Chapter 196: Arriving in Dunhuang
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"You're talking about the Japanese named Nakagawa, who was released so soon?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but his mind was immersed in the underground First Emperor's bedroom at this time, and he didn't pay much attention to it, those bureaucrats in the country have always been soft on the outside and the inside, Zhuang Rui had already guessed this kind of ending. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"That kid is sneaky and doesn't know what he wants to do, Brother Zhuang, or ...... I'm going to chase after me and ask?"
Peng Fei and the others saw Zhuang Rui standing up, and they all came around, just now Zhuang Rui sat on a stone and closed his eyes and said nothing, they didn't dare to disturb, thinking that Zhuang Rui was thinking about something important.
"Forget it, we're not police, can we manage it a second time?"
Zhuang Rui shook his head, he was also a little strange in his heart, if according to the deputy director Xiong, Zhongchuan should have been fined, I don't know why this Japanese still has the leisure to play around?
However, Zhuang Rui didn't bother to waste his mind on a Japanese, and after taking a look at the ground under his feet with nostalgia, he secretly thought to himself in his heart: If he built a vacuum chamber at the excavation site according to his previous ideas, how much would it cost?
If you want to excavate this dungeon intact, I'm afraid that if you look at the whole world, Zhuang Rui can do it, because only he can accurately grasp the specific location of the dungeon, and can selectively decide when is the best time to open the dungeon.
This is a very tedious work, because working in a vacuum environment, it is necessary to wear a spacesuit, which will increase the difficulty of the excavation work, and when the cultural relics are embalmed after entering the underground palace, they must be carried out in this environment, which requires a lot of theoretical argumentation and repeated research in the early stage.
Zhuang Rui has made up his mind in his heart, and when he returns to Beijing, he will fund it by himself and list it as a subject research, as long as the research results are produced, he will declare it to the state, he really wants to see the truth in the underground palace of Qin Shi Huang in his lifetime.
"Let's go, try to stay in Lanzhou at night......"
Zhuang Rui buried the ambition of excavating the Mausoleum of the First Emperor deep in his heart, perhaps the next time he goes to Xi'an, it may be when the underground palace of the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has been silent for more than 2,200 years, Zhuang Rui is confident that this treasure of Chinese culture will be shown to the world.
Zhuang Rui and others' next destination is Gansu, it was already afternoon when they set off from Xi'an, after arriving in Lanzhou through Baoji Tianshui, it was already dark, they found a hotel to stay for one night, and the next day they browsed around Lanzhou Baita Mountain, Yellow River Iron Bridge, Wuquan Mountain, God's Temple, and Baiyun Temple.
Of course, don't forget to taste the famous Lanzhou ramen, as well as the soft and lubricated, sour and spicy Lanzhou stuffed skin, Zhuang Rui and others who ate it were all very enjoyable, and Lanzhou, as the throat of the ancient Silk Road, also left a deep impression on Zhuang Rui and others.
After a short stay in Lanzhou for two days, Zhuang Rui and others embarked on the journey again, from Lanzhou all the way to the high-speed, along the way through Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan to the terrain is dangerous, majestic and famous for the world's Jiayuguan.
Jiayu Jiayuguan is the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, it is an ancient military castle with the most spectacular scale and the most well-preserved degree along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, and it is an important military fortress along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty and its later generations.
The whole Guancheng is close to the mountains and rivers, guards the canyon area of about 15 kilometers wide from north to south, the valley of the Lai River in the south of the canyon, constitutes the natural barrier of the Guan, the nearby beacons, the piers are criss-crossed, there are 66 piers in the east, west, south, north, northeast of the Guancheng, the terrain of Jiayuguan is natural, both offensive and defensive, and the nearby Great Wall, the city platform, the moat, the beacon and other facilities constitute a strict military defense system, and is also known as "the first Xiongguan in the world".
Lin Zexu of the Qing Dynasty was convicted of smoking bans, was demoted to Xinjiang, passing through Jiayu Pass, seeing that this pass is so majestic, there are poems praising it: "Strict pass a hundred feet in the west of the world, thousands of miles to recruit people stationed in the horseshoe." The poem makes it echo with the "first pass in the world" - Shanhaiguan thousands of miles away, and is famous all over the world.
Zhuang Rui and his entourage played around the Guerrilla General's Mansion, Guanjing, Guandi Temple, Stage and Wenchang Pavilion in Guancheng, and then went west out of Yumen, drove through Guazhou for more than two hours, and finally came to Dunhuang, the third destination of Zhuang Rui's trip.
Dunhuang is located in the westernmost part of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, at the intersection of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces (regions), all surrounded by the Gobi Desert, because Dunhuang has an oasis of 1400 square kilometers, although it only accounts for 4.5% of the total area of Dunhuang, it is still called "the oasis in the Gobi".
The car drives in this historical and cultural city, the ancient road of the Great Wall, the Fengsui post station is dotted, due to the special location of the Dunhuang desert oasis, it has become the throat town on the ancient ancient Silk Road, since the establishment of the county by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, here is not only the outpost of the territory and the operation of the Western Regions, but also the metropolis of the intersection of ancient Huarong.
The prosperity of the Silk Road in the Han and Tang dynasties made Dunhuang the first region in Chinese history to open up to the West, and envoys, merchants, scholars, monks, artists and other people from all over the world from east to west connected the ancient Chinese culture, Indian culture, Egyptian culture and Greek culture.
Along the long Silk Road, Dunhuang has been spreading civilization and friendship indefatigably, pursuing understanding and peace, where Eastern and Western civilizations have blended and converged, and Eastern and Western cultures have spread from here to the east, making Dunhuang have formed its enlightened and open historical tradition for a long time.
One or two thousand years ago, this place may be like today's Beijing and Shanghai, is the ancient Chinese and Western cultural and commercial exchange center, although Dunhuang has lost its original glory, but walking in Dunhuang, the thick history still seems to be silently telling the glory of the year.
Although Dunhuang is only a county-level city below Jiuquan City, but the former glory and profound cultural connotation, but its reputation far beyond Jiuquan City, especially the existence of Mogao Grottoes, Yulin Grottoes, West Thousand Buddha Caves and other places of interest, the world-famous "Dunhuang Grottoes", "Dunhuang murals", is to make it the first choice of tourists from all over the world.
"Brother Zhuang, how many days are we going to stay here? The air in this place is really dry, I wonder if the water will be restricted in the hotel for bathing?"
Peng Fei parked the car in the parking lot of a hotel that had already been booked, although he had followed Zhuang Rui for several years, but Peng Fei still did not dare to be interested in antiques and jade, as for talking about history and culture with Peng Fei, it was like playing the piano to a cow, this guy couldn't find a trace of artistic cells from his hair to the soles of his feet.
In Peng Fei's view, it is better to have spare time to wander around in this place where birds do not lay eggs, and it is not as exciting as the life with real knives and guns with drug dealers in Myanmar.
"You kid, I didn't plan to let you follow, next time let Brother Hao follow......"
Zhuang Rui pushed the door and got out of the car, although the windows were closed all the way, but he still felt that his face was full of dust, but Zhuang Rui thought in his heart that it was different from Peng Fei, it was because of the dry climate of Dunhuang, the rainfall was small, and the evaporation was large, so that most of the cultural relics unearthed here were well preserved.
"Don't mind, Brother Zhuang, I won't be a ...... if I don't talk nonsense in the future."
Peng Fei hurriedly jumped out of the car, he is easy to change his nature, and he has the same adventurous spirit as Zhuang Rui in his bones, when the army is on a mission, he is extremely eager for the life of his wife and children, but once he settles down, he will feel bored, and the unstable elements in his body will begin to sprout again.
Even though he knew that Zhuang Rui's work would be boring this time, Peng Fei still promised Hao Long a lot of benefits, so that he could follow Zhuang Rui, of course, Zhuang Rui's safety was also one of the factors.
At this time, it was only the afternoon, according to Zhuang Rui's meaning, he had to go to Mogao Grottoes to see it first, but when he saw that everyone's faces were a little tired, he could only speak: "Okay, let's take a rest today, let's go to Mogao Grottoes tomorrow, and we will be busy in the next few days......"
Archaeology in Gansu, especially around Dunhuang, is much more difficult than Henan and Shaanxi, there are Gobi Deserts everywhere, after leaving Dunhuang, often do not see a figure for several days, not to mention the harsh geographical environment, it is that kind of boring, which is unbearable for ordinary people.
However, it is also this special geographical environment, all the cultural relics unearthed in Gansu, the quality is first-class, such as the national treasure cultural relics "horse stepping on Feiyan" and a precious Xixia unearthed in 2008 The only horse shape cultural relics - horse head relief, once discovered, are shocked by the entire archaeological community.
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After a day's rest, Zhuang Rui and others drove to the scenic spot not far from Dunhuang City - Mogao Grottoes, to say that Dunhuang is an important town on the ancient Silk Road, and the art treasures of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are the treasures of Sino-foreign exchanges.
Since the discovery of Mogao Grottoes in the 20th century, it is called "the Louvre of the East", famous for its exquisite murals and statues, Mogao Grottoes was built in the pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, after the construction of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern Dynasties, the Sui, the Tang, the Five Dynasties, the Western Xia, the Yuan and other dynasties, forming a huge scale, there are 735 existing caves, 45,000 square meters of murals, 2,415 clay colored sculptures.
Mogao Grottoes is also the world's largest existing Buddhist art holy place, the most abundant content of Buddhist art holy land, the Tibetan scripture cave discovered in modern times, there are more than 50,000 ancient cultural relics, in 1987, was listed as a world cultural heritage.
Mogao Grottoes is only half an hour's drive from Dunhuang City, and when he came to the parking lot outside the Mogao Grottoes, Peng Fei suddenly touched Zhuang Rui, pointed out of the car, and said, "Huh? Brother Zhuang, look at that person, is that little Japan?"
"It's the one named Zhongchuan, why is this kid haunted?"
Zhuang Rui looked in the direction of Peng Fei's finger, and was stunned for a moment, it was really the Japanese Nakagawa who clashed with them in Lintong.