Cliff tombs are difficult, and ancient tools and techniques are not developed enough. Why did the ancients choose this burial method?
We all admit that there are many cleverness of the ancients that we can't think of now, at least we ordinary people can't match. However, the ancients not only invented all kinds of things necessary for life, but also made death and burial mysterious.
Cliff burial is one of the most special burial methods, because it hangs over the cliff, ranging from 20 to 300 meters above the water. The whole rock wall is like a chessboard, dotted with patterns of different sizes, which makes the viewer sigh: spectacular!
However, reality tells us that these hanging coffins have been around for more than 2,500 years. In that era when technology and tools were not advanced, transporting these coffins was tantamount to "going to heaven." At least, today we think it is inoperable.
This makes us curious, why bother to lift the coffin so high when there is no such advanced technology? Moreover, it is not buried, which does not conform to the concept of "being buried in peace" in China. Why did they choose this way of burial?
According to research, most of these hanging coffins were built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and some were earlier. Most of the hanging coffins were people who crossed the country at that time. They think that "the highest person thinks of filial piety, and the one who buries the highest person gets a reward." So the descendants of the deceased will try their best to carry them to the highest cliff for burial.
Then why do Vietnamese people, or people in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, advocate height so much? And buried on a cliff, not in a mountain?
It is said that people at that time suffered from war all the year round. They think that the best living condition should be quiet and enjoy the nourishment of green mountains and green waters. The world is very big, where is the quietest? Where can I stay with the green mountains and green waters without being disturbed? Naturally, cliffs are the best choice.
In fact, this kind of cliff tomb can really satisfy the desire of the deceased to calm down and enjoy the grace of green mountains and green waters forever. In particular, there are so many peaks in Longhu Mountain, which is not only quiet, but also a treasure trove of geomantic omen in the eyes of the ancients. It is called the source of Taoism. It's easy to understand. The ancients hid coffins and violently attacked half of them.
Of course, in terms of people's thoughts at that time, this burial method did not meet the requirements of the deceased, but it certainly had extraordinary significance for the living. After all, China has always done a lot for the living, so hanging coffins is a natural custom.
Now people can't find a way to hang coffins. Modern experts give a method: use modern pulleys to carry the coffin up.
Although it is their business how the ancients buried themselves, it is a bit difficult for our descendants to carry this heavy coffin to the cliff. Because even if you can't guess, there were no tools such as cranes and helicopters. How can it be fun to carry a coffin in a place like this?
Of course, there are too many people who can't figure out a way, including the Longhu Mountain Scenic Area in Jiangxi. As spokesmen for the scenery of Longhu Mountain, they are also at a loss. What gods did the ancients use to operate and send themselves so far away? It was an era when there were only bronzes.
In the spirit of being open-minded and eager to learn, Longhu Mountain Scenic Area also held a reward decryption activity. I heard that the bonus is also quite high, with a huge amount of 3.5 million. Listen, knowledge is wealth. You can answer one question, and you will be well off soon.
Unfortunately, some knowledge is destined to be unpopular. Although it is good to have money, the world can't understand its operation essentials. As a result, Longhu Mountain Scenic Area was caught in a dilemma: no one gave a qualified answer for such a high reward. Is it a mystery deliberately left by the ancients? How do you want us to receive guests and answer their questions?
However, someone later asked an expert to give a hypothetical answer, that is, hanging the coffin with pulleys and ropes. If you have seen the hanging coffin performance in Longhu Mountain Scenic Area, I believe it is no stranger to this, and it is quite convenient.
The specific operation is to send a few people to the cliff, then fix the pulley at a high place, and then put on the rope to hang it down. At this time, the ships on the river tied the coffin, hoisted it directly into the cave, and finally pulled the coffin from the cave to the cliff.
Does this method look ok? Well, it seems so. But were there pulleys in those days? It's hard to say, or the ancients were smart enough to use wooden wheels, such as wooden wheels and stone wheels.
However, there is an important problem, that is, on the cliffs of Longhu Mountain, people have searched everywhere and found no traces of ancient people fixing pulleys. This doesn't make sense. Whether the ancients didn't have crown block or didn't adopt this method at all, I'm afraid it can only be understood according to personal thinking.
Anyway, it is for this reason that the idea of hanging coffins on cliffs conceived by experts has been rejected by many people. We would rather be bored than believe in false answers. We are serious about science.
Hanging coffins as an unsolved secret, there are many speculations about hanging coffins nowadays. What is the most common statement you have made?
In fact, since the hanging coffin was excavated in 1970s, it has become a legend in the eyes of many people. At first, it was said that these coffins were hung by God with gold thread. Some people even say that coffins are not corpses at all, but gold, silver and jewels and wordless gobbledygook.
Well, we are not superstitious. We have never seen such a figure as a fairy, so we set him as an alien. As for what's in those coffins, to be exact: the dead ancients.
Of course, in addition to the dead ancients, there are funerary objects, such as pottery, bronze-like ritual vessels, bone jade, stone tools and so on. It is said that it is forbidden to use metal utensils during burial, so there are no gold, silver and bronze utensils. But the coffins are exquisite, mostly nanmu.
Not only that, the coffin itself has different shapes, such as cylindrical, rectangular, oblate, covered and even roof. Most of these coffins are not assembled, but made of a huge piece of wood. Isn't it amazing?
Because of this, people are more curious about the method of hanging coffins on cliffs, because obviously, coffins without splicing should be more tensile, so as to keep the coffins strong. Does this mean that the coffin was really pulled to the hanging wall with a rope?
In fact, there are many speculations about the method of hanging coffins. Personally, I think it is more reliable. As for Machamp's theory of God's chaos, forget it.
The first method must be the rope wheel hoisting mentioned above. After all, it is the most labor-saving and easy to operate, and the rope pulling method should be more reliable. But the problem is that the operation is hard to say, and there is no substantive evidence, so I can only think about it.
The second method is to build a temporary plank road, which is also a purposeful idea. First, build a temporary plank road. After the coffin is hoisted and placed, remove the plank road while withdrawing. Well, this method is good, but the question is, is the plank road easy to repair? Moreover, nanmu giant coffin is very heavy. What kind of plank road can bear? It is not very convenient to operate.
But there is another way, which is to use the water level to park the coffin in the highest place. As for the problem of high altitude now, it is because of geological changes. The water level is not as high as before, so it has become an unattainable cliff. This statement is very reliable. After all, it has been thousands of years. Who knows how high the water level was in Longhu Mountain before, don't you think?
In fact, the mystery left by our country is not only the cliff tomb, but also the famous Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, which still stands there, and even grave robbers dare not approach it, right? Therefore, the secret of hanging coffins is just one of many small secrets for our people. It doesn't matter if it can be solved. Anyway, this is a miracle of our country.