The "ancient Kunlun" described in the wonderful book Shan Hai Jing is not the Kunlun Mountain in Pamirs today. Accurately speaking, "Ancient Kunlun Mountain" is a mountain with mountains, and "Kunlun Mountain" is a giant mountain composed of mountains, valleys and peaks. Although there is only one word difference, it is not the same as Wan Li.
Since ancient times, Kunlun Mountain has been praised as a fairy mountain by the Chinese nation and is the source of eternal myths. However, the exact location of Kunlun Mountain has been debated by ancient and modern scholars for more than two thousand years.
According to the information consulted by the author, since the Spring and Autumn Period, the ancient Kunlun Mountain has become the object of searching in past dynasties. In Tian Wen, Qu Yuan asked, "Where is the hanging garden in Kunlun?"
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the ancients thought that the Nanshan Mountain in Khotan was the ancient Kunlun Mountain, but this view was strongly questioned by historian Sima Qian. In the late Western Jin Dynasty, King Liangzhou believed that Qilian Mountain was an ancient Kunlun Mountain, and many scholars, including Tang Dynasty, agreed that Qilian Mountain was an ancient Kunlun Mountain.
After the Qing Emperor Qianlong pacified Tibet, he changed the ancient Kunlun Mountain back to Nanshan in Khotan, and the orientation of the ancient Kunlun Mountain returned to its original point.
In modern times, with the popularity of network information, the majority of netizens have different opinions on the specific location of "Ancient Kunlun". It is Mount Tai in Shandong, Mount Zhongnan in Shaanxi, and what's more, Mount Kilimanjaro on the African continent is involved. The most ridiculous thing is that the ancient Kunlun Mountain is on the moon, and the moon has only volcanoes and craters. Is it hard to say that the birthplace of the Chinese nation is in the crater?
To explore the specific location of ancient Kunlun, we must start with Shan Hai Jing. According to Shan Hai Jing, south of the West Sea, on the shore of quicksand, behind Chishui and before Heishui, there is a mountain called Kunlun Mountain. "South of the West Sea" refers to the ancient Sanmen Lake in the southern suburb of Xi 'an, "Shore of quicksand" refers to the sand left after the disappearance of the ancient Sanmen, "Chishui Lake" is located in Zunyi, Guizhou, and "before Heishui" refers to Qinshui in Lantian.
According to Shan Hai Jing, the ancient Kunlun Mountain should be located in Lantian County, Xi City, Shaanxi Province, and the 2,449-meter Jianyuling Mountain is probably the main peak of the ancient Kunlun Mountain. First of all, Lantian Ape, one of the ancestors of China, lived in the middle and lower reaches of Bahe River in Lantian County, which coincides with the statement that "Ancient Kunlun" is the birthplace of mankind. Secondly, Lantian is a place favored by the gods. The three Ren Huang "Hua Xu, Fuxi and Nu Wa" in ancient mythology all came from Lantian, which perfectly matched with "Ancient Kunlun" as the birthplace of ancient mythology in China.
In addition, according to the ancient books A Note on the Water Mirror River, Ode to Tokyo and Autumn Praise of Kunlun, the ancient Kunlun Mountain is composed of towering peaks without seats. They are: ancient Tianzhu-Caolianling (Qinling Mountain is 2645.8m above sea level), ancient Xuanpu-Jianyuling (Lantian Mountain is 2449m above sea level), ancient Gai Hua-Yushan Mountain (Lantian Mountain is 23 1 1m above sea level) and ancient Jingshan-Feng Ying. In addition, according to legend, the Queen Mother of the West who was in charge of Yaochi in the Middle Ages lived in Kunlun Mountain, and the murals of Han tombs discovered in Dingbian County of northern Shaanxi recorded in detail the picture of the Queen Mother of the West sitting on the top of the five mountains in the ancient Kunlun Mountain.
Northern Shaanxi is the northern part of Shaanxi Province, and the discovery of the murals of the Western Queen Mother in northern Shaanxi just proves the statement of the ancient Kunlun Mountain in Lantian, Shaanxi Province.
Judging from five factors: ancient prose records, mural records, human origin, myth origin and mountain landform, the ancient Kunlun Mountain is most likely located in Lantian, and the five mountains listed above are the five peaks that make up the ancient Kunlun Mountain.
Kilimanjaro in Africa can't be the birthplace of Chinese civilization, let alone the moon, let alone the Queen Mother of the West. So far, only Lantian Mountain in Shaanxi Province is the most reliable "ancient Kunlun".
Kunlun Mountain is the ancestor of Wanshan Mountain, and its legend originated from Shan Hai Jing. The Kunlun Mountain recorded in Shan Hai Jing, also known as Kunlun Hill and Kunlun Xu, is the most magical and mysterious mountain peak in China mythology. Kunlun Mountain in myth and Kunlun Mountain in reality are two concepts. In reality, Kunlun Mountain was named by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and the word "Kunlun" was borrowed from Shan Hai Jing. Legend has it that Kunlun is the palace of the emperor on earth, the pillar of the sky, and it can go straight to heaven. Mortals who climb Kunlun Mountain can live forever. There are many magical animals living on the mountain, such as goats with four horns, strange birds that sting like bees, and many magical plants.
In Shan Hai Jing, the location of Kunlun Mountain is described as follows: "South of the West Sea, on the shore of quicksand, behind Chishui and before Heishui, there is a mountain named Kunlun Mountain." From this perspective, the Kunlun Mountain described by the ancients is definitely not the moon, and there is no similar place in reality.
For a long time, many people thought Shan Hai Jing was a fairy tale, and the Kunlun Mountain in it was of course fictional. But in recent years, with the creatures depicted in the book being gradually discovered by biologists and distributed all over the world, the world is also cautious about the contents of the book. Moreover, geographers also found that the geographical overview described in the book is very similar to the landform before the continental plate drift, so Kunlun Mountain is not necessarily in China. At present, many people think that the Kunlun Mountain in Shan Hai Jing is in Africa, that is, Kilimanjaro Mountain.
After textual research, many domestic experts agreed that Shan Hai Jing is a work of mythical political history with more than one author. From Yao, Shun, Yu to Qin and Han dynasties, there are creators to join them. Most of what is described in the book evolved from the actual situation. However, due to the long time, incomplete words and misunderstanding of later generations, the Kunlun Mountain described in the book is not the original appearance, and its specific location cannot be found only according to the known clues, but it is certain.
From Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to modern times, the political region of China moved from west to east and from north to south from Kunlun Mountain. As the mainstream view (Sanxingdui culture aside), as the birthplace of Chinese culture, the ancient Kunlun Mountain naturally enjoys a lofty position in Chinese civilization. The Western Heaven in China's ancient mythology should be related to the ancient Kunlun Mountain.
But the conclusion that the moon is the western heaven can be denied. In China mythology, the moon represents the Guanghan Palace, where Hou Yi's wife Chang 'e lives. Besides, the idiom "the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon" has clearly told us that the heaven in the west is different from the moon in China mythology.
However, according to the description in China mythology, the moon belongs to the paradise in the west. Similarly, the moon can also represent the sacredness and mystery of western paradise.
The moon is the Guanghan Palace, and Kunlun is the mother Dojo of the western kings. These two places are not the same place at all. In ancient times, Kunlun was the hometown of all immortals, and the moon was only the Dojo of one or two immortals. Their status is far from each other. The moon is a cave at most, and Kunlun is the center of the world. There is the most powerful Buddha in Sanqing, and there is the mother of the western king. It is the palace of the Emperor of Heaven, far from the moon.
The legendary Kunlun Mountain is a place that all ancient immortals yearn for. According to the earliest records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there are various gods who practice Tao. However, in later literature, it was described that there were many immortals living in the ancient Kunlun Mountains, and those birds, animals and exotic flowers and trees were replaced by various palaces. There are many legends, but the most popular one is the Taoist immortal-the king of the west, and the heavenly queen is in charge of cultivating and attracting immortals.
There is also a legend that Fuxi, the emperor of People's Republic of China (PRC), actually came from Kunlun, and the first Buddha of Sanqing also lived in Kunlun Dojo. Kunlun's position can be described as one of the centers of the three realms. It is said that Kunlun is the birthplace of local Taoism in China, while the immortal culture in China is dominated by Taoism, which is the crystallization of our local culture, and Buddhism is an outsider. The existence of Buddhism in our culture does not belong to the jurisdiction of Kunlun.
The moon is the residence of Chang 'e, who is one of the fairies in mythology. In China's culture, Chang 'e's position is far lower than that of the Empress Dowager. The moon belongs to one of the ordinary immortals in the three realms. If the moon is Kunlun, the Queen Mother will live on the moon, and if she lives on the moon, it will become 10,000.
Of course, our present Kunlun Mountain is not the ancient Kunlun Mountain, but both the ancient legendary Kunlun Mountain and the present realistic Kunlun Mountain have a * * * feature, that is, both of them are regarded as holy places at the same time. The ancient Kunlun Mountain is the master of all mountains, and so is the present Kunlun Mountain. It is the source of Long Mai in China and is called the ancestral vein of Long Mai in China. In ancient Kunlun Mountain, it was the hometown of all immortals, and now the status of Kunlun Mountain is also very sacred.
Records of Kunlun Mountain in Shan Hai Jing;
South of the West Sea, on the shore of quicksand, behind Chishui and before Blackwater, there is a mountain called Kunlun Mountain. There is a god, a man with a tiger face, and a man with a tail. All white is everywhere. Below it, there is a deep circle of weak water, and outside it, it is a burning volcano, so it is useless to throw things. Some people, Dai Sheng, are called the Queen Mother of the West. This mountain has everything. (Wild West Classic)
Kunlun is empty in the sea, northwest, and under the emperor. Kunlun Mountain is 800 li high, while Wan Ren is high. There are trees and grass on the ground, and it is five times long and five times big. And there are nine wells, with jade as the threshold. There are nine doors on the surface, guarded by enlightened beasts, and God is there. At the time of Bajiaoyan and Chishui, no one can climb Shanggang Rock except the benevolent. (Hainei Xijing)
Shan Hai Jing is a very bizarre novel, which records all kinds of things that people still don't understand. Now people still have doubts about the authenticity of this book. Although this book really exists, people still think that people who can write this book are really unusual, because if you don't record it, you can still find it in real life.
There is a place where people are very productive and leisure. This place is Kunlun. Actually, the name Kunlun can be written. Generally, it is seen from the classics of mountains and seas, so Kunlun has become a very magical place. Some people may ask that the Kunlun recorded in the book is not the Kunlun Mountain now, but it is not. Everyone knows that Kunlun Mountain is now in Tibet.
However, there was no one in that place in ancient times, especially the person who compiled Shan Hai Jing. It is even more impossible to go there, but later people got their name according to Shan Hai Jing. In fact, Kunlun in the eyes of ancient people is what we call the moon today. At that time, people recorded that there were immortals on Kunlun Mountain, indicating that the ancients might have landed on the moon. It is recorded in the book that there is a stone ladder between the landing site and Kunlun, which was still at sea.
We may soon have doubts. The stone ladder is purely invented by the ancients. How can it exist? But people who have read the Bible will be impressed, because it is recorded in the Bible that people built a very high tower to see God, reaching the sky. Is this a coincidence? It's really testable. After all, the similarity between them is too high. This stone step is the "Wan Ren Mountain".
The moon is the "ancient Kunlun", and "China people" used to be the closest race to "God".
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