According to folklore, Kanergou is also called Shatugou.
It is actually a large group of tombs of Xixia aristocrats.
Xixia was influenced by the Tang and Song Dynasties and believed in Buddhism.
The tombs are also consistent with the Feng Shui situation.
Many years ago, this place was a Shuishaozi, and in the dialect, it was called water.
Shaozi refers to an underground river that originates from afar and flows out of the desert, forming a sea with sandy mountains as its backing.
There is a photo in front and a back in the back.
The Xixia nobles considered it a treasure land.
They used mural tomb bricks as chambers and there were an extremely large number of large and small tomb chambers.
Back then, there were still Shuishaozi, and camel teams crossing the desert usually took to the water here.
Later, the water source dried up, and bandits, warlords, defeated Kuomintang troops, and even White Russians carried out plunder many times, and all valuables were stolen.
It was hollowed out, but the situation is still there, and it was not completely buried by the quicksand.
In the past, there were flocks of yellow sheep in Mu Us, and the people who hunted the yellow sheep often went to the tomb to avoid the wind and sand.
The four people put on their backpacks, abandoned the car and walked.
The fine sand was soft and sank with each step, making the march extremely difficult.
Under the scorching sun, they compared the map and the compass to identify the direction.
They descended the Dasha Slope and crossed several sand dunes.
A strip of sand appeared in front of them. ditch.
We walked to Shatugou, dug a few holes, and found a tomb with not much sand to go down.
We immediately felt a chill.
Although the tomb was gloomy, it was much better than being exposed to the scorching sun.
I took a few breaths, shook off the sand from my body, turned on the flashlight and looked around.
The tombs of Xixia nobles were relatively small in size.
Most of the mounds were tower-shaped, with tomb bricks forming two or three chambers.
The tomb door was carved with water and fire pictures.
The tomb bricks on the ground have incised patterns, and the four walls are painted one brick at a time.
The significant difference between Xixia tombs and Central Plains tombs is that there is a small hole on the top of the Xixia tomb chamber, and an ever-burning lamp is hung from top to bottom.
Before sealing the tomb, the ever-bright lamp is lit, and then sealed with seven layers of tomb bricks.
The ever-bright lamp exhausts the oxygen in the tomb.
A vacuum is formed, which preserves the murals extremely well.
There is a screen wall in front of the tomb door, with reliefs of military commanders and supporting beasts.
Above it is a colorfully painted nebula pattern gate, with all kinds of fairy and strange beasts, creating a majestic atmosphere.
The murals on the tomb bricks are mainly divided into four categories.
The first one shows the tomb owner riding a horse and hunting during his life.
The second one depicts the scene of the tomb owner accompanying the army in battle.
The third one depicts the tomb owner and his wife enjoying extravagant banquets.
The fourth one shows the slaves busy with slaughtering and cooking.
Waiting for the servants.
In addition to the dazzling murals in the tomb, there are only four stone figurines carrying the coffin.
The platform under the coffin is also called the coffin base.
They are all in the shape of a naked slave warrior, kneeling on the ground, eyes wide open, and fangs in the mouth.
The belly is big and the waist is round, the arms are thick, the head and shoulders are level, and the head is lowered and the body is carrying weight.
It can be seen from the murals on the tomb bricks that it should be a tomb for a husband and wife, and the owner of the tomb is a general.
It is said that the murals in several of the tombs also have the God of Conquering Demons.
In the past, yellow sheep hunters often entered the tombs to escape the wind and sand, and camel teams from Shengshui also came in.
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The elderly local herdsmen talked about the murals in the tombs, and they were vivid.
There are also several demon-suppressing halls in Shanxi and Henan, dedicated to the demon-suppressing emperor, with the green dragon, white tiger, red bird, and Xuanwu as protectors.
This is according to the tradition of the Taoist sect.
The demon-suppressing deity in the Xixia murals belongs to the branch of Buddhism and was lost to later generations.
How many people have seen it.
I wanted to find the corresponding mural and take a closer look, so I ate some dry food, rested in the tomb for a while, then lit a torch and walked inside.
There are no less than 1,400 tombs of Xixia nobles in Kanergou that were excavated by tomb thieves before 1949.
They are all brick tombs with murals.
The main murals in the tombs are not on the four walls, but on the top of the head, which is completely different from the common tombs in the Western Regions.
In the Western Xia aristocratic concept, the tomb owner is the sponsor of Buddhist murals.
The more exquisite the murals in the tomb, the greater the merits after death.
The top wall of the main tomb is plastered with white plaster, and the top is not painted bricks one by one.
The paintings are very large, and some even use gold powder.
We used torches to illuminate it and looked up as we walked forward.
There are a small number of murals on the top of the tomb, which are not of the Sutra theme.
Judging from the depictions in these murals, before the destruction of the Western Xia Dynasty, underground rivers gushed out of the water tips of the desert, not just in Kanergou, but also in several Buddhas.
Caves and temples are distributed along the underground river, which leads directly to the underground palace.
Unfortunately, the damage was serious, the gold powder was scraped off, and a large number of mural tomb bricks were incomplete.
Many of them were weathered and peeled off, and the colors were dim and blurry.
It is estimated that all the exquisite Xixia murals will disappear in less than 20 to 30 years.
Moreover, the tombs are connected one after another, and there are too many murals in the tombs.
If you look at them one by one, you will not be able to see so many in three to five days
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