Silk Road Random Thoughts Author: Tran Xuan good (Huazipiaoling)
Preface
After returning from the Silk Road has been immersed in a huge shock in a long time can not be equatorial. Whenever the dawn when it burst on the scene as if to see the magnificent figure in Qilian Mountains; night falls when the sunset landscape Mingsha mind. The Stars have seen the Gobi will know in the city on the Roof by no means a desert can reach out to the sense of enjoyable Zhai; touched the Ganlie Tianchi know in the artificial lake where swimming is not as in Tianchi ??? Yipiao water comes Qin spleen. Now I know why there are so many people travel long distances each year to worship the unique shrouded her, because it is a mysterious charm of the road.
I went to silk, is not only looking for the footprints of the ancients, but also to find a party to purification of the mind of the promised land.
In fact, the Silk Road can not be equated with paradise. Because she did not south of the enchanting scene and no customs million species in Yunnan, not to mention the rich abundance of Guangdong fertile, Weiwei's Qilian, vast sand dunes of the Gobi and the high was her only. But suffice! Water bridges, although others of the synthesizer of the United States, it may trail the Boundless westerly skinny horse can be a different kind of spirit of Autumn. You love South passionate, I love Gobi bleak, multi-Jiao Jiang Shan, cabbage, carrots, all have love.
So I set foot on the Silk Road alone.
I have a dream of the soul of pull system, can trigger an infinite reverie my way.
Yellow Line. Lanzhou weep. Waterwheel Yin
Lanzhou is an ancient city on the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is the history of civilization can be traced back very far very far to the ancient city itself is no longer the number of relics left behind. Can be used as the capital of Gansu Province, I decided to let my dream began in Lanzhou.
"What's fun in Lanzhou?"
This is my greatest concern. Because in addition to its nationally renowned for its beef noodles and the world's top air pollution, I was ignorant of Lanzhou. Prior to departure, the information to do a search, they did it leave me a specific impression. Because of the natural landscape of Lanzhou little, and all are well-known man-made landscapes. Wu Quanshan, Baita Mountain, Blue Mountains and other parks to build a very sophisticated, but also a little bit in history, but I can not share a sense of the vicissitudes of history sense. Therefore, these parks are not the purpose of my visit. I want to touch history, Lanzhou, there let me Ruyuan place?
"Is Jiusheng one of the Yellow River in?"
To tell the truth, Lanzhou is also because of the mother river which traverses the city had only showing charismatic. When I was at the riverside walks away from the road for the first time to see the magnificent mother river when there is a real impulse to its knees. Watched it through the turbulent Zhongshan Bridge, over the Baita Mountain, toward the distant torrent away, I am aware that the "Jiang Jinjiu" in mood. Nurtured countless sons and daughters of the mother river, ah, ah mother river flows for a thousand years, and so on for a thousand years, only a gifted poet, as it permeated to write a poem with her match. It is lonely, so she was an occasional cry occasionally roar, but she did not know that she turn over the body is enough to flood large tracts of land, enough to step across a destroyed house construction. She just wanted to go ashore look at her beloved sons and daughters only. Like plastic, like the shore of the Yellow River Mother, like a child holding an amiable kind, Doudou kids playing, so why everyone is so vigilant, trying to prevent her from landing it?
The Yellow River did not understand, and she in the end What is wrong?
Let the dialogue and the Yellow River may be, as did Li Bai.
Ming dynasty of this century, the forties and fifties this for some time, flowing over the Yellow River in Lanzhou should be very happy because she does not quiet flow, they do not fear being cursed on the sneeze. She openly come and use her body to promote legislation on both sides of the river's water tankers rotation, so that tankers can be rolled down pour the fields. Lanzhou was a waterwheel 252, Yellow River Dragon everywhere, raised more than 10 million mu of irrigation area is a "waterwheel town" more than eight times the Syrian city of Hama. Mother River every turn once, to feed one person, you say, she could upset do? May be later, the mother's body more and more cumbersome, because her children had to feed her every day to eat all sorts of things, gradually, she will turn no more water tankers, gradually, flotillas of water tankers are also no longer exists. Lanzhou now have a water truck garden, but it is to use electricity-powered, built specifically for the coax tourists, has lost its original meaning. However, in the city of Metro Xigu heard there is an old water truck segment to stay, but not the shore of the cruise of the merry. I did not rush to call it, but it can also be sketched out this picture: tankers lying motionless on the shore, with its history and that the load off the body to tell every one kept trained on a pedestrian crossing the road passing away glory.
Its mission is completed, we do not have to feel sorry for it, but it is the mother river for Zaibu Dong sad.
When should also allow the mother river take a break it?
Loving sekijo
Great Wall of China in ancient times, when a foreign enemy for the military defense project, today's Great Wall is the first open to the world's heritage. Since the sixties opening date, the Great Wall of heat has been enduring. From the stick to open this way, Chinese people do not know how many times until finally in sight of the achievements today. Great Wall, China's honor to witness the rise and fall of numerous dynasties witnessed the change. Today it still survive and turned Chongshan, the more high mountains, wearing grassland, involving desert, crossing the sea, climbing cliffs, like a dragon-like ups and downs hovering flying somersault. The Great Wall, Jiayuguan is located at the western end of a splendid pearl, and the east Shanhaiguan distant relative, the joint responsibility of protecting the stability of China's eastern and western borders.
Shanhaiguan in the mountains it is more feminine figure among the Jin Xian, Jiayuguan in the Gobi Desert oasis in a show of its stalwart on the body. I stood in the cold desolate Mu Guan City, pondering the history of the border, the bygone days of the border populations everywhere and chill the brain can not help the emergence usually used practiced sound poem:
Pincha Sunset West Gansu Oare star high on the low re-look at the flames of a warrior with a few lone mountain camp鼙Author unknown, but listening to his performance superior literary talent. Very image of the poem describes the verge of war with the soldiers is also hidden bitterness and helpless. These things usually very far away from my life is available through Frontier Poems I like the close proximity with it, I love reading Frontier Poems, because it is inside the wandering mind and I was Xixixiangtong's. But the same is thousands of miles away from home, I am more than soldiers guarding the frontiers of the more fortunate. Birds can not be degrees in this place, in order to close letter home is sad beyond the bounds, me? Homesick when hanging up the phone on the line, thousands of miles away affect my greetings with their mother. May be in order to defend their homes, which a good man in the Qilian Mountains on without complaint under the shed blood, death is also down a Shiguwucun, the history books do not belong to their stroke.
War, how much you are one of the cursed ah
But the modern world did not learn the lessons of history, from the flames to a nuclear bomb, the means of war is constantly changing, the only constant is that the soldiers wandering hearts and collections of hope children are worthy of loving mother heart.
Yugoslavia, the smoke had just fallen, China and Taiwan has been at loggerheads, India-Pakistan relationship is imminent. World peace, just a pleasant slogan.
In this world as long as there are human beings, war and killing will not stop. The evil people are not eliminated, will not be peace in this world. Perhaps the end of the world really have to look forward to the advent of mankind be able to start again.
The re-start could certainly lead to good? Are human beings would not make the same mistake it?
I am stupid, such an esoteric subject, or leave that to those smart people to answer bar! I do, or take advantage of the Earth did not completely destroy the former continue to make a sightseeing tour go! This does not, I climbed the next 82 meters high cliffs, along the way thrilling 100, in order to discuss the appreciation of the natural barrier depends on the river bluff and look up to the Great Wall first pier of the grace. Later, panting climb to it no hardship, but also enjoy it, even protective of me climbing down the plastic for me Master also played a thumb. This is nothing, to optimistic picture, he will have with the courage to go for. The same is true when the Great Wall in the cantilever, in order to obtain a good shooting angle, stood up and jumped into the beacon tower of the pier, next to a few visitors to breathtaking scared. One old man said: "This woman Waer Intuit also bold!"
I am not bold, this is only to become a qualified photographer to be available terms and conditions.
Unfortunately, photo quality was washed out very general, because in Jiayuguan two days are cloudy, photo shoot is not unexpected that the bad things. But it is a beautiful image has been deeply in my mind, it is Zhang's photographs do not fade, I will always remember you, bye, Jiayuguan!
Sabina. Yulin. Cynomorium
Chinese language is very interesting, from the literally be able to see the essence of things, like "Qilian Mountain," words, a surge of solemn feeling of the rushing toward the steep. For the first time to see the Qilian Mountains in Jiayuguan train on the way to go, when the Qilian on speeding, but after the train south. When the Qilian Mountains towering in front of me there, I was moved to a mess. Be Qilian HAOKU, which only re-station, where a solemn, sobering looked at each of the past a pedestrian, there is no passion nor welcome, quiet, and cold. I can not guess what it means, but I believe that the feelings of the Qilian not mean it, especially for wandering. Sure enough, only a moment's work, Qilian appeared a meandering, under the Tuodui, days! So many camels, I do not know where they want to go, leisurely blazing, and leisurely, and with those of us non-stop for tourists in sharp contrast. Hanging in their neck should be very rhythm of ringing it, "the distance came Tuoling Sheng..." This song sounded in my mind that this scene so beautiful ah! Unfortunately, I can not hear. Had imagined of. So I shut our eyes, so that my thinking in the illusory space ride. . . . . . "Ding Dong, Ding Dong..." Days! I really hear ye! What a pleasant ring tones ah, like in singing a song and. Suddenly a man dressed herdsmen came up to me, for me to embark upon a simple friendly smile, in Chinese, said: "Welcome." Oh, this. . . . .
I could not help the opened his eyes, there is no shepherd, only the Qilian. In the 100 meters outside the pack team has had. I would blink an eye, suddenly understood, when the welcome Qilian way! I quickly pulled out a camera, photographer I am touched by this moment, thank you, Qilian Mountains! Your gift is too special, although only a few minutes, but I was a contented child, not back to anything else you request!
However, Sabina seemed to me to make eyes look similar. To Anxi (Guazhou) time, it gave me a second gift - Yulin Cave.
Yulin Cave is the Mogao Cave sister. Because the cave inside the elm forest, hence the name Yulin Cave. Its artistic value, of course not as the Mogao Grottoes, and even the remaining three were cave, Longmen, Yungang, wheat product, have also become better. May directed at "Yulin" This gives me the name of reveries, I went to. Chartered to the Yulin a little expensive, but I have been a heart-yu Lince was full, but anxiously hope that immediately flew beside it, they can only let the master knocked me a bar of. Although my heart were very eager to vehicles one after another of the Qilian Mountain over the head, the exercise in the rocks where the forest of Qilian hinterland, open for nearly one and a half hours to reach their destinations, Yulin caves hidden in the Qilian Mountains on the canyon. In fact, I quite wonder, this place so hidden, modern street is expected to involve so many people of the roads, paving, all safety measures have to enter, how the ancients came in? Nanbu Cheng they would fly? This is obviously impossible.
"Just because they are devout sinking heart, the heart of the Buddhist devotees." Drive master says.
Although I am an atheist, but seeing such a grotto of gods, I can not help but be impressed by the power of religion. Unfortunately, I have come too late, the administrator closed the time has come to reject my visit, no matter how the request, the administrator is not allowed, I had to leave with a melancholy mood.
"True Baipao had!" In the car I still drums with no place to vent gas also had to take the scene out the window to ease the minds of Yu gas. Can be gradually, I found that my luck was good, because of the magnificent scenery along the way I was dizzying.
"How will I just fall asleep? 'Really regret extremely. Can remedy the situation is not late, I hasten to use the camera to record all of this, mushroom mountain Guaizhuang reservoir beautiful, vast grasslands and snow-white sheep are object of my record.
"The girl, we are good or bad depends Yulin landscape?" Master, speaking in a Anxi Mandarin ask me. Tone saturated with a strong sense of pride.
"Look good, look good, really good-looking side 。。。。" I answered him as he hastened to press the shutter. I obviously touched a teacher moves along the way to stop-go let me take pictures have no complaints. Until the setting sun shines, we drove back to Ansi.
"Girl, your Suoyang Cheng will not go in!"
"Never mind!" Really does not matter, there are already enough of Yulin, and Suo Yangcheng Well, relying on imagination bar. Cynomorium Cynomorium, is to lock the sun do? I looked up and looked at the horizon of the glow, delicate and charming too cute, if I may, I wish I also want to lock her, forbidding her to fade away. Suo Yangcheng should also be a setting sun enveloped the castle, right?
So I decided to shut his eyes slowly. . . . . . . .
Lost Mogao Grottoes
Because of cultural Journey, I have contact with Yu, but also because of cultural Journey, I know Dunhuang.
That understanding, because before that I am only a vague impression that exist in Dunhuang knew she had to fly a very suitable approach to the performance of dance. My dance teacher had used "Dunhuang" in the title published a dance, full of elegant beauty, unable to take part in Taiwan I can only stand next to the dancers to the stage to cast envious eyes.
At that time, I was on the body center of Dunhuang. Cultural Treks, one until the publication of the book that I learned that the brilliant Dunhuang had hidden under the guise of so many painful past. Still remembers the feelings of indignation, as I wait for them to jump out of the same and those ruthless predators confrontation. . . . . . So I vowed at the time, one day I would have to carry on worship Dunhuang. Numerous times prior to departure once lying on the map hard to find in Dunhuang, and then a red pen to circle her lap again and again for fear of careful, she will disappear from my sight. Of course, somebody is still lying in Dunhuang in Gansu Province, the western end of the Mogao Grottoes are still handling the Chinese culture. Mingsha are still ups and downs, Crescent Moon Spring is still fascinating.
I had too much fear and trepidation.
So I hold a sense of normalcy to Dunhuang. I am not a Yu, I dare not wishful thinking in the face of such a great artistic treasures issue laments, and making a fuss only blasphemy. In fact to Dunhuang, any words are superfluous, because you will be left dumbfounded. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes of the cultural landscape that is, another Mingsha natural scenery, nature's gift and previous difficult labors Although the past has brought her numerous wounds, but also brought glory to her today, had declined and therefore she is once again the world stage, to the world and her immortal grace, the Silk Road "renaissance", and only now is a constant stream of visitors, rather than business travel. The purpose is the same, the same money!
In fact, at the Dunhuang Art was discovered as early as the day began, and money it can not avoid. Be used as gift-giving, was as a market trading, only in exchange for bottles of priceless Youyanjiangcu, a few silver ingot, was so heartbroken Dunhuang scholar and the heart. Be today's Dunhuang City is still full of life for residents of the philistine atmosphere, because after numerous foreign exchange flock to Dunhuang, stimulating local economic development, Dunhuang balance between people's hearts, and lips to say "stand up forgetting the Communist Party, to get rich thanks to the high Mo Cave, "hands are also open the door. Therefore, prohibiting the use of cameras was originally a place where you can enjoy the spotlight of one after another, as long as affordable price, to protect a class of words are superfluous. As recorded in the same year, Wang Yuan. He is to fill stomachs, Hunger breeds discontent, what is wrong with that? Today's Dunhuang can still justifiably say: "Who is wealthy and anyone can come in!" Likewise, he made a mistake? We hate Wang Yuan was recorded as the Dunhuang art is destroyed in his hand, it may, today there are numerous recordings of trafficking in Dunhuang, Wang Yuan intangible value, but that he go astray intensive study, and the highest bidder!
So that day I saw the Japanese press the shutter. Old gentleman from Japan who have high-end camera hanging from his chest the whole, looked at is the ordinary tourist, not what the experts and scholars.
Dunhuang people may forget, there are also stealing Dunhuang art, including Japanese!
Forget it? Then I come to remind you that better. In 1909, the Japanese Otani Kōzui organizations team up to Dunhuang to plunder a large number of scriptures, only the Otani University of incorporation of the more than 7000 numbers!
I am not extreme, but in the Mogao Grottoes by the useless gas can not vomit. God said for life are equal, the socialist who also stressed that no class can be a great art before the person who had high and low points, which is why, who can give me an explanation?
Of course, there will be no response, blame blame the he was a poor student.
I had dragged his exhausted body and mind and a sense of loss back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Desert drop yen
Lofty desert sunrise and sunset is tenderness million species, and then lined Crescent Moon illuminating as heavenly gems, such as the Pearl of the charming night posture constitutes a Gansu on Graffiti. The painting hung in the southwest of Dunhuang City, OK 6 kilometers. Santana should be on a comfortable, after ten minutes of maneuvering, Mingsha Mountain Scenic Area on the sight. It is the east Mogao cliff top, west to the party's mouth, I heard that the real is along the ancient Silk Road to the Mogao Grottoes Mingsha this road may be that the cost of the camel was not my poor students can afford. I just feel your camel up the mountain. Although the use the money to Quhuan a pretty fresh experience of value for money, can I have my guilty whisper, yesterday's unpleasant they rise in my heart. I do not over money, just a cultural area becoming a slave to money, only regret.
"Strike, strike, strike! Unpleasant things much thought do?" I went to Mingsha is to seek consolation and hope in this piece of clean sand in the pick up the lost joy in the Mogao Grottoes, also hope are in the open heaven and earth I can unlock the melancholy mood. So let those unhappy with the wind Gone bar! Why let the shackles of history to become the shackles of playing it? So I pack up feeling ready to accept Mingsha washing. But it Unfortunately, even today, blowing a gale Mingsha, suddenly swept overwhelming windblown sand, yellow sand roll, sand sub-fly, the kind of breathtaking momentum really wins. I would not miss such a great scene, but would simply let that annoying sand bullied me, while protective of the camera, while energetically open eyes search the landscape everywhere. "Too great!" A thousand words into one sentence only, in fact, any language is superfluous at this time, you just want to do is standing against the breeze, to accept the baptism of nature!
Soon, everything was quiet. After the wind stopped it was like sand static kind of the mother, with its lovely smooth satin-like skin to withstand the excesses of our. But she was very soft body Querang enough kids to eat bitterness, and climb one step slide two steps down will be slipping a little bit tired, a few hours of grinding on the d.m.z. come to naught. You did not matter sorted out her anger, had to shake off the sand, re-start! In the course of this weary, my anger elan arrogance What kind of bird gas have been polished, the whole sense of the remaining lift knee, landing, slipping, and then lift knee, landing. . . . Finally hands and feet to the top of the. I have not had time Xukou Qi dumbfounded children, and saw the top is followed by the top, it is so natural to the endless distance, confused and extension of the ups and downs. "My God!" I could not help secretly to draw breath. Want to find a commanding height in the inside was impossible. May be the more difficult it will inspire me more stubborn, so I towards higher sand ridges to make a start. Because of experience, I will no longer stepping on sand ridges are not stepping on someone else's footprints next to them to forward it along the climb, and indeed much faster. So I stumbled a low kick high kick to make the climb a peak. I saw a steep sand dune on the left line of crooked footprints can be a gust of wind before, resumed its original dune formation, that have no trace left, as it has never meet me, like this tourist. I can not help at a loss, no wonder there is a song called "Desert lonely", and the original is in such that it actually lonely, do not even have to leave footprints. . . . .
I suddenly remembered that on foot across the Taklamakan desert of the American woman, but also reminded of their silk business travel. They need more willpower to withstand the incredible loneliness. The American woman so be it, because heard that she brought a lot of high-tech products to complement the activities of her adventure, but those who do business travel the desert? In addition to long period of Tuoling Sheng, they rely on in the end to the face of such a vast, but also unpredictable desert Xinu do? Perseverance in the face of so much loneliness is very easy to failure, and perhaps the beautiful desert sunset can give them a spiritual recharge bar! I lay quietly and let the last touch of the desert afterglow smearing me. Sunset West is not as flash as the Central Plains, and it is always prolong the tail, let you taste enough of her body temperature after a leisurely walk away. I am through sunset Jimuyuantiao, then Road on the famous desert springs leap eyes, like a sleep Weixing woman, the song into a crescent-shaped body, lazy flip suitable for snuggling her husband's arms, bleary-eyed , indifference of looked at each one for her dumping of the men and women. I am reminded of that a sandstorm just do not know that she will become turbid do? Over the past several thousand years, or as the same indifference of the subject down, but it is still clear as before?
I do not have to unlock the mystery of Tao, because would like to leave room for imagination to yourself.
I am still lying on the sand, visitors away from the noisy sound of a joke I am far, far, while the exquisite sunset Meiyan was close to me close. I've never been so near at sunset seen before in Malaysia Ye Hao Beijing worth mentioning the rise of a criss-cross the wire rod is always wanted to have a Chenglan sky is a luxury requirements. Today, I will be able to reach out, it seems a touch to it, as if it smiled at me, then how brilliant smile, how charming, wonderful things but unfortunately they often fade away, and finally it is gone, so that night with a mysterious The piece of black gauze to replace it.
And I, a He Yan, the body roll down down. . . . .
It is time to go. . . . . .
West, Yang Guan
In the Jiayuguan's when a once off. Administrators can also pretend to be serious then the sent me a card out of customs, so I felt a sense of Kangkaijiuyi the tragic, as if a step outside of customs will be gone forever. Today, I once again out of customs, compared to Jiayuguan, the more there seems chen, without a customs permit and no grand off the city, there is no bustling crowds, and only one Canbai the beacon.
This is the Yang Guan. The former border fortress no longer glory days, if not there is Wang Wei's song through the ages never occur again, "Chun is more to do to persuade a glass of wine, and west, Yang Guan undue person", I believe that today's Yang Guan will be overwhelmed by history. Wang did not have thought of his own momentary thoughts and feelings so that future generations could even suggest such a wave upon wave, and then go to singing intoxicated in reverberation of that history, bar! If the past is for business travel, Yang Guan who set up today, it is to "Weicheng song" exists.
Yang Guan-consuming to go to a series of setbacks, mainly Cou and I can not flat fares, again is a psychological contradiction, the old in the Yang Guan and yumenguan between the two. The fortress guarding the north yumenguan, but also because a rather well-known poem, "The Yellow River is far on the clouds, the one isolate them Maninsan. Why should we complain willow flute, spring is not degree yumenguan." Even more people Fuxiang Pina's mood ah! Can be snapped up shy I do not have to make painful choices, Yang Guan 100, Yumen 400 - 600 yuan, the sky-high price led me to have to choose one among the fish and bear's paw. Teacher talk with the taxi finally good price, 80 yuan to take me on a trip to Yang Guan, can be mind full of regret, after all.
Xiaoxiao Yumen, When can I listen to you tell it?
Fortunately Yang Guan did not let me down. When the car so that thousands of miles over the vast expanse of the Gobi Desert into the South Lake Township, I saw standing on the antique on the beach in it. Flat sand areas popping up such a mound, they also appear to be so abrupt in the jie so untamed, as if to say: "You abandoned me, then what, I am now is not the same as getting along fine?" Yes, Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty by the wind and sand erosion, Yang Guan, to Yuan Shi You have been destroyed by floods, the only remaining castle wall, the base is only half a meter high, but it is "live" down. So tenacious vitality, how not to appreciate it? I really wanted to touch it, to feel a thousand years of legend. But the high railings Queba I plug in the periphery, although the damage is to avoid man-made can be lost but the overall coordination. Yang Guan if known, perhaps it would be willing to continue to linger on, say, from wiped out, and are unwilling to jailed trapped. Before it can begin their arms and embrace people from all over the world may be today, it can only be facing the four-party guests speechless!
Ai Zai-Yang Guan, who sadly sad to listen to your voice?
Not far from the Yang Guan a oasis, famous Ottawa swamp thousands of years has been moistening a lonely Yang Guan. With it, powerful Yang Guan added a little tenderness before: With it, stubborn Yang Guan will survive so far. Standing in terms of Ak Wa Yang Guandao barren pond, will be surprised that it can creator. Is just steps away on foot there were two different worlds. But the world everything ought to be this way, a Zi a dry, one-year-old one wing, one-hing, an abortion is consistent with operation of the law of nature. Mingsha Mountain Crescent Moon Spring is one example, now Yangguan Ottawa swamp is also a card. And as early as in ancient China, Taoists put forward the theory of yin and yang, and have carried out feasibility studies, cross subsidization 4:00 everything
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