Chapter 28: A flickering dark light

Ouyang Jie reluctantly handed over the mobile phone to Helan Mountain, and then Zhou Qingyang, Bai Yu, Shen Qingcheng, and Chen Yuliang handed over the mobile phones to Cao Yanyan in turn, and Cao Yanyan sealed all the people's mobile phones in the safe.

"We should not stay here for too long, all the experts, please listen to the unified arrangement for a while, and go back together." Helan Shan explained the rules to everyone, and Dr. Stephen cooperated with his might, and he helped Helan Mountain maintain order.

When it was just getting dark, a group of more than a dozen people finally walked to the foot of the Mogao Grottoes.

There was a sense of mystery in the Mogao Grottoes in the twilight, Shen Qingcheng looked in the direction of the Mogao Grottoes and was stunned, and the woman's voice seemed to sound in his ears again.

Chen Yuliang straightened Shen Qingcheng's collar and helped him pull the zipper of his clothes up. "Qingcheng, haven't you been looking forward to it for a long time? How did you come to the front and be discouraged? ”

Shen Qingcheng came back to his senses and looked at Chen Yuliang with some embarrassment, "Teacher, what are the legends of Mogao Grottoes?" ”

In fact, Shen Qingcheng had done his homework on Mogao Grottoes before, but he still hoped to hear some different stories about Mogao Grottoes.

Chen Yuliang pushed the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Do you want to hear the official history?" Or is it word of mouth? ”

Shen Qingcheng scratched his head, "Teacher, you can help me talk about word of mouth." ”

Chen Yuliang walked in front, looking back at Shen Qingcheng behind him from time to time, he looked at Dr. Stephen and Zhou Qingyang, Ouyang Jie had reached the end.

"Qingcheng, what you want to know, I will tell you one by one later. Now that you've arrived, Dr. Stephen, we can't afford to be left behind. ”

As he spoke, Chen Yuliang sped up his steps and stretched out his hand to hold Shen Qingcheng's hand, like a loving father holding his young son.

"Brother Bai, you see this Professor Chen holding this wood, it doesn't look like a father and son, like an old father to a younger son, then look at Professor Chen's fatherly smile......

Before Cao Yanyan's words fell, Bai Yu rubbed her hair dotingly, "You, don't talk nonsense!" Don't say that again. One of them is surnamed Chen, and the other is surnamed Shen, how can it be father and son. ”

Cao Yanyan pouted, "People just said that they looked like father and son, but they didn't say that they were real father and son." ”

Dr. Stephen pointed to the nine-story tower of the Mogao Grottoes in the light of the night. "Swallow, what are these neon signs installed on?"

Cao Yanyan followed Stephen's line of sight, "Uncle Si, did you say the scene light?" This has been settled for several years, in order to meet the needs of tourists to visit the Mogao Grottoes at night. Tonight however, we did close the museum with no visitors. ”

"I didn't expect the nine-story tower under the neon lights to look like a different view." Dr. Stephen complimented.

"Time flies so fast, it has been 30 years since I applied for the World Heritage List, and we have known each other for 30 years." Helan Mountain patted Dr. Stephen on the shoulder behind him and said with emotion.

Dr. Stephen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "It's a pity that Wenguang didn't see the Mogao Grottoes listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site, which is a pity." ”

Helan Shan saw that Dr. Stephen thought of Cao Wenguang again, and didn't know how to comfort him.

Cao Yanyan was silent beside her, and when she saw that Helan Mountain didn't know how to comfort Dr. Stephen, she spoke up.

"Uncle Si, don't be sad, my grandma said that this person has his own life, and my father fulfilled his fate, so he left."

Shen Qingcheng became more and more curious about Cao Wenguang, the departure of a person can make so many people worry, thinking that Cao Wenguang is not an ordinary person.

"Today, I specially invite you to explore the Mogao Grottoes at night, and there are two main things that need to trouble the experts." When the group came to the open space in front of the nine-story tower, Helan Mountain said loudly to everyone.

Everyone held their breath and continued to listen, "The first thing we did today was to ask the experts to give us suggestions on the development of night scenes and the preservation of buildings. The second is to guide the restoration of our 100th cave.

At present, there are 492 caves in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and each cave is painted with flying heaven, about 4,500 bodies. Its number is so large that it can be said that it is the largest number of caves in the world and among the Buddhist caves and temples in China. ”

When Shen Qingcheng heard Feitian, his heart was inexplicably throbbing.

"Qingcheng, I'm waiting for you in Dunhuang." Shen Qingcheng's ears sounded again with the voice of the mysterious woman in his dream.

After Helan Mountain explained everything, he first led everyone to climb the nine-story tower first, because it was at night to climb the tower, Cao Yanyan was still a little scared.

"At present, our scenery lights are mainly placed around the tower, and we want to create a nine-story tower that is different at night." Helan Mountain introduced it to everyone.

Dr. Stephen looked at the scenery lights, and then looked at the light strips arranged around him, "It is not recommended to illuminate for a long time, such a strong light will damage the rock mass, and it is good to increase the beauty of the night scene, but this kind of lighting is a destruction of cultural relics." ”

Helan Shan scratched his head, "Okay, I've written down this suggestion, and we'll improve it when we get back." ”

When Stephen climbed to the second floor of the tower, he asked Helan Mountain on the side, "By the way, the reception of your tourists is the same now, how many tourists will there be every day?" ”

Helan Mountain walked next to Dr. Stephen and reminded Dr. Stephen to pay attention to his feet, "We have currently controlled the number of visitors to the cave, and each route will arrange eight caves, and once the temperature, humidity or carbon dioxide of any cave exceeds the standard, we will close the opening to the public so that it can resume and allow tourists to visit other caves." At present, about 6,000 tourists come to Mogao Grottoes every day, and some tourists who exceed the limit can only see four caves. ”

Dr. Stephen was satisfied with Helan Mountain's answer, after all, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang have to be said to be a miracle of art, and there were no tools at that time to preserve such a breathtaking scene, which has to be said to be an artistic treasure that has attracted worldwide attention.

With a pious heart, Shen Qingcheng observed the nine-story pagoda in the night, and in this nine-story pagoda was the world's largest indoor cross-legged statue of Maitreya. As a Buddhist carver, Shen Qingcheng was amazed by the amazing works of his predecessors.

Cao Yanyan explained to everyone on the side, "The big Buddha in the pavilion sits with his back to the mountain facing east, his legs naturally drooping, and his feet are on the ground. The statue is 35.5 meters high, it is the first big Buddha of Mogao Grottoes, in our country, it is the third big Buddha (the first big Buddha is 71.6 meters high in Leshan, Sichuan; the second big Buddha is 36.67 meters high in Rong County, Sichuan), in the world it is the first big Buddha built indoors, and it is also the world's first in the stone clay Buddha statue. ”

Shen Qingcheng looked at the faint light of the Buddha through the night, and he asked Cao Yanyan, "Why does this Buddha statue have glowing dots in the night, and what are the glowing dots?" ”