China discovered the exposure of Tubo tombs for the first time. Why is it called the nine-story demon tower?

According to the Tibetan custom, it is best to bury people in heaven after death, that is, to divide the bodies into small pieces and eat them by birds.

If the celestial burial fails, water burial is required, that is, the body is submerged in water and eaten by fish (in the past, it was customary in Tibet not to eat fish);

Cremation also took place after the introduction of Buddhism, but it was rarely used because of lack of fuel.

The nine-story demon tower is the No.1 tomb of Xuewei discovered by Chinese archaeology in 1996. It is the most spectacular tomb among the Tubo ancient tombs in Dulan, Qinghai Province. The director of the tomb should be a member of Tuyuhun royal family, so the level of the tomb is very high. It is located on the Xuewei prairie in Zhamari village, a hot water town. The archaeological number is "No.1 tomb of Xuewei". The whole tomb is made of wood-piercing and concrete-tamping (hang). The wooden floor is thin and short on the top and thick and long on the bottom, with nine floors. In addition, there is an unlucky legend among Tibetans that this ancient tomb is a "high-rise building with monsters", so local farmers and herdsmen call it a "nine-story demon building". Tuguhun has a close relationship with the central dynasty, and attaches great importance to learning the culture of the Central Plains, so the tombs are also very particular about geomantic omen. The grand tomb is trapezoidal and double-walled, with the northern part connected with the natural mountain, and the southern part protruding out of the mountain, wide in the south and narrow in the north, facing the mountain and facing the water, facing south. There are mountains on the east and west sides of the tomb extending to the side of the tomb. There is a huge stone at the intersection of the two mountains, which looks like a bird's head. The mountains on both sides are muddy like wings, and the front view looks like a Dapeng bird with wings to fly. According to the latest research data, the totem worshipped by Tuyuhun is a sunbird, so this is a sunbird with wings to fly. Right in front of the tomb is the Chahanwusu River, which is a treasure trove of geomantic omen! It shows that Tuguhun people believe in the theory of Yin and Yang Feng Shui in the Han land, and this cemetery is a blessed land in Long Mai that Tuguhun people deliberately choose.

Dulan has a long history, and it is an ancient and mysterious land. In the long history of 3, years, Dulan was once the main grazing land of the ancestors of Xiqiang, the main activity center of the Tuguhun Kingdom, which occupies an important position in the history of China, and the ruling place of the Tubo Dynasty. In the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was also the neighboring place of Mongolian West and Shuote departments after they entered Qinghai, and the Tubo State was destroyed.

This is the nine-story demon tower in reality. It is not mysterious and weird in the novel, but it is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation.