The Three Treasures of Crescent Spring, also known as the Three Treasures of Dunhuang, are the Three Treasures of "Seven-star Grass, Iron Back Fish and Five-color Sand". It is said that people who eat seven-star grass and iron-backed fish can live forever. Apocynum venetum on the south bank of Crescent Spring is the only unique health-care Chinese herbal medicine beside the spring, which has the function of delaying aging. Small flowers bloom from June to August every year, just like the stars at night. According to the oral tradition of the older generation, apocynum venetum is legendary.
2. Often drink apocynum venetum, and there are many beautiful women in Yangguan:
Yangguan is located at the eastern edge of Lop Nur, 76 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang. Yangguan is rich in wild apocynum venetum, which is called "bowl flower" by Yangguan people. Many people specially transplanted apocynum venetum flowers and put them at the door to watch. Yangguan people drink apocynum tea and eat grapes alone. These foods are rich in sugar, protein, organic acids, amino acids, trace elements, inorganic salts, fruit acids and various mellow vitamins, which can improve human immunity.
3. The longevity of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty showed great enthusiasm for "magic" and "heavenly horse" all his life. Zhang Qian's mission to 36 countries in the western regions also has a special task, which is to explore the medicine of immortality in the western regions. Zhang Qian visited the ancient country of Loulan, and King Loulan presented a special tribute to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty-the elixir of life developed by Apocynum venetum. Liu Che, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, took this strange longevity medicine developed by the ethnic group beyond the Great Wall, and lived to 7 1 year, becoming the first emperor in the history of China to live longer than 70 years. Ma Tian lying in Wachi, Dunhuang, and Zhang Qian's introduction of "Ma Tian" in Dawan have always been unforgettable. "The son of heaven issued the book Yi, saying,' God should come from the northwest. ""In order to get Tianma, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Che Ling and others, a strong man, to buy a bloody BMW from Dawan. After being rejected, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty worshipped Li Guangli as the general of the Second Division, and sent 6,000 cavalry men to crusade against Dawan with tens of thousands of people. This is also the longest war launched by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Li Guangli's first expedition failed, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty continued to send more troops and made another expedition. Finally, he won the kingdom of Dawan, and the bloody BMW became a tribute to the Han regime every year.
4. Long live the robe:
The oldest aborigines in China who once lived in the ancient Lop Nur area are called Luobu people. Lop Nur people live on water, wear apocynum venetum, drink apocynum tea, eat apocynum venetum powder and smoke apocynum venetum (1987, there are nearly 900 people around Lop Nur, 19 won the national healthy centenarians. Centenarians abound, with beautiful hair and bright ears. It is not surprising that centenarians are grooms in the local area, not to mention farm work such as working in the fields and fishing. They don't eat fruits and vegetables, they don't eat salty salt, they lack medical care and medicine, but they seldom get sick. This phenomenon has caused many investigations and explorations by experts at home and abroad, and finally revealed the mystery of longevity ―― apart from staying away from urban pollution, their health miracle is entirely attributed to the desert gods given by apocynum tea on this day. Drinking the tea of apocynum venetum leaves and flowers for many years has the effects of regulating blood pressure, delaying aging and prolonging life.
5. Loulan beauty in apocynum venetum:
Loulan and Apocynum venetum have a history of thousands of years. The mummy unearthed in Loulan (Loulan Beauty) is wearing a linen windbreaker and hoodie, and the cables in front of her jaw are crossed ... It can be speculated that the weather in Loulan area is hot and windy. People should consider the choice of linen-cotton blended fabric, which should not only prevent sand invasion, but also be breathable and sweat-proof. This shows that Loulan people formed a dependence relationship with wild apocynum venetum 3800 years ago. Experts restored the face of Loulan beauty more than 3800 years ago. After recovery, the girl has a melon face, a pointed chin, a sunken eye socket, slightly longer almond eyes, curved arch eyebrows, a small pointed nose, a straight nose, a curved water chestnut mouth, and a small wine pit hanging from her mouth. Her face is dark red, her expression is deep and her smile is touching.
Loulan beauty not only makes ordinary people tempted, but also makes Buddhist monks lose their wits. (Biography of Shuweizu Canal) tells a story: Around 420 AD, Dharmaksema, a monk from Kashmir, came to Shanshan to spread Buddhism and was seduced by the beautiful Princess Mantuolin. He ignored the Buddhist ban and had an affair with Princess Loulan. Unfortunately, this court scandal was exposed. Dharmaksema had to flee to Wuwei, Gansu.
Guloulan is windy all the year round, with strong sunlight radiation. How does Miss Loulan maintain it? The mystery of Loulan beauty seduces everyone.
During the period of 1988, the Lop Nur cultural relics team organized by the relevant departments, with the cooperation and assistance of the troops, accidentally discovered two similar modern wine kiln pools in the southeast of Loulan ancient city after 32 days of fighting, indicating that there was a prototype of wine making at that time. According to scientific appraisal, there are more than 250 beneficial natural ingredients in wine, which can reduce the contents of cholesterol and blood lipid, thus preventing and improving arteriosclerosis. Loulan people drink apocynum tea. Apocynum venetum is rich in amino acids and trace elements, which can protect the health of skin and nerves. Therefore, it can play a cosmetic role, improve resistance, prevent "three highs" and reduce the incidence of cerebrovascular diseases.
6. Rewrite the four great inventions of Dunhuang hemp paper:
Dunhuang hemp paper rewrote the earliest paper-making date of the four great inventions: a large number of well-preserved and large-scale Western Han hemp paper were found at the beacon tower site in Maquanwan, Dunhuang, which was discovered in the 1980s. According to the date bamboo slips unearthed at the same time, the early hemp paper was produced in Xuan Di period of Han Dynasty, which was 133 years earlier than Caihou paper of Eastern Han Dynasty. Dunhuang area is rich in wild apocynum venetum, and the raw material of hemp paper in Western Han Dynasty should be the most extensive wild apocynum venetum stalk in Dunhuang.
7. Dunhuang apocynum venetum casts the Great Wall of Han Dynasty:
The most complete Han Great Wall in China is preserved in Dunhuang. Because there are many gravels and loess in this area, the ancients adopted a very unique architectural way. First, it is made of red willow, apocynum venetum and reed, with gravel in the middle and layered. In order to ensure its stability, reeds are used as mats, and soil is spread between each layer. The groundwater with high salt content makes the gravel set firmly. Despite thousands of years of wind and rain erosion, it still stands on the Gobi Desert. This is a miracle in China's military and architectural history.
8. Apocynum venetum-as a medicinal diet to enter the state banquet:
State banquet refers to a formal banquet held by the head of state or government on major festivals to entertain state guests or people from all walks of life.
State banquets in China are usually held in the Great Hall of the People or Diaoyutai Hotel. The banquet hall in the Great Hall of the People can hold 5000 people at the same time.
China's state banquet dishes are excellent in color, fragrance, taste and shape, with national characteristics and enjoy a high reputation in the world. Its composition and cooking are very particular, paying attention to both nutritional value and nourishing and health-preserving effects. Especially medicated diet, these two effects are so outstanding that foreign guests want to try it when they come to China. 199 1 year, when Japanese Prime Minister Junshu Haibei visited China, he was invited to eat a Chinese medicine diet with apocynum venetum. All dishes are made of precious Chinese medicines, such as black-bone chicken with cordyceps sinensis, ganoderma lucidum hash, Chinese angelica chicken feet, celery leaves with apocynum venetum, Chuanbei bird's nest soup and so on.
9. Dunhuang version of "On Tea and Wine" talks about the dispute over tea and wine:
The article "On Tea and Wine" unearthed in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes has a great influence in China, and has now become one of the series of teaching materials for Lu Yu's tea class. Dunhuang scholars have compiled a collection of Dunhuang Changes, which completely records a story about the struggle between tea and wine, that is, the theory of tea and wine. Its inscription is recorded as the third year of Kaibao (970), which was recorded in the early Song Dynasty. Therefore, it should mainly reflect the social evaluation of tea wine in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. This story is very popular, and Feng Menglong's Guangxiao Fu in Ming Dynasty was adapted into Tea and Wine Merit.