Chapter 22: Offering to the Bodhisattva
Guan Ji was a little stunned, and looked at the woman in front of him who was still looking up, and his eyes drooped slightly, as if he was savoring the emotions in this question.
"I'm just asking casually, I don't have to answer." Chen Qiong didn't hear the answer for a long time, thinking that Guan Ji didn't know, so she immediately turned back and opened her mouth to solve the dilemma she had set.
In fact, she can simply understand some of the above things, the Bodhisattva and the boy still know, this understanding is enough, no matter how deep the things are, they will listen to them, and if they don't come to listen, they won't listen.
"Going to the Bodhisattva Picture, part of the story of the Buddha." He put away his scrutinizing thoughts, and should have thought that it was impossible for Chen Qiong to suddenly change Dunhuang, and he shouldn't have asked her for anything, or even asked for it, but it was difficult to disobey the teacher's order.
Or a testament.
Her previous sentence was just a question that came down from the trend, a polite remark, as if she had to say something to show her attention when she arrived at the host's house.
Chen Qiong watched Guan Ji quiet down and waited for him to continue.
As Sekiyo opened her mouth to continue, she returned her gaze to the mural.
"The Bodhisattva who attends the meeting can also be called the Bodhisattva of offering, and there are many Bodhisattvas who make offerings, such as the Bodhisattva of incense, the Bodhisattva of burning lamps, the Bodhisattva of kneeling, the Bodhisattva of flowers, etc., which can be called the Bodhisattva of offering, and the Bodhisattva who serves and works for the Buddha and the Dharma.
Guan Ji originally wanted to continue, but halfway through the same cave, there was a restorer who repaired the nail problem of the mural on the south wall suddenly had a problem, the nail part was too serious, and there was a danger of falling off immediately if he moved, so he immediately stopped the conversation with Chen Qiong, and walked up to the second layer of scaffolding as fast as possible to help repair the tricky part.
Chen Qiong looked up at the place where Guan Ji stopped, and then continued to look at the mural to herself.
"All the great bodhisattvas, the eight divisions of the heavenly dragon, the four people, etc., all came down from the four days to listen to the Buddha's teachings, and there were 32,000 Bodhisattvas alone, and in the murals of the Western Xia period, there were generally groups of Bodhisattvas who went to the meeting." Guan Ji stood on the edge of the west wall of the second-floor scaffolding, and saw that Chen Qiong was still standing there for the past ten minutes, so he continued with the previous words.
But there are only four Bodhisattvas and two boys on it, and the Bodhisattvas and the boys are painted according to the far and small, so the two Bodhisattvas and a boy are much smaller, and the image is naturally much more blurred, and the largest is the Bodhisattva of the second block, and the image outlined by lines and colors can be seen everywhere.
Guan Ji sealed his mouth, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked to look at the people below, as if he was waiting for Chen Qiong to take the initiative to ask.
Chen Qiong was really curious, and willingly asked him to do this, raised his head and looked at Guan Ji, and chuckled: "Teacher Guan doesn't continue?" ”
"Teacher Chen wants to hear it?" Off-the-suspension.
The two people who suddenly became polite, one on the left and one on the right, were called.
Chen Qiong knew what this sentence meant, she almost didn't take the initiative to listen to anything in Dunhuang these days when she came, but when others told her, she listened, and if she didn't say anything, she was silent, because of Li Chunhua, she resisted all this from the bottom of her heart and was unwilling to take the initiative to contact.
Guan Ji should have seen it, definitely seen it.
She lowered her head, and this time deliberately didn't send it and said, "I'm here to collect wind." ”
But he didn't think about it, he just said, Guan Ji's gaze stayed on the top of Chen Qiong's head for a short time, and he hadn't forgotten the purpose of his coming, and the answer he wanted was just this.
"Specifically, this is the picture of the Bodhisattvas who are late to listen to the Dharma, there are two Bodhisattvas who did not hold the flowers offered to the Buddha in their hands, but they can see the flowers in the hands of the boy, so they should be late, and they came out too quickly and forgot to take it, so the boy hurried to send, but unfortunately the Buddha has already begun to say the Dharma, and the Sanskrit sound came from afar, and they immediately stopped and stood in place to listen to the Dharma."
"In one corner of the mural, you can see the splendid palace buildings and some Bodhisattva Buddhas, which is the scene of the Buddha speaking the Dharma."
Before Chen Qiong could react, the person who came to install scaffolding on the left side of the west wall came in.
Because the scaffolding that Wang Liang erected before was some distance from the west wall, and when it was removed, for the safety of the mural, the tools should be close to the wall, so it was necessary to dismantle and rebuild one, reduce the distance between the scaffold and the wall, and the distance between the upper and lower parts of the scaffold should also be suitable for the removal of the block size.
After that, Guan Ji and others began to use peach glue to apply the first glue to the mural, and then pasted the cotton gauze, and each side of the cotton gauze must be a few centimeters more than the size of the mural, and the extra part does not need to be glued, and it must be used for the next stage of operation.
In this step, the extra few centimeters on the four sides of the cotton gauze should be folded, and then the tool should be used to confirm that the cotton gauze is close to the wall, and the middle should be gently pulled many times to avoid the undried peach gum from producing bubbles in the middle and destroying the pigment layer.
Wait until the first glue is completely dry and confirm that the cotton gauze and the mural are firmly glued, and then start to apply the second glue.
The restoration and removal of the murals also have seasonality, the best time is midsummer, and now Dunhuang in May, it is not the best season nor the worst season.
After a few thoughts, based on the fact that the cave is not humid at present, in order to avoid the curling of the pigment layer caused by too much drying, he still gave up artificial heating and drying and waited for natural drying.
When it was time to get off work, the people working in the cave also put down their tools one after another, talked and walked out together.
Chen Qiong, who was going to the city for the last infusion today, went back to the dormitory to take a shower, changed into slightly thicker clothes to resist the night that would come, and after everything was done, he hurried downstairs to take the commuter bus of the research institute.
Because there was no shuttle back after the infusion, she originally planned to simply stay in the city for one night, and then go to the farmers' market to buy tofu when she got up in the morning.
The best of both worlds.
"Come up."
Guan Ji drove the car and stopped in front of her, and after saying two words, he picked up his phone and answered the call.
Chen Qiong, who had just come out of the dormitory building, briefly looked at Xiaguan Ji through the lowered car window, the overalls on his body had been changed into the shirt he usually wears, the buttons on the cuffs were unbuttoned, and the sleeves were rolled up, one hand was casually put on the steering wheel because there was nowhere to put it, and the other hand held the mobile phone in his ear, only occasionally moving his mouth to say a few words.
With a serious face and a serious attitude, this is like a person who is almost thirty years old, which is very different from the amusement when talking to her.
Guan Chuan hung up the phone, looked out the car window, the seriousness had not yet dissipated, and said two more words: "Hurry up." ”
"Do you know where I'm going, just tell me to get in the car."
Chen Qiong didn't move, frowning slightly, she felt more and more that this man would want to sell her.
Seriousness completely disappeared on Guan Ji's face, he propped his elbows on the side of the car window, and asked with a smile: "This radius of dozens of kilometers is the Gobi, not to the city, is it possible that you want to have an adventure in this Gobi?" ”
With a hitchhiker, Chen Qiong will not embarrass herself, she stepped around to the other side and got into the car with the co-pilot, and after forty minutes, the car stopped at the entrance of the hospital, and she no longer asked Guan Jie how she knew, she came to the city and had no other place to go except the hospital.
After the infusion at ten o'clock, Chen Qiong wanted to navigate to the farmer's market to find a small hotel to stay, but before she took a few steps, someone grabbed her wrist from behind, and she broke free in a panic.
"I'm so scared." The person behind him spoke helplessly, calming Chen Qiong's emotions, "It's me." ”
Chen Qiong gritted her teeth, turned around and glared at Guan Ji fiercely: "I beg you to say something next time." ”
"Take it." Guan Ji hung the plastic bag in his hand directly on Chen Qiong's hand, and glared, "Aren't you also scared when I say it, your frightened physique has never changed." ”
Chen Qiong was like a fish in her throat: "Then you still scare me, you have bad intentions." ”
"If you don't look at the road, you want to get a permanent residence permit in the hospital?" Guan Ji looked at the mobile phone in Chen Qiong's hand, "There is still a little boyfriend hooking you in the phone." ”
Chen Qiong looked back, the sidewalk in front of him was interrupted, there was a certain height, if he continued to walk a few more steps, how could he sprain or fracture his ankle when he stepped on it.
"The little boyfriend hasn't been found yet, so I'll find a certain notification." She put her phone in her pocket, and finally muttered a sincere thank you with some embarrassment.
"I don't need to be informed, I don't have to give money to my ex-girlfriend, I'm not so generous." Guan Ji gaged, took out the car keys and asked about the serious matter, "Where are you going to go?" If you don't have anything to do, let's go back together. ”
Chen Qiong looked down at the things that were stuffed into her hands, and handed them back as they were: "I'm going to find a hotel to stay in, buy tofu tomorrow morning and take the morning bus back." ”
Guan Ji lowered his eyes and looked at the plastic bag held by Chen Qiong between the two, and did not reach out to take it: "Don't you take it." ”
Chen Qiong frowned a little incomprehensibly, took it back to her eyes, and opened the plastic bag with two hands, which contained several pieces of tofu, but it was not as snow-white as she knew it, with a little grayish-white, perhaps because it was ground with local water.
"Let's go." Guan Ji's outstretched hand paused in mid-air not far from the top of Chen Qiong's head, and after a second, he retracted it, turned around and walked to the side of the road, "Go back." ”
Chen Qiong looked at Guan Ji's back, her eyes were full of puzzlement, she just wanted to touch her head?
Guan Ji sighed lightly, and reached out and pinched his nose bone in annoyance.