Yue Guanchao listened to Song Siyuan's introduction, narrowed his eyes and asked, "According to your opinion, these overhanging buildings are actually historical relics left by Beifu soldiers."
"Yes, judging from the architectural structure, it does have the architectural style before the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, because this mechanical structure is very special, it requires a lot of supports to hold up the building. There will be many diagonal supports below the ground level of the building. The pillars on the stone wall are very different from those in the Xuankong Temple."
Having said that, Song Siyuan pointed to the balcony closest to them. Under the protruding building, there were indeed many wooden and stone pillars supporting the mountain wall diagonally, forming a triangle with the ground platform. This structure was the most stable, but they had not detailed it just now. Looking, I didn't find the support pillar hidden in the bushes.
"Then what does this have to do with the Beifu soldiers? Could it be that it was built by the Beifu soldiers like the Xuankong Temple? Maybe it was the work of the Guifang people." Yue Guanchao questioned.
Song Siyuan retorted: "The source of the Beifu soldiers were the northern common people and refugees who went south. The period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties was also a change in the economy of the north and the south. This change was accompanied by the destruction of the country and the family, and displacement. Although it was painful, it also promoted in a certain sense With the integration of the population, craftsmanship and craftsmanship from the north and south began to blend and converge in various places."
"The building I just mentioned was built in the late Northern Wei Dynasty, probably around 491 AD. If the building we saw was really built by Beifu soldiers, it would have been earlier than the Xuankong Temple. With mutual confirmation, It can basically be determined that it was made by craftsmen from a certain country during the Southern and Northern Dynasties."
"As for the ghost handwriting you mentioned."
Song Siyuan mentioned this and shrugged: "The round house we saw just now is the traditional residence of the Guifang people. If they really like the Chinese style, they will not keep the round house style. If they can keep it, then It proves that the ethnic group agrees with this architectural form.”
"Domed buildings are rare in Chinese architecture. Even if they do exist, they are mostly ancillary buildings such as verandahs and pavilions. They are mainly used for garden landscaping and cannot be used for daily residence."
Speaking of this, Song Siyuan continued to open up old accounts: "The Guifang people were nomadic people in the northwest of the Shang Dynasty. They were accustomed to nomadic pursuits by water and settled in tents. I guess this dome roof is actually a nomadic tent. It’s just that the ghost world is not suitable for nomads, so they fixed the dome. They built a dome building that is completely different from the Chinese style, mostly to commemorate the customs of their ancestors.”
"If my guess is correct, then the Han-style pavilion in front of us is even more the masterpiece of the Beifu soldiers."
Everyone originally just wanted to investigate the situation. Now that they were sure that the building was related to the Beifu soldiers, they became more curious and stepped onto the stone plank road and up to the pavilion.
Yue Guanchao walked up to the platform of the hanging wall pavilion. Looking forward, he could see all the ghost communities in the distance, scattered in various areas of the valley. Looking back, the exquisite and towering hanging wall palace came into view. The majestic and simple style seemed to be walking Entering the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people can feel their scalp numb without realizing it.
He stepped on the floor a few times, but there was no sound except for the clicking sound of footsteps. This can already show the stability of the building. It was at least more than a thousand years ago. With half-inserted beams and wooden structure supports, it is really solid. abnormal.
If it were built on the ground, this kind of thousand-year-old pavilion would have collapsed long ago without maintenance. It can only exist stably by relying on the mountain wall.
When the gate of the palace is opened, the space inside the palace has been expanded by two-thirds inward, forming a space ten meters deep and six meters wide. There are caissons, carved beams and painted pillars on the top, flat stone slabs on the bottom, pillar foundation stones, and many surroundings. Grotto murals from the Southern and Northern Dynasties are painted, and the walls are covered with scriptures about gods and Buddhas.
The murals in the temple have existed for thousands of years, and the bright pigments have long been oxidized. After the pigments faded, they formed a slightly rustic and old color. Although they lost the bright texture, they gained a heavy flavor of history.
Before the mural, there was a stone shelf with a gradual drop from the top of the hall to the ground. Circular niches were cut out on it, and many puppets of soldiers wearing two levels of armor were placed.
If you look closely, you will see that the puppet is about the same size as a newborn baby, half an arm long, with complete eyes, ears, mouth and nose, arms, legs and feet. It is pierced and covered with crotch armor from the Southern and Northern Dynasties!
This kind of crotch armor is completely different from the armors of later generations. The gray and blue armor pieces are woven into a rectangular shape. The inner red cloth edge is three inches longer and divided into two pieces, front and back. It is tightened at the waist and shoulders, and is also worn on the lower body. Wearing wide pleats of cotton and linen trousers, a black leather belt around the waist, flip-up shoes, a plain scarf, and a sword in his hand. Most of their faces have single eyelids, a flat nose, and curved eyebrows with a smile. meaning.
They had seen similar armors in the cold and warm caves. They were the attire of military generals during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. They were much simpler than those of ordinary soldiers. They were dressed like this, almost like high-ranking generals, and it was also the customary attire of the emperor's honor guard on patrol.
Song Siyuan stared at the puppets carefully. Although the faces of these puppets were different, they were all dressed in the same image. The hall was full of such puppets, with smiling faces, as if they were staring at them all.
"What are these places for? There are so many puppets."
It's not like Yue Guanchao has never seen sacrificial temples. According to the habits of Han people, most of them are used to display spiritual tablets and urns. It's true that he has never seen many puppets.
In the eyes of the older generation, anything with a human form is naturally spiritual, and is very attractive to some incorporeal dirty things. These dirty things cannot offend the statues and gods, but if they want to practice, they will make some mistakes. The idea, for example, is to possess a puppet, a puppet, or even a scarecrow.
As long as it is a humanoid object without a name or ownership, it may become their host and be possessed by these dirty things to harm people.
Puppets are generally used to impose overpowering curses. They cannot be made easily, and of course they will not be on the stage. If they are displayed, they will bring disaster to themselves. Puppetes like this are even more taboo among the people!
Folks, if they are unhappy with other people and have really bad intentions, they will often stick a puppet at the door and write their birthday and birth date. After the needle is stuck, the person who has been cursed will be in pain to death, and even It was taking a human life.
When it comes to monsters and gods, the common people are of course more cautious and don't dare to provoke them at that time. As for taking the initiative to do evil things like being a villain, they are unwilling to do it. With this major premise, in the old life, they will face non-gods in their human form. Objects should either be kept at a distance or destroyed directly, lest any dirty things get attached to them and become the climate again.
When you first look at these puppets, they do seem to be stared at by hundreds of pairs of eyes. The sense of horror comes from the eyes of these puppets. If you count the years of nearly two thousand years, you don't know what dirt is attached to them.
If you want to say that it is for sacrifice, it must be marked with the name to avoid being occupied by some dirty things. But if it is overwhelming, at least there are some needles and nails on it. At the moment, these things have no trace at all, which makes people suspicious, but it is impossible to take them. What's the right idea?
