position was inherited by his younger brother Murong Xi, the eldest son. Originally, the relationship between the two was excellent, but with the change of political status, the two sides continued to have friction. In order to avoid fratricide, Murong Tuguhun led more than 1,700 families to leave their hometown in the northeast and embarked on a long journey to the great northwest. The Book of Wei records that Murong Tuguhun said to Murong Xi before his departure: "Now go to Ru Wanli. From then on, Murong Tuguhun led his subordinates from the Yin Mountains southward, through Hetao, to Longxi, and settled down at the junction of Gansu, Qinghai, and Sichuan, thousands of miles away from his hometown. Murong Tuguhun overcame many dangers and obstacles along the way, defeated many forces, and after 30 years of leaving his hometown, he established the state of Henan in Linxia, Gansu at the age of 68 in 313. Twenty-four years later, his nephew Murong Hao established the Former Yan Dynasty in Chaoyang, Liaoning.
In the early days of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the various parties divided the power map
In 329, Murong Tuguhun's grandson Murong Yeyan succeeded to the throne, and in order to commemorate Murong Tuguhun's great achievements, he changed the name of the country to Tuguhun. From the founding of the tuguhun state in 313 AD to its demise in 663 AD, it existed for a total of 350 years, much longer than many regimes in history, and Murong Tuguhun and his descendants showed excellent governance ability. The Turks of the fifty-four ethnic groups in the country today are descendants of Tuguhun.
Ruins of Tuguhun's former capital Fushi City (located in Shi Naihai Township, Gonghe County, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province)
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > song of Agan</h1>
After Tuguhun moved west, Murong Yu missed his brother Tuguhun and wrote a "Song of Agan", which in the Xianbei language means Agan. This song was widely circulated where Murong Xianbei went, and it is also recorded in many historical records.
"Tuguhun Agange" lyrics:
Agansi, I am sad,
Agan wants to return to the horse.
Why is it too bitter for me?
I'm Agan for Agansi.
Agan is bitterly cold,
Resign me to the big thorn to live in the white orchid.
I see the sunset and I don't see Agan,
Woohoo! There can be a few Agan in life!
The lyrics are full of strong brotherly longing, the meaning is long, the love is sincere, and the smellers are all drooling. It also makes people sigh, knowing why they should be in the first place! I think that in those years, Murong Xian, who stood majestically on the land of the northeast, rode like a tiger, and the battle flag was everywhere, invincible. If the two brothers could work together, with the help of Murong Tuguhun's outstanding leadership skills and tenacity, and unify northern China, perhaps not Tuoba Xianbei but Murong Xianbei, then the later history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties would be rewritten.
(The pictures in the text are from the Internet)