Chapter 1148 Al Zhai Grotto (I)

In fact, the “Sweat-blood Horse” breed has never disappeared, but it is only rarely seen in China, or only disappeared in China.

In Turkmenistan and Russia, there are relatively large populations, totaling more than 2,000 horses, but locally, the so-called “Sweatblood Horses” are known as Agha Horses, or Aghar Jetkin Horses.

The horse that the President of Turkmenistan gave to the Chinese leader was the Akhaltekin horse, which is one of the two national treasures of Turkmenistan, and is often used as a gift to important people abroad.

Although it is difficult to see sweat blood horses in China for thousands of years, the influence of sweat blood horses on the Chinese horse species has continued from the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is very far-reaching in significance.

Ili in Xinjiang, known as “Teng Kunlun, the West Pole” reputation, it is also the hometown of the heavenly horse.

According to the history books, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, foreign countries had offered the Wusun horse, Emperor Wu saw this horse handsome and upright, it was given the name of “Heavenly Horse”, and then tribute was paid to the Western region of Dawan’s sweat and blood horse, so he changed the name of the Wusun horse for the “West Pole Horse”, and called the sweat and blood horse for the “Heavenly Horse”. “Heavenly Horse”.

The “heavenly horse” and “west pole horse” are the ancestors of Ili Kazakh horse, which is one of the best horse breeds cultivated in China for its handsome appearance, magnificent physique and strong resistance to disease.

That is to say, China’s best horse breed, contains the blood of the sweat blood horse, or directly can be said to be the offspring of the sweat blood horse.

So from the seventies and eighties of the last century, China’s animal research experts, have been carrying out research work on the sweat blood horse, so the event of the discovery of the sweat blood horse in Xinjiang, a moment in the country caused a great sensation.

However, due to the Japanese scholars Shimizu Hayato only came up with photos, and failed to capture the sweat blood horse, although the relevant research institutions then organized manpower to Xinjiang and other places, but did not find traces of the sweat blood horse, the matter was finally closed.

Bartel looked enviously at the leisurely in the distance grazing chasing the wind, said to Zhuang Rui: “brother Zhuang, I guess you this horse, is the fifties cavalry regiment introduced that batch of sweat blood horse’s offspring. The people at that time didn’t know the damage that crossbreeding can do to the sweat-blooded horses, and at that time, they lent the horses to a lot of herders for breeding, which led to the sweat-blooded horses eventually disappearing from the country.”

“Hm? Big brother Bartel, crossbreeding will only make the bloodline of the sweatblood horse become thin, then why do you still say that this horse is the descendant of that horse back then?”

Bartel’s words made Zhuang Rui very puzzled, since crossbreeding would make the Sweatblood Horse impure, then why did he still say that this horse of his was the offspring of those horses?

Bartel scratched his head and said, “Brother Zhuang, that would be the cavalry regiment was in the Xilingrad League of Inner Mongolia, at that time, there were still a lot of wild horses on the Mongolian grasslands, my estimate of Chasing the Wind is the offspring of the Sweatblood Horses and the Mongolian Wild Horses, just why it completely retained the Sweatblood Horses’ bloodline is something that I don’t know.”

Although Bartel knows a lot about horses, but when it comes to such complicated things as genetic lineage, he doesn’t know much and can only give a rough guess.

For Zhuang Rui’s good fortune, Bartel, a straightforward man, even had a trace of jealousy in his heart, as a horse-loving grasslander, who could see such a divine horse and still be indifferent?

“Oh, chasing the wind is a gift given to me by heaven, who cares where it came from!”

Zhuang Rui shook his head with a smile, this egg is delicious, there is no need to know the hen that lays the egg, right? Chasing the wind is a sweat blood horse is good, even if it is not, Zhuang Rui also believe that it must be the fastest horse in the world.

Regardless of the moment Zhuang Rui does not know, chasing the wind is not only the world’s fastest horse, its value is also far beyond his imagination.

Into the modern society, originally used for the battlefield steed, has long been unarmored to the field horse put South Mountain, but horseback riding has developed into a kind of sport, doubly loved by the aristocrats of various countries.

In many foreign rich people’s homes, there are special horse farms, please have a professional horse trainer, and then spend hundreds or even tens of millions of dollars to buy into the noble pedigree of the famous horse, this is to play yachts and cars more money and high-level, is a real rich people’s sports.

That is, there are now many emerging domestic aristocrats, involved in the movement of playing the horse, but due to the conditions of the restrictions, they are purchased after the horse, boarding in a professional stable, not to the weekend or free time, will go to the horse Benz, to relax a little mood.

In fact, not many people understand the horse, those rich people for the horse is only a half-understanding, these days, will keep the horse people play not start the horse, and can spend a lot of money to play the horse is not to understand the horse, so the horse farm clubs also came into being, specializing in those bosses to serve.

Due to the pursuit of these rich people, the price of the famous horse is also more and more expensive, like the sweat blood horse so old and excellent horse breed, is also the pursuit of the rich and powerful, ordinary a little bit of the sweat blood horse are to hundreds of thousands of dollars, if the breed is pure, that is, sell tens of millions of dollars, is not something unusual.

Like chasing the wind this kind of figure, the body does not have a little bit of color of the sweat blood horse, if really into the horse market, will definitely sell a horrible price to the sky.

Of course, Zhuang Rui is not likely to sell the chasing wind, every animal he raised at home, and Zhuang Rui has a deep love that is difficult to part with.

And the animal’s mind is the most pure and sensitive, if you are not good at heart, they are also able to sense out.

“Big brother Bartel is the best horse tamer in our grassland, even this horse’s hair didn’t touch it, Zhuang Rui An answer, how did you tame this horse ah?” Straight nature of Timur to force in the heart for a long time to ask the question.

In Timur’s heart, Bartel is the best rider and horse trainer, but what Bartel didn’t do, but let Zhuang Rui did, Timur’s heart has always been pondering, Zhuang Rui is with what method to tame the chasing wind.

“Right, where is my Little White!”

Just now, everyone was amazed at Zhuang Rui’s face full of “blood” and the chasing wind behind, who had forgotten about the white horse that Zhuang Rui rode first, at this moment, Uyunqiqiqi suddenly thought of it, the little girl and the white horse affection is very deep, the voice has already brought a crying tone.

“Cough cough ……”

Zhuang Rui smelled some embarrassment, early in the morning only focus on their own running pain, but the little white to forget, to chase the wind speed, at least to the little white to throw out dozens of kilometers.

“That …… little white is behind it, it should come over soon.”

Zhuang Rui said this is not much of a bottom, followed by: “Inside that group of wild horses, there are a lot of white horses, Qiqiqi, when the time comes, brother Zhuang Rui will give you to choose a good-looking one okay?”

“No, I want Little White.”

Wuyun Qiqige thought that something had happened to Little White, and her teardrops crackled and started to fall down.

Seeing his sister’s appearance, Bartel opened his mouth and said, “Qiqig, what’s there to cry about, it doesn’t matter if Little White ran away and got lost, it knows how to go back.”

Not to mention the fact that the white horse knows the way, even if it doesn’t know the way, in this prairie, there won’t be any herdsmen who have a black conscience and take it for themselves, appropriating other people’s horses, cattle and sheep, that’s a very shitty thing to do.

“Right, big brother Bartel, what is that place? How come the terrain is so peculiar?”

Zhuang Rui was afraid that the little girl would bring up the matter of the horses again and shed tears, pointing to that small hill in the distance, changing the topic.

“You mean Al Zhai Grotto ah?”

Bartel followed Zhuang Rui’s finger and looked, “It’s also called the Hundred Eyes Grotto, there are many Buddhist stone carvings and paintings in there, it’s also a holy place for us Mongols, Genghis Khan used to recuperate from his wounds there.”

“This is the Arzai Grotto?”

When Zhuang Rui heard the name, he immediately realized, before he came to Inner Mongolia this time, Dr. Ren had told him about the rumors about the Alzai Grottoes, which was also called “the only remaining remains of the Late Buddhist Grottoes”.

Inside the Alzai Grottoes, there are nearly 1,000 historical and colorful murals, which are also the most valuable cultural and artistic heritage of the grottoes.

According to legend, Genghis Khan in 1226, the sixth conquest of the Western Xia, will be set up in their own command in the Alzhai Grottoes, “Mongolia’s Secret History” recorded in detail in this Genghis Khan recuperated from his wounds, convened a meeting of the generals, and in spite of the wounds of the first healing rate of the army in the Helan Mountains defeated the Western Xia army of the whole process.

In the Al Zhai 28 caves in the south wall of the entrance to the right, painted with Genghis Khan’s royal appearance.

In this picture, Genghis Khan and other people to Al Zhai grottoes as the background of sitting in the center, painted around nearly a hundred numbers of people of all colors, etc., its composition and the Ordos Department of worship of the eight White Palace from ancient times in the paintings are very similar to the posture of the characters and the U.S. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection of the Yuan Dynasty Mandala in the Khan and Hatun exactly the same.

This mural also shows that the “Secret History of Mongolia” within the record is not empty, and this place has become the focus of Mongolian and Yuan historians.

Alzhai Grottoes from the Northern Dynasties period to become a place of worship after the Sui and Tang Dynasty and the Western Xia, has been prosperous, when the Mongols became the conqueror of the world, the Alzhai Grottoes Temple’s political status is to reach the peak.

Because of the story left by Genghis Khan in the Alzhai Grottoes, the Mongols have long been here to pay tribute to Genghis Khan, throughout the period of the Mongolian Empire, Alzhai Grottoes Temple has been to pay tribute to Genghis Khan one of several different nature of the memorial hall.

The main reason for the people’s trip was to look for Zhuang Rui, now that they had found Zhuang Rui, there was no need to continue traveling, Timur and the lama of Alzhai Grottoes were familiar with each other, so he opened his mouth and said, “Zhuang Rui Anta, let’s go to the grottoes and rest a bit! You need a wash on you as well.”

“Good, I was just about to go and see it.”

Timur’s words were right in Zhuang Rui’s mind, there were no more days left before the deadline of his appointment with Prof. Meng, and he didn’t have much hope for finding the tombs of the Mongolian emperors, so he would like to have a good in-depth understanding of the culture of the Mongol Yuan in the next few days.