Chapter 128: Ancient City of Kunming
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Chapter 128: The ancient city of Kunming
This story Xu Li told made me very interested.
Of course, I didn't care much about this story itself. It was no different from some stories circulating in other villages, and even the ghost stories my grandfather told me when he was a child.
What I care about is the part of the "tiger" inside.
Because a large part of the reason why I went to Yunnan and followed Xu Li was to find clues to the "tiger" that could lift the dragon seal, so I am now very sensitive to everything about tigers.
Although Xu Li's story has a bit of a fairy tale, it is not a completely absurd night talk that is impossible to exist.
Even yellow skin can form sperm, let alone tigers.
And as far as I know, in ancient Chinese legends, any animal has a legend of becoming a spirit. After they become a spirit, they will have some special abilities.
For example, the yellow-skinned ability to confuse people and the ability to possess them.
The difference between tigers, the word tiger is rarely associated with the concept of "sophistication".
As Master Yuanjue said, since ancient times, tigers have been compared with dragons.
The dragon itself is a divine object with a spirit, and it will naturally fly into the clouds and fog. The dragon naturally does not have the saying "becomes a spirit", because it itself is a supernatural concept similar to "fairy".
In ancient times, tigers, like dragons, were all of this concept.
Although we as modern people know that ordinary tigers do not have any magic or magic, but in the eyes of the ancients, this is not the case.
For example, the famous idioms such as "clouds come from the dragon, wind comes from the tiger" and "tigers come from the tigers", it can be seen that in the eyes of the ancients, tigers have the ability to control the wind, just as dragons have the ability to drive clouds.
There is also the famous "tiger" that corresponds to the dragon ghost, which is also a legend that tigers have supernatural abilities.
In people's perception now, dragons do not exist, and tigers are just ordinary animals, but in the eyes of us, it is obviously not that simple.
I have never seen the true body of a dragon, but whether it is the existence of the Dragon King coffin, the dragon-turned monsters in Dongting Lake, and the dragon seals on Tan Jin and the other two seem to show that the dragon does have some kind of magical power, or it is a mysterious power itself, which was called "dragon" by the ancients.
The mysterious power of the "dragon" can naturally not be the tigers in the zoo. They are just ferocious beasts, but they are not "tigers" that can be compared with dragons.
And what we are looking for is this "tiger".
Will the tiger in Xu Li’s story be the object we are looking for?
But I think it shouldn't be that simple. I can't find clues in less than half an hour after getting on the bus, so I just kept it in my heart and didn't care too much.
The car continued to move forward, and as time went by, the students who were still energetic and excited at the beginning gradually became quiet.
Xu Li also had no barriers to me at this time, so she sat directly in the empty seat next to me, then moved the bench she had sat on and took notes on it.
I looked at the view passing by quickly outside the window, turned my head and could see our van following behind.
It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon and was about to enter Yunnan.
Sure enough, a big sign appeared above the road ahead.
"Yunnan welcomes you."
Looking at the continuous mountains in the distance ahead of the road, for some reason, I vaguely felt that the road to poverty alleviation this time was probably longer than I thought.
In the evening, the convoy had already arrived in Qujing. We repaired here for one night, and then set off for Kunming the next morning.
Kunming is not very far from Qujing. It was more than two hours' drive away. It was only about ten o'clock in the morning when we arrived in Kunming.
Kunming is the capital of Yunnan Province, and it is also the gateway city for China to open to Southeast Asia and South Asia, a national historical and cultural city, an important tourism and trade city in my country, one of the important central cities in the western region, and is also the largest city in Yunnan.
It’s better to say that Yunnan itself does not have many big cities.
We have to stay in Kunming for a whole day, and the supplies and personnel will be divided into three teams, and then separated here, follow the three national routes to carry out poverty alleviation activities, and then one month later, the three teams will meet here and end the activity.
Because we set off at noon the next day, there is still a long time left. After we finished the preparations before noon, we will be free to move around in the afternoon and gather in the evening.
Lawyer Huang had already booked a few of us hotels, while other volunteers and staff stayed at the camp arranged by the foundation at night. But I thought about it and found that we were not here to travel, so there was no need to stay in a hotel, so it would be better to live with everyone.
We wanted to help with the preparations before noon, but then we found out that everyone had arranged their work in an orderly manner. I couldn't get involved at all, so I could only watch it.
Liu Zuohui came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, there are not many preparations now, you just need to do it yourself. Let's get together in the evening. Don't worry about us. We have been taking the bus for so long, so we can take a good walk in Kunming now. Besides, after leaving Kunming, we have not been so leisurely for a long time."
I looked at the old Huo and the other two behind me, shrugged: "I think, but I am not familiar with Kunming, and I don't know where to go."
"That's right." Liu Zuohui slapped his head: "I've been to Kunming many times and am quite familiar with it, but I still have to command and can't accompany you. This is how, Xiao Wang!"
He turned around and shouted, and saw a young man with a buzz cut and looking quite refreshed, raising his head.
I talked to this young man in the car, but I don’t know what his name is, but it turns out that his surname is Wang.
"Captain Liu, what's the matter with me?"
Liu Zuohui waved, Xiao Wang came over, Liu Zuohui said, "You have no arrangements in the afternoon, right?"
Xiao Wang paused for a moment and smiled heartily: "I originally wanted to meet my old classmates, but it was not necessary. It would be fine if I didn't go. What's wrong? Do you want me to help if you have anything? Just tell me."
Liu Zuohui nodded and said, "That happens, Mr. Ma and the others are planning to wander around Kunming. If you are fine, you can serve as a tour guide for them in the afternoon and lead them around. How about it?"
Xiao Wang smiled without thinking, "Hey, that's all for me, Brother Ma, I'll be your tour guide in the afternoon. There are many fun places in Kunming, but unfortunately there are only one afternoon, otherwise I'll take you all three days."
"Okay, OK." Liu Zuohui smiled and said, "It'll be fine to have a few days of fun after coming back. I'll go and do it first. Xiao Wang and Mr. Ma will leave it to you."
I felt a little awkward when I heard Liu Zuohui's words, but I still smiled and said, "So your surname is Wang, so I'll ask you."
Xiao Wang smiled and said, "It's okay, leave it to me. I've been in Kunming for four years in college. I'm familiar with it here, let's go."
Anyway, we have a car ourselves, so it is convenient to run around the city, so we can save the opportunity to get in. We got in the car again, and Xiao Wang also got on. Lao Huo leaned against the steering wheel and turned around and smiled, "Xiao Wang, right? We will follow you today, where do you want to go."
I was also interested and said, "Yes, Xiao Wang, tell us what fun places are in Kunming."
Although I have always emphasized that I am not here to travel, there is nothing else to do now, so it’s better to go and have fun.
Xiao Wang nodded and smiled, "Kunming is a good place if you want to say it. No matter what economy and culture are mentioned, do you know? Just from the perspective of Feng Shui, Kunming City is extraordinary."
"Oh?" I was originally interested in Feng Shui, so I smiled and asked, "Is that so? Tell me."
Xiao Wang smiled and began to speak out loudly: "If you want to talk about the Feng Shui of Kunming, it is famous in history. She can go to Xishuangbanna to listen to silk and bamboo when she goes south; go to Shangri-La to explore the snow-capped mountains when she goes west to Tengchong to see the volcano; go to Luoping to enjoy the sea of rapeseed flowers...
As a place name, the word "Kunming" was difficult to examine before the Tang Dynasty. There are many statements about the origin of the word "Kunming". Most scholars believe that "Kunming" was originally the ethnic name of an ancient nation in the southwest of my country. "Kunming" is written in ancient Chinese literature as "Kun", "Kunmi" or "Kunlin". In the early days, it was not a city name, but a ethnic name of an ancient nation living in southwest of China, that is, today's western Yunnan and southwest of Sichuan."
Xiao Wang coughed and continued.
"Kunming has a history of more than 1,200 years. It is said that the general pattern of modern Kunming City was established during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Wang Zhanhai, a famous Yin-Yang family in the country, presided over the planning of the construction of Kunming City. After Mr. Wang arrived in Kunming, he first found out the origin of Kunming City. (There is the word "in-depth" in the idiom, which refers to the direction of the mountains on which Kunming City relies on) Kunming City is Changcheng Mountain, that is, Snake Mountain.
People who come to Kunming today can see that Snake Mountain is indeed like a giant stone snake, and it is still lying quietly in the northern suburbs of Kunming. Wang Zhanhai found the dragon and thought it was Gen dragon facing Qian, and turned to Li. This is the extremely unseen "Purple Micro Dragon" in the earth veins! So he built Kunming City into a turtle shape and intersected with Snake Mountain, Tortoise and Snake. Kunming City should be a blessed place!"
After all these words, we were all amazed.
However, I also remembered what Zhang Feng said. He is a Feng Shui master. He once told me that every city in the history of China was not built at will. You must first ask Feng Shui everyone to observe it, find a suitable place, and build it based on it, forming the Feng Shui context diagram of the entire China.
Tan Jin suddenly laughed and said, "After saying so much, you haven't said what fun is there in Kunming."
At this time, Xiao Wang suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Actually, I wanted to take you to some famous attractions, but now I think about it. We only have half a day and can't go to many places. Instead of going to those attractions that everyone knows, I'd better take you to some special places.
"Special place?" I immediately became interested when I saw him laughing mysteriously.
Chapter completed!