Tibetan celestial burial on the bloody terror, sacred, is already heard.
During the last 51 came in Tibet, a Tibet for many years fulfill their dreams. During a visit to the most spectacular of the Potala Palace, playing the most beautiful, Namco, visit the incense and most prosperous of the Jokhang Temple, the most devout Tibetan insight kowtowing, the thought of the most famous burial. Although not normally fragile little, micro-blow of the woman, it also refused to miss this unique opportunity to witness wonders for easy return to Beijing the day before the 3:00 wake up, riding the stars, the moon ride to Tibet satin Tianzang Tai Temple I heard that in order to develop tourism in Tibet, the only opening up Tianzang Tai.
About seven o'clock, we arrived at the satin Temple, just as, like many places in Tibet, where mountains and rivers stretching, towering tireless, early morning in the mountains to do at Dai-thin light halo, then circled back to somewhere, such as ink-like leaves awakens curl, rolling hilltops were melting the snow will melt is not covered, showing an attitude of solemn silence. Here is far from being the most beautiful scenery of Tibet, but there is no reason a bit startling sight, it seems that feeling that this is not a place can be noisy laughter, more than a place to let you entertained. It is with the people of Tibet followed the generation of thousands of beliefs, with their dark faces on an extremely devout expression, towards the blue sky stands.
Satin Temple in the hillside, the taxi companies here, they can no longer move forward, we have a line of four (three women and one male) jumped out of cars, each inclusive of the 25 yuan tickets satin temple money, there is no look to the temple a satin , then went straight to winding mountain themselves up. All in all, this is not what is dangerous roads, but because of the morning got up early and altitude sickness, I am a little tired, Hu Chi with breath to chase the footsteps of the previous three, Hu Ting soon as they are surprised, the original side of the road a small heap piled Mani stones engraved with a few verses, although those who can not read what is meant by winding the Tibetan, but because in this way to see the Ci Jing Tian Zangtai feel a bit mysterious , we excitedly shot with the camera for a while, guess came here to burial of the deceased huubang left by blessing and prayer.
Tibet is one such that it will give you surprises at any time, or emotion, every corner, not implies the United States, is the hidden mystery. So that tourists like us, often the same as the fool to stay there, even the rich vocabulary of literati in the face of kindness of strange situation, in addition to burst out of a "good" word, the brain is also a blank, right?
We found only from the first vulture hovering in the heavens above (the beginning we think it is robust and goshawk) from the time when the four of us the "ah" "" On the Voice of no bounds. Gradually winding up, a growing number of vultures soared into the sky from time to time there are 12 that rest not far from us, they are very gigantic majestic, mute yellow eyes were dull and obscure expression, the moment I can not conclude that they were Among the eyes with something. The knowledge gained at an early age, the vulture is a kind of stupid, cruel, special eating carrion, indicating an unknown bird, but this piece of Holy Land in Tibet, in the serene purity of the Tibetan people's hearts, they are equivalent to the legendary bird of paradise is a Bird, it can corrupt their physical and painful to the beauty of heaven with the soul of the sanctity of sublimation of the birds.
Far seen a lot of fluttering in the breeze of the streamer, colorful, in bright sun rising in the mountain breeze blowing in under the fluttering sound, we know that Tian Zangtai up. Sure enough, a turn, is out there in front of us is a lot of alternating vertical and horizontal, stacked stacked, a full of vulture, and assail the nostrils more than a hundred from the weird Great Stink, almost at once were not prepared to see so many vultures and the smell such a strange smell, the mind and thought stifle! Many, such as Carrion, soul, eat dead meat, blood, and so the words tumbling out of crevices emitting a dense bones instant Liang Qi, there is no consumption of pantothenic acid the stomach also faint.
This is not a small garden near the west and there is a circular bluestone Leicheng how much above the ground with no xintaizi that those people who endlessly rising peaks of the vulture on crawling all over this xintaizi, we go in they did not take long expelled to step down, in one meter how far the local open, the stage at the moment Qingshi bloodstained, a 70-year-old old apron hanging on the chest is badly polluted 78, aged old blood and new blood infected with the mixed with shocking, to be disrespectful, then no distinction between butchers and slaughterhouses, but the old man, but it was a highly respected local, level high Tianzang Shi, saw only the blood of his own piece of the skull in one hand and the hand carrying some sort of leg bones, movements skillfully throw them the same place, and then hit with a sledgehammer force.
We had just arrived, ignorant where ignorant to think that is over, after inquiries conducted know just one, but in 10:30 or so go on for another day, like a burial to conduct several times. More than a dozen, few have one or two, complete with the day of the dead brought the number of terms, in the Tibetan calendar is not for some special day. Listen to local people, the burial in Tibet after the funeral, the funeral tower specifications, must die a natural death can burial.
In the waiting, the companion picking up a vulture feathers to us, although the vulture is not a beautiful bird, but it is still somewhat an air of feathers, in the morning dew to moisten, look slim and handsomely. Thus, we have to bow their heads looking up, intended to take home as a souvenir, a Tibetan to see that several of us in searching vulture feathers, Tian Zangtai directly on top of a pick up to me, the moment I can not react, are delighted to take over the , but suddenly saw the feathers on the hands of the stained-stained flesh and blood, suddenly thought of what I am naive at this point are not in a zoo, but the world-famous Tianzang Tai, which is precisely what the feathers just for fighting over a vulture Chela had been companions dead meat, and Jing Ji so I immediately threw this root vulture feathers of the far away, people also jumped opened far away.
Look at the group of vultures, they just eat, are scattered on the side of leisurely, and some feathers in the comb, and some want to fly wings, and some arrogance look at us, look at peers, and some simply flapping soon as fly up, the wings expand enough to two meters long, almost close to the scalp of our flight, the wind driven our hair and Yi Jiao. For a time, I do not know where they were in, whether this is a sacred place? Is still a horrible place? What is a paradise on earth? Or hell on earth?
A Japanese tour group of 45 tourists shop with a piece of plastic sheeting on the Tianzang Tai, lie down, his head looked on the back of the stone turn a blind eye to erect a rest, we asked, as a translation of the Tibetan people, he told us that if the above asleep, you can dream about the afterlife, and lie to the disaster-free life without difficulties, he was encouraged to lie a lie we have, we have repeatedly shook his head, lying on the place where countless dead bodies, even if asleep, and will do nightmare. We asked him do some people dream about over the World? He laughed off the question. That last one a few Japanese looked serious and inscrutable to walk down, do not know whether they fall asleep and dream about their own well-being of the afterlife.
More than ten minutes, there are two whole body white hada Chan Man brought the dead was carried to display in just those few Japanese lay-off place, one dressed in Technicolor Dreamcoat, head and wear a dunce cap sitting in the Tian Zangshi plate Tian Zangtai above the starting chanting, not far away from the Tian Zangtai like a well places, and came a rolling white smoke, as if the taste of temple incense, I guess this is the meaning of space incense for prayer, practical significance is in order to cover up the stench of dead bodies and bloody of the flavor.
Burial started!
Saber-rattling, two have just one side of the Tian Zangshi (including that 70-year-old elderly people) came to Tianzang Tai, the two sharp machetes in the sun a dazzling light. Tian Zangshi had a knife cut into the action quick and neat in layer upon layer of pure white hada (that is their loved ones on their deathbed affectionate Changuo up the bar?), From shaking out the two bodies, throw away those who represent the wishes and Endless miss hada, machetes began with the flesh on the cut in both!
When our class in our very eyes, was a sharp knife cut in an extremely harsh, I see someone's eyes is a woodenly, some people's eyes is a dodge, and some people's eyes is a horror, and some people's eyes is a devout , and I do not know how he is kind of, maybe all kinds of modality have it, there is a deep pathos meaning in their hearts leapt up, at this moment have to think about life and death, thought of the helplessness of life and death of the horror. Each of us after all, the place to be, what is perpetual darkness? Or permanent light?
Look at them while back, I have noticed that hundreds of Tibetans are only a few stopped at the side of the vultures, they are now eyeing to describe the most appropriate use, however, reveal a look of impatience, a restless and a kind of food desire and greed. They let me think was densely covered in the table the human right Delicacies, birds and beasts of greed and desire, it is the same kind of vision, from the same objective. Here, man, mighty man, in death, does not also their Pan Zhongcan, the belly meat? This is the genuineness of the cycle of nature. Perhaps the pious people of Tibet have long realized this truth, with their bladder after the death of a useless creatures on earth to feed, but also regarded as a kind of charity. They are pure eyes, we are closer than the blue sky.
Cutting the body exhausted, does not distinguish human form, a few Tibetans a release, vultures will trot all the way diving, they look very funny running awkward, fainthearted hump with both hands, their spindly legs that seem to bear a large heavy body, a Britain ran a child. Led is a mind, taken singly is not the biggest, but the speed is faster, looks Kongwuyouli, gifted and experienced. Only heard of it mouth to eat first, others only dare eat the vulture. When they rushed to Tian Zangtai on, has been unclear who is who to see, and everyone pile stacked together, each fighting for, the athletic field, I would like to see real-life version of the animal world, often a large group of meat in several vulture only Chuan mouth again, was the most cunning of the most ferocious away. In the middle of these bulky vulture, but also mixed with some Yellow-billed Red-legged black body of the crow, look delicate lovely, but it also did excellent as their male colleagues, where he bites. The strange thing is that those who are not with fierce competition for the vultures, they only concentrate on dealing with their own kind.
34 minutes later, the vultures Tianzang Shi drive open, Tian Zangtai only a bit on the framework, some of them linked together, some of them have head is the head arm is the arm, and two of these bones collected Tianzang Shi together, as we have seen the original, like using a sledgehammer H-smashing, soon became a pile of bone fragments, and then Huanlai those vultures, vultures at this time has not just the greed is so anxious to start ponder over the slow - pharynx up, this time no one will rush by them to go, because in Tibet, the bones were vultures eat the cleaner the better, the best piece of bone is not a trace of meat left, That on behalf of their souls were completely brought to the the kingdom of heaven.
The weather is very good, like Tibet, like most of the good weather, blue skies, sunshine and pleasant. Bathing in the sun, we have witnessed the process of the deceased to heaven, as they have the same period of Ji, and their flesh would be turned to flesh and blood of birds, flying in the blue sky above they often look up to, where the blue sky really is and the public different, if you look a long time, the soul will be lost during the period.
We quietly left the Tianzang Tai, where a ceremony was going forward to the next.
By: tt6678
