Chapter 148 Shocking work

Seeing that Shen Qingcheng was distracted again, Chen Xin'er turned Shen Qingcheng's arm beside her, "Qingcheng, grandpa is talking to you!" ”

Shen Qingcheng came back to his senses and looked at Chen Xin'er on the side, and then at Shen Yizhi, he blushed, "Grandpa, just now Qingcheng was you playing a big knife in front of you, the Buddha carving culture of Daliang, Qingcheng knows one thing, I don't know the other, I have to learn more from my grandfather in this regard." ”

Speaking of the Buddha carving culture of Daliang, Dr. Stephen became interested in it.

"Shen Lao, the big beam I just mentioned, I think the Buddha carving culture is his treasure. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Datong Yungang Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes, look at the age seems to be almost the same. I've always felt that they were ...... from the same period"

Dr. Stephen recounted his research over the years, and found that the four grottoes had many similarities, in terms of carving techniques, craftsmanship and choice of stone.

Dr. Shi is right, these four grottoes have inherited and developed the excellent tradition of carving art in the Qin and Han dynasties, and absorbed and integrated the beneficial elements of Gandhara art to create a unique style of art, leaving an important page in the history of Chinese sculpture.

The four major grottoes of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Datong Yungang Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes and Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes are important image materials for understanding and studying the ancient history, sculpture, architecture, music and religious beliefs of China. Shen Yizhi was deeply touched and told Dr. Stephen his opinion.

Shen Qingcheng added on the side, after all, in the cave Buddha carving, he has more right to speak, whether it is the past Mo Ding, or the current Shen Qingcheng, he knows the past and present life of Buddha carving culture.

In fact, among the four major grottoes, the Maijishan Grottoes are famous for their exquisite clay sculpture art. If Dunhuang is a large mural museum, then Maijishan is a large sculpture museum. The Buddha statue of Maijishan, the large one is more than 15 meters high, and the small one is only more than 20 centimeters, which embodies the characteristics of the statues of various eras for more than 1,000 years, and systematically reflects the development and evolution process of Huaguo clay sculpture art.

The clay sculptures of Maijishan Grottoes can be roughly divided into four categories: high-relief sculptures protruding from the wall, round sculptures that completely leave the wall, and molded shadow sculptures and wall sculptures pasted on the wall. Among them, thousands of life-size round sculptures are full of life interest and are regarded as treasures. ”

Speaking of Maijishan Grottoes, Shen Qingcheng is like a treasure, and the reason why he is so familiar is because in addition to participating in the Mogao Grottoes, he also participated in the Wei Grottoes of the Maijishan Grottoes.

Everyone listened with relish, and listened carefully to Shen Qingcheng's introduction, "Maijishan Grottoes started from the statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty, almost all the Buddha statues are looking down, with amiable faces, from the shape and clothing of the statues, they are gradually getting rid of the influence of foreign art, reflecting the characteristics of the Chinese nation." ”

After listening to Shen Qingcheng's supplementary explanation, Dr. Stephen felt the same way, because he, Ouyang Jie and Zhou Qingyang had just done an assessment of the Maijishan Grottoes' application for World Heritage status.

"We have done research on the Maijishan Grottoes, and found that its earliest construction time can be estimated to 384 A.D., after checking the historical materials, we found that the Maijishan Grottoes have been continuously excavated and rebuilt by more than ten dynasties, creating one of the famous large grottoes in China, and it is a treasure trove of art that is famous all over the world.

The latest statistics are that there are 194 existing caves in Maijishan Grottoes at present, including more than 7,200 clay sculptures and stone carvings from the 4th century to the 19th century, more than 1,300 square meters of murals, and the Maijishan Grottoes excavated in the 5th-13th centuries are the large cave temples second only to the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang in the Hexi Corridor and its surrounding areas. ”

As soon as Dr. Stephen's words fell, Shen Qingcheng couldn't hold back his excitement, and then told everyone why the Maijishan Grottoes could become the most important thing.

"Maijishan Grottoes are located on the Silk Road at that time, under the influence of the mainstream grottoes such as Yungang and Longmen in the north of the Central Plains, and also by the impact of southern and Western cultures.

Shen Qingcheng's eloquent talk about the Maijishan Grottoes made Shen Yizhi very pleased.

After all, the Shen family has been a family of Buddhist carvings since the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the ingenuity inheritance of thousands of years has allowed the Shen family to devote themselves to the study of Buddhist carving technology, not only to carve, but also to understand the ancient and modern, so that the Buddha carving technology is close to the times, and to create more Buddha carving relics.

"Wen Tao, I have always had a long-cherished wish before, to rebuild the Buddhist temple in the border city, rebuild the Buddha in the Western Regions, and restore it one by one, I don't know if you remember this?" Shen Yizhi looked at Bi Wentao on the side and mentioned the past.

When Bi Wentao found Shen Yizhi, he wanted to tell Shen Yizhi his thoughts, but someone had been talking to Shen Yizhi, and he had never had a chance to say it.

"Dad, I haven't forgotten this long-cherished wish of yours. Not long ago, I have arranged for someone to go to the border city to investigate the site on the spot, and make an assessment of the environment and the surrounding humanities, and the assessment report has been prepared, and there will be news in the near future. Bi Wentao happily told Shen Yizhi about the progress.

Shen Yizhi didn't expect Bi Wentao to remember his words back then, "The restoration of the Buddha in the Western Regions in the border city is of great significance, not only the inheritance of Buddha carving culture, but also the historical witness of the Silk Road from south to north to spread the scriptures and preach the Buddha." At that time, Buddhism was introduced from the Western Regions to the hinterland of the Central Plains of China, which was the origin, the origin and inheritance of culture, and what we did was a very meaningful thing. ”

Shen Qingcheng said confidently to Shen Yizhi on the side, "Grandpa, our ancestors and grandchildren will work together for three generations, and we will definitely play a Western Regions Station Buddha that will amaze the world, and pay tribute to the Buddha carvers of the past dynasties." ”

When Dr. Stephen heard that Bi Wentao was going to build the Western Regions Station Buddha in the border city, he asked Bi Wentao with interest.

"Mr. Bi, I don't know how much time you plan to build the Buddha in the western region of the city, and when will it be completed?"

Bi Wentao looked at Dr. Stephen with a frank face, "In order to create a high-quality product, this time I will not only restore the Buddha of the Western Regions, but also build temples and temples, create a Buddha carving culture in the border city, and create a world heritage in the future." ”

Dr. Stephen thought that Bi Wentao was just building a Buddha, but he didn't expect to build a temple, which doesn't sound like a small project.

"I don't know Mr. Bi, how much money are you going to invest?" After Dr. Stephen said this, he regretted a little, it seemed inappropriate to ask about the cost of the price in his capacity.

Bi Wentao replied without any worries, "I will gather the best Buddhist carvers in China, regardless of the cost, to complete this amazing work together." ”