Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, abacwaningi babedidekile ngochungechunge lwezinto ezitholwa yimivubukulo ezavunwa ezungeze isiFundazwe saseQinghai eduze neNtaba iBaigong eduzane nedolobha laseDelingha, eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeChina, kanti le mpicabadala ibisalokhu ingachazeki kuze kube namuhla, ngobufakazi obubalulekile obukhomba lokho okushiwo by theorists zakudala astronaut. Ngo-2002, abacwaningi bashaqeka lapho bethola uchungechunge lwezakhiwo ezihlelwe kahle zensimbi ezifakwe emadwaleni azungeze iNtaba iBaigong, eyaziwa ngokuthi yiWhite White Mountain.
Amapayipi atholakala eduze kweQadim Basin, etholakala ezansi kwezintaba zaseHimalaya. Isimo sezulu esibuhlungu sale ndawo siyenze yangabibikho emlandweni wesintu, futhi kunobufakazi obuncane bokuhlala kwabantu lapha, nanamuhla lapho kungabelusi kuphela abadlula ngokushesha kule ndawo ngenkathi beya emadlelweni avundile eningizimu.
Imvelaphi yala Mapayipi aseBaigong nokuthi awakhiwa ngubani kusese yimfihlakalo. Ukutholwa okubaluleke kakhulu kwakuwukuphrinta okufana nepiramidi okungamamitha angama-50-60. Le protrusion izungezwe uhlelo lwezakhiwo ezifana namapayipi ezihlelwe kahle eziholela eLake Toson Hu, ichibi lamanzi anosawoti eliqhele ngamamitha angama-300.
Ukuqhuma kuneminyango emithathu, emibili yayo idilikile, kusale owesithathu kuholele emhumeni ombiwe onamapayipi afakiwe phansi ngaphakathi nangamadonga. Lokhu kutholakala, kanye nokuxhuma, amapayipi, nenethiwekhi yamapayipi okuyixhuma kuLake Toson Hu, abacwaningi bakhungathekile, ikakhulukazi njengoba ukuqhuma kungamamitha angu-300 kuphela echibini lamanzi ahlanzekile.
Kungani noma ngubani akhethe ichibi lamanzi anosawoti futhi wakha inethiwekhi eyinkimbinkimbi yamapayipi elixhumanisa nokuqhuma? Ingabe lolu bekuyilona uhlobo lwesikhungo sasendulo sokucwaninga? Noma uhlobo oluthile lwendawo yasendulo yangaphandle noma isisekelo?
Kunosayizi abaningi bamapayipi asetshenziswe enkambeni yamapayipi, namapayipi amakhulu alinganiselwa ebangeni elingamamitha angu-1.5 ububanzi, namapayipi amancane alinganisa amasentimitha ambalwa kuphela. Amapayipi aqukethe lolu hlelo abizwa ngama-Baigong Pipes futhi aziwa ngokusemthethweni njenge-Bai-Gongshan Iron Pipe.
Emehlweni abavubukuli nezazi-mlando, amapayipi eBaigong angena kahle encazelweni yezincwadi zezinto zasendulo ezitholwe zingaphandle kwendawo (OOPARTs).
I-Beijing Institute of Geology isebenzise i-radiocarbon dating ukukhombisa ukuthi la mapayipi ensimbi ayencibiliswa eminyakeni eyi-150,000 edlule. Futhi uma zidalwe ngabantu, umlando njengoba sazi ukuthi kuzofanele uphinde ubuyekezwe.
Abaphenyi basebenzise i-thermoluminescence ukuhlola ukuthi i-crystalline amaminerali ivezwe isikhathi eside kangakanani elangeni noma ekushiseni. Abantu kwakucatshangwa ukuthi bahlala kule ndawo eminyakeni engama-30,000 edlule. Ngisho nasemlandweni owaziwayo wendawo, okuwukuphela kwabantu ababehlala lapho kwakuyimihambima indlela yabo yokuphila engazange ishiye noma yiziphi izakhiwo ezinjalo.
Yize abanye bezamile ukuchaza amapayipi njengokwenzeka kwemvelo, uYang Ji, umcwaningi e "I-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences," utshele "Xinhua" ukuthi iphiramidi kungenzeka lakhiwa izidalwa ezihlakaniphile.
Abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe bakudala bangabhekana nalokhu, esho, wengeza ngokuthi le mbono "Iyaqondakala futhi kufanele ibhekwe… kepha kumele kusetshenziswe izindlela zesayensi ukufakazela ukuthi iyiqiniso noma cha."
Enye inkolelo-mbono ukuthi yakhiwa yimpucuko yabantu bangaphambi komlando (njengoba kuchaziwe ku- I-Silurian Hypothesis yososayensi be-NASA) kusetshenziswa amasu alahlekile kubantu abalandelayo. Ngokusho kwenhloko yomnyango wezokwazisa ekuphathweni kwasendaweni yaseDelingha, amapayipi ahlaziywa kusetshenziswa intambo yakuleyo ndawo, kwathi u-8% kuphela walokho okwakwenziwe wangakhonjwa kwezinye izinhlobo zempahla.
Izingxenye ezisele zenziwe nge-ferric oxide, i-silicon dioxide ne-calcium oxide. Ukwakheka kwe-silicon dioxide ne-calcium oxide kungumphumela wokusebenzisana okukhulu phakathi kwensimbi netshe lesanti elizungezile, okukhombisa ukuthi amapayipi aneminyaka eyizinkulungwane ubudala. U-Engineer Liu Shaolin, owenza ukuhlaziywa, utshele iXinhua ukuthi "Lo mphumela wenze le sayithi yaba yindida kakhulu."
Umcwaningi we-geology ovela eChina Earthquake Administration ogama lakhe nguZheng Jiandong wazise iphephandaba elingaphansi kukahulumeni “Nsuku Zonke Zabantu” ngo-2007 ukuthi amanye amapayipi atholakala ukuthi ayenemisebe kakhulu, okunezela ekusakazweni.
Amapayipi nawo angaba yizimpande zezihlahla, ngokusho kwenye inkolelo. Ososayensi bathola i-plant detritus kanye nalokho okwakubonakala kungamasongo ezihlahla lapho kwenziwa ucwaningo ngamapayipi, ngokusho kwe-Xinmin Weekly ngo-2003. lokho kubangela ukufakwa kwensimbi ngaphansi kwamazinga athile okushisa nezimo zamakhemikhali.
Ukubikwa kweXinmin Weekly mayelana nomsuka wamapayipi weBaigong kungalandelwa emuva kule ndatshana, futhi alukho ucwaningo olufaka izingcaphuno. Mayelana namapayipi weBaigong, alukho ulwazi olucacile lokuthi iqine kangakanani le mbono.
