Just hearing the roaring sound, the stone door slowly opened, and the eyes were wide open, and a huge "underground palace" came into view...
This "underground palace" is like a wedge-shaped funnel, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The walls of the underground palace are covered with murals. At the bottom of the underground palace, there is a huge wooden coffin. Surrounding the wooden coffin are more than a dozen huge bronze tripods.
, the tripod is simple and heavy, and seems to be an ancient thing.
Bai Fu and Tang Li slowly walked from the top of the underground palace along the ramp to the bottom of the underground palace. The underground palace went from top to bottom and was divided into upper, middle and lower floors with bluestone bis as the boundary, depicting the three parts of heaven, earth and underground respectively. Living in
In the most eye-catching position in the middle, there is an emperor-like person dressed in rich clothes, walking slowly westward, followed by three good-looking maids. In front of him, two men knelt down to greet him, placing various sacrificial offerings in mourning.
The heaven part is painted on the widest part of the upper end of the underground palace wall. It is the heaven world where the emperor is going to in the middle of the wall. On both sides of the gate leading to the heaven are guards standing with their hands crossed, as well as dragons, birds and strange beasts.
It shows the majesty and holiness of the heaven. On the top of the wall of the underground palace sits an emperor with a human head and a snake body, with a long red tail surrounding it. This monster with a human head and a snake body is the ruler of heaven, called "Candle Dragon".
It can call the wind and rain, and is in charge of the alternation of day and night in the four seasons. On the left and right sides of the monster are a crescent moon and nine suns. On the crescent moon stand a toad and a jade rabbit. The nine suns are hidden in the hibiscus tree, and the most conspicuous sun still stands on it.
A golden crow.
The bottom of the wall of the underground palace is the underworld (yellow spring). In the middle stands a giant. The giant is naked and may be the god of the earth. He holds the earth with his hands and protects the earth from intrusion. The giant's feet are made of entangled whale salamanders, which are specially used to make waves.
There are snakes below, which makes people feel gloomy and dark.
The two walked to the center of the bottom of the underground palace, where a huge wooden coffin was placed. The huge coffin was specially used to hold coffins and funerary objects. Its structure was very complex, and its shape resembled the Chinese character "well". It consisted of sleepers, a coffin chamber, and
The cover consists of three parts. The huge coffin chamber is placed on three huge square sleepers.
What’s even more mysterious is that the surface of the giant coffin is covered with a colorful “T-shaped” silk painting, which is made up of three pieces of fine silk. A bamboo pole is wrapped across the top, and the middle and lower corners are decorated with blue and black.
The tassels of hemp are spread horizontally like a piece of clothing. This silk painting has a perfect configuration, harmonious colors, and a romantic picture. When placed here, it looks even more mysterious and strange.
Seeing this, Tang Li suddenly turned to Bai Fu and asked: "What do you think this silk painting is for? This is the soul-calling flag, which is used to lure souls to heaven. During funerals, people use a bamboo pole to hold it high.
Pick it up and hold it at the front of the funeral procession, and cover it on the inner coffin when you are buried, as a medium for the soul of the tomb owner to ascend to heaven."
Bai Fu was very nervous at this time, and Tang Li suddenly spoke, which startled him.
Tang Li ignored Bai Fu's angry rebuke and continued: "It is said that people at that time in the Western Han Dynasty inherited the funeral system and traditions of the previous generation and believed that after death, the soul attached to the human body should be separated from the body. After the separation, they became wild ghosts
, people will not be able to enjoy the sacrifices of future generations, and will also disturb future generations. Therefore, we must find ways to make the scattered souls come back and attach themselves to the corpses and enter them into the tombs. In the burial system, it is called soul-reviving and soul-reviving. To summon souls is to make soul-revealing flags.
, let the wandering soul recognize the image of the owner of the tomb painted on the flag, and return on its own. To restore the soul, you can park the coffin at home for a few days before the funeral, and the soul can also possess the body.
The general practice is to park the coffin in the hall and put the painted soul-calling banner, also called the inscription flag, in front of the coffin. During the funeral, it is held in front of the coffin and guided all the way to the burial place. After a farewell ceremony, it is placed on the coffin.
If there are multiple layers of coffins, they should be placed on the innermost layer of coffins and buried together. In this way, the soul will follow the flags and the soul will follow the coffins and enter the tomb together. The T-shaped silk painting is a kind of soul-calling flag.
He was able to ascend to heaven, and his soul was able to rest on earth, fulfilling the wishes of future generations."
Tang Li had obviously put great effort into Feng Shui. After seeing such a magnificent tomb with his own eyes today, he couldn't help but talk about it. Bai Fu felt horrified when he heard it.
Tang Li was also frightened when he saw Tangtang Bai Fu. He couldn't help but feel a little proud and smiled strangely.
Bai Fu looked at Tang Li's weird smile and said, "Old Tang, tell me, why is that weird smile in the middle of the night? It's so scary."
Tang Li was surprised: "Did I laugh? Why didn't I feel it?" He glanced at Bai Fu and said, "You're the one who laughs so horribly." After saying that, he suddenly froze and shouted, "No!"
Then he fell down.
Bai Fu was shocked when he saw Tang Li suddenly falling in front of him. Just as he was about to pull Tang Li away, his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
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When Bai Fu opened his eyes again, he was already lying at the bottom of the underground palace. The cover on the top of the giant coffin that he had just seen had been lifted. Next to the giant coffin, several masked men in black were busy.
I dismantled this huge coffin.
Only then did Bai Fu realize that his hands and feet were tightly trapped by beef tendons, and his acupuncture points were tapped, making him unable to move. Tang Li was lying next to him, in the same position as himself, the only difference was that he wore a black blindfold.
These men in black are looking at the huge coffin. The coffin chamber is composed of four side chambers with inner and outer walls and a coffin chamber in the middle. Four wooden coffins are placed in the coffin chamber, and the side chambers are made of
to place the funerary objects.
Various funerary objects were placed in the four side compartments of the coffin chamber. The north compartment was hung with curtains and bamboo mats were laid on the bottom. Various types of eating utensils, furniture, singing and dancing figurines, music playing figurines, maid figurines, dressing utensils, etc. were displayed to simulate the Shu Han emperor.
Life during his lifetime. The artifacts in the east chamber are divided into three floors, including various wooden figurines with different identities, lacquerware, pottery, etc. for serving food, symbolizing the place where retainers and servants worked. The artifacts in the west chamber are divided into four floors, with various types of food.
Bamboo mats, bamboo baskets, etc., symbolize storage rooms. The south chamber is similar to the east chamber, with a large number of wooden figurines of officials and pottery, symbolizing the place where officials and soldiers worship in court.
After the wooden coffin was opened, there were actually four coffins inside. After the first layer of plain black lacquer coffin was opened, what was revealed was the second layer of painted lacquer coffin with black ground. The basic color outside the coffin was also black, symbolizing the underworld. On the black ground
The lacquer is painted with cloud patterns and more than 110 lifelike images of gods and animals, like an unfolding comic strip, depicting a mysterious and carefree underground world. In this world, there are monsters swallowing snakes, cranes pecking snakes, immortals descending leopards, and cranes.
There are many images of gods and monsters such as pecking and red leopard lying on the ground. Among them, the most common one is a kind of monster that looks like a sheep but not a sheep, and looks like a tiger but not a tiger. It has horns on its head and a tail on its body. It is represented by holding a snake or a snake in its hand.
The image of a snake biting in its mouth appears. The monster is the "protector" of the tomb owner, preventing the tomb owner's soul from being damaged and his body from being intruded by snakes, rats, etc.
The third layer of the coffin is the Zhudi painted lacquer coffin. This layer of lacquer coffin has bright colors and peaceful pictures. It is the soul traveling through the dark space and the underground world and ascending to the peaceful fairyland on earth. The entire inside and outside of the Zhudi painted lacquer coffin are painted with red lacquer, shining brightly.
The red color symbolizes the sun, the south, life and immortality. The top and side parts of the lacquer coffin are painted with the first fairy mountain - Kunlun Mountain. The mountains are painted with auspicious blue dragons, white tigers and red birds.
Sacred deer, immortals, etc. The owner of the tomb climbed the longed-for Kunlun Fairy Mountain with them, which symbolizes that the soul of the owner of the tomb has escaped the intrusion of evil spirits and reached the peaceful world of gods.
The fourth layer of coffin is also the inner coffin that directly contains the body of the tomb owner. The inside of the coffin is painted with vermilion paint, and the outside of the coffin is painted with black paint. Two ribbons 12 cm wide and 6 to 7 layers thick are wrapped around the outside of the coffin. On the cover and the coffin
The four walls are also decorated with velvet embroidery with tree patterns and silk appliqués with feathers. In the Western Han Dynasty, people believed that in order for mortals to become immortals, they must go through the stage of becoming immortals, which is the so-called "emerging and ascending to immortality". In order to achieve this goal, people would
Putting feathers on the inner coffin actually means dressing the inner coffin with feathers, hoping that the tomb owner can reach the immortal realm with the help of the feathers.
Opening the fourth layer of the coffin, there is a statue of Uncle Liu carved from golden nanmu. Uncle Liu's appearance is lifelike. On Uncle Liu's right hand is a long knife with cold light, and on his left is a sharp spear.
"This should be the Qinglong Yanyue Sword of the Shouting Marquis of the Han Dynasty and the Zhangba Spear of the Xixiang Marquis, right?" One of them stared at these two magical weapons with a cunning light in his eyes.
Under Uncle Liu Huang's feet, there was a huge wooden box, which occupied a large area of the wooden coffin. The man in black, who was headed by him, was obviously more concerned about the wooden box. He waved his hand, and the two people beside him were wearing silk gloves, and their hands were gentle.
Move the wooden box out of the wooden coffin with your feet.
Everyone hurriedly gathered around, expecting the treasure in the box to be revealed. With a click, the wooden box was slowly opened, and a layer of sheepskin scrolls came into view. Uncovering this layer of sheepskin scrolls revealed a layer of silk. Uncover this layer of silk.
It's another layer of silk... it's peeled off layer by layer, and the sweat in everyone's hands seeps out layer by layer.
When the last layer of silk was uncovered, there were no dazzling gold jewels or magic weapons as cold as water, but rather slightly decayed bamboo slips tied up in rolls.
The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. When the onlookers saw this, they couldn't help but sigh in disappointment. Only the man in black at the head remained silent. He took the roll of bamboo slips spread on the top and carefully brushed them away with a silk scarf.
Then he untied the cowhide rope wrapping the bamboo slips, slowly unfolded the bamboo slips, and then with the faint light of the fire, a line of big characters jumped into view: "Marquis Wu's Divine Strategy"!
The man in black was overjoyed. Even though he was very deep in the city, he couldn't help but clench his fists with both hands and look up to the sky and laugh wildly: Oh, hahaha...