The cave of life is the tomb of the ancients.

Mr. Tang Changshou has worked in Leshan Department of Literature and History for many years, loves local culture and has written many books. However, the understanding and knowledge of some appellations handed down by the people in history sometimes deviate. For example, the recently published "Yunzhen Cave is mistaken for Shouxue" made a common-sense mistake. Look at his explanation first. "Leshan people call Baiyan Mountain in the north of Leshan City the' hole of life', which is very puzzling. The author thinks that it should be because there is a temple called Yunzhen Temple in Baiyan Mountain in the Ming Dynasty, and the three famous caves in Baiyan Mountain are also called Yunzhen Cave. The cave of life (ginseng) comes from Yunzhen Cave and has been passed down to this day. "

This guess is untenable.

As we all know, there are many tomb caves left over from the Han Dynasty in Sichuan and Hunan, especially in the Minjiang River area. In the architectural history of China, Liang Sicheng listed the white-walled tombs in Pengshan and Leshan. The small cliff tomb can only accommodate one coffin, and the large one is connected with the main hall and the Olympic Games, and it is exquisitely carved.

Later generations generally believe that these cliff tombs built in the Han Dynasty are caves at the base site. Even today, people all over Sichuan regard building tombs for the dead as the foundation of self-cultivation. The so-called miracle is the tomb built when people are still alive. In some places in Sichuan, such as Fushun County, Longchang County, Neijiang County, Lu Xian County, Yongchuan County in Chongqing and Zunyi County in Guizhou Province, this custom still exists today. Both the poor and the rich will spend their savings to build their final destination.

To this day, although cremation has been promoted for many years, there are still many elderly people in rural areas who build a living foundation for themselves while they are alive. Why is this? I once read the words of a Mr. Feng Shui named Yi Xuan. He said that choosing a good geographical location when people are alive can change their fate and avoid misfortune. This is the purpose of building the tomb of Shengjishou. When I went to the countryside to be an educated youth, the old captain was 90 years old now. He is over seventy years old. Every time I go back to the production team, I always hear him chanting about choosing a place to build a living base. This is a traditional folk custom.

There are many concentrated essences in the tone of Leshan people. For example, cliff tombs are caves built on rocks to bury the living foundation of ancestors. It's called the Cave of Life, simple and clear. During the period of ethnic segregation, some poor Yi compatriots or vagrants lived here, also known as Man Zi Cave. I know a Hui couple named Wu. When they were young, they lived in Lizi Street at the foot of the Giant Buddha Scenic Area, helping people raise cattle and slaughter livestock. All the cows live in caves next to Lizi Street. Many years later, they talked about those days. "Living in the cave of life, life is hard."

To sum up, Leshan people verbally called the cliff tomb of the Han Dynasty Shouxue, which means that Shouxue is not a real cave on the mountain as Mr. Tang Changshou said, but an adult Shouxue. The hole of life is the foundation of life, which is basic common sense and cannot be far-fetched.