40 away a middle-aged man coming to see us straight, "take my car and immediately go 25 yuan a person, here to Dunhuang there were 120 kilometers of road." Watched him warmth goes on the face, we believe , though it said that a good price is 20 yuan per person.
The car began to speed along the road to Dunhuang, Shino dark. Let me surprise is this: this moment it began to rain outside, actually, that was the dry desert. From time to time bursts of rain hit the glass in the car, the driver drove the car in fast, at least 100 km above the rain Dunhuang a surprisingly good highway, car video is also surprisingly small.
"This is a two-day Dunhuang weather like?" The driver said: "You caught up with the good weather yesterday, soil under Dunhuang is also estimated that after This rain tomorrow, there will be a good weather in Dunhuang." We can not help a little surprised, "Soil - ? "
The way of the plains, people sleepy. Wake up already in the Dunhuang City.
Neon lights in the downtown of Dunhuang city, and there is no difference between the streets of Wenzhou. The high-rise buildings along the way to hotels. Passers-by sparse, the time has already passed the night. Driver quite good, will we send one of the most upscale hotels in Dunhuang in front of stop orders go take a look and once again added: "The high prices in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and there is no car to go, there seems to have formed a delegation before."
Finally the driver as if suddenly remembered the edge of a hotel, said: "Go there to see, that my friend might have opened the room?" When you see a look of sincere and good drivers, we are convinced endless, living in hotels is also OK, price from 280 yuan, all the way down, the waiter has repeatedly emphasized that the relationship between the driver and the owner, finally, we have 150 price stay there.
Tired we simply do not want to continue to walk, and carrying a hiking pack directly to lay down a bed, a night without dreams.
Checkout the morning when there is a hall of Shanghai couples with children are preparing to go to the Mogao Grottoes, accounting of what, they prepared to go to car rental with them. Then yesterday, a look of good drivers come, ready to carry us to the attractions here today. Watched him leave with regret that we can not help but alerted. Riding in a taxi and Shanghai were talking together, they said yesterday, one of the two young people together, but also live in this hotel, as long as 120.
My God呀! Yesterday, we had been nagging liuyuan to Dunhuang from 20 yuan too cheap, but here was the driver of a "lure off the meter," while the so-called hotel owner was his friend, but also they would have a good collusion wonderful "double reed", there is no bus to the Mogao Grottoes is, they continue to lure customers a "hoax." So that they can be way off in the end with the Santana package, until the hollowing out until the tourist's wallet.
The people also did it till this point, not to mention their part Zhangshan Liang Tun-hou's face filled with a smile, who would prepare for them?
Sometimes I wonder why the old, why go out tourism, in fact, the experience of the road is the person's life, wealth, access to different people, exposure to different things, we can grow old road that is life呀!
Cross section of the Gobi, the Mogao Grottoes on the end of the Mingsha. Well see the sand hills, when the Mogao Caves also up.
Here is an oasis, the tall stained northwest of drill days Young Green all around, wonders!
Looked on the oasis is a blur of sand mountains, far from removing the walls of caves to see sand and sand hills of yellow mud tower. The Holy Land has come. However, the picture has been fixed grid of Dunhuang in the number of years ago a Sino-Japanese co-produced the film "Dunhuang", filled the yellow sand to cover up everything, until the great sand hill into the Mogao Grottoes. It seems a long history buried here, I do not like to pay tribute the history of people, but I am longing for.
Resting on the river has dried up before the Mogao Grottoes bottomed out, even if the rain last night of that field are not given the opportunity to river, the desert is too dry, the Mogao Grottoes was too deserted. Standing on high ground before the river you see waves of yellow, in addition to Atrium on the vicissitudes of a blur of blue. The driver said that if you go to Yang Guan, you only can do is cry, not for the ancient "West out of Yang Guan without the ancients," but for that grand "desolation", I suddenly speechless, The Mogao Grottoes eyes become blurred unprovoked up suddenly blowing dry desert winds.
Into the Mogao Grottoes won the first section of Topol and woods. I always thought the Northwest, such as poplars are the contradictions described in the book "In Praise of poplar," described as grandiose, is not even, in addition to drilling days, Yang, branches, dried up leaves outside the northwest poplar flourish cage cover the Quartet. Sun hit the leaves on a mottled Yang, revealing the endless green and blue, the wind blowing the forest, so that the sound of rustling leaves issue, as if to welcome guests from afar.
Through the poplar woods, he saw is the Mogao Grottoes, and is absolutely not what I thought of that appearance, the Mogao Grottoes indifference to accept me, the ancients caves dug out of almost all sealed, sand casting of the cave corridor outside the permeability a post-modern masterpiece, the old-fashioned burial. Mogao Grottoes were buried in reinforced concrete, is not buried in the sand if they continue to make the future generations to continue to pay tribute.
Commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, founded in Former Qin Jianyuan two years (AD 366), has to save Northern Liang, the Northern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Western Xia, Yuan Dynasty, which lasted a thousand years of various types of cave 735, including murals and painted sculptures of the cave 492, murals 45,000 square meters, more than 2,400 painted sculptures body, Tang, Song, timber-framed canopies Cave 5. Mogao Caves can be said is the world's most ambitious scale, content, the richest and the most exquisite art of Buddhist cave temples.
Row of dark caves does not know whether it was also the preservation of Dunhuang flying and the Buddha? When in 1905 the Russians Boao Luqie Fu with a little belongings in exchange for a large number of instruments by the volume when the Dunhuang began running away. A box of a box of a car a car is not old Dunhuang Dunhuang, leaving only the history of Dunhuang grudge.
Is now open only 10 caves, 10 caves that have been packaged, and they represent the Dunhuang in various periods and different cultures. Into the cave is a strict gatekeeper, the camera was allowed to bring into, allegedly painted the camera's flash on the fatal harm, I stood outside the cave to take a picture when in the end, or be forced to hand over the camera.
Open No. cave was once a Taoist Wang Yuanlu meditation place, he is a sinner in Dunhuang. Commentator pointed side hole, this is the result found in Cang Jingdong Wang Yuanlu. There are loose sand and finishing found, when dug inside the thousands of scripture, and now all of these verses kept in museums around the world. The middle is the Buddha cave clay金身like, Ku Ding painted a large number of small Buddha, in the dim light, the cave filled with a kind of solemnity. Do not know that the Wang Yuanlu in meditation in the cave when the heart is full of what kind of imagination, one thing is sure, he has not found himself a place in the years after the meditation caused a sensation in the world, there are so many people come to a focus of attention, but for to see if he had the most disdain meditation place.
Tour guide said that Japan also has a Mogao Grottoes, is to take off their shoes when entering unloading socks, crawl into, this is the Buddha's respect.
Rest of the cave, and the first cave No. similar, the general pattern are the hole to enter pai lou dependent on the painted image, inside the cave at the top with the different times is slowly changing from residential areas to the roof-type circular , round to square, square to the coffin type, different times of the Buddha's face is different, the early big head small body to a balanced posture, and then to the use of visual perspective, full of the wisdom of the ancient craftsmen. The cave surrounded by a small change in Buddhist painting is unique, especially the Northern Wei period, a four-frame comic figure, even more exquisite. Painting is the "Prince of heroes tiger map," spectacular story, pictures, colorful, the characters form prominent, the stunning art of the ancients.
Flying is the Dunhuang murals a must, when the tour guide, pointing along the upper wall of a small image, I was greatly disappointed. Flying low in the Buddhist community is savvy of the Buddha, who served as the artist's role in Buddhist circles for the high-level Buddhist entertainment, This was very close to the community. Even in the largest cave, up to tens of meters of the cave, the fly has only one meter in length, but can be seen flying status, but their graceful posture, and playing the guitar in the style is full of a sense of beauty, and sometimes is not the greatest Buddha's most valuable, value is often reflected in the Department inadvertently.
Cave into the 10th time, that is open to tourists in Dunhuang Cave of the last one. This is the top of the cave excavated in the Sui Dynasty into the Mogao Grottoes a must, said it has been dubbed the first three most valuable caves. First, it has the best preserved of the Buddha, this Buddha image is a high degree of Dunhuang Buddha Sakyamuni in the second image, the first high-Sakyamuni although beautiful, but it rebuilt with the Republican period, there is no historical value. Second, inside the largest flying preserved Dunhuang murals, four Flying has simply become the pride of Dunhuang, volley fly, clever peerless. Finally, one of the most beautiful Buddha hand, was reportedly remains charming, the ratio approximate the golden section. There are two previous concept of the Buddha Taiwan, is said to Buddha statues imbalance, the first big body small, but consistent with the faithful viewing habits, looking at the time to make statues look very coordinated, can be seen in the excavated statues of ancient craftsmen had the time aware of people's viewing angle, a demonstration of the superb skills.
Out of the cave, filled with a kind of admiration, look back to the blue sky, yellow cave vicissitudes of life remains the same, it is soaked in the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient craftsmen.
(Dunhuang, accommodation, transport is convenient, in particular, would like to remind that there are buses to and from tourist attractions. Dunhuang there is one thing to try is not right and wrong, and that is Donkey, the saying goes, "the goose heaven, the earth's Donkey", delicious incomparable, Donkey must go to eat, "tat in mind Donkey Yellow Noodle House," where the most authentic flavor.)
Author: linxiqi
