When Yang Jing saw these three tombs, he immediately realized why some tombs in Yuechengzi had not been explored according to the inscriptions on the stele.
Yang Jing estimated that it was not that Yuechengzi had not found these tombs, but that these tombs could not be opened at all. At least with the technology of that era, it would be impossible to solve the three dragon-breaking stones in a short period of time unless it took years of manpower to dig.
The dragon-breaking stones outside these three tombs are not as big as the movable dragon-breaking stone outside, but they are also two meters square and half a meter thick. In terms of weight alone, they definitely exceed ten thousand pounds.
Even Yang Jing would not be able to open the three Dragon-Breaking Stones without using the storage space.
Using explosives to blow up the door here is simply like the mouse being the bridesmaid for the cat, courting death!
However, this discovery also made Yang Jing excited again. What did it mean that the Dragon-Breaking Stone in the tomb was put down? It was very simple. It meant that burial objects had been placed in these three tombs, otherwise the Dragon-Breaking Stone would not have been put down.
Yang Jing stood in front of one of the tombs without any hesitation and activated the storage space skill towards the half-meter thick Dragon-Broken Stone in front of him. The next moment, the Dragon-Broken Stone weighing more than ten thousand pounds disappeared silently. A two-meter square hole appeared on the rock wall that was originally tightly fitted. The remaining parts of the Dragon-Broken Stone that were originally stuck in the rock wall fell out from the rock wall because of the sudden loss of a large support in the middle.
Yang Jing activated the storage space skill again and collected the fallen stone bars. Suddenly, the entrance of the tomb looked clean, as if there was no dragon-breaking stone here in the first place.
After nodding in satisfaction, Yang Jing walked inside. Under the light, the brilliant golden light coming towards him made him squint his eyes involuntarily.
The entire floor of the tomb, which is more than 20 square meters, is filled with golden Buddha statues!
"My dear sisters, you are rich now!"
Even though Yang Jing had obtained a lot of gold from several treasures, he couldn't help but sigh after seeing so many Buddha statues.
There are more than a hundred Buddha statues in this tomb, each of them is of different sizes and has a different shape.
After pulling in two battery lights, the entire tomb immediately became much brighter. After carefully counting the Buddha statues of different shapes and sizes, Yang Jing discovered that there were a total of 108 Buddha statues in this tomb.
The number one hundred and eight has a very important meaning in Buddhism.
The Buddhist practice of Buddhahood emphasizes the six senses, six dusts, and six entrances. The six senses are "eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind"; the six dusts are "color, sound, smell, taste, touch, and dharma"; and the six entrances are "the feelings of the six dusts related to the six senses."
The sum of the six sense organs, six dusts, and six entrances is eighteen, and Buddhism also emphasizes the three worlds and reversal. In this way, eighteen multiplied by the three worlds and reversal is exactly one hundred and eight.
Therefore, whether it is chanting Buddha's name or ringing the bell, it must be done 108 times, which means to chant away all the six roots, six dusts, and six entrances of the three worlds. When sentient beings are free of the six roots, six dusts, six entrances, and inversion, they will naturally become Buddhas!
Wu Ze was a devout Buddhist, so it is not surprising that there were 108 Buddha statues among her burial objects.
In ancient China, there were two emperors who were particularly interesting. They were not well regarded in folk legends, but were highly regarded in Buddhism. The first was Emperor Yang of Sui, and the second was Empress Wu Zetian.
Wu Zetian is known as the greatest emperor of all time, not only because she was the first and only female emperor in Chinese history, but also because she had a deep connection with Buddhism.
According to legend, when Buddha Shakyamuni was alive, he was begging for food. On the way, he met a girl who was playing with a group of children in the sand. The girl saw the Buddha leading his disciples from afar, so she half-jokingly and half-seriously picked up a stick of sand from the ground with both hands, walked to the Buddha, and put the sand into the Buddha's bowl. Unexpectedly, the Buddha actually accepted her sand offering.
Buddha's great disciple Sariputra could not stand it and thought: This girl is so unreasonable, how can she use sand to play a joke on Buddha. When they were on the road, he could not help asking Buddha: "Buddha, just now that girl put sand into your bowl, why did you accept it?" Buddha smiled and said: "You don't know, thousands of years later, this girl will be the king of Eastern Zhendan when the cause and conditions are ripe. If you don't accept her sand offerings now, she will destroy Buddhism. Let her plant this good root cause, and when she becomes the emperor in the future, she will protect Buddhism and promote the Dharma."
The girl who put sand into the bowl in the story was the predecessor of Wu Zetian. After becoming the emperor, Wu Zetian played an indelible role in promoting and spreading Buddhism in China.
Wu Zetian's relationship with Buddhism was indeed very deep. She even became a nun twice in her life.
The first time was before she was fourteen, and the second time was forced. It is certain that the first time she became a nun was related to her parents' beliefs. Wu Zetian's mother, Madam Yang, was a remarkable woman in the Tang Dynasty. She was a descendant of Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui. Her father was Yang Da, the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, and her uncle was Yang Xiong, the Prince of Guan. Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui were both faithful believers of Buddhism. Influenced by her family, Madam Yang believed in Buddhism. It was only natural that Madam Yang passed on such a belief to Wu Zetian.
As for the second time she became a nun, I guess everyone in China knows why. After Wu Ze entered the palace, she became a concubine of Emperor Taizong of Tang. After Emperor Taizong passed away, according to the custom of the Tang Dynasty, she went to Ganye Temple in the capital to become a nun.
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