Many people may say that the nine-story demon tower is just a fiction in novels and movies, and it doesn't exist in reality. Although most tomb-robbing novels are fictional, this nine-story demon tower is real in reality.
In reality, because Buddhists think that nine is the largest number, many ancient buildings are related to nine, and some ancient tombs also use the number nine. The nine-story demon tower is called the nine-story demon tower in reality. The nine-story demon tower is a key cultural relic to be protected. It is located in Reshui Town, the tomb of Tuyuhun in the ancient Tang Dynasty, and it is also the place where Tuyuhun's tomb was first discovered.
The nine-story demon building is just the common name of the local people for this tomb. The official name is Wei Xue's No.1 Tomb. Wei Xue's Tomb No.1 is one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in the early period. There is an ancient tomb group in Qinghai called Dulan ancient tomb group, and Wei Xue No.1 tomb is the most spectacular one in Dulan ancient tomb group.
There are many unlucky legends about the No.1 tomb of Wei Xue at that time. It is said that the ancient tomb used to be the cave of the devil, and then someone led the hero to fight with the devil for many days, and finally drove the devil away. But the cave is not empty, and there are countless treasures in it. Therefore, at the beginning of the completion of Wei Xue's No.1 tomb, the locals called it the nine-story demon building, also known as? Devil's cave? .
Although there are many horror legends about the nine-story demon building, it still can't stop grave robbers who come to treasure, so most of the small tombs near the nine-story demon building have been visited by grave robbers, and now the damage to the nine-story demon building is also very serious.
In fact, the nine-story demon tower is not the residence of any demon. It is actually a mausoleum, and all the members of the royal family who used to be Tuyuhun are buried. Tuguhun was once the dominant party. Tuguhun was an active trading nation on Qinghai Road in the early days, which ruled the whole Qinghai Road area and held all the forces of East-West trade. So in fact, Tuguhun is not a monster nation in the eyes of local Tibetans, but a nation with its own unique cultural customs.
Why is Wei Xue's Tomb No.1 called the Nine-story Demon Tower? In fact, this has something to do with the structure of the tomb. There are three layers of walls rammed with mud and stones under the tomb, and the whole structure is made up of layers of cypress and stones stacked repeatedly. Don't underestimate the simplicity of stone and wood structure, in fact, it contains university questions. The wood in this tomb is far more than a rough description of the bowl mouth. Small tombs around Tomb No.1 generally use twenty or thirty pieces of wood, while larger tombs use hundreds of pieces of wood. Tomb No.1 itself needs countless cypresses. The cypress has nine layers, hence the name? Nine-story demon tower? .
At present, archaeologists have only excavated the first and second floors of the tomb, and only these two floors have unearthed a large number of funerary objects and more than 700 animal remains such as cattle, horses and sheep. But why only dug two floors? Some people have come up with some legends about this, saying that many strange things happened during the excavation, and people were too scared to dig.
In fact, there is nothing strange about the nine-story demon tower. The main reason for not continuing to dig is to protect the ancient tomb. Because the nine-story demon building was stolen, the damage inside was very serious, which made the excavation work very difficult. Now, only two layers have been dug. If we continue to dig, it may lead to the collapse of the whole tomb. For the purpose of protecting cultural relics, we temporarily stopped to continue digging. Maybe in the future, with more advanced scientific and technological means, we will continue to dig the other seven floors.