"People light candles, ghosts blow out lanterns." Legend has it that when grave robbers enter an ancient tomb, they must first light a candle in the southeast corner before they can open the coffin. If the candle is extinguished, the robber must exit quickly and must not take anything. This is the unchanging yin and yang agreement between the living and the dead for thousands of years. A delicately carved Shaanxi embroidered shoe leads Hu Bayi and his entourage into the Tang Dynasty tomb, known as the "tomb within a tomb". It turns out to be the Western Zhou's Tomb of the Ghosts, with an endless ladder of souls that may not be able to get down after going up. ......
Format:Paperback
Language:Chinese
ISBN:9865069334
ISBN13:9789865069339
Release Date:March 2024
Publisher:Gao Bao
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Condition: New
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