Yunnan Travel Notes (IV)-Murals of Wangu Building 云南游记（四）--万古楼壁画

Last I came to the Wangu Building of Lion Mountain, in the first floor of this ancient building, there are eight large painted murals, I was attracted by these murals, the Naxi people i have not heard before, came to Yunnan after the discovery of the unique culture here. There are also in the ancient city to see the hieroglyphics of Dongba, these special hieroglyphics added color, these Dongba characters are more beautiful.

This time in the Ancient House to see the mural is also very special, colorful rituals, dance folk proverbs, with these pictures and so on to show, plus colorful colors, the whole picture is vivid, lifelike.

The Dongba painted frescoes inside this ancient building are based on the Naxi Dongba classic book "Genesis", a total of 7 pictures, respectively, showing the beginning of chaos, the flood, cultivation and breeding, marriage to the heavenly daughter, the beautiful life of the human world and other human creation and reproduction process. Here's a unique human history, let's see the 7 murals here! Below is a text introduction to the murals of the Vanguard Building.

上一篇我来到了狮子山的万古楼，在这个万古楼的首层，有八幅大型的彩绘壁画，我被这些壁画吸引了，纳西族之前我没有听说过，来到云南之后发现了这里独特的文化。还有在古城里看到东巴的象形文字，这些特别的象形文字加上了颜色，这些东巴文字更加好看了。

这次在万古楼看到的壁画也是很特别，这里应用了多姿多彩的祭祀仪式、舞蹈民谚、用这些图画等展现出来，加上五彩的颜色，整个画面惟妙惟肖，栩栩如生。

这个万古楼里面的东巴彩绘壁画，是根据纳西族东巴古籍经典名著《创世纪》改编绘制的，有文字介绍，一共有7幅图画文字介绍，分别展现了天地混沌初开、洪水滔天、耕织种养、向天女求婚、人间美好生活等人类创世繁衍的过程。这里独特的人文历史，一起来看下这里的7幅壁画吧！下面的是万古楼壁画文字介绍。

The first picture: "Ploughing Map": In ancient times, heaven and earth were connected. A pair of sacred birds laid a white egg and hatched nine brothers with infinite contribution and Seven Sisters with incomparable wisdom. They separated heaven and earth together and created the human homeland. Since then, people have lived a happy life with white deer as farm animals and tigers as mounts.
第一幅画：《耕作图》：在远古的时候，天地相连，一对神鸟，生下了一对白蛋，孵化出力大无穷的九兄弟和智慧无比的七姐妹，他们共同把天地分开，创造了人类家园。从此，人们以白鹿为耕畜，老虎为坐骑，过上了幸福快乐的生活。

The second picture, "Flood Map": As human beings hacked down mountain forests and polluted water sources, they angered the gods. The gods sent down floods, which nearly wiped out human beings. Only a young man named chongren, who was instructed by the gods because of his kindness, survived in a yak-skin-sewn leather drum. In order to re-develop human beings, the gods instructed chongren to find beautiful and kind heavenly daughters. However, he was tempted to marry a beautiful demon woman and gave birth to bears, snakes, frogs, trees and other strange creatures. Therefore, Naxi people believe that all things are spiritual and all things in nature are related to human beings.
第二幅图《洪水图》：由于人类乱砍山林，污染水源，触怒了天神，天神降下洪水，人类几乎灭绝。只有一个叫崇仁利恩的小伙子，因心地善良受到天神的指点，躲在牦牛皮缝的皮鼓里幸存下来。为重新发展人类，天神指点崇仁利恩去寻找美丽善良的天女。可是他却受到诱惑，娶回了美貌的一妖女为妻，结果生下了熊、蛇、蛙、树木等怪胎。所以纳西族人认为万物有灵，自然界的一切都与人类有亲缘关系。

The third picture: "Love Picture": Chongren leaves the demon woman and meets Tiannv Lin Heng Bao Bai. The two fall in love at first sight and have a mutual affinity. However, the father's consent is still needed to get the heavenly daughter, so the heavenly daughter became a crane and took lilien to the 18th floor of the sky to propose to the gifted father. the father did not agree and set up many difficulties to spite lilien.

第三幅：《相恋图》：崇仁间离开妖女，遇上了天女衬恒褒白，两人一见钟情，心心相印。但要取天女，还需征得天父的同意，于是天女变成了一只仙鹤，带着丽利恩到了十八层天空，向天赋父求婚，天父不同意，设下重重难题刁难利恩。

The fourth picture: Test Picture 1: The gifted father asked Chongren Delin to cut down 99 forests in one day, sow seeds in 99 mountains in one day, and collect all the seeds in one day.
第四幅画：《考验图1》：天赋父要求崇仁得利恩在一日之内砍伐九十九座森林，一日之内向九十九山地播完种子，一日之内又把全部撒出的种子拾回。

The fifth picture: Test Chart 2
第五幅画：《考验图2》：上险崖射岩羊，下险滩捕江于鱼，去老虎洞取虎奶，这些考验崇仁利恩都在天女的帮助下一一完成了，天父没有办法，只好让天女嫁给了崇仁利恩。

The sixth picture: the picture of returning to the world: chongrenline and tianlv returned to the world with the dowry sent by the father-gold and silver jewelry, cattle, sheep and horses.
第六幅：《返回人间图》：崇仁利恩与天履女带着天父送的嫁妆—金银珠宝和牛羊马匹返回了人间。

The seventh picture: the picture of worshipping heaven;
第七幅图：《祭天图》：由于崇仁利恩和天宇女回到人间后忙于开山造地，重建家园，忘记祭祀天赋父天母，天父心怀不快，施计让天女的三个儿子不会说话，。后来天女派白蝙蝠去天上偷听了实情，得知原因后，举行了隆重的祭天大典。

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