In the images sent back by the probe, it is clearly visible.

Whether it is the ruins and broken walls near the main hall, or the few relatively intact low buildings, they bear no trace of ancient Sichuan architecture style.

Instead, there's an abundance of the 'white walls and black tiles' previously mentioned by Professor Huang, along with numerous buildings in the horse-head wall style.

The horse-head wall is precisely the most representative style of Hui-style architecture.

Hui-style architecture is one of the most significant schools of ancient Huaxia architecture, with an extremely important status.

Of course.

It is a general term and does not refer solely to the architecture of Huizhou Province.

Hui-style architecture mainly prevailed in the upper reaches of the Qiantang River, the Xin'an River basin, Wuzhou and Quzhou in Western Zhejiang, and the Pan-Huizhou Region.

That is, in the eastern part of the Huaxia territory.

The aforementioned regions are far from Sichuan, separated by several provinces.

Even in today's era, there is still about four hours of flight time between the two places.

Not to mention ancient times.

Moreover, the field of architectural design is typically localized, and few masters from other schools would travel to other territories to establish themselves.

The era of the Qingcheng Celestial Palace can now be more or less determined to coincide with the same period as Zhang Daoling.

That is, the early and middle stages of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In such a historical context.

Why did Zhang Daoling build a typical Hui-style building in his dojo in Sichuan?

This problem is not like an irrelevant topic on a language exam reading question.

Clearly, Mr. Lu Xun just wanted to say goodnight and wrote a "Goodnight."

Yet people forced it into a narrative about "anger towards the old era and longing for the dawn of a new era."

The unique architectural style of the Celestial Palace is an undeniable real issue, not due to over-fashioned imagination or sensitivity.

Previously mentioned.

The area of the Celestial Palace Space is about over ten square kilometers.

Among them, the area covered by buildings is no less than six or seven square kilometers, which is over nine thousand mu of land.

The area of a typical local university is only three or four thousand mu, except for agricultural universities with inherently large cultivation bases, no other university exceeds five or six thousand mu.

This means that before the collapse, the area of the Celestial Palace buildings equals at least two ordinary universities.

Not to mention what comrade Old Zhang's motivation for building such a large structure was, after all, he might just have been possessed by Uncle Liu and wanted to enjoy certain pleasures.

Just talking about such a sprawling set of buildings, the architectural style could not have been decided easily.

Watching Professor Huang frown, Qin Zhendong, sitting in the primary seat, suddenly asked:

"Professor Huang, in which areas were Hui-style buildings primarily distributed during the Eastern Han period?"

Upon hearing Qin Zhendong's inquiry.

Professor Huang thought for a moment and said:

"The development of Hui-style architecture is inextricably linked with the emergence of Hui merchants, the two complement each other.

The earliest period when Hui merchants appeared was during the Tang Dynasty and they began to prosper during the Southern Song.

Therefore, prior to the Tang Dynasty...

In modern terms, Hui-style architecture had not yet spread broadly, and most were confined within Huizhou Province."

A pensive look appeared on Qin Zhendong's face, and then he spoke to Chang Qixiang, the head of the general affairs department beside him:

"Comrade Qi Xiang, could you check which famous mountains and rivers are located in Huizhou Province?

I'm not very good with geography, I only know about Huang Mountain in Huizhou."

Chang Qixiang nodded and quickly checked:

"Boss Qin, Huizhou Province has quite a few tourist attractions, the most famous among them are three mountains."

"Which three?"

"One is the Huang Mountain you mentioned, and the other two are Jiuhua Mountain and Celestial Pillar Mountain."

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhendong couldn't help touching his chin and said:

"These mountains have all been thoroughly checked during the second sampling, and no anomalies were found...

Could it be that the buildings inside the Celestial Palace have no actual connection to Huizhou, and are purely the handiwork of some Hui craftsmen?"

The design of the Celestial Palace might have originated from Old Zhang's acquaintances in Huizhou or happened by Hui craftsmen travelling from Sichuan, this explanation might barely account for the architectural style issue, but there's still something lacking.

And at this moment, Chang Qixiang suddenly discovered something else:

"Boss Qin, besides these mountain peaks in Huizhou Province...

There is also a special geological area!"

"Hmm? What area?"

A word unexpectedly popped out of Chang Qixiang's mouth:

"The end of the Qinling Mountains!"

He paused, then continued:

"The Qinling Mountain Range starts in Kunlun, and its eastern end passes through the southern part of Huizhou Province.

The whole Qinhuai Line divides Huizhou Province in half, creating the current diverse social environment in Huizhou.

And as for the Qinling....

Our second sampling only explored a very small portion of the area."

The Qinling Mountains.

One of the most important mountain systems in Huaxia.

In a narrow sense, Qinling refers only to the mountainous area in southern Shan Province, between the Wei River and the Han River.

To the east, it's bounded by the Ba River and Danjiang River Valley, ending in the west at the Jialing River.

In a broader sense, Qinling extends from Kunlun in the west, through Longnan and Shannan, and extends to Huai'an and Zhangbaling near Bengbu in the east.

It is the watershed of the Yangtze and Yellow River basins.

The Qinhuai Line we usually refer to means the Qinling Line in its broad sense.

In terms of geographical location.

Qinling is the dividing line between the north and south, blocking humidity from the south and cold air from the north.

Additionally.

The Qinhuai Line is also the 0℃ isotherm line in January, the 800mm annual precipitation line, the dividing line between warm temperate and subtropical zones, the dividing line between humid and semi-humid regions, the dividing line between temperate deciduous broadleaf forests and subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests, the dividing line between dryland agriculture and paddy agriculture, the dividing line between subtropical monsoon climate and temperate monsoon climate/temperate continental climate, the dividing line between triple-cropping/ double-cropping systems and three crops every two years/single cropping systems, and so on.

These names are almost as many as those of the Dragon Mother.

Moreover, in terms of culture, the Qinling Mountains are even more mysterious.

It is rumored that Huaxia has two dragon veins.

One is Kunlun, the ancestor of all mountains.

The other is the Qinling Mountains.

The cultural ancestors Fu Xi and the creator Nuwa were both born in Qinling, and the Qinling Mountains are also the cradle of the Qin Dynasty.

It is said that Jiang Ziya once fished for enlightenment at the foot of the Qinling, waiting for King Wen of Zhou.

Laozi completed the "Tao Te Ching" in the Qinling and started its dissemination from there.

The Qinling Mountain represents half of Huaxia's history, which is not an exaggeration.

And the end of the Qinling Mountains concludes in Huizhou Province, with only a small tail extending into famous Jiangsu.

If the Qinling is indeed a dragon vein, then Huizhou Province is undoubtedly the tail of the dragon vein.

Thus, upon hearing that the tail end of the Qinling extends through Huizhou Province, Qin Zhendong's expression suddenly became solemn.

Now that nationwide, the second sampling has completed more than 50%, but no more similar anomalous spaces like the Qingcheng Celestial Palace have been found.

If among the remaining places within Huaxia, there's anywhere else where such anomalous space relics could possibly exist.

Then the Qinling Mountains would absolutely be one of the top choices.

However, due to the vastness of the Qinling range, it would take a while to yield any results.

Now, the architecture inside the Celestial Palace shows obvious Hui-style traits, while the Qinling also happens to pass through Huizhou...

Qin Zhendong couldn't help but feel there might be some connection between the two.

And at this very moment.

Professor Huang suddenly remembered something and raised his hand.

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