“……”

Chen Qiong was speechless at once, and she didn't know how to answer, this question was too abstract.

The word "Dunhuang" contains too many things, such as colored sculptures, murals, the Silk Road, melons and fruits... Among them, the most famous is the mural, and then the flying sky on the mural, which is almost the business card of Dunhuang.

Which is the correct answer?

He Baihe smiled, and was on crutches to get out of Cave 17, Chen Qiong couldn't think about it, and quickly reached out to help the old man down the higher stone steps outside, and followed the old man all the way on the road of Cave 16.

Chen Qiong remembered that Guan Ji said the day before yesterday that the nine statues in the Buddhist altar were all Song Dynasty statues rebuilt and reshaped in the Qing Dynasty, and the murals on the four walls were also heavy, the bottom layer was the late Tang Dynasty murals, and the surface layer was the Western Xia murals.

"Beauty." She said with a sudden opening of her mouth.

He Baihe looked at Chen Qiong curiously, wanting to hear how she would explain next.

"A beauty created by craftsmen a thousand years ago, there are countless people in the middle to paint her eyebrows and eyes, and then wear silk and satin, she has always stood on the Gobi to wait for people to come and go, smiling and waiting until now, even if the body is broken, but the beauty is still not reduced thousands of years ago." Chen Qiong thought about referring to those caves, statues and murals the day before yesterday... It may be difficult for people today to regain that kind of amazement, although she doesn't like it, but she doesn't deny the beauty here.

He Baihe smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said meaningfully: "I also thought so when I first came here, and I felt that this was a thousand-year-old beauty who needed someone to re-paint her makeup, so even if it was difficult, I gritted my teeth and decided to stay, it seems that you are still quite suitable for this girl." ”

Chen Qiong helped the old man to walk out, remembering the conversation with Dean Zhao on the day she first came, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and silently waited for the old man to talk about her mother Li Chunhua, who came here as a child like her, and always talked about her mother who had worked here all her life.

It's just that this time, He Baihe didn't mention her mother for half a sentence, He Baihe also wanted to talk, he was on this Gobi Desert watching Li Chunhua change from a beautiful young girl to a gray old man, and he was also half a child, Li Chunhua left, left earlier than him, and couldn't help but want to feel with the people closest to her, but Guan Ji had already greeted him in advance last night, saying that Chen Qiong was very resistant to these, and it was better not to say it, the more she said it, the more she would resist.

One morning, the old man took Chen Qiong to other caves that were not open, and when it was time to eat, the old and the young left the cave and walked in the direction of the research institute.

After lunch, He Baihe asked Chen Qiong to go back to the dormitory for a lunch break, and then go to the cave at two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Qiong hurriedly entered the toilet as soon as she returned to the dormitory, and stayed in the toilet for a long time before coming out.

Chen Qiong, who was about to collapse, lay on the recliner on the balcony, covering her face with her hands weakly, but her face was so dry that it hurt, and her chest was so tight that her head was uncomfortable.

Not long after she slept for a long time, Chen Qiong was so stuffy that she couldn't stand it and walked outside, but when she came outside, the scorching sun and sultry air above her head made her feel even more panicked, and she bought a bottle of ice water to drink.

When it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Qiong, who was wandering around the research institute, saw Guan Ji coming from the Mogao Grottoes, she glanced at it lightly and withdrew her gaze, and it happened that He Baihe also came out of the building of the research institute and called her.

Chen Qiong turned around and waited for the old man in the same place, because the weather was really hot, she didn't come forward to help, the old man suffered, she herself suffered, in the afternoon the old man took her to the three museums outside the Mogao Grottoes to see, the museum near the parking lot impressed her the most, there were many complete imitations of Mogao Grottoes and Yulin Grottoes.

The old man said that because the imitation is almost exactly the same as the original grotto, the fragile murals of the original grotto need to be protected and cannot be viewed carefully, but this is a good place for tourists to have a deeper understanding.

Chen Qiong's stomach was too fierce halfway, and she had to interrupt many times to go to the toilet, so she kept apologizing to the old man, and stumbled until five o'clock to finish reading it all, the old man thought about it and felt that it was better to let Chen Qiong visit the cave better, although it was only a few months to leave, but it should be seen and not less, otherwise many things could not be understood.

Therefore, let Chen Qiong have a good rest tonight, buy some medicine for diarrhea, and visit the cave tomorrow.

Every time I enter a cave, the old man is a detailed explanation, the old man is a talker, and when he talks, he will inevitably talk about some other places, such as the hardships of repairing this cave back then.

Except for some seriously damaged caves that can no longer enter people, repetitive types and have no actual artistic value, it took two weeks to see all the rest, and on the last day, He Baihe told that he would go into the cave to do mural restoration, and Chen Qiong was his assistant.

He Baihe thought that the person in front of him would be very excited, but Chen Qiong just smiled and responded politely, ensuring that he was not rude to the point of being expressionless, just like the short-lived amazement of those cave arts in the past ten days, the short-term excitement quickly turned into a calm heart, and there was no fluctuation after that.