What is the true face of the Silk Road Exploration 丨 "Nine -Floor Demon Tower"?Reporter visits the Great Tomb No. 1

Zhejiang News Client reporter Li Jiaohuan

"There was a" golden ' -shaped wooden tower made of thousands of giant trees on the ground. There are countless red flashing stars on the tower. Through those weak flashing views, the base of the wooden tower has nearly two hundred meters nearly two hundred meters. Wide, tamped with mudslides, the millennium cypress wood constructed into a tower body, a total of nine floors ... Is this the grave? The scale is so huge, who built it underground? "

This is the "Nine -Floor Demon Building" described in the novel "Ghost Blowing Lantern". In 2014, the movie "The Nine -Floor Monster Tower of Ghost Blowing Lantern" adapted from this novel was released, which was deeply attracted to the public's attention. Today, the legend of the "Nine -Floor Demon Tower" still makes archaeological fans talk about.

What is the true face of the "Nine -Floor Demon Tower"?

At the exhibition site of the "West Sea Changyun: The 6-8th Century Silk Road Qinghai Road" exhibition site, the micro-reduction model of an ancient tomb allowed many audiences to stop and stay. This tomb is the big tomb of hot water, and it is also the prototype of the legendary "nine -story demon tower".

(At the "West Sea Changyun" exhibition, the micro -shrinking model of the Tomb No. 1 Tomb No. 1.)

On July 12, the reporter came to the hot water tomb group with the 2022 Silk Road Zhouqinghai Road Inspection Troupe to explore the legendary "demon tower".

The Great Tomb No. 1 is based on the foot of Bloody Weishan, and the Wusu River in Chakhan in the south. After the car arrived at the destination, a small mountain -like high soil pile was lying in front of him. The steps made of rocks quickly reached the top. There is a large flat ground on the top. On the right side of the flat ground, a tip soil of about 12 meters is standing.

Caption: Hot Water No. 1 Tomb

Caption: Original sealed soil pile

Han Jianhua, an associate researcher at the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters that this sharp soil pile is the original sealing soil pile of the Great Tomb No. 1. That is the relic part of the "Nine -Floor Demon Tower". There is a glass protective cover in the flat ground beside the soil, below the tomb.

(Hotwater No. 1 Great Tomb Scene.)

The wall of the tomb is made of stone and cypress. The so -called "nine floors" layer is actually the number of cypresses in the ceiling. Previously, the tomb was always regarded as a mountain. Local legends, thousands of years ago, there was a magic country here, and was later destroyed by the hero King Gesar. This tomb is the tomb of the devil. "Nine -story Demon Building" originated from this.

Is the owner of this tomb? At present, there are many speculation in the academic circles. The possibility is more likely to be the Tugu Hunwun Wang Yansong. The King Tuuhun married the Tubo Princess Daocang after the death of Tuyu Hun, who died around 689-706. His and Princess Mo He Tuyu Hun was named Tubo Khan Khan by Tubo.

The discovery of the Great Tomb No. 1 is also accidental. In 1982, Xu Xinguo and colleagues from the Qinghai Provincial Archaeological Research Team went to Dulan to investigate rock paintings and stayed at the Tibetan compatriots Dalo's house at night. They learned from Darokou that there were many ancient tombs on the opposite bank of the Chasun River, so they crossed the river to investigate and found the big tomb. Before Xu Xinguo conducted archeological excavations, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the warlord Ma Bufang had stolen the tomb to raise the army. After the gold and silver instruments in the tomb were taken away, the officers and soldiers fell a fire. Now there are traces of incineration in the tomb.

The excavation site of Blood Wei No. 1 Tomb one.

Not far from the Great Tomb No. 1, there is also a tomb, which is often mistaken for the "nine -story demon tower". In November 2017, a grave robber was excavated here, and more than 600 cultural relics were stolen. In March 2018, the 3.15 project team was established by the Interpol Corps of the Qinghai Provincial Public Security Department to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the case. 646 precious cultural relics were successfully recovered. The cemetery is also named "Bloody No. 1 Tomb 2018".

(The "Bloody Weiwei No. 1 Tomb model of" West Sea Changyun "exhibition.)

Part of these 646 cultural relics are now exhibited at the "Western Sea Changyun" exhibition. For example, this person's fish tail gold trim, its front end is the character image, with double wings, below is the bird's foot, but behind it is the fish tail of the fish body, the shape is gorgeous and rising. Personal fish tail image is relatively rare in archeological discovery in my country, with strong Iranian colors and religious connotations. Experts speculate that it may be the decoration of the scabbard.

Caption: Personal fish tail gold jewelry

Caption; the "2018 Bloody Tomb Tomb" in the Haixi State Museum has been borrowed to the "West Sea Changyun" exhibition.

Han Jianhua said, "Before archeological excavation, there were more than 40 holes in the 2018 Bloody 1 Tomb." Various precious treasures were unearthed here. Among them, a string of beads, some of the beads above from India, some from Central Asia, and even from the Northeast; a string of gold chain unearthed up to 729 grams. There are similar gold chains, but this age was earlier, during the period of Tang Tianbao.

Dulan is an important place on the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road and an important channel for cultural exchanges and trade on the East and West. The Tomb No. 1 and 2018 Bloody 1 Tomb belong to the hot water tomb. It is an important relic of the tribe active on this land in the 6-8th century. The strong radiation power of Central Plains culture.

Caption: The Golden Mo seat exhibited at the 40th anniversary exhibition of the hot water tomb group was unearthed from the tomb No. 1 of Blood Wei in 2018. Photo by Qianjiang Evening News · hour news reporter Liu Yuhan.

On the same day, the 40th anniversary exhibition of the hot water tomb group also opened at the Dulan County Museum. Han Jianhua, who hosted the Tomb of Bloody No. 1 in 2018, was very emotional. "Archeology was a very difficult thing. Mr. Xu Xinguo stopped a military vehicle that year to enter the vicinity. Now, our working conditions have been very large. Improvement. "Han Jianhua said. The greenhouse covered on the tomb No. 1 in 2018 is the only archaeological greenhouse on the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau. The airlines installed in the greenhouse are 49 meters across the greenhouse, which is 49 meters and a weight of 5 tons. First hanging ". Chinese archeology is also continuously developing. For 40 years, new methods of archeological measurement such as RTK and full station instruments have emerged. New concepts such as settlement archeology have also emerged. Multi -disciplinary cooperation and other working methods have also allowed researchers to extract more from the archeological site. Important information.

【Reporter Notes】

Initially, Mr. Xu Xinguo came to the hot water to investigate the rock paintings of Rusou. The reporter also came to this cliff on the 12th and climbed up on foot. He observed the magnificent Tang cliff stone carvings and prehistoric rock paintings at a close range.

Caption: Ruisou History Prehistoric Rock painting

But the way to come here is really "bumpy", almost all of the soil roads along the way, and you will feel too bumpy by car. Today, there are still some difficulties to enter the archeological scene of the hot water tomb. Decades ago, how hard the seniors of the Chinese archeological community had paid to the world can make these civilized ruins. These tasks cannot be forgotten. This is also the significance of the "Western Sea Changyun" exhibition as the first archeological exhibition that focuses on Haixi's cultural relic mining process.

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