Imperial Mausoleum Treasure

For a long time, seeing no reply, the three big lamas were full of suspicion, so they strode over holding the butter lantern high.The second monster held the sharp knife tightly in his hand, feeling a little nervous.

However, the three big lamas found a multicolored poisonous snake beside the skeleton wall, holding its triangular head up, and hissing at them a strange snake letter, they couldn't help turning around angrily. One of the big lamas in red clothes picked up the snake A ferocious skull was placed back on the skull wall.

The three of them yawned continuously, stretched their waists, muttered, and went back to sleep.

At this time, the second monster, who was hiding behind the skull wall like a god, couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat!

Soon the two monsters saw that the butter lamp in the room had gone out, and after a while, the lamas were snoring like thunder.

The second monster was like a weasel, scurrying around the corners of the yard quietly, looking for the entrance of the skeleton wall, but found nothing.

Finally, the second monster turned back and found the entrance of the underground palace three meters away from the dark side of the skull wall. It was covered by an inconspicuous stone slab, so disguised that it was hard to see that it was the entrance of the underground palace.

This world-famous and shocking skull wall is a typical product of Tibetan sky burial, and it is also a traditional burial method of Mongolian and other ethnic minorities, such as burial and sand burial, cremation and double burial, water burial and wind burial, tree burial and cave burial and secret burial. Burial is the same as returning the corpse to nature.

It is a pious belief, a form of expressing the memory and condolences of the deceased, and its essence is just a social and cultural phenomenon. Therefore, different historical periods, different countries and regions, different nationalities and even different social classes will form different way of burial.

The difference is that the Mongolian celestial burials feed the corpses to hungry wolves, while the Tibetans put the corpses on the roof to be eaten by the eagles, and take the corpses to the sky to ascend and reincarnate, thinking that this can bring the souls of the dead to the Himalayas The Holy Kingdom of Paradise.

As early as in the famous "Book of Changes? Xici Zhuan", there is a detailed record: "The ancient burials were paid with thick clothes and paid, and they were buried in the wild, without seals or trees".

There are also Masai people living in eastern Africa. After they die, they wash the body of the deceased with clean water, and then apply a layer of good pure cream, "but without non-dairy creamer and melamine cream. ".

Then, it was solemnly placed in the center of the house, and all relatives knelt silently around the body, praying devoutly for a whole day to save the dead.

Afterwards, led by the respected elders of the village, the people carried the body to the wilderness and put the body there for wild animals to devour and birds to peck at.

As early as the ancient barbaric era, people dealt with corpses in an extremely rough and simple way, usually at will, or discarded in the wilderness, or thrown into caves, left to rot, or the beasts scrambled to tear and eat .

According to the great Tibetan historical documents, the history of Tibetan sacred sky burial customs can be traced back to before the seventh century AD.

The famous Bon religion in ancient times divided the world into three parts: heaven, earth, and underground, among which the gods occupy an extremely important position.The first Zanpu of Tubo and the six Zanpu after him are all the sons of gods who descended to the world along the ladder of heaven.

And they all returned to the sky along the ladder after completing the human career entrusted by the gods. This is what is called the "Seven Kings of Tianchi" in history.Therefore, the theory of celestial burial has become even more mysterious.

How did the "Seven Kings of Tianchi" "disappear" from the world after their death? The most dangerous and remote places are hidden.

But only did not escape the vulture's sight.Vultures are large birds that usually inhabit alpine regions. Domestically, they are more common on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They are a group of two or three, or a single one. Clairvoyance is not like today's poor and overwhelmed myopic children's shoes who hold books and study hard every day, ha ha.

When the mysterious wizards secretly placed the king's body in a remote mountain, perhaps because of the right time, place and people, a group of angel vultures that came suddenly pecked at the king's body without leaving any room.

Heaven obeys man's wishes, and the sacred mission of transporting the king's corpse back to the heaven was finally fulfilled by the vulture unexpectedly.Since then, the vulture has become the only "god" with magical functions that can bring the king's corpse back to the heaven.

Moreover, celestial burial is also a special form of Buddhist charity, that is, the deceased voluntarily dedicated his last little thing—the dead body to the visible vultures and those invisible gods on the celestial burial platform.

The great Tibetans have always admired vultures, calling them "divine birds" and hunting them is strictly prohibited.In the celestial burial, people use vultures to achieve physical liberation and the sublimation of their souls.

At the same time, as a result of giving the useless corpses to the vultures, the small insects and small beings who are eaten by the vultures will suffer less damage and have more chances of survival.

Therefore, using one's useless corpse to protect a useful little life is regarded as a good karma with immeasurable merit in Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism.

Moreover, in the sky burial, the Tibetans specifically express the concepts of "compassion" and "emptiness" of Tibetan Buddhism.

Therefore, although the sky burial originated in India, it has been integrated into Tibetan ideas and methods in Tibetan areas, and has become a funeral custom full of Tibetan local characteristics.

In addition, the choice of celestial burial platform is also different. The selection of celestial burial platform by Tibetans is carefully selected by Tantric masters according to their insight and Feng Shui, and the ancient barbaric "abandoned corpse burial method"!It is random, just a way of disposing of the corpse, a bit like taking out the garbage at random today.

And the sacred sky burial is called "Du Chui Oh Jewa" in Tibetan!It means "send the corpse to the burial ground", also called "Qia Duo" and bird burial.When the time for parking and chanting expires, the body will be sent to the celestial burial ground.

Most of the celestial burials are on the mountainside not far from the temple, and these mountainsides are relatively famous.Some celestial burials have a large and flat rock, while others are just a pile of stones. There are usually monks who specialize in celestial burials, called celestial burial masters.

The prayer flags around the celestial burial are rolled around and fluttering in the wind, embracing the mysterious celestial burial in the middle.The celestial burial master stands beside the corpse. He will lift the conch shell and blow it into the sky to make a mountain sound. Then, he will light up the cypress or mulberry smoke, ring the bell, and begin to recite the Sutra for the deceased.

As the thick smoke of the cypress rose into the air, the eagle eagle hovering in the sky in the distance would hula and land not far from the celestial burial platform, grinding its sharp beak.Then there were more eagles and eagles overwhelming the sky, further falling around the celestial burial platform.

The second monster has been lurking on the glazed tiles on the roof of the Bodhidharma Temple, because the seventh brother heard that someone died in the vicinity a few days ago, and they are going to have a sky burial before dawn this morning. They want to see it with their own eyes. A frightening scene.