"Eternal lamp? What does it look like? How big is it?" I asked him curiously.
Watermelon Head gestured and said: It is about the size of a volleyball, with an oval bronze bowl on top, a hollow bronze stick in the middle, and an octagonal animal support at the bottom.
He also said that when three Shaanxi tomb robbers entered the main tomb chamber, the ever-burning lamp was still dimly lit and was placed on the right side of the coffin. There was a solid grease substance in the lamp that was half white and half black. At first glance, It looks a bit like the black and white Tai Chi pattern, but it smells stinky.
We just sat and chatted, he didn't have to lie to me, so it was probably true.
After listening to his description carefully, I shook my head and said, "It's hard to say, but it's really possible."
"Anyway, you will definitely lose money on that thing for four million. At least I haven't seen that thing in the past few years."
Xiguatou said: "Guess which ruthless master's tomb that lamp came from? That man is famous in history. If I tell you, you will definitely be surprised."
"Lishan?" I asked with a frown.
Xiguatou smiled and said: "Of course not. Anyone who dares to go to Lishan now is just looking for death."
I couldn't have guessed this. I can't think of any place in China besides the place where the ancestral dragon rests where the everlasting lantern can be found.
First of all, I made it clear that, including the leader, we northerners all believe that the Changming Lamp is real and there must be such a lamp under Lishan Mountain. Time will eventually verify my words.
The ancients believed that death is like a lamp going out. As long as the lamp does not go out, the person may exist in another way.
However, the ever-burning lanterns seen by us in the industry are not the same as those seen in movies and TV series.
This passage is clearly left in the historical records: "In the ninth month, the First Emperor was buried in Mount Li, and the craftsmen were ordered to make crossbow arrows. Anyone who got close would shoot at them. They used mercury as a symbol for hundreds of rivers, rivers and seas. They were imbued with mechanical signs and astronomical symbols. , with geography underneath, use mermaid ointment as a candle to save the immortal for a long time.
"Mermaid ointment" is often said to be the oil of mermaids in the sea, and many experts have verified that the everlasting lamp uses fat oil from whales.
Sima Qian cared about his reputation very much. He would not write nonsense in historical records. I asked him how the whale looked like a human.
If you ask me, "mermaid ointment" is most likely "ray oil". Think about it, does it look like a human face if you turn a ray over? It has a mouth and eyes.
I guess the same kind of stingray oil was used to burn the seven-star lanterns in Zhuji that year.
Watermelon Head was obsessed with the lamp he sold. He wanted to hear my opinion, so I told him my thoughts.
I personally speculate that the ever-burning lamp does not exist alone, but is most likely a set of a lamp and a large container.
Large enough to hold at least a thousand kilograms of fish oil, this container uses the principle of an hourglass to continuously deliver fuel to the lamp.
Fish oil burns for a long time at a time, but even so, it cannot continue to burn for thousands of years, which violates the law of conservation of energy.
So I think that when the ancient tomb is completely closed, the ever-burning lamp will slowly extinguish, and when the tomb is opened, it will light itself. This is where the theory of ever-lasting light comes from.
Some people will definitely say that you are talking nonsense again, right?
I'm not kidding, I've experienced this myself several times.
From the late Warring States Period to the Tang Dynasty, there would be small niches on the walls of the main tombs, usually containing pottery pots containing grains and oil lamps. I once touched the oil lamp in the wall hole and it started to burn on its own. It's very scary, just like the owner of the tomb welcomes you and takes the initiative to light the lamp for you in case you can't see the way.
I asked some seniors, and they told me that this kind of situation usually only occurs in places with arid climate and lack of rain in Hunan, Chengdu, Gansu, and Ningxia, because white phosphorus or yellow phosphorus is added to that kind of lamp.
This thing melts when it sees water and burns when it comes into contact with oxygen.
Combining these points to analyze the ever-burning lamp that Xiguatou mentioned, the half-black, half-white and smelly lamp oil should be a mixture of white phosphorus and stingray oil. Even if a thousand years have passed, it can still burn as long as it has not evaporated completely. With.
After hearing this, Xiguatou said: "The opinions are well-founded and indeed extraordinary. You are worthy of being a new generation of technical talents trained by the Northern School."
"Thank you, you're not bad either. We are each other."
He said: "I have investigated your details and heard that you have a unique skill?"
I smiled and said, "Who did you hear this from? My kung fu is only so-so. If compared to ordinary people, I can beat a hundred or ten of them."
Watermelon Head also laughed and said, "Actually, our two childhood experiences were very similar. If we don't become enemies, it would be nice to become friends."
I was stunned and said, "Are you also an orphan?"
The lights in the huge office were dim. He turned his head out of the window, putting aside the old-fashioned pot lid. His hair was not greedy, and his facial features were very three-dimensional.
Just listen to what he said: "I was sold by my parents when I was about two years old. I was sold back and forth for a long time. Later, I was sold to a farm in the northwest to help people herd sheep. When I was twelve years old, I had my first time. Killing, it was raining that night, I killed four members of the farm owner’s family.”
