Kizil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes grief
April 5, left Sailimuhu, at 9:26 Yanqi station happen to have a group bound for Aksu passing of the 5807 meeting of Kuqa.
Hirono where speeding train, the more west seemed more and more desolate, eyeful of gravel, a boundless side. Gobi desert is really horrible. 14:27 arrived in Kuqa. To the bus stop but also by plane (1 million). Bus Station Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves in the past day, there is no road car.
Station ago, Santana. To be able to squeeze time to go to Kashgar, Kuqa night to be back. Chartered is the only way. Then have a look quite look familiar up looking for customers and taxi drivers and asked out of my perceived, the asked me to say the price, laugh! First time that I met playing by the passengers themselves first asking price, and I think perhaps the habit of Xinjiang are like this. (This is also testing the waters to see if you know how far?) I know very well, but specifically how far, I am not very clear. (Now the map point of view was 52 km, 104 km round trip, plus I have proposed to go to library Wood La Thousand Buddha Caves in Turpan, it is estimated a total of 150 km), I asking price 80 yuan. He said 100 yuan. OK! We flew into transactions. (This is his playing of the slick of the Office). Along the way of our cooperation is very happy.
The car quickly left the city and was swallowed by the wilderness. In passing pyramid Yardang Landform, he let me stop photography. There is a big ditch, he took me to look at the past. At that time my mind is alert, so with him are separated by 4,5 m away. Asked him when the camera away from the gutter there are 8,9 m long. However, he should really play Dai Xin, I am definitely not a scholar Wenruo his opponent. Should therefore be completely ruled out that he had such thoughts. Of course, he really wanted to kill robbing, there are certain risks. Although the vehicles traveling in small, but not a no. Unless I fall into the ditch to go, suddenly died. Therefore, I still have to remind the Mix, a person overseas, away from dangerous places or farther is better.
Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves is the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.
Kizil Grottoes is located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region thanks to County about 60 kilometers south-east is China's earliest cave excavated group of key national heritage conservation units. Cave digging out houses at the north bank wood Zhati Dag mountain cliff, the distribution in the Valley, West Valley, Valley East, the mountain in four regions. The caves have been numbered 236, of which the first excavated in the 4th century AD, the latest built in the 8th century AD. Kizil Grottoes in its early transmission of Buddhism in China and the ancient Western Regions Kucha style very well known, but also for its many caves and murals of the United States with the Dunhuang, Yungang, Longmen Grottoes and said China's four grottoes. Kizil Grottoes cave shape, mainly their respects to Buddha and preaching the center column with the cave, square caves and life, etc. used in Sengfang Cave. Its central pillar in the main room cave around the back of a corridor, Sengfang Cave-Ming windows, fireplace-style kitchen pits and low kang. Center for Cave and Sengfang Cave column as much as it is rare in other regions. Kizil Grottoes artistic achievement, and fully reflected in the area of more than 10,000 square meters of frescoes inside. Mural includes Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, monks, Tian Long Ba Bu, to heaven, and Buddha's biography, Bunsen, karma stories. They are painted according to certain rules and square at the center caves in different parts of caves, the most characteristic is symbolic of the mountains carved out a number of diamond-shaped pattern of small cells in the various stories of paintings, each diamond-shaped using the most representative picture of to reflect the story of a Bunsen or karma, which arranged in neat rows, the color gorgeous Lingge reflected in the contents of the painting, now identified the Jataka stories, there are more than 70 kinds of Sakyamuni's story more than 60 types of karma story for more than 40 species. Kizil Grottoes murals in some direct or indirect reflection of real life images of the Buddha, Cave 69, the most famous hole is a painting of the King "is not hair-cutting," "cam bao bao belt" of their code of dress apparel and documented Kucha king, after the dress the same, some caves there are many dressed in costumes to support Kucha portrait, portrait next to the text of writing this still with the Kucha names and identity. In order to know the King, Queen and princes, ministers and so on. In addition, the 175 caves corridor map on the wall of cattle farming iron spade and spade iron similar to the Han Dynasty; tillage farmer to use map "Hom soil trowel" still in use. Therefore, in the ancient cultural relics survive in the world Kucha scarce today, Kizil Grottoes has provided us with the study of ancient social life of Kucha valuable information.
16:20 assigned to the gate. Tickets are 35 yuan. Paying any parking fees 5 yuan. 100-500 yuan to charge the individual caves. Yes, I first encountered in high-priced travel tickets.
I am a girl guide with a progressively climb. 7,10,17,32 and so on has opened the first six caves. For me, an outsider's point, that is, watch the fun. Only for these valuable heritage sites have been damaged worse distressing. Cave to be closed for some high-priced tickets, but will people shut out of the way, but also sadness and sorrow. I was thinking, to see the Buddha on earth scarred its image will certainly be much sadness. Kizil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes ranked China's first batch of units of the national heritage, but the visitors only one person, his heart must also be a very sad.
Many caves have been emptied. Did not leave any impression. This is the impressive than on the Buddha statues of enormous change. In the Kizil, Buddha Maitreya is the shape of Europa capable of foreigners. Similar shape with the Lohans. And we are now central China Dadu Maitreya has been completely nationalized by. "Ultimately the world smiling and laughing people, ... ...." Any chase among the power, and forget the nature of people who are the world's people are ridiculous.
Way back, suddenly left us in front of a group of wild camels. Quite enthusiastic driver, let me camera.
About 19:30 to library Wood La Thousand Buddha Caves in Turpan. In the reservoir at a crossroad to the East Is Red, about 2 km to go look inside. Kizil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes belong to the Hinayana teaching, libraries wooden spit La Caves belong to Mahayana teaching. Later period than the earlier ones.
Back to the train station was 20 o'clock. Not yet completely dark days down. Because trying to fix the new path, we are basically on the road in the desert area on the vehicle damage is definitely more interest. So, my heart was 100 yuan might be too cheap. Sure enough, he said that running more than 180 kilometers (actually not so much), you tell how much? Light to the Kizil also have to 300. You can see such a bad way. I began to think that La-ray to the base wood spit. (This is the place where he is not honest, he fears that you do not on his car, first agree with you a very low price, you have his car, and so ran down more than 100 kilometers, and you can not tell a) Although it is The should be not much. Should also have so much money, so I have not told him the price (although I have already spoke to him in advance and library next to the Kizil wood spit La). So, Mix who fought in the future there is no meter, and will advance to talk a good price, the repeat location and price. OK!
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