A Rock with
Hidden Inscriptions of
Mysterious Code
21 May 2006
A rock named "Rising
Dragon" near a humble village outside of
Linzhou township in Henan Province (see
picture 1), China, recently has become a
hot tourist attraction. The heart of the
fascination is of mysterious inscriptions on
the rock, or more precisely, inside the rock.
Picture
1: The locatoin of Henan Province
marked in red
This 2-metre tall
boulder is neatly split in half as if it was
hacked open with giant axe, and on the both
sides of the gap, strange symbols that seem
like some kind of secret code are clearly
visible (see picture 2 & 3).
Picture
2: The rock sufaces that bear
mysterious inscriptions, pointed to by the
red arrows
Picture
3: The puzzling symbols on the rock
at Madizhang Village
According to the local legend,
the date when the rock first appeared in the
area can be traced back to time immemorial.
One day, as the legend would have you
believe, the rock split open, giving birth to
a dragon who flied out and soared into the
heaven – and that is how the name
"Rising Dragon" came up. Today,
many villagers still revere the stone as a
sacred object. As for exactly since when the
inscriptions emerged and what the strange
symbols stand for, no one can tell.
Some years ago, a group of
experts in the relevant fields was invited by
the locals to decipher the code. They didn’t
succeed however. Right now, the villagers are
still hoping that someone will eventually be
able to help them unlock the secret of the
rock.
