Everything collapsed in the Wenchuan earthquake. Why is the Buddha statue in the temple okay?

This year is 2020, and it has been 12 years since the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. We always think that life is boring and ordinary day after day, and we can always enjoy a stable and calm day. However, when we look at the whole earth, we realize that human beings are small and nature will always show its invincible power. Coupled with man-made disasters, it will always accompany mankind and break the original quiet life of mankind.

I wonder if you still remember the earthquake that killed 69,227 people, injured 374,643 people and left 17923 people missing. The casualties are so great that this is the most destructive earthquake since the founding of our country. In order to commemorate the people who passed away, 5 12 was established as the national "Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day".

In the existence of thousands of years, people have been fighting against nature since the apes in primitive society. At that time, productivity was not developed enough, and people's understanding of nature was not thorough enough. In the event of a disaster, it will be regarded as a scourge and shudder. In Shang Dynasty, all the people advocated divination, and used tortoise shells and animal bones to judge good or bad luck and interpret God's will. Of course, since ancient times, the forces of nature have always been invincible. Even if the ancient emperor was the "real dragon emperor", he had to "ask for it" and fast and pray for God's forgiveness when he encountered a large-scale disaster.

With the continuous development of productive forces, our understanding of natural society has deepened, we have gradually unveiled the mystery of nature, and we have gradually gained the ability to protect ourselves. The development of modern medicine, from the plague and the Black Death that shocked Europe to this year's epidemic, although people have better medicine, it is still insignificant in front of nature.

2008 is an important year. The Summer Olympic Games hosted by us attracted the attention of the whole world. Two months before the opening ceremony, an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province at 2 pm on May 12. In an instant, the mountains were torn apart, countless buildings were destroyed and people were displaced. The children in class can't run fast, so they are directly crushed under the rubble. Wenchuan suddenly became a hell on earth.

There are more than 50 hardest hit areas in this earthquake, and the earthquake is obvious in Sichuan Province, and even in neighboring Shaanxi and other places. It is the most serious earthquake in 30 years after the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.

As we all know, Sichuan is a place with many earthquake zones, but even the locals who have seen the world have been frightened by this earthquake. Old people said that they had never seen such a serious earthquake. Ancient buildings and cultural relics are also hard to escape. A mountain in Dujiangyan, a famous water conservancy facility, was forced to close, and the unique Qiang watchtower was damaged by more than 90%.

This earthquake not only has touching stories, such as rescuing heroes and donations from all over the world, which shows the perseverance and unity of the people of China, but also has many unsolved mysteries, such as the almost intact Buddha statue in the earthquake.

Such a big earthquake itself is shocking, but what is even more surprising is that the Buddha statue in Beichuan, the hardest hit area, is unscathed. In the case that almost all visible buildings were destroyed by the earthquake, the falling heavy objects failed to damage the outer cover of the Buddha statue. Many people think that this is an epiphany of the Buddha, including the tears of Leshan Giant Buddha, and all think that this is a manifestation of the Buddha's unbearable suffering. As long as he sees the Buddha statue, he will worship it devoutly, hoping to get the protection of the Buddha.

But in fact, behind this mysterious color of seemingly "manifestation", there is the wisdom of the ancients. Architectural experts believe that the well-preserved Buddha statues are mainly wooden structures used in temples, and the nested wooden structures can maintain strong stability and greatly reduce the impact of earthquakes. This has also been verified by Japanese and American experts. The damage rate of wooden houses is much smaller than that of cement structures, so many houses in Japan suggest using wooden structures.

Earthquakes are geological activities caused by violent crustal movement. China is a country with frequent earthquakes, with more than ten earthquakes every year, and the average economic loss is tens of billions of yuan. However, for earthquake disasters, from Zhang Heng's ancient seismograph to today's 30-second warning before the earthquake, although some progress has been made, we still have nothing to do about it. Earthquakes have never been "obeying people". It always destroys the mind, leaving a magical password waiting for us to explore. It is predicted that with the development of science and technology in the future, we can not only make early warning, but also solve more unsolved mysteries.