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If Daoist Wang had not discovered the cave of the Tibetan scriptures, perhaps the Dunhuang culture would only belong to China now, but there is no "if" in the world, and it is difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong today. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Zhuang Rui has always been difficult to let go of the fact that after Wang Daoshi paid attention to the government at that time, he still hid most of the fine Buddhist scrolls and sold them to foreign archaeologists and explorers.

As the owner of these precious cultural relics, the collection of scripture relics in China is less than one-seventh of the total number of discoveries, which makes many archaeologists in China embarrassed.

It is impossible to change the history of the past, and after sighing, Zhuang Rui and others left this Tibetan scripture cave that integrates glory and humiliation, and followed the tourist crowd to continue to visit the Mogao Caves.

Although the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes represent the essence of the Western Regions culture, and there are many places for future generations to study and excavate, it has formed a unique Dunhuang culture, with special researchers in the unremitting work, and the purpose of Zhuang Rui's trip, has nothing to do with it.

After a day of visiting Dunhuang, Zhuang Rui and the archaeological team began to survey the geographical environment around Dunhuang and the places where there may be tombs.

As a desert oasis in the Silk Road thousands of years ago, the people who settled in Dunhuang at that time can be said to be rich businessmen, which also determined that a prosperous town was formed within a radius of 100 miles around Dunhuang.

Of course, some people have birth, old age, sickness and death, in a lot of documents unearthed before Dunhuang, some of the more famous ancient tombs are also mentioned, just because of the aggravation of desertification for more than a thousand years, these tombs have disappeared without a trace like the ancient country of Loulan.

The special geographical environment of the desert is only a factor that makes Zhuang Rui's work more difficult, and what makes everyone more troublesome is that due to the prosperity of Dunhuang and its surroundings thousands of years ago, it has also attracted many tomb robbers, and the two suspected tombs found in the past few days have obvious traces of tomb robbers.

In the past few days, Zhuang Rui and others did not enter the desert area, but investigated in Wuwei Jiuquan and other places very close to Dunhuang, but the survey results made Zhuang Rui very disappointed, and a lot of tombs were found, but like Henan and Shaanxi, almost all the burial goods inside were swept away.

Zhuang Rui was a little helpless, it seemed that the earth could no longer stop the footsteps of the tomb robbers, even in such a remote place, it also attracted a large number of underground workers.

After discussing with Dr. Ren, Zhuang Rui decided to enter the desert area tomorrow and go to a site that Dr. Ren had visited before, perhaps the ruthless desert could discourage tomb robbers.

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"Wow, it's beautiful, it's so beautiful......"

In the early morning of the fourth day of coming to Dunhuang, the sun had just shown its head, Zhuang Rui and others drove away from Dunhuang City and entered the desert.

The wind is like a paintbrush of the desert, blowing serpentine sand patterns on the sand over the years, as vast and rough as the sea, deep and delicate, and the monotonous desolation in the eye can be viewed from a different angle, and you will immediately appreciate its unpredictability.

The morning sun is unusually soft and bright, rendering the desert in various colors at different angles, and only in such a place can there be a beautiful natural landscape like a mirage.

Because it is not too far from Dunhuang, you can often see a few cactus-like low plants in the sand, which are so eye-catching in the desert, adding a touch of green vitality to the barren desert.

"Alright, don't run crazy, you'll want to vomit when you see sand in the next two days......"

Dr. Ren had a smile on his face, he didn't do much better than these young people when he first came here, but after working in the desert for a few days, you will feel how happy it is to live in the city.

Lack of water, this is the first problem to face in the desert, bathing here is definitely a luxury, after working every day, even the clothes can not be washed, can only be thrown wet by sweat clothes on the sand to dry, a few days down, no one is not discouraged, back to the city without dressing up will be considered a beggar.

So in many archaeological teams, there are generally very few women, this time Dr. Ren originally wanted Xiao Lei to stay in Dunhuang, but the little girl was very stubborn, and finally followed into the desert.

"Brother Ren, how long will it take to get to the place you mentioned?"

This time, only two cars entered the desert, and now there is still a path, Zhuang Rui is afraid that if he goes forward for a while, he will not even be able to see the road.

"It will take more than an hour, we will first drive to Qiujiawo, and then ride a camel in the direction of the North Gobi Desert, and then walk for another hour to reach ......."

Five or six years ago, Dr. Ren followed Professor Meng to visit a desert site that was supposed to be a small town on the Silk Road, but was abandoned by people and gradually covered by wind and sand.

There are not many things unearthed at that site, but Dr. Ren learned from some relevant documents unearthed from the site that on the Silk Road more than 1,000 years ago, it was once as prosperous as Dunhuang.

Now that the site has been transformed into a tourist attraction for those who like to explore domestic and foreign tourists, Dr. Ren took Zhuang Rui not to be a travel friend, but to survey the surrounding area to see if he could find ancient tombs that had not yet been discovered by the world.

Qiujiawo has a small natural oasis, it is not dry up all year round, it can be used for hundreds of people to live and drink, and it has also developed into a small town, where dozens of families live, and it is also the closest place to live from the site.

Although the ruins are not very far from Dunhuang, but have completely entered the desert area, vehicles can not pass, can only take camels to go, so Qiujiawo has also become a transit station to the ruins of exploration, Zhuang Rui and others arrived at Qiujiawo when there are already many tourists gathered here.

When you come to the outskirts of the town, you can see that almost every household has camels, and many tourists are already sitting on camels, dancing towards the desert, and the "jingling" camel bells and people's laughter echo in the town.

"Uncle Liu, are you at home?"

Dr. Ren had worked here for a few months, and after parking his car outside the town, he took Zhuang Rui and others straight to the door of a house, where he had lived during archaeological work a few years ago.

On the way to the road, Dr. Ren introduced the owner to Zhuang Rui and others, Uncle Liu was originally from Xi'an, and his ancestors were in the Qing Dynasty, because he could not bear the government's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so he moved his family to this sparsely populated place, although the land that can be cultivated here is poor, but it can always make people live.

Lao Liu Tou has three sons, two of whom have moved to the city, only he and his younger son are still sticking to their ancestral business, but with the tourism development of desert ruins in the past few years, the number of people who came to play gradually increased, and Lao Liutou's life was also quite nourishing.

"In, in, who is it?"

There was a sound of promise in the courtyard, and the courtyard door opened from the inside, and a wrinkled, thin old man appeared in front of everyone, "Qiangzi, it's you kid, ...... Come on in......"

The old man was very surprised to see Ren Chunqiang, and hurriedly beckoned everyone into the courtyard, his yard was very large, there was a pressurized water well in the middle of the yard, and there were shelves everywhere in the yard, which were full of grape vines, and the vines were full of small yellow-green cone-shaped flowers.

Although it is not yet the season for the grapes to ripen, after walking into the yard, the green everywhere makes everyone who has been watching the yellow sand for more than an hour feel a kind of coolness in their hearts.

After Lao Liu Tou let everyone into the courtyard, he walked to the door and looked at it, turned back to Dr. Ren and asked, "Xiaoqiangzi, what's the matter...... Didn't Brother Meng come this time?"

Old Liu Tou is a few years older than Professor Meng, a few years ago when Professor Meng lived here, the two old people formed a deep friendship, this time seeing that Professor Meng did not come, I couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

Dr. Ren took out some gifts from his bag, put them on the table, and said, "Uncle Liu, the teacher didn't come this time, this is a gift he asked me to bring to you, he asked me to say hello to your old man, so that you can go to Beijing to live with him for a while......"

"Okay, okay, I will definitely go when I have time, such a learned person as Brother Meng is still thinking about me, and I must disturb Brother Meng when the time comes......"

After hearing Dr. Ren's words, the wrinkles on the old man's face relaxed, and he hurriedly took out the thermos from the house and brewed tea for everyone.

"Uncle Liu, don't be busy, we are here this time, but we want to invite you to go out of the mountain ......",

Dr. Ren stepped forward and snatched the thermos in Lao Liu's hand, and said to Zhuang Rui: "Uncle Liu is a living map of this place, with him to follow, you are not afraid of getting lost in this desert, when we were investigating, it was the guide made by Uncle Liu......"

The terrain of the desert is unpredictable, and there is often a sand mountain in front of you one moment, but it can become a flat river in the next moment, so if you want to carry out archaeological activities in the desert, a good guide who is familiar with the terrain is essential.