More Chinese Mysteries
I’ve
never had the privilege of visiting China, but I’ve long been a great admirer
of their beautiful land and rich, colorful heritage.
Like the United States, their country is so large that they have almost
every landscape and environment imaginable.
They are one of the oldest continuously living cultures existing in the present day, possibly second only to the traditional Indian culture.
To their credit (and
the benefit of modern historians, as well as the dismay of Chinese history students), the Chinese people have kept meticulous
records of almost every event and piece of knowledge, great or small, throughout
their four-thousand-year history, despite their many conflicts, invasions and
changes of power. Because of this
incredibly detailed recording of their history, any subject that is not included in their record has
great interest to serious scholars.
However, these
deviations from the officially approved Chinese narrative are usually
considered an embarrassment to the Chinese government. Subsequently, they tend to be hidden away, stone
walled, suppressed or similarly obfuscated. Certainly they are not pursued with any enthusiasm.
In
previous blog entries, I have pointed out some of the arcane artifacts and curiosities
that point to a technological civilization predating the current Chinese culture. We have looked at such things as:
-the Longyou Caverns, which are 23 separate
massive artificial subterranean chamber systems, replete with pillars and stairs and hallways. They have been carved out of the living rock
in a way that demonstrates an impressive level of geological and structural expertise. To hollow these caverns out and carry off the
excess stone (since the removed stone is nowhere to be found) would have
required an enormous amount of either man/hours, skill or technology (or all the
above).
They are decorated
with beautiful bas relief designs, that look like images from historical
Chinese artwork. The images and characters
portrayed, however, depict characters, stories or histories unknown to modern
scholars.
-gigantic ancient dolmens (groups of
massive stones that have been balanced atop one another) littering the
landscape of Manchuria,
-the Lanzhou stone, which, when broken
open, was found to contain a machined screw that the stone had formed around,
-Mount Baigong with its ancient and
untraceable system of sophisticated and modern looking underground pipes
composed of a metal that can’t be completely analyzed,
-the aluminum belt buckle of Chinese general Chow
Chu, entombed with him 1500 years before modern industrial technology had developed
the process for producing aluminum from bauxite ore,
-ancient axes made of sapphire,
produced by an unexplainably sophisticated technology.
While
these are all remarkable and highly interesting in and of themselves, they are
not the only technological anomalies found in China, by any means. Here are some more.
Lake Fuxian
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| Yunnan province in China |
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| Location of Lake Fuxian in Yunnan province |
The beautiful recreational Lake Fuxian, in the Yunnan province of China, is surrounded by picturesque hotels, resorts, docks and marinas. At 100 square miles in area and 509 feet deep, it is the third deepest freshwater lake in all of China.
One
of the local sport diving excursion operators was searching for new locations
to show his customers.
In one of the locations he explored, he began to find earthenware and stones that looked like they had been chiseled and shaped by man. Further exploration revealed a series of hand carved flagstones that formed a road, leading to formations that were obviously buildings.
In one of the locations he explored, he began to find earthenware and stones that looked like they had been chiseled and shaped by man. Further exploration revealed a series of hand carved flagstones that formed a road, leading to formations that were obviously buildings.
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| Underwater flagstones forming a road |
When
the government was informed, they sent down a submarine. It located, in addition to the buildings,
stairs and various walls. Further,
deeper surveys of the bottom revealed an arena and multiple pyramids, covering roughly
one and a half square miles.
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Further
explorations are on-going. However, all
this new information is producing some consternation among the Chinese archaeological
and governmental authorities.
It seems that, in
four thousand years of meticulously kept, highly detailed records about every
aspect of Chinese life and civilization, nothing at all was ever written about
a large, well-constructed city at this location. On the shoreline, perhaps, but not in the
middle of the lake. In the Chinese historical
record, this lake has always been here, unchanged in its depth and, therefore,
unsuitable for any construction.
Since it is
located at the bottom of a deep lake, significant re-arrangement of the
landscape had to have occurred. If there
was no mention made of it in the record, then it must have occurred long before
such records were made. At the very
least, it was more than 4,000 years ago.
The pyramids of Shaanxi
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| Location of Shaanxi province in China |
The first indication that something extraordinary existed in
the province of Shaanxi occurred in the 1930’s. Western military pilots flying over the area
began to return with photographs of large pyramids.
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| Various pyramids at different locations |
Further aerial survey over the years has
located approximately 38 within 16 miles of each other. There are 100 such pyramids altogether, most
of these within 60 miles of the city of Xian.
One of these is thought to be the hidden tomb of the first emperor of
China, Qin Shi Huangdi, around which the famed terra cotta warrior statues, in
all their hordes, have been located.
The government also has declared the
area of the pyramids off limits to anyone who does not live there already. Since the only people living in the area are
farmers and other agricultural workers, information about the pyramids has been
sparse.
It hasn’t been helped by the fact that
orchards and other crops have been systematically planted on top of the pyramids,
as though in some half-hearted attempt to camouflage them. It seems that the Chinese officials know something
about these structures that they want hidden from the outside world.
What
are they doing? Oh, those inscrutable
Chinese!
The Statues of Sanxingdui
The place name of “Sặnxῑngduĭ”
translates picturesquely as “Seven Star Hill.”
Located in the Sichuan province of China, it is the site of a striking cache of artifacts. What was unearthed were a large collection of
statues, masks, images and other strange objects. Many of them are done in exquisite bronze
work. There are some representations of
natural objects, such as birds, but it is the faces that captivate your
attention.
It is impossible to tell what they represent, since they are unlike anything known. The faces are impossibly angular, the lips thin and stretched in a grin. The eyes are inhumanly large and slanted, some having bug-like stalks protruding from the irises. The ears are enlarged and pointed, bat-like. The entire group is obviously from the same tradition, but what they represent, or their use, is unfathomable.
Once
again, there is no record of any such artifacts or the people who made
them. Wild guesses have been made by the
scholars who don’t want to seem like they are clueless, but they have no real information
on which to base these declarations.
WARNING!!
The truth
is there. You just have to see it.
This
blog has been written with the sole purpose of using the ample evidence
available to verify and support the biblical record, while refuting the copious
propaganda that is shoved down our throats daily by materialistic uniformitarians.
It is my
contention that the Bible describes God's original creation of people with
extraordinary capabilities who subsequently created an advanced
civilization that exceeds our own. It was destroyed in the Great Flood
and we have spent the last 4,500 years trying to preserve or re-build that
civilization. I contend that science supports all this in multiple
disciplines, but this information is ignored, discredited or suppressed by
people who have an opposing agenda.
I’m sorry
that this doesn’t support the propaganda narrative of the current crop of
materialistic academic dictators. I have
neither the time or the inclination to refute them. There are too many verifiable facts to be examined
and drilled down on to waste time on silly fantasies that lack even face
validity.
Nothing that you
see on this blog is original. Any fact that you see here is obtainable on
a dozen different websites and books. I use these facts and photos,
without violating their copyrights, under the legal principle of fair
use practice. That is, I use them one time, for educational purposes
only.
The point
is, nothing here is made up. The only thing that I do (or need to
do) is assemble this information in its readily discernible pattern.
You might
want to read through the first entry posted on this blog (Past Remembering: Thoughts
toward a coherent view of our ancient past, our present and our future)
to understand my theoretical and theological underpinnings more clearly.
Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 (NASB)
That which has been is that which
will be,
And that which has been done is that
which will be done.
So there is nothing new under the
sun.
Is there anything of which one might
say,
“See this, it is new”?
Already it has existed for ages
Which were before us.
