Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

3 - Traces Of The Gods In China, Too
geometrically above it, is so big that it seems to be quite unrelated to
sun, moon and stars. Altar trappings? It is far more likely that in the
remote past this picture recalled some unforgettable, incomprehensible
phenomenon in the sky.
Jade discs (Fig. 34) with a diameter of 2 3/4 to 6 1/2 inches. They have
holes in the middle like phonograph records. They are held upright
against 7 3/4-inch-high obelisks by pegs. Once again I do not believe
the archaeologists when they say that these ceremonial discs were
divine symbols of power and strength, and the obelisks phallic
symbols. I was fascinated by the jade discs, many of which had neatly
milled sharp angles like those on toothed wheels round their
circumference. Is there some connection between these so-called
ceremonial discs and the stone plates from Baian Kara Ula? If we
accept that the plates from the Sino-Tibetan border region were models
for the ceremonial discs, the veil enshrouding the mystery would be
lifted. After a visit to the Baian Kara Ula region by the astronauts who
made the plates, presumably for transmitting information, reverent
priests imagined that they would be doing work pleasing to God or
even acquire some of the qualities of the brilliantly clever beings who
had vanished simply by making discs like those that the strangers had
used. That would square with the current archaeological explanation of
the discs, for by this roundabout route they actually could have become
religious trappings.
Dr. Vyacheslav Saizev, who published important data about the stone
plates, found a rock painting (Fig. 35) near Fergana, in Uzbekistan, not
far from the Chinese frontier. Not only does the figure wear an
astronaut's helmet, not only can we identify breathing apparatus, but in
his hands, isolated by the spaceman's suit, he holds a plate of the kind
found by the hundreds at Baian Kara Ula!
On day I picked up the Dictionary of Chinese Mythology and read the
legend of Yuan Shih Tien Wang, which I reproduce here in abbreviated