The next morning, everyone hurriedly finished washing up, then lined up to bring breakfast to the big tent, and sat down on the blankets to continue analyzing the four rock paintings.
This time Weidong separated the four rock paintings and projected only one on the screen at a time.
The feeling of despair and depression has really eased a lot, but it has not disappeared completely, but it is barely within the range that everyone can bear.
Apart from the rock paintings on side A that I had seen yesterday, everyone observed the three rock paintings in BCD for a long time in turn. Most of the pictures were weird and obscure. After staring at those walking corpse-like symbols for a long time, my heart will gradually grow. Creepy fear comes.
Seeing that everyone could not come to any conclusion for a while, Shao Ling walked to the computer and sat down, and while operating the screen with the mouse, he said: "When thinking is confused, the most effective way is to summarize first and then generalize.
"We don't need to summarize these four paintings, each painting itself is a category, so what we can do now is to first summarize a concise central idea for these four paintings.
"Let's talk about the rock painting on the A side first, we have analyzed it carefully yesterday, and for the time being, we will set its theme as sacrifice or witchcraft ceremony.
"The rock frescoes on the B side are a bit messy and messy. It is probably the one with the largest amount of symbols among the paintings. I just focused on the overall structure of the painting, and I didn't find any similarities to the rock paintings on the A side. There is a regular layout of symbols, no circles, and no signs of distribution according to the categories of symbols. I wonder if you have any other discoveries about this rock painting?"
"I found that there seem to be a lot of animals in this painting," Luo Meng answered, raising his hand, "Maybe it's because I like animals very much. Although many of the symbols in this painting seem to have nothing to do with animals, I always feel that Their appearance and behavior are particularly characteristic of some animals."
"Yes, some symbols here are very similar to creatures in the sea." Fang Fei said.
"And there seem to be a lot of plants and mountains and rivers." Yue Cen added.
"In this way, maybe we guessed before that the wall carving on this rock platform is a part of the original mountain and sea map that was lost. It is very possible." Qin Ci said, "Could it be that the rock wall on the B side shows the mountains and seas. The natural look of the world?"
"It's very possible." Shao Ling and Hua Jiqiu agreed.
"Dongzi, what did you find?" Ke Xun noticed that Wei Dong had been using another laptop while frowning and lowering his head.
"I feel that some of the symbols on the rock paintings on the B side are somewhat similar to the pictures of mountains and seas on our bones..." Wei Dong said without stopping, "I want to make a comparison between the two, but it may take a long time. …”
"You keep doing it, don't worry about anything else, leave it to us." Ke Xun patted him on the back.
Shao Ling continued: "Then let's take the B-side rock painting as a description of natural scenery for the time being, and its theme will be 'life'.
"Look at the rock paintings on the C side. The rock paintings on the C side are probably the most bizarre and terrifying of the paintings.
"If the symbols in the rock paintings on the A side that are suspected to be sacrifices and appear as humanoid creatures seem to have been forcibly twisted off limbs, necks, and even torso, showing a strange state of death, then the C side All the symbols in the petroglyphs that represent living things are depicted in a state that does not seem to be alive at all.
"I don't know if it's my preconceived idea or other reasons. In my opinion, the symbols on the rock paintings on the C side are no different from the same symbols on the rock paintings on the B side, but for unknown reasons, I just feel the pictures on the C side rock paintings. Fu was filled with a strong sense of death.
"Each symbol has no vitality. Even if it looks like walking, it looks like a walking corpse, showing daze and numbness. I wonder if everyone feels this way? Or do they have different opinions?"
"I feel the same way." Luo Meng nodded again and again, "Maybe because I have kept a lot of animals at home since I was a child, I am very sensitive to the very small emotions they reveal. Of course, Dead things like icons may not be the same as animals, but I don't know where these icons exude a particularly depressing and desperate atmosphere... Hey, I seem to be a little bit affected by these pictures. Bewitched, I feel very uncomfortable... Sister Qingqing, lend me your oxygen tank for a while..."
"Have you noticed?" Qin Ci has the meticulousness of being a doctor, "in the upper part of the rock painting on the C side, these symbols all seem to have their heads raised, and in the lower part, they are all bowed. If If the upper part of the icon is just blank and stiff, then the lower part of the icon is numb and tired, like withered and dry grass."
"Perhaps this is to express class hierarchy?" Shao Ling thought, "The upper part is the upper class, and the lower part is the lower class?"
"But all the symbols on this rock painting don't seem to be alive," Ke Xun asked. "Are the dead creatures also divided into classes?"
This made Shao Ling choked, and after a while he said: "If there is anything in this world that is the most fair, it is death, so there is no difference between death."
"Then this is not a class hierarchy?" Ke Xun said, "Look, there is still the 'protagonist' with eyes in the rock painting on the C side, and it is also looking up. Do you think it is observing? what?"
"Perhaps the observation is the invisible mass in the rock painting on the A side." Yue Cen said.
"Then what exactly is the theme of this painting?" Hua Jiqiu pondered, "Is it death? Is it observation? Or numbness?"
"Perhaps life is better than death." Ke Xun spread his hands, "I said it casually, and this word suddenly popped into my mind when I looked at these symbols."
"Let's call it 'death' for the time being." Shao Ling said, "The next is the D-face rock mural. There are some symbols on it that look like water ripples. I think it is relatively easy to understand. They occupy the entire rock wall. Most of the space, and the symbols that represent living beings, although they have no facial features, but from the perspective of their body language and the atmosphere revealed by the whole figure, they are very frightened and painful, and the entire rock painting is terrified by this apocalypse-like fear. Feeling overwhelmed and looking startling.
"We could make the subject of the painting 'The Flood'.
"Then now let's look at the themes of these four paintings: sacrifice or witchcraft, life, death, flood.
"I think the order of the four rock paintings should be like this: life, flood, death, sacrifice.
"The reason for this order is speculation based on the great flood in ancient times. In fact, the 'beings' here, I think, reflect the prosperity of all living beings at that time. In the rock paintings on the B side, there are various landscapes, animals, Plants, with their variety, are not found in the other three paintings.
"Then there was a great flood, that is, the great flood that Gun and Yu ruled for more than 20 years. Of course, the great flood brought a lot of deaths, so sacrifices took place to pray for the sky to stop the water. And save the undead. What do you guys think?"
Hua Jiqiu pondered and said: "My thoughts are slightly different from Xiao Shao's, I think the order is flood, death, sacrifice, and sentient beings - I think it is closer to change 'beings' to 'beings'.
"After the Great Flood in ancient times, which brought a large number of deaths of humans and animals, the ancients who believed in the power of ghosts and gods carried out sacrifices and prayers, praying for the receding water, praying for the blessing of the sky, and more likely praying for the gods to help human beings.
"So there was a Great Yu in the world, and the Great Yu controlled the waters, and then all living beings prospered."
"Although the two of you have slightly different speculations on the order of the rock paintings, I think this idea is correct when you look at these four rock carvings in the historical context of Dayu's flood control." Qin Ci said, "In this way, the four rock carvings are The content of the performance has been basically connected.”
"To sum up, it is to tell why the sacrifice is required, the process of sacrifice, the result of sacrifice, or the expected result of sacrifice." Zhu Haowen said.
Hua Jiqiu nodded: "This is in line with all the elements of a shamanistic drawing meeting."
"Then you say, did Dayu have any of these four rock carvings?" Li Xiaochun asked.
Luo Yao pointed at the "protagonist" icon and said, "I think he is Dayu."
"If he were Dayu, then these rock paintings would have some historical basis." Shao Ling said, "Da Yu traveled the world and saw all kinds of strange animals, beasts, beasts, beasts, beasts, and beasts - this is the theme of this B-face rock painting. : living beings, or sentient beings;
"Then the theme 'flood' embodied in the rock paintings of D happened. It is well known that the flood was governed by the Great Yu;
"Then followed by the 'death' of the rock paintings of C. After the flood, life was wiped out, which is an inevitable loss;
"Finally, this sacrificial prayer may be after the nine tripods were cast-don't forget, the tripod is also a sacrificial vessel, the bones on our body are composed of ghost characters, and the rock paintings on the rock walls are also composed of ghost characters. What is cast is a map of mountains and seas composed of ghost texts—obviously, this sacrifice is inseparable from ghost texts, with Jiuding, and with "Shan Hai Jing Tu"."
"Then let's take a look. Can you find the Jiuding on the rock painting on the A side that represents the sacrifice?" Ke Xun asked hurriedly.
Shao Ling switched the projection screen to the A-side rock painting, and a group of people stared hard at the screen to find it.
However, his eyes were going blind, but he still couldn't find the symbol that looked like a tripod.
"Is it possible that the shape of the Jiuding is different from that of an ordinary cauldron?" Gu Qingqing said, "After all, no historical material has recorded the shape of the Jiuding in detail."
"It's possible to say that, maybe the shape of Jiuding is as square as that rock platform." Ke Xun said.
"Don't all dings have three legs, is a ding without three legs still called a ding?" Li Xiaochun said.
"No, the tripod doesn't necessarily have only three legs," Hua Jiqiu said, "Simu Wufang tripod has four legs."
"Fang Ding..." Ke Xun touched his chin and pondered, "The rock platform is also square. Could it be that there are four legs beneath it, buried deep in the ground?"
These words were eye-catching, and they all said: "It's very possible!"
"Comrades!" Wei Dong suddenly called out, "The comparison between the mountain and sea map of the bone phase and the rock painting on the B side has achieved preliminary results!"
Hearing this, everyone quickly gathered around him, Qi Qi followed the direction of his fingers and looked at the computer screen.
"I took out a small part of the picture of the mountain and sea on the bone," Wei Dong gestured, "Look, these parts are the outline of a certain mountain, you can look at this picture again, this picture is on the rock mural on the B side. part of the icon, after they are connected - see, is it somewhat similar to the outline of this mountain
"Of course, this is only an approximation, and many details are different, but I think these two mountains are likely to be the same mountain!
"For example, it's like two painters with the same style of painting. If you ask them to paint the same mountain, the paintings they draw will definitely be different. The two pictures we see come from different carriers. , which is the case, so I think they all represent the same mountain, but they are depicted by different painters or craftsmen."
"Weidong's discovery is very important," Shao Ling nodded, "this progress proves that the drawings on the rock wall are part of the mountain and sea map, the Jiuding Mountain and Sea map on our bones, and the mountains and seas on this rock platform. The map is just like the two components of a piece of Jue, and together they are the most original and complete authentic "Map of Mountains and Seas"!"
"Then the question is," Ke Xun said, "What is the relationship between this rock platform and Jiuding? Each of them has half of the "Shan Hai Tu", does it mean that they need to be combined to trigger the final step? Now that there is no trace of Jiuding, we who have the bones of Jiuding are equivalent to Jiuding, right? Could it be... In the end, we really need to integrate ourselves with this rock platform?"