"Mani Stone" existed at that time. What's engraved on it?

In the mountains and rivers, intersections, lakes and rivers all over Tibet, you can almost see an altar made of stone and slate-Manidui. Most of these stones and slates are engraved with six-character mantra, insightful eyes, statues and various auspicious patterns, which are also masterpieces of Tibetan folk artists.

Manidui was originally called Manza, which means Datura. It is a pile of stones of different sizes full of aura, which is called "Duoben" in Tibetan. Another method is to carve words and images on stones or pebbles, featuring the colors and contents of Tibetan Buddhism, including Buddha, animal protector and six-character mantra that can never be read, and then pile them up into a long wall. This Mani wall is called Miandang in Tibetan. On auspicious days, people simmer mulberries, add stones to the Mani pile, touch them with their foreheads, pray silently, and then throw them on the pile. Over time, a lot of Mani piles have been built, and the more they are built, the higher they are. Every stone embodies the voice of believers. The appearance of Mani stone made these natural stones begin to be visualized. In the long historical process, a large number of Mani stone carvings have emerged in Tibet, and ordinary people can be seen everywhere. They are the pursuits, ideals, feelings and hopes of Tibetans carved on stones.

As the carrier of human social culture, stone has become a powerful witness to the inheritance and creation of social civilization with its immortal texture. Stones can not only make various production tools, attack wild animals and defend enemy weapons, but also build houses and cities, grind powder and dispense medicines. In some places, stones are used to build houses. A large number of stone tools, sarcophagus, stone mound tombs and stone pagodas found in cultural relics investigation can prove how unusual stones are for our ancestors. Tibetans cherish rare stones and regard "Rangjiong" (natural in Tibetan) stones as sacred objects, such as Buddha statues, Buddha eyes, Buddha footprints and so on. In addition, Tibetan headdresses and necklaces are mostly composed of coral stones, agate stones, fossils and various beautiful stones, which means the derivative forms of lingshi worship.

According to the summary of Tibetan archaeology, there was a megalithic culture in ancient Tibet, which was a primitive megalithic culture developed from the Neolithic tradition. It was believed that it entered the hinterland of Tibet from the northeastern Tibetan area around Qinghai Lake. There are many remains of this kind of stone worship in Tibetan areas, which can be divided into three forms: single stone, stone circle and stone pillar. For example, in Duoren, south of the Great Salt Lake in southern Tibet, 18 rows of stone pillars were found, which ran east and west. There is also a martyr statue, with two concentric stone circles at the west end, three huge stones in the center of the stone circle, the larger one is 2.75 meters high, and an altar is set in front of the huge stones. There is also an arrow arranged with stones at the eastern end of the pillar. Similar boulders are all over Tibetan areas, such as the stone pillars in Pulan, Tibet; Gannan's "Long History"; The "Son of the Stone Bull" on the mountain is independent, tens of meters high, which makes the local Tibetans and Han people worship. In Tibetan areas, especially in Kangqu and some Amdo Tibetan areas, white stones are enshrined in roofs, lintels, window sills and the center of the land. Wherever gods are enshrined, there are their figures. They believe that white stone is the essence of snow-capped mountains and the patron saint of families, fields and crops; People also think that the huge white rocks that stand tall are the embodiment of the dragon lady and goddess. Manidui, which is spread all over Tibet's high mountains and valleys and beside the village road, is an outstanding performance and obvious heritage of Tibetan rock worship.