Empress Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi bury what save male county of salty in relief city in Shaanxi male hill, buy of row of door of the minister path of male hill and rosefinch door, incredible connecting with the boxing skill, green dragon door, white tiger door is worn many carved stone. Pledging in the stone that two side buy puts the thing inside rosefinch door 61 luxuriant official resembles among them have a head so, will do not have a head after that.
(Empress Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi add up to tablet of bury hill mark)
I understand the problem with main problem is, these luxuriant official resemble why doing not have head portrait. I say this thing simply.
About the antecedents of statue of this batch of carved stone, once people thinks the guest of head of foreign country of time of Gao Zongan bury makes statue. Because original the back that every stone resembles is engraved have a full name, a group of things with common features belong to, post and rank and dependency country are fastened etc, this specification shows the host that these stone resemble is to come from different country, different people " luxuriant official " . These lapidarian statue cent are a thing two phalanx, east side 29 honour, on the west side 32 honour, with close of true person discretion, but dress dress however each are not identical, gown of turndown, some stays takes a little close sleeve, some wrap around send left Ren. But these carved stone are the arch before both hands, double sufficient consistent, respectful form is lifelike.
(61 luxuriant official resembles male hill)
Through old research, somebody thinks this approves what after stone puts in bury male hill 's charge like honest Wu Zetian, build, it is his father Gao Zongli treats Tang Zhongzong Li Xianxue, the practice that stone of buy luxuriant chief of a tribe resembles is listed in Zhao Ling, in order to express " expound and propagate first intense of badge of the Supreme Being " meaning. Through harships of more than 1300 years, the 61 luxuriant official of male hill has done not have a head like great majority, only 9 remaining half build skull.
(61 luxuriant official resembles male hill)
Do not have a head about this batch of carved stone, somebody is fabulous it is plague of popularity of Ming Daiqian county, many common people die in one's bed. Local masses thinks these stone are not lucky, resemble these stone be bungled. Having fokelore is shake of earth of bright generation the central Shaanxi plain, after carved stone falls down, these threw a head. Also having fokelore is, tourist of a group of foreign country arrived male hill, the ancestor that discovers oneself stands here, feel to do not have face, broke stone to resemble waiting a moment.
Of course, these fokelore are insufficient for the letter. Because carved stone of male hill ground has more than 100, among them stone man-made resembles nearly 100, mar what mar with the earthquake to say by plague suspect, mar that as to alien more be impossible. The orderly fracture surface that resembles according to 61 luxuriant official is judged, this ought to be the history destroys be caused by of a certain time centrally.
(61 luxuriant official resembles male hill)
