Chapter 11: Sorrow

Su Min frowned slightly, thinking to herself: Why is everyone so interested in this gadget?

But since the master asked her, she could only tell the truth: "It's an octagonal ball, I heard the senior brother say that it is a kind of Kong Ming lock!" ”

When Ah Quan heard this answer, he couldn't help but laugh, and he said helplessly: "I thought it was something important...... But it's more or less a heart, so don't you mind! ”

Ah Quan didn't laugh at the weight of the gift, even though he knew that Kong Mingsuo was a child who played a lot.

Because in Ah Quan's heart, Wang Zicheng is a wise person, and he has his own ideas about what he thinks and what he sits, so he is sure in his heart, but none of the things that Wang Zicheng gives out are superfluous!

He also hoped in his heart, hoping that Su Min's stupid girl would cherish the young man's heart.

Although Ah Quan didn't know the meaning of Wang Zicheng's gift to Su Min, he still understood some things: he could only understand it, not say it!

Su Min tightened the hand hanging on Ah Quan, with a hint of shyness on his face: "Mmmm, the courtesy is light and affectionate!" I still understand this truth! ”

Her cheeks flushed slightly from shyness, as if she had swiped them with a blush.

For the girl, even if her boyfriend gives her a dog's tail dish, she is happy.

At least this boyfriend of hers did what he said he would do, and he would apologize to her when he said he would apologize to her!

The master and apprentice were muttering in front, and Wang Zicheng was walking side by side with Xie Junfeng in the back, and there was a different look in his eyes.

At this time, the sun has just risen, and the Mogao Grottoes illuminated are peaceful, looking at it from a distance, there is a feeling of desolation.

Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, is located on the rock wall on the east side of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang and is one of the four major grottoes in China.

It is 1,680 meters long from north to south, was built in the pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and has gone through the construction of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern Dynasties, the Sui, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and other dynasties.

So far, there are 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals, 2,415 clay colored sculptures, which is the largest existing Buddhist art place in the world and the richest content.

In addition, it also has wooden eaves in the Tang and Song dynasties, and there are nine floors of the Mogao Grottoes that were rebuilt at the beginning of the Republic of China.

In 1961, it was listed as one of the first national key cultural relics protection units by China, and in 1987, it was listed as a world cultural heritage.

Regarding Xie Junfeng's jokes, Wang Zicheng naturally didn't mind, at most he gave him a few more white eyes.

The place where they got off the bus was the gate of the Mogao Grottoes Scenic Area, but their current destination was the Dunhuang Academy in the Mogao Grottoes.

The Dunhuang Academy began to expand in the 40s of the last century, and several generations have followed the working principle of "protection, research, and promotion", and have made outstanding achievements in protection and research.

Wang Zicheng looked at the rock wall of Mogao Grottoes, as if there were endless vicissitudes of life, so he fell into contemplation.

If Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring are the magic of nature, then Mogao Grottoes are the most representative humanities and arts in China!

In the vast sandy land, Mogao Grottoes is like waiting for the return of the old man, even if the old man was lost in the rolling torrent of history, even if her mutilated body no longer returns to her original face, but she has always waited!

When they arrived at the institute, Jiang Yinyue received them warmly and took them to see the Dunhuang Zangjing Cave Exhibition Hall.

At this time, in order to show respect for the most cultural relics, Su Min let go of Ah Quan's hand and walked beside Wang Zicheng.

The two of them were very interested in not holding hands, because the chic here attracted their eyes and consciousness.

It's just that when Su Min found out that Wang Zicheng was looking at these cultural relics, the young man's brows furrowed again, and his eyes were full of nostalgia.

A sad feeling rose in Su Min's heart, obviously this was a feeling that had never been felt between two people, and she wanted to cry inexplicably.

It wasn't until the tour guide's sister introduced them to the history of the Mogao Grottoes that Su Min understood why she felt this way.

"When the cave was not discovered, the cultural relics in the collection were all intact, so they provided an extremely large amount of valuable information for the study of ancient history, geography, politics, art and science and technology in China and Central Asia."

"Since the discovery of the scriptures, many Western archaeologists and explorers have been attracted to plunder the classics and the murals of the Mogao Caves at a low price or directly as robbers."

"In 1900 A.D., the Taoist priest Wang Yuanqi discovered the 'Tibetan Scripture Cave', which contains more than 50,000 pieces of scriptures, documents and cultural relics, and since then the little-known Mogao Grottoes have begun to be destroyed and plundered by history!"

"Stein in England twice looted more than 10,000 suicide notes and cultural relics!"

"In 1908, the Frenchman Birch selected the best documents from the cave and plundered about 5,000 pieces!"

"In 1910, at the strong request of people of insight in the country, most of the remnants of the scriptures in the cave were transported to the imperial capital and handed over to the Beijing Library for collection."

"In 1911, Mizuchao Tachibana and Koichiro Yoshikawa snatched about 600 scriptures from the priest Wang!"

"In 1914, the Russian Oldenburg took a batch of scripture manuscripts from Dunhuang, surveyed and mapped the caves, and stole the murals of Cave 263! In the same year, Stein came to Dunhuang again and plundered more than 570 manuscripts and paintings. ”

"In 1924, the American Warner used a special chemical glue to glue and steal 26 murals in the Mogao Grottoes!"

When they heard this, Su Min and his party were shocked, because they didn't expect that there were so many things that had been plundered.

Although they knew that the cultural relics of the Mogao Grottoes had been plundered, they did not know the specific data, so when they listened to the plundering history on the spot, the shock made their hearts not calm down for a long time.

The central power, which once stood on top of the world, collapsed because of historical reasons!

Thus began her tragic history of being weak and wantonly plundered!

How can this kind of shock and sorrow not make people sad?

"Most of the cultural relics in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang have been lost overseas, and only a small number of cultural relics are still in China. However, since the forties of the last century, the state has increased the protection and research of the Mogao Grottoes, so that today's results have been achieved. ”

"Although it takes a lot of time to restore and restore, many rare treasures have been restored thanks to the tireless efforts of generations! And the most famous of them is Mr. Li Yunhe in my country, who has been insisting on the front line of repairing murals in his old age! ”

When Su Min heard this, she was even more surprised: "Does it take that long to restore the murals?" ”

The tour guide didn't seem to be able to answer this professional question, so she handed Jiang Yinyue a look for help.

With a kind smile, Jiang Yinyue explained to the teenagers and girls: "Because the restoration of murals is not like you just drawing on paper, the murals of each cave have individual differences, and the restoration methods are also different. More importantly, it takes a long time to figure out the materials and craftsmanship of the mural and use scientific methods to restore it! I remember that there was a whole mural that needed to be restored, and it took the staff more than 20 years to complete it. ”

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