Red Star Over China (8)
"Dun, big him; Huang, Sheng also." Dunhuang is the "grand glorious," was intended.
Dunhuang is located in the western end of Hexi Corridor, is the ancient Silk Road (3) the Hexi Corridor Road (2) and must pass through (struggling), historians have called the general hub of the Silk Road Dunhuang for. Dunhuang Jade Gate and yang within the Customs is the guardian of the Hexi Corridor of pliers. Aware of this knowledge for the understanding of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is essential.
For this world city, one of my colleagues asked me before I went to Lanzhou, Dunhuang, that you must go, must go Mingsha must ... ... Anyway, according to her comments, I feel that if I did not go to Dunhuang is almost not people. Indeed, the Hexi Corridor can not be do not have too much of the place. With regard to Dunhuang, so much it, that is also asked to copy, I see I will not copied.
October 4 arrangements are the highlights of the whole journey - Meet the famous world of the Mogao Grottoes.
A deep impression on the Mogao Grottoes, in fact, comes from Yu's "cultural Journey." This book was written before the two Mogao Grottoes, looking for people to suppress popular knot. I have thought about my whole life do not want to see it, I would rather put it buried forever in a dream.
Because of the lack of understanding of geography and history, in the past have not been able to imagine why these ghosts are not in Dunhuang, a place to lay eggs get so many murals. In fact, Moga Cave ago after a snow water trickling sluggishly down Qilian Party River (has now dried up), irrigation with this piece of wasteland on the Dunhuang oasis. Dunhuang is the end of the eastern section of the ancient Silk Road, but also the middle of the starting point for the East to the West to the people's hearts, "a bright pearl." This point, I accompanied a friend and I had the same confusion, Fortunately, our brains so that instructors, she outright told us that "In the past Dunhuang is now in Shenzhen, Shenzhen has more than flourishing!"
Saw a total of about 10 holes, according to local friends is their best efforts to arrange, including the request of the country-level instructors, said the Head of State to also the treatment.
The first big Buddha Cave of that respect, indeed, I am shocked. I am fascinated by the exquisite pair of Yuanhun hand, it is the works of the Tang Dynasty, too beautiful.
There is a deep impression on Tang Dynasty Ladies, as to what flying a rebound Se Pa, do not think that how.
Introduction by instructors, I generally understand that the origin of the Mogao Grottoes. I understand that when the ancient Silk Road had just been adopted Buddhism into China, people still do not quite understand, so the faithful have gathered craftsmen dug caves in the mountains here, revised statues painted murals depicting the past, the people in the world the beauty of paradise, this hillside will become the "Thousand-Buddha Grottoes." As the ancient craftsmen were mostly to describe their own understanding of heavenly paradise, which makes these paintings with a strong characteristic of the times, for the study of ancient living conditions, etc., are a living Collection. These murals can be saved, mainly dry weather may help.
Good instructors is very important, so that my friends moment to become a devout Buddhist and Dunhuang studies enthusiasts, which can be followed from their subsequent instructors who bought a large number of books audio and video as evidence.
Brother affected by the I, I have been branded as that of Wang Daoshi very interested in universal condemnation. Daoshi instructors say more objective, she believed that Wang Daoshi should not bear too much of the blame, in fact, Wangdao Shi is also a well-intentioned, just want to exchange money for the Thousand-Buddha Grottoes repair only, as a Taoist self-cultivation that he money eyes itself is inconsistent with logic and facts. - It seems that Yu is also true batch.
Wong Lo Road, the biggest offense is probably our baby by the book to give someone else. With regard to the classics, I also thought pass. Been to a lot of temples, are seen depositary of Buddhist texts, and no one claimed by the Buddhist scriptures written on how to. In fact, by the book then what is it? Buddha once said that to do so? If the interpretation of the Buddha's disciples, then it is already a considerable discrepancies in. The question is how important it by the book in the end?
Oh, by the book, with fashionable words to explain, that is, a discourse of the right bar.
On the return trip on the way to go to see Dunhuang Airport. I suddenly feel that we have the greatest impact on the Silk Road, that is, brought Buddhism to China. What to say carrot tomatoes imported from the West, I think this is not what the Chinese do not lack food pattern; Se Pa tambourine and the like have no Gesha Han is still the world's most not musical people. As part of a nation that ranks the middle of heaven and earth, its the only channel of different cultural exchanges with the outside, in addition to Buddhism actually did not bring us something else, This is China's tragedy. Speaking of the Buddhism, the Mongols and the Tibetans are said to have foreign court, saying that since we Mongols believed in Buddhism, you, the hero of our nation on horseback also finished.
I think our ancestors is a group of very smart monkey, who climbed from the tree prematurely down and preferential access to the agricultural society. I have thought, where is that our founding fathers left forks, and its preliminary conclusion is that we have never really suffered the impact of alien, in the first place is because our world is not subject to the rule of outsiders. Our east is the sea, just south of the southern barbarian already Shoufu west, the natural risk barrier, Tufan, after believing in Buddhism also completely break the dishes hit the Huns who do not know where to go. Some people say it is not that the Mongol rule us, but their rule was too short after all, and they do not have any culture. Manchu rule that we can Manchu cultural traditions than we have to agree.
A matter of modern China, in any case is back in 1840. The shock of history, how can you call it not be overstated.
Think of it is scary, do not be properly developed sea lanes, chosen to go this dead-end desert, not to Dongdu, but against the terrain and the west, but also咱ancestors blind.
Learn his lesson, that the Silk Road, I am afraid not blow worth mentioning!
Author: david300w