Chapter 3 The Missing Tomb
Since entering the ancient tomb, I have been very curious and looked around. The tomb was very humid, and the staff just found a place to sit down. Maybe they have more experience and are not as curious as me. Of course, although I have read my grandfather's notes,
I know a bit about ancient tombs, but this is my first time entering an ancient tomb, so I would be lying if I wasn’t curious.
Teacher Sun may have noticed my curiosity: "First time entering an ancient tomb?" Teacher Sun walked towards me. Of course I wanted to go in and have a look. When I heard Teacher Sun's words, I felt interesting: "Yeah, I heard that before.
Ancient tombs are very mysterious." "The tombs you see just dig a hole and put the person in the coffin. However, the ancients were very superstitious and always wanted to have a house to live in after they died, so they built ancient tombs.
Just like a house, with the addition of superstitious thoughts, the ancient tomb becomes more and more mysterious." Teacher Sun said from a distance.
I know about ancient tombs and antiques because of my grandfather, and he wrote a lot in his diary. But Teacher Sun is an archaeological worker. In his heart, I am just an ordinary person. It is impossible for me to let him know that I understand.
These, so I have to pretend not to understand, otherwise Teacher Sun will not be so kind to me.
Seeing how curious I was, Teacher Sun smiled and said, "What, do you want to go in and have a look?" "Can I go in?" I said that the country does not allow ordinary people to enter the ancient tombs. Teacher Sun saw my concerns.
: "It doesn't matter. If it is under special protection, it is not allowed. This ancient tomb is not old enough and has no archaeological value, so the state will not take care of it." I nodded.
Teacher Sun took me in. When I walked in, I realized why he said that this ancient tomb was small and the dynasty was not that long ago. Entering from the tomb passage is the main hall. Each main hall has an ear chamber, and there is a storage room behind the main hall.
The coffin, this is the main tomb chamber. Of course, there are no coffins now. It may be that the building was in the plain, so such a small ancient tomb was built. Judging from the temperament and style of the ancient tomb and the degree of corrosion of the ancient tomb, it is from the Qing Dynasty period.
It's not that long ago. Logically speaking, things from the Qing Dynasty are not very rare, so the value is not very good. Unless they are the tombs of high-ranking officials and nobles, but those high-ranking officials and nobles would not build their own ancient tombs on the plains.
,Although there are places with good Feng Shui on the plains, Feng Shui is not as good as in the mountains.
Obviously the owner of the tomb was not a high-ranking official, but what I don't understand is how this ancient tomb contained such valuable antiques.
From the moment I came in, Teacher Sun told me about some of the ancient tombs he had seen before. Most of them were boring things, and there was nothing mysterious or strange about them.
Although I understood it, I couldn't understand it in front of Teacher Sun, so I asked: "Teacher Sun, when do you think this ancient tomb is from?" "Judging from its architectural style and the degree of corrosion of the ancient tomb, it is probably from
It was at the end of the Qing Dynasty, so it wasn’t that long ago,” Teacher Sun said.
"I heard in the news that stolen items are very valuable, but how could such valuable antiques be found in an ancient tomb in the late Qing Dynasty?" This is what I'm curious about too. "According to the Security Council, there is no such thing, but the stolen antiques are from the Qin Dynasty.
Period, maybe the owner of the ancient tomb kept it and buried it together when he died." Teacher Sun said.
After hearing what Teacher Sun said, I understood. Of course, the contents of the ancient tomb were gone, and I didn't know if what Teacher Sun said was true when I found an empty house.
There was nothing in the two side chambers of the ancient tomb, and there was nothing to see, so I asked Teacher Sun to lead me to the main chamber. After entering the main chamber, it was still empty.
When I saw the place where the coffin was placed, I was surprised because according to the coffin prints left, the coffin was placed from the north to the south. I read from the diary that my grandfather gave me that it was impossible for the coffin to be placed from the north to the south. But there are some
Feng shui masters can modify their own feng shui to make bad feng shui good.
Of course, it was impossible for me to tell Teacher Sun this. I wanted to confirm whether the coffin was oriented north-south, so I asked Teacher Sun: "How is this coffin placed? Why do I feel so strange?" "Yes, the coffin is oriented north-south.
This is the first time I have seen it, and it is placed with its head facing south." Teacher Sun also said very strangely.
Ancient Feng Shui said: Houses for living people live in the north and south, with the door facing south to capture the sun. Most coffins are southwest-facing, with their heads facing northwest, because the southeast is water, which is low, and the northwest is mountains, which is high.
The pillow is high, which means a dragon coming out of the water. The coffin can be in a north-south orientation, and the deceased's head is in the north. If the head is in the south, it means it is in the opposite direction and has entered the water. It is called a drowning dragon and cannot turn over.
The ancients believed in superstition that water dragons were low-level dragons that could only fly if they came out of the water, so Kunlun Mountain was said to be the main line of dragons!
However, the owner of this ancient tomb did not follow common sense. He became a water dragon and could not turn over. He said that he did not understand Feng Shui. However, the chosen cemetery was considered a good Feng Shui place and the architecture also complied with Feng Shui. How could he not understand these things?
.It seems that I need to read more of grandpa’s diary when I go back. Feng Shui is very difficult to understand.
In fact, the diary my grandpa left for me not only included the identification of antiques, but also recorded a lot of ancient Feng Shui from the antiques he received over the years, as well as the architectural styles of ancient tombs and the application of Feng Shui.
In this case, I haven't read much of my grandfather's diary, so I don't understand why the owner of the ancient tomb did this, so I looked away. At this time, I saw something on the front wall facing the head of the coffin.
There were traces of peeling, so I asked Teacher Sun: "Was there anything here before?" Teacher Sun looked at the place I pointed at: "Oh, there used to be a Bagua Mirror here, which has been taken away by our staff. It was in the Qing Dynasty
It’s worthless,”
After hearing what Teacher Sun said, I realized that the reflection of a mirror is not an inverted image physically. Putting a Bagua mirror here changed the direction of the coffin, which was in line with the principles of Feng Shui. I realized that the owner of the tomb was not ignorant.
I suddenly thought, no, the coffin can just face north. Why go to all the trouble to put a Bagua mirror to change the feng shui. At this time, I remembered some of the mechanisms of the ancient tomb, and I immediately looked towards the head of the coffin, and there was indeed me.
Something to look at, a candlestick.
I turned around and asked Teacher Sun: "Teacher Sun, do you have a mirror with you?" Teacher Sun was a little confused: "We usually use mirrors for work, and we all have them. What do you use this for?" I did not explain: "Here.
Use me." Teacher Sun was very confused but still gave me the mirror.
I placed the mirror where the Bagua mirror used to be, then took a flashlight (we brought a flashlight when we entered the ancient tomb) to the candlestick, pointed the lamp head parallel to the direction of the mirror, and slowly moved parallel upwards from the candlestick base.
When it moved half the height of a candle, the speed of light happened to hit the mirror, and then the sound of the machine was heard.
As I expected, this was the setting of the agency. Teacher Sun was surprised when he heard the sound. He slowly heard the sound of a stone door opening. We turned around and found that a stone door opened.
Teacher Sun looked at the tomb in surprise, and then looked at me.
Chapter completed!