Chapter 1068 Golden Lake
Mapanyong got its name from a religious battle fought on the shores of this lake in the 11th century, and the Tibetan word for "Mapan" means invincible, invincible, and it means "invincible lake" in Tibetan.
After the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism gradually won the battle against Bon, they renamed the "Ma Trai Tso", which had been used for many centuries, to "Ma Pan Yong Tso", that is, "the eternal undefeated jasper lake".
Historically, there were many Buddhist temples built along the lake, and even now, there are 8 more, so many temples are scattered around, so you can imagine how many people come to make pilgrimages.
Here, many pious herdsmen will throw their gold jewelry into the mapang.
The lake has been famous since the 11th century, and now more than a thousand years have passed, and it is impossible to say how many people and how much gold were thrown away during these thousand years.
Even now, the placer gold mine of Mapanyongco is also very famous, so Han Peacock said that the holy lake of Mapanyongco is a treasure, which is really good.
Maybe it was because he saw the golden light in Han Peacock's eyes, Liu Fu chuckled: "You don't think this is really a golden lake, do you?" β
Han Peacock shook his head and smiled: "I don't think so, you think I'm so superficial?" β
Liu Fu smiled and said, "I look at you, I thought you thought you thought this place was Guadavida Lake!" β
Han Peacock finally couldn't help but glance at the catkins, Lake Guadavida is the legendary Golden Lake, this lake in Colombia, in the 17th century, the nephew of the last king of the Indian tribe described the traditional coronation ceremony held on the shores of the Golden Lake.
Then. The heir to the throne was coated with gold dust and then swam in the lake, and after washing off the powder, his subjects offered gold and precious stones, which were piled up at his feet like a hill, and then the new king threw all the gold and silver treasures into the lake as a sacrifice to the sun god.
From the 16th century, the salvage of the Golden Lake continued until 1974, when the Colombian government feared that the lake's treasures would fall into the wrong hands. Dispatch troops to protect the Golden Lake. No one has ever been able to approach this place since.
"It's a pity that this place is not much better than the Indians, and it is not as good as the Indians, if it can really be compared to the Indians. Maybe there won't be any gold left in the lake now. He said. Han Peacock pointed to a group of people not far away.
Catkins looked over. A few people who looked like foreign tourists were throwing things into the lake with great wealth, and the eyes of Han Peacock and Liu Wu were very good. Both of them could see clearly, one of them was a fat man with a large body, and a gold bracelet was still inward.
And a young man beside him threw the dog chain around his neck directly, the chain was very thick, and he didn't know how his neck could bear it, of course, it was probably because it was too heavy, so he threw it into the lake ruthlessly.
A gold bracelet, how can it cost forty or fifty grams, at the current gold price, just the value of such a bracelet, it will cost one or two hundred thousand, plus that gold chain, this is forty or fifty thousand yuan, if there are a few such high-rollers every day, it will really become a veritable gold lake.
"I don't know how much gold is left here." Liu Wu sighed softly.
"It's certainly not as much as in Lake Guadavida." Han Peacock shook his head regretfully.
It is rumored that there are thousands of tons of gold and precious stones at the bottom of Lake Guadavida in Colombia, so since the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in the 16th century, the search and salvage of gold and precious stones has not stopped.
Like the pyramid of the Mayans, this place is still a sacred place of worship for the Zibcha-Musca Indians, and legend has it that on the shores of the lake, you can feel an extraordinary and mysterious atmosphere, and there is a feeling that the treasures of the Indians are at your fingertips.
It is said that there are 50 million gold objects at the bottom of the lake, and that every new king is crowned on the shores of Lake Guadavida for a coronation ceremony and a gift to please the devil, his own god and his master.
On the day of the coronation, the subjects tied a raft of reeds and decorated it beautifully, with four braziers on it, and groups of Native Americans wearing feathers, crowns, and earrings, each with torches in their hands, gathered on the shore.
When the brazier on the raft began to smoke and give off a burst of aroma, and the torches on the shore burned even brighter, the new king was stripped naked, and he was smeared with cigarette butts, sprinkled with gold dust from head to toe, and then the people carried him to the raft and piled a great mass of offerings at his feet.
The new king was followed on the raft by four of his courtiers, all stripped naked, wearing only feathers, gold crowns, and bracelets, each with a gift.
As soon as the raft was off the shore, the crowd on the shore played various musical instruments, sang and shouted loudly, and the raft sailed to the middle of the lake, and everyone quieted down.
The "Gilded Man" glows in the light of the rising sun and prays and throws gifts into the lake.
When the flag that had been flying throughout the ceremony was lowered, the four people on the raft jumped into the water and swam to the shore.
The shouts and music of the people resounded on the shore, and everyone danced and drank to their heart's content, and only then was the power of the new king officially recognized.
Therefore, the Indian kingdom, which has been inherited for thousands of years, has directly created a golden lake, and this holy protector in Tibet cannot reach that kind of crazy Cheng dΓΉ, but just for a while, Han Peacock saw hundreds of thousands of yuan thrown into the lake, so it is really impossible to say how much gold jewelry has been silent in this lake for so many years.
"Faith, sometimes it's crazy." Willow catkins said.
Han Peacock said: "It's better than eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, still here, I don't know who is cheaper in the end." β
It was already noon, and the weather had become very hot, so on the side, there were already people bathing in the waters of the holy lake, and many of these people wanted to be lucky and wanted to pick up something in the lake, whether it was gold, stones, or feathers, and of course, if it was gold jewelry, it would be even better.
Liu Fu looked at Han Peacock and smiled: "It must be cheaper for people like you." β
Han Peacock also smiled: "It should be said that it is cheaper for people like us." β
"I'm not going to go along with you, why do you want so much money? Even if it's a golden lake, how much can we use? Liu Wu said.
Han Peacock said: "I seem to be very greedy, you must know that as long as I want, I can still get thousands of tons of gold." β
"It's hard work to get it, and the feeling of getting a treasure without hard work is definitely different, I think, you enjoy it, right?" Willow catkins said.
Han Peacock thought for a while and said: "That's really the case, in fact, if you fish out a few hundred kilograms of gold, it will only cost hundreds of millions of yuan, but the feeling of picking it up for nothing is really different." β
"Then you can go down and pick up some!" Willow catkins said.
Han Peacock said: "Of course, but the gold here is not so easy to pick up. β
"What? Is the environment underneath complex? If that's the case, wouldn't it be possible to leave more gold? Then you should be happy. Liu Wu said.
Han Peacock's perception range now exceeds four hundred meters, and at close range, Han Peacock can't sense any gold jewelry at all, which is understandable, because few people throw jewelry close.
And in the distance, there is the deep water area in the holy lake, where the underwater terrain is really complicated, plus the silt at the bottom of the lake, the gold thrown into the lake directly into the silt, without special means, it is really not easy to fish out.
Of course, if there is enough time and enough equipment, no matter how complicated the environment below is, those gold jewelry will be cleaned, but this is absolutely impossible.
You must know that this is a holy lake, there are too many pious herdsmen who come here for pilgrimage, and the most of them are these people who throw gold into it, if you blatantly steal the treasures that people offer to the gods, then you are not looking for death?
"Let's eat first! It's okay to catch a few small pieces, but if you want to catch them all, I'm afraid it's not easy. Han Peacock glanced around a few times before he said slowly.
Liu Fu looked around suspiciously: "Is there your companion?" β
Han peacocks hugged the catkins and walked like a tent in the distance, in Tibetan areas, few people eat fish, so their tents are set up farther away.
While walking, Han Peacock said in a low voice: "Look at the few young herdsmen over there, do you have the feeling of being a thief?" β
"Thief's eyebrows? Those few are not at ease either? Liu Fu didn't see how those people were stealing, but she guessed what Han Peacock meant.
Han Peacock chuckled: "Those boys, I'm afraid they stepped on the spot, like those people just now, the jewelry they threw out, the location must have been written down by them, if I guessed correctly, in the dead of night, they will go into the water to salvage." β
"I'm afraid it's not easy, right? The lake is cool at night. Liu Wu said.
Han Peacock said: "For the sake of money, what are you afraid of if you are cold?" Fortunately, there are many people here, if it weren't for this, no matter how much gold there was in this lake, they would have been fished out a long time ago, so they were still waiting for us to come? β
"It's you, but they're really smart, they memorize the place during the day, and go into the water at night to pick it up, if the coordinates are calibrated, then it's easier." Willow catkins said.
Han Peacock thought about it, and it was really like this: "These people must be professional households, maybe they really want to think like you, as long as they often go into the water, they must be very familiar with the underwater environment, if they see the location where those people threw out the gold jewelry and fell, it is really not difficult to mark the exact coordinates." β
"That way, you can wake up from a dream of picking up a lot of gold." Liu Fu said with a smile. (To be continued......)