Treasure well

Chapter 535
Chu Yunqiu looked at the books in his hand, and then cleaned up all the books in the box.

Chu Yunqiu counted, there are 36 books in total, some are thin, some are thick, as thick as elementary school textbooks, and as thick as Xinhua dictionaries.

The words on the books were all in Sanskrit, and Chu Yunqiu couldn't understand them.

Chu Yunqiu knew in his heart the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang. He not only read it in textbooks, but also went there himself.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave, is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, within Gansu Province. Together with the Yungang Grottoes in Datong in the Western Jin Dynasty, the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang in southern Henan, and the Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui, Gansu Province, they are also known as the four major grottoes in China.

The Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang were built in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and have gone through the precarious construction of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Xixia, Yuan and other dynasties, forming a huge scale.

There are more than 700 caves in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, the murals stretch over 4 square meters, and there are countless Buddha statues.

It can be said that it is the largest and richest Buddhist art site in the world.

The Sutra Cave is undoubtedly one of the most famous places among the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.

His cultural value far exceeds the actual value.

The Tibetan Scripture Cave is a common name for the Seventeen Caves of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and it does not refer to a single grotto.

The Buddhist Scripture Cave was built in the Tang Dynasty as a shadow cave for Hong Bian, the leader of the Hexi Monk community.

Later, after years of changes, the Tang Dynasty perished, the Northern Song Dynasty, Daliao, and Xixia were established, and the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang became the land of Xixia.

Considering the disaster of the war, the monks of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang sealed up all the scriptures, documents, files and paintings of Buddha statues preserved in the temple in the past, and then built the walls outside and painted murals to hide the eyes and ears. .

Later, because the monks also fled the war, the cave became decadent and darkened over time. The cave passage was blocked by wind and sand, so it was closed for nearly 800 years.

It was not until the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty that the scripture caves of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang were reappeared.

The Taoist king of Mogao Grottoes led people to "dredge the three layers of sand in the cave with running water", and the secret room first appeared in the world, and it was called "the cave for storing scriptures".

The largest collection of documents in the Dunhuang posthumous books was unearthed in the Sutra Cave, which is the icing on the cake for the famous historical and cultural city.

It has become an important material for studying the civilizations of various dynasties starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Middle Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty.

Tens of thousands of ancient Buddhist scriptures, Taoist scriptures and secular documents have been discovered in the Tibetan Scripture Cave. The secret caves of Dunhuang Grottoes contain the most Buddhist scriptures, as well as astronomy, calendars, history, geography, local chronicles, illustrated scriptures, medical books, Folk customs, famous books, account books, poems, lyrics, dialects, travel notes, miscellaneous writing, and book learning are regarded as one of the four great discoveries in the history of Chinese culture.The Dunhuang posthumous writings are mostly in Chinese, and there are also Tubo, Uighur, and Xixia scripts.Mongolian, Sogdian, Turkic, Khotanese, Sanskrit, Tocharian, Hebrew and other ancient ethnic languages,

Dunhuang posthumous writings are mainly in scrolls, and there are also various forms such as Buddhist suitcases, folded scriptures, butterflies, booklets and single pages, as well as some rubbings, printed and embroidered books, etc.

The thing in Chu Yunqiu's hand was nothing else, it was a book written in Sanskrit, probably a Buddhist scripture, but Chu Yunqiu didn't know it.

You can only wait for an expert to appraise it after you go back.

Chu Yunqiu looked at the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes book in his hand, feeling pain in his heart.

Like the Old Summer Palace, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes were also visited by invaders.

Most of the books in the scripture cave were looted.

At that time, Taoist Wang discovered the Buddhist Scripture Cave, but unfortunately, none of the local wealthy gentry in Dunhuang knew the value of the ancient relics in the cave, and the corrupt Qing government failed to protect them as they should, resulting in the failure of the Buddhist scriptures to be stored in the cave. A large number of Dunhuang posthumous documents and cultural relics in the cave were carried away by foreign "expedition teams" and scattered around the world.

The rest of the robbery was transported by the Qing government to the Jingshi Library in Kyoto.

Later, the murals and statues of Mogao Grottoes were also looted and destroyed.

Oldenburg of Russia led an expedition team to Dunhuang and Mogao Grottoes, not only collected a large number of Dunhuang manuscripts, but also looted many murals in one of the caves.

Hundreds of white bandit soldiers who failed in the Soviet-Russian Civil War fled to the Mogao Grottoes. They painted and painted the murals at will, and cooked on kangs in the caves, causing a large number of murals to be burned and smoked.

American Warner once went to the Mogao Grottoes to steal a large area of ​​murals and looted painted sculptures.

There are 13677 treasures in the Buddhist Scripture Cave in England, more than 4000 in France, and more than 2000 in Russia. In addition, there are also large collections in the United States and Fuso.

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Chu Yunqiu sorted out the 36 volumes of Dunhuang treasures and put them into the Qiankun bag.

"Hey, there is a long way to go." Chu Yunqiu sighed silently. Too many treasures of Huaxia have been handed down.

Then, Chu Yunqiu looked at the last item.

Chu Yunqiu frowned, "What is it? Is it another famous painting?" Chu Yunqiu couldn't help but think secretly in his heart.

Chu Yunqiu took it into his hand, and his heart moved, "It's not paper, it's leather." Chu Yunqiu untied the rope on it and spread it out.

A piece of yellowed kraft paper fell from inside.

But at this moment, Chu Yunqiu could no longer care about the falling kraft paper. At this moment, Chu Yunqiu was completely attracted by the things in front of him.

Seeing this, Chu Yunqiu's stare widened immediately, because the parchment scroll in his hand was nothing but a treasure map.

"Fuck..." Chu Yunqiu didn't know how to describe his mood at this moment.

On the sheepskin scroll, there are mountains, waters, and forests, and it is written in Chinese.

Could it be that the owner of this parchment is a Chinese?
Chu Yunqiu couldn't help thinking secretly.

It's a pity that he doesn't know any of the images and place names on this parchment, and he has never heard of it.

Then, Chu Yunqiu picked up the kraft paper, he wanted to see what was written on it.

It turned out that what was written on the kraft paper was the information and guidance left by the owner of the parchment for future generations.

The information said that his descendants, if they get to see this place, it will prove that he has passed away.

The exploration of treasures needs to be explored by themselves.

Because he snatched this parchment from the home of a wealthy Chinese businessman.

He kept looking, but didn't think of it.

Later, because of the war, he had to give up his search and return to his country, and later moved to the United States.

However, the vellum paper was not without useful information. After years of searching and inquiring, he could confirm that the treasure was buried in Northern Hubei.

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After reading the above information, Chu Yunqiu was confused. It turned out to be a Chinese treasure map.

And judging from the meaning above, the other party seems to be robbing.

As a result, by mistake, fate was unpredictable, and it finally fell into the hands of Chu Yunqiu!

(End of this chapter)