Chapter 609: Tianlong Mountain Grottoes
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For such a reason, everyone had nothing to say, and secretly mourned Han Lang in their hearts, at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and when they met the wrong person, they naturally got the wrong end.
"Alright, don't mention him." Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Teacher, it's really troublesome for you today......
As he spoke, the doorbell rang suddenly, and everyone was suddenly a little surprised: "Could it be that Han Lang was unwilling and ran back cheekily?" ”
"Probably not." Wang Guan blinked, took the initiative to walk over and open the door, only to see a middle-aged man in his forties standing outside. The two took a look at each other, and both sides were a little surprised.
"You are?" The middle-aged man was a little confused: "Is Tao Lao at home?" ”
Seeing that it was not Han Lang, Wang Guan hurriedly took a few steps out of the way, turned around and said, "Old Tao, your guest." ”
"Who?"
Tao Lao looked over and was a little surprised: "Xiao Zhang, why are you here?" ”
"Tao Lao, something is wrong."
At the right time, the middle-aged man walked in, with an anxious look: "There is a mural in the grotto, I don't know why, it actually fell off a lot of fragments overnight. Everyone studied for a long time, but they didn't find a specific reason, so they sent me over to ask Tao Lao for help. ”
"What?" Tao Lao was taken aback: "How can it fall off for no reason?" ”
"I just don't know, that's why I asked Tao Lao to go over and take a look." The middle-aged man said worriedly: "Old Tao, if you are free, please be sure to come with me on this trip." ”
"Okay." Tao Lao agreed without thinking about it, and then turned around and said, "Xiaoyu, I have something to do now, you can stay here with your friends to play, or go out shopping." ”
"Grotto, is it a grotto on Tianlong Mountain?" Wang Guan was a little curious, as far as he knew, the places of interest in Jinyang. In addition to the Jin Ancestral Hall, it is the Tianlong Mountain Grottoes that are more famous. Of course, there are also landscapes such as Chunyang Palace and Longshan Grottoes.
"What, you want to go and see?"
Qiao Yu's eyes rolled, and he pulled Baye Ye and said with a smile: "Then let's go together, lest grandpa come to arrest people, it's safer to stay by the teacher's side." ”
"You, you just have a lot of thoughts." Tao Lao smiled helplessly: "It's up to you." ”
While speaking, Tao Lao went back to the room to hide the cursive thousand-character text scroll, and then brought out a document package. Then beckoned everyone to go out, got into the middle-aged man's car, and went straight to the Tianlong Mountain Grottoes.
Tianlong Mountain, formerly known as Fangshan, is located in the southwest of Jinyang. The mountains there are continuous, among which the mountains of Tianlong Mountain are winding and undulating, coiling and surrounding, and it has been a place of scenic beauty and pleasant scenery since ancient times.
In the beginning, there must have been no grottoes on the mountain. Until the Eastern Wei Dynasty of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the great prime minister Gao Huan entered the state (Jinyang), opened up as another capital, built a summer palace in Tianlong Mountain, and dug two grottoes. Following the Northern Qi Dynasty also built a temple and dug caves here, and then the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties have been continuing.
After nearly 1,000 years of development, Tianlong Mountain has become one of the top ten famous grottoes in China.
Soon after, Wang Guan and others came to this famous grotto. Like so many cultural landscapes. It is also inevitably reduced to a tourist attraction.
Anyway, when he arrived at his destination, after getting off the bus, Wang Guan saw that there were many tourists taking pictures nearby.
Aside from the grottoes carved on the mountain, the scenery of Tianlong Mountain is still good. The pines and cypresses are verdant, the forests are lush, the peaks are beautiful, and the springs are murmuring, even if there are no grottoes on the mountain, this is a good place to play. However, at this time, everyone did not have the intention of playing, and directly followed the middle-aged man to avoid the tourists, and slowly went deep into the interior of the grotto.
Walking all the way, passing through one grotto, Wang Guan also saw a Buddha statue with different attitudes, but very dignified and wonderful. However, he felt heartache and regretted that most of the Buddha statues were mutilated and had obviously suffered severe damage.
In this regard, Wang Guan also knows that some of this kind of deterioration is due to the fact that the Buddha statue itself has been weathered and cracked for a long time, and some are man-made reasons. There are also two types of man-made destruction, one is the "good deeds" done by one's own people, and the other is the "masterpieces" of foreigners.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, especially during the Republic of China, there were many Buddha statues, flying heavens, reliefs, caissons and other exquisite works in the Tianlong Mountain Grottoes that were robbed and stolen. According to incomplete statistics, more than 150 pieces of fine carvings in Tianlong Mountain were stolen out of foreign countries and scattered to Japan, the United States, France and other places, resulting in its destruction.
Of course, when everyone wants to be heartbroken, don't ignore one point, sometimes their own people do things more desperately. After knowing that these things were valuable, he didn't need to be bewitched by foreigners at all, so he took the initiative to steal them and send them to the door.
In contrast, what kind of people do you think are more hateful? Anyway, in the king's view, maybe it was the despicable act of angering foreigners to take advantage of the fire to rob, and hating his own people for not being angry.
No one can argue with the history of what is right and which is wrong, and now is not the time to discuss this issue. At this time, under the guidance of the middle-aged man, everyone slowly came to a grotto.
The staff who manage the grotto are not stupid, and after discovering the abnormal situation of the grotto murals early in the morning, they immediately blocked the grotto and set up a cordon, saying that it was to maintain the Buddha statue and temporarily close it to the public.
The grottoes on the mountain are very large, and there are many Buddha statues, and the situation of the Buddha statues in each grotto is different, so it is necessary to maintain it every once in a while, so as not to weathering the stone statues. Therefore, tourists do not feel strange about this excuse, and when they see that this road is impassable, they take the opportunity to change the route to see other grottoes.
However, the lid can only be covered for a while, not for a lifetime. There is no impermeable wall in the world, and if the cause cannot be found out as soon as possible and the mural is restored, this matter will be poked out sooner or later.
At that time, it was difficult for others to say, but the management of the grottoes was definitely on the cusp. In addition, it's okay, but once something happens, in order to calm the public opinion, it is indispensable to use a few people as scapegoats, so as to calm down the turmoil as soon as possible. As the head of the management department, Director XX must be the first to bear the brunt.
So the director was very anxious, and when he heard that Tao Lao was coming, as if he saw a life-saving straw, he hurriedly rushed over to greet him.
It was also thanks to the big-bellied director that he was able to run, as if a gust of wind was blowing, and appeared in front of Tao Lao in a blink of an eye, and said very respectfully: "Old man, please leave everything to you." There was a hint of pleading in his voice.
"I'll see how it goes." Tao Lao was very cold, and he didn't pay attention to the director, and came directly to the mural.
At this moment, Wang Guan also saw very clearly, only to see that the murals on the wall really looked like undecorated cement rooms, after the rainy weather, and was illuminated by the strong sun, the lime skin on the wall was like pieces of snowflakes scattered down.
As we all know, the murals are painted with various mineral pigments applied to the stone walls, which makes the murals beautiful. But now that the stone wall has fallen off pieces of skin, the mural is naturally damaged, and it has become vague, and it has completely lost its former style.
"Tao Lao."
At the same time, a manager, who was either eager to defend himself or was familiar with Tao Lao, took the initiative to come up and explain: "Judging from the surveillance video, no one enters and leaves the grotto at night, and judging from the scattered distribution of stone chips, it does not look like a man-made result......
Tao Lao nodded slightly, and after observing for a while, he turned around and asked, "What conclusions do you have?" ”
"Tao Lao, we initially believe that it is the cause of climate change."
Several people looked at each other, and after you pushed me, someone boldly said: "After all, the climate has been a little repetitive recently, and it is pouring heavy rain, and the scorching sun is hanging high, so the heat expands and contracts, and the mural naturally falls off......
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Tao Lao's expression was cold, and he reprimanded unceremoniously: "I know that this mural is not badly preserved, at least much better than the cave murals next door." If it is thermal expansion and cold contraction cracking, it should be the next door that suffers first. ”
"Besides, even if it is the cause of thermal expansion and cold contraction, there should be a process, first there are slight cracks, and then slowly spread, and it is impossible to fall off most of them overnight." While speaking, Tao Lao squinted and said, "Unless you say it, you are all negligent in your duties and have never noticed the existence of cracks in the murals. ”
In an instant, the director's eyes lit up, if it was the responsibility of the employee, then it was nothing for him. However, several managers hurriedly shook their heads and said that they had inspections every day, and when they watched it yesterday, there was absolutely no problem with the mural......
"Don't make a noise."
Tao Lao waved his hand and continued to analyze: "Besides, the climate on the mountain is very stable, whether it is severe cold or scorching heat, it is not greatly affected, so the situation of thermal expansion and cold contraction can be directly ruled out. ”
"Then what does Tao Lao think is the reason?" The director hurriedly asked, as long as Tao Lao felt that it was the management dereliction of duty, then he would have a reason to shirk.
Under the staring eyes of several managers, Tao Lao groaned, then shook his head and said, "It's hard to say now, can you be sure that only the murals in this grotto have a problem?" ”
"That's right." A manager nodded hurriedly and said, "After discovering that the murals here had fallen off, we immediately carefully checked the situation of each grotto, but found that only this grotto fresco had suffered, so we thought it was very strange." ”
It is indeed strange that if there is a problem with the murals of several grottoes, then it must be a natural factor, but if there is only one grotto like this, then it is more likely to be artificial.
Everyone is not a fool, and naturally knows that the reason for thermal expansion and cold contraction is untenable, so they hurriedly invited Tao Lao over, even if they can't find the reason, there is a remedy.
That's right, it's a remedy. After all, everyone knows that Tao Lao is a master of murals and once presided over the restoration of the murals in the grottoes. As long as his old man is willing to take action and directly repaint the murals on the fallen stone walls, then it can be regarded as an explanation. (To be continued.) )