Where is the Kunlun Mountain in the Ancient Classic of Mountains and Seas?

Shan Hai Jing is the pioneering work of China monsters and an encyclopedia of ancient monsters and animals. A beast with a face, a hydra, a three-legged bird, a man with wings, a monster with no head and two breasts as eyes … everything. Most of the auspicious animals in China traditional culture come from Shan Hai Jing, which bears the infinite hopes and longings of primitive ancestors for a better life.

Shan Hai Jing was first compiled by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin in the Western Han Dynasty. They believe that this book first appeared in the period of Yao Shunyu. Yu divided the world into Kyushu, and then made a hierarchy by place. Boyi and others classified the species, so they wrote Shan Hai Jing, which is the earliest written record of Shan Hai Jing.

So at present, people think that the author of Shan Hai Jing is Yu He Boyi. Most scholars believe that Shan Hai Jing was written in the Spring and Autumn Period. Judging from the contents contained in it, it is likely that a group of people wrote it together, not one person! If we have to get to the bottom of it, it is really impossible to confirm who wrote it according to the current data.

The most iconic record in Shan Hai Jing is the Kunlun Mountain, which we are familiar with. Kunlun Mountain, which is well known to modern people, is located at the junction of Xinjiang and Qinghai, and has the reputation of "the ancestor of Wanshan" and "the ancestor of Long Mai". Kunlun Mountain is 4300 meters above sea level. Such a high altitude also makes this mountain snow all year round, making it a unique spectacle.

However, there are some strange records about Kunlun in Shan Hai Jing. Shan Hai Jing said: "South of the West Sea, on the shore of quicksand, behind Chishui and before Heishui, there is a mountain called Kunlun Mountain."

The Kunlun sky recorded in the book is defined as the capital under the emperor, that is, the mountain peak under the capital of heaven and earth. Kunlun Mountain looks tall and big, surrounded by special decorations and appendages. But compared with each other, Kunlun Mountain does not seem to have these characteristics today, and it is even quite different from what is recorded in the book.

Kunlun Mountain occupies a high position in China mythology, and has been called by many names since ancient times, such as Long Mai, Zulong and Longshan. According to fairy tales, the Queen Mother of the West lives in Kunlun Mountain, which connects heaven and earth and is the only place for both.

So where is Kunlun Mountain in Shan Hai Jing? Some scholars think that Kunlun Mountain may be Kilimanjaro Mountain in Africa, and some scholars think that it is Qilian Mountain now, and where it is remains to be verified!

It can be said that a bizarre record about Kunlun Mountain in Shan Hai Jing, once confirmed, will solve many civilization problems.

Is the Kunlun Mountain recorded in Shan Hai Jing the one we are familiar with in modern times? The answer should be no.

Now many scholars study this sentence and think that the Kunlun Mountain in Shan Hai Jing may not be in China, but in the Egyptian region. There are also the following records in Shan Hai Jing: There are nine wells on the surface, jade as a hedge, nine gates on the surface, guarded by enlightened beasts, and where the gods are. These are the furnishings near the pyramids in Egypt. Jiujing is a huge cave in front of the pyramid, and Yulan is a sacrificial ceremony specially set for Pharaoh. The so-called "enlightened beast" is called the Sphinx.

You know, in ancient Egypt, people worshipped the sun god most, and the word "Kun" was the person who bowed down in the sun. Besides, what does the word "Lun" look like? Is it like a person bowing his head under a triangle? Let's make up for it.

One is the worship of the sun, and the other is the worship of mountains. Does it vividly represent the gods and buildings of Egyptian civilization? Let's look for some detailed answers from Shan Hai Jing.

Classic of mountains and seas. The Beihai Classics are: Yao Di Station, Di Ku Station, Didan Pearl Station and Shun Di Station, each with two stations and four stations, in the northeast of Kunlun. These are collectively called the platform of the emperor. What if this platform refers to the pyramid? After all, there are so many pyramids only in Egypt. The largest pyramid in Egypt is pyramid of khufu. Pyramid of khufu has more than 65,438+000 pyramids in all directions. We can imagine that if the so-called "Kunlun" is the largest pyramid of Khufu, then the Imperial Terrace will be more vivid. If Khufu was the Yellow Emperor, that would be really interesting.

Finally, can we imagine such a story, saying that five thousand years ago, there was a family in the world. As the ancestor of Wanzhong Mountain, Kunlun Mountain was the birthplace of civilization, and this place was the African continent. Five thousand years ago, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors settled in Egypt, which was then the Imperial Capital. Many things happened in China Xia Dynasty or earlier Tang Dynasty, on the African continent. Later, due to the power struggle, the branch of China governors came to China to settle down, which led to the emergence of Chinese civilization.

I dare not comment too much on this explanation, but for Shan Hai Jing, the truth of Kunlun is really the mystery in the book. In other words, if we can really crack the secrets of Kunlun, we can use this as a starting point to find out more about the mystery of this book.