World Tibet Bureau

Chapter 799 Fo Ye Da Ye

There is a magical world at the bottom of Guanghan Palace.

The entire bottom of the palace runs from east to west and is very open. It is about the width of two football fields and more than [-] meters wide. As for where the two ends lead to, I don't know at all. It may have penetrated the entire Shennongjia Mountain Area.

The ground is full of huge natural stones. Although they are not artificial, they are very flat and look like a large river embankment.

There is a river beside it.

The river is about sixty meters wide.

The magic is the river above.

The streams outside were frozen.

But the surface of the river continued to be suffused with heat and made a gurgling sound, making the entire river appear steaming and glowing.

The cave walls facing north across the river are covered with large areas of red sandstone.

I don’t know if it’s because of the lighting, but as far as the eye can see, the red sandstone exudes a bright red color, just like the golden dome reflected by the setting sun, which makes people feel palpitated.

There is a huge rock on the south side of the river.

There is still ice on the boulders.

Not just boulders.

The entire river looked like it was covered with ice debris.

Can you imagine?
The south side of the river is covered with ice, and in the middle is the river water that is constantly rolling forward with a warm breath. The north side of the river is covered with red rocks that look like volcanoes.

At the bottom of a cave palace, there is a wonderful scene of ice and fire!
What's even more shocking is.

There is a seven-story stone tower on top of the huge rock raised by the river.

The tower is not too high, only about five or six meters. The two-meter-wide base is firmly connected to the boulder.Each floor of the tower is surrounded by simple tiles, with graceful and vigorous curves.The body of the tower on each floor is also carved with Sanskrit characters, exuding an ancient charm.The top of the pagoda is in the shape of a precious gourd, but this gourd is carved according to the body of the Buddha, with the head on the top and the body of the Buddha on the bottom.

This is the first time I have seen this kind of gourd spire built according to the Buddha's body.

Originally, unless it was a statue of Maitreya, other Buddhas would look weird if they were carved into it, but this is not the case at all. The neck of the gourd is specially reduced, making it a simple transition and not obtrusive at all. The insteps of the left and right feet of the Buddha's body are completely placed on the legs. One hand points downward, and the other hand is in the shape of a flower. He sits cross-legged on the small lotus petals in the Vajra lotus posture.

The entire top of the tower appears to be integrated, without any sense of disharmony. Instead, it has an indescribable beauty!
Let’s look at the Buddha’s face again.

The Buddha's eyes are slightly closed, with an indifferent smile on his lips. His face is relatively thin, his hair is tied up in a bun with hairpins, and the bun ribbon hangs down from his temples, giving him a fairy-like expression.

With my knowledge base.

It is impossible to tell which Buddha is carved.

It doesn't matter that the Buddha looks thin.

Because there is a saying that Buddha has no appearance at all, and takes the appearance of all living beings as his appearance.

We don’t need to explain it with Buddhist principles. Just by understanding it literally, we can see that no matter what the Buddha’s face looks like, it’s not surprising, because all living beings can become Buddhas.Moreover, the characteristics of Buddha images in the past dynasties are also different. For example, there were more fat Buddha images in the Tang Dynasty, while there were many thin Buddha images in the Jin and Song Dynasties.

But because Buddhism is a foreign religion, the bun on the Buddha's head is very particular. There are five main types: polished hair, tied hair, water wave hair, swirling hair, and spiral hair.

and.

In fact, each hairstyle mainly appeared in different eras. The tied hair style appeared most in the Sixteen Kingdoms, the spiral hair style was concentrated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the polished hair style was mostly used in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the wavy hair style and the swirly hair style were used after the Tang Dynasty. Use frequently.

But the bun of the Buddha statue in front of me is actually a bun with a hairpin!
Have you ever watched ancient TV series?

The hairstyle of a typical scholar hero or Taoist priest in a TV series!

Our ancestors began to tie their hair during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The original purpose was to facilitate work. Later, the theory of "the hair and skin of the body are received by the parents. Not daring to damage them is the beginning of filial piety". Keeping hair and beards became It is a unique belief that the ancients attached great importance to three thousand hairs. This hairstyle has also become a symbol of the Han people in ancient times that distinguished them from other so-called "foreign races".

Nowadays, basically no one does bun hair anymore.

The serious Taoist priests in Taoist temples still retain this tradition.That is to say.

Buddhism is a foreign religion, and it is impossible for Buddha statues to wear hairpins and turbans like the scribes and Taoists from the Central Plains!
Never been!

The body of the Buddha is the body of the Buddha, but the head of the Buddha is a typical image of a scribe or Taoist from the Central Plains!
Foye? !

Daeye? !

Totally incredible!

The face of the Buddha faces the red sandstone opposite, and the face is extremely rosy, making it look golden. In addition, the whole body of the pagoda is covered with transparent ice. Although the entire Ice Pagoda is small, ice and fire blend with each other, and the lights beside it Under the reflection, a radiant and magnificent scene appears.

I looked at this not-so-tall Ice Pagoda, dumbfounded in shock, and an uncontrollable urge to explore suddenly surged in my heart.

Thank you Xiang Liu!

If it weren't for them.

I have never seen such a shocking Ice Pagoda!

at this time.

I was pulled a bit.

Turn around.

Small bamboo.

The girl flashed her big eyes and pointed forward with her slender fingers.

I react instantly.

She saw me looking at the Ice Pagoda in a daze and reminded me to pay attention to those people.

I looked away from the magical and beautiful Ice Pagoda and looked at the side of the base.

There are ten people in total.

One is Dai Lin.

The nine people are members of Xiangliu's organization.

Four people from Xiang Liu's organization were digging the base under the Ice Pagoda with machines. Two people actually set up a telescopic roller skating machine on the river and were preparing ropes.

The roller skating machine is also padded with something to prevent damage to the cotton.

obviously.

Xiang Liu's people wanted to dig up this small ice pagoda from the boulder, place it horizontally on a retractable roller skating machine, and then take it out of Guanghan Palace.

The other two people were surrounding Dai Lin.

Dai Lin had a pen and paper in her hand and was writing something on it.

Xia Xi once told me that Dai Lin is a Tibetan girl and she understands ancient Sanskrit.

This scene is probably asking Dai Lin to translate the ancient Sanskrit on the tower.

Dai Lin looked very sad. She must have cried before, but now, under pressure, she still wrote something on the paper seriously.

After a while.

Dai Lin had finished writing and handed over the pen and paper.

(End of this chapter)