The Qinling Mountains have always been the birthplace of myths and legends, and there were talented people here in ancient times who became immortals, and now they have also become a material library for many authors' inspiration, such as the famous work "Tomb Robbery Notes" by the third uncle of the Southern School, there is a chapter for the Qinling Sacred Tree, which combines the brain hole with the magical geographical features, which once made readers believe that it is true.
Master Jin Yong's "The Condor Heroes", Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu live in seclusion at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, away from the troubles of the world, the two of them practice here and live a leisurely life, so that everyone yearns for it, and they can't help but look for it when they travel to Qinling, maybe which inconspicuous cave is the legendary tomb of the living dead.
And the ultimate competition of the masters in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the venue is selected in Huashan, the setting of Master Jin Yong can be described as wonderful, Huashan with a cable car at the moment is difficult to climb to the top if there is no extraordinary physical strength and courage, not to mention the Huashan of the Song Dynasty, it is definitely a thousand mountains and birds flying away, and thousands of people are wiped out, and there is no effort to make a decision.
Since the Qinling Mountains are so majestic and mysterious, speculations about it are endless, such as whether there is a big snake entrenched in it, which is a question that has been in place since ancient times.
Why do you say that there have been since ancient times, because as early as in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it was recorded that there was a big snake named Candle Yin in the Qinling Mountains, with a body length of more than 1,000 meters, and you had to eat hundreds of cows in one meal.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas has always been a strange book, and it is generally regarded as a strange story, but it can be recorded as another serious book, which is quite a bit of a geographical style classic.
It has been speculated that the earth is 4.6 billion years old, and the birth of human beings is only a few million years old.
The appearance of the Qinling Mountains is also quite early, as far as 400 million years ago, the land gradually appeared, the Triassic period has begun to have the prototype of mountain peaks, 80 million years ago in the Himalayas, the continuous mountains of the Qinling Mountains have been the same as today.
It is estimated that the earth's crust shook violently at that time, and the collision of nature formed the most important north-south dividing line in China today - the Qinling Mountains.
As the old saying goes, there is no wind and no waves, even if the authenticity of the candle yin has to be marked with a question mark, but there is a big snake in the Qinling Mountains, which should have existed in ancient times.
Although human beings have imagination that other creatures do not have, their imagination must also be based on a certain reality, and it is impossible to imagine creatures that have never been seen at all.
It's like the alien creatures in science fiction movies, which are actually hundreds of times magnified versions of various insects, based on which it is inferred that since the big snake can be rumored to have a nose and eyes, it is estimated that it once lived in the Qinling Mountains and was witnessed by nearby residents who relied on the mountains to eat the mountains, so there are all kinds of legends.
And the environment of the earth back then, in fact, was also very suitable for the survival of super-large creatures, the climate was warm and humid at that time, and the oxygen content was also extremely high, it is said that even mosquitoes were much larger than now, estimated to be as big as magpies, so there were all kinds of dinosaurs living on the earth.
The extinction of the dinosaurs is also speculated to be related to changes in the earth's environment, they are large and consume a lot, and the oxygen content suddenly decreases, and it feels like being stuck in the neck, unable to breathe and unable to find food, so naturally they quickly became extinct.
Those who can survive are all small creatures that are natural selection, survival of the fittest.
Since the dinosaurs are very large, the snake must not be small, extinction in the textbook, is a rapid process, but at that time, in fact, it has also undergone slow changes, it is difficult to keep the snake for generations to live in the Qinling Mountains, the mountain itself is rich in vegetation, the oxygen content is high, so it is not uncommon to survive.
But the snake that should be 100 meters or even kilometers long no longer exists, first of all, the temperature is compared to ancient times, it is considered the Xiaoice period, and the snake either sleeps in one place for a long time, or does not adapt to the climate and goes extinct naturally.
The Qinling Mountains are repairing the railway that runs through the mountains, and they have never heard of any amazing snakes encountered during the construction process.
After all, the chiseling of the mountain is quite noisy, and the snake is a very clever animal, and the slightest hit of the grass with a stick can scare the snake away, and they will not hear the rumbling sound of the chiseling.
So since there is no trace of the big snake in the whole construction process, it also shows from the side that the big snake in the Qinling Mountains has become extinct at the moment.
But the animals of nature are very magical, with the protection of the ecological environment in the past few years, there have been many extinct creatures reappeared, perhaps in the future, when the earth's environment warms again, the legendary snake can be rejuvenated.
In particular, the Qinling Mountains are quite vast, and in addition to the mountains and valleys that have been developed into tourist attractions, there are actually many secluded peaks surrounded by heavy mountains. If it weren't on the road map of the railway plan, no one would have stepped into it for decades, and a big snake would have awakened in it, and everyone wouldn't have felt it at all.
Even if the snake is big, in fact, it is instinctively afraid of humans, maybe it will live across the Qinling Mountains without well water, until the brave adventure travelers inadvertently break in, they will unexpectedly hit a front, I don't know if there is a chance to return safely, after all, the big snake is not a vegetarian in the legend.
Needless to say, the candle yin in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has to eat more than 100 cows at a meal, which belongs to pure meatless and unhappy, and the python essence in "Journey to the West" also eats animals and lives with people, and it is estimated that Bai Suzhen in "The Legend of the White Snake" has a special complex for people because of her relationship with Xu Xian, and may not eat people.
Therefore, even if the big snake is found to appear in the Qinling Mountains at the moment, it is estimated that it is difficult to have exact news, unless it is filmed at high altitude with the help of drones and other equipment, but the Qinling Mountains are covered by dense forests, and the big snake crawls on the ground and cannot fly, so it should not be clear.
Therefore, theoretically, there will be no trace of a big snake in Qinling at present, but even if there is, it cannot be verified, but in any case, in the early stage of the earth, there is a big snake in Qinling.
After all, the earth's climate in the early years was warm and humid, which was very suitable for snakes, and the abundant oxygen content also facilitated the growth of snakes.
As a strange book that people in the world cannot define, the length of the candle and the reason for its disappearance are recorded in detail, which cannot help but make people think more. There are many experts who have studied this book, and the terrain in the reproduction painting can be similar to the map.
Then the big snake may have really lived in the Qinling Mountains, but it has not existed in the past few decades, otherwise the railway construction through the Qinling Mountains has been many years, and such a large amount of work has not scared them out.
It doesn't make sense for snakes to be cautious and keen, and the answer can only be that they either hibernate because of the cold climate, or they have long since died out silently.