The yellow sand is all over the sky, the sun is shining, and both sides of the highway are barren.

Although it is only 500 kilometers from Delingha to Dunhuang, Wang Xie and Zhao Ji still walked for two days on the road.

Along the way, they passed through Dachaidan, Dangjinshan, and Yangguan, and waited until more than 10 o'clock in the morning on August 8, and the two finally arrived in Dunhuang.

Tun, Daya. Huang, Sheng also.

Even if Wang Xie in his previous life was just an ordinary social animal working hard in a big city, if you talk about the list of "places you must go in your lifetime", Dunhuang will definitely be able to occupy a place.

Dunhuang, this is the place where Wang Xie wanted to come and see just by hearing the name in his two lives.

The greatness of Dunhuang began with the prosperity of commerce and trade. Since Zhang Qian's second mission to the Western Regions, peaceful trade has become the main theme of Dunhuang, and countless merchants from the East and the West have followed Zhang Qian's footsteps, crossing the desert, next door, snow-capped mountains, glaciers, and cliffs, opening up the greatest land communication route in human history - the Silk Road.

But no matter which way this traffic line goes, it will converge at the throat of the East and the West, that is, Dunhuang!

The caravans set out from Chang'an City, crossed the Yellow River, and reached Dunhuang through the Hexi Corridor. With the long Gobi sand sea ahead, many merchants would sell silk, porcelain and tea here, then buy horses, jade and spices and return to their hometowns to make a fortune.

Of course, there were also more merchants who made supplies and preparations in Dunhuang, and then resolutely continued to move forward. To the north is the Yumen Pass where the spring breeze is not excessive, and to the south is the Yangguan where there is no reason to go out to the west, which is the "pearl" on the Silk Road, which is not only a key node, but also an important trade distribution center.

The attraction of Wang Xie is precisely because of the development of Dunhuang trade, the collision of ideas between people in the East and the West, and finally converged into a cultural and artistic treasure house of technology, art and religion.

In his previous life, Wang Xie was a liberal arts student, so this mysterious and thick cultural atmosphere has always attracted him to come.

In this world, Wang Xie is an art student, and Dunhuang, a treasure house of art, shows an inexplicable attraction.

Although Wang Xie has a system in his mind that can update the database, he will not copy the songs in his memory like Xia Luo, and even he could easily get a good life through words or songs, but he doesn't want to be like this, he doesn't want to be a person with an empty head, muddy and waiting to die.

Even if he can't create good original works in his lifetime, he can become a person with profound knowledge and love of art, which is also an important reason why he can't wait to continue to absorb knowledge from the history, humanities, art and other disciplines of the planet.

When it comes to learning, the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang are undoubtedly an inexhaustible treasure, whether it is singers, writers, directors or musicians, they can accumulate unspeakable artistic inspiration here.

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11 a.m.

Wang Xie and Zhao Ji are already standing at the door of the Mogao Grottoes, a unique symbol of Dunhuang.

Because the students are on summer vacation, Wang Xie estimated that there would be more students who came to visit, but after arriving at the range of Mogao Grottoes, Wang Xie found that there were not so many tourists here, and there were about half of the vacant parking spaces in the parking lot.

Without even having to queue up, Wang Xie and Zhao Ji bought tickets, and then the two walked hand in hand into this legendary palace of art.

Mogao Grottoes can't take pictures, so as soon as he entered the official gate of Mogao Grottoes and saw the shocking Buddha at the door, Wang Xie knew that he couldn't take anything away today except for his own memories.

Wang Xie regretted it a little.

"Why don't you leave, are you feeling unwell?" Zhao Ji looked at Wang Xie who was in place, and couldn't help but ask with concern.

"You wait for me here, I'll go out and buy something."

Wang Xie, who was awakened, glanced at Zhao Ji, and then ran out quickly, quickly found the system while running, and spent 100,000 points to buy a full painting skill mastery, and then gritted his teeth and spent 1 million points to buy a grandmaster-level sketch, after all, there is something in his head, but the feeling of not being able to draw it is really uncomfortable.

I don't know how the Mogao Grottoes on the earth are regulated, but in the Mogao Grottoes on the earth, the ticket inspectors heard that Wang Xie just went out to get something, so they smoothly let him out and come in again, without having to buy a ticket again.

And when Wang Xie ran back, Zhao Ji found that what Wang Xie was holding was a sketchbook.

"You can also draw?" Zhao Ji asked a little strangely.

"Graffiti, graffiti." Wang Xie replied.

Wang Xie, who was holding a sketchbook and a pencil, officially took Zhao Ji around in the Mogao Grottoes.

Cave 398.

When Wang Xie visited this place, his eyes lit up when he looked at the reminder board, and here is the name of "hundreds of thousands of kinds of heavenly tricks, rising in the void, rain and all the sky", flying to the sky!

It's completely different from what you see in the photos.

The huge stone carving Bodhisattva in front of him has been somewhat mutilated, but the shape of his body is bent left and right, the upper body is almost completely naked, the left shoulder is draped with a wisp of tulle, and the lower waist is tied with a long skirt that shows the navel and soft body. Bare skin is plump, moisturized and elastic. The graceful shape presents the graceful demeanor of a young woman, with shawls and cicada-wing-like skirts fluttering, and a necklace inlaid with crystal jewels, which is both gorgeous and elegant and not trivial, and falls into the lord's place, making the statue more noble and exquisite.

The flying pictures are painted on the top of the cave and the upper end of the four walls of the ring cave, and the ring cave stretches horizontally in a ribbon, implying the fairyland of the heavenly palace. Flying around the head of the Bodhisattva, some feet on the clouds, slowly landing, some head waving, soaring into the air, some holding flowers, straight into the sky, some holding a flower plate, floating in the sky. The flowing dresses and the flying dance belts look so harmonious and beautiful.

Wang Xie finally took out his sketchbook, which was still blank, staring straight ahead, and the pen in his hand "brushed and brushed" the lines back and forth on the paper, and he was completely immersed in it at this moment.

Looking at Wang Xie who was seriously engaged, Zhao Ji also relaxed her steps, gently detoured back to Wang Xie's back, and looked at Wang Xie's sketchbook with her feet.

Wang Xie's sketch not only depicts the outline in front of him, but also adds his own thoughts and feelings to it, so although it is a little different from the real scene he sees, Wang Xie's painting still reveals a trace of Buddha nature and compassion.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Xie finally sketched the last stroke, and the whole painting was completed, and then Zhao Ji realized that the Bodhisattva outlined in Wang Xie's sketch was herself.

The face that combines seduction and holiness exudes a thrilling beauty.

"Amazing, amazing, master-level painting skills."

Zhao Ji was already covering her mouth and couldn't speak, but someone next to her spoke her mind for her.

I don't know when, Wang Xie was surrounded by several boys and girls with sketchbooks, who had been observing Wang Xie's painting process.

After seeing that Wang Xie had finally finished painting, one of the girls exclaimed in admiration.

At this time, Wang Xie, who found the crowd around him, couldn't help but smile and nodded and said, "It's a prize, it's scribbled." ”

It's good that Wang Xie is not modest, as soon as Wang Xie is modest, the surroundings suddenly quarrel.

"It's all called scribbling, so I've been painting for nothing for so many years."

"I think it's almost the same as the teachers in our school, it's really amazing."

"He also added his own thoughts to the painting, and this hand has to be at least professor-level."

"Attention, he didn't use an easel at all, and his hands were steady!"

"Teacher, what school do you teach? Or a full-time painter in Dunhuang? ”

"Teacher, can you leave a contact information? Can I ask you for advice? ”

“……”

After a few words of exchange, Wang Xie learned that this group of children were sophomore students of Jidu Academy of Fine Arts, and they originally came to Mogao Grottoes to sketch, but they accidentally saw Wang Xie painting seriously, so they took a few curious looks.

But it was this curiosity that led them to meet a highly skilled artist.

When they heard that Wang Xie turned out to be a musician, they were even more shocked, a layman could paint such a meaningful painting, it was simply shocking.

Fortunately, Wang Xie did not report his name, otherwise they would have been hit even harder.

And Zhao Ji stood next to her with a smile on her lips, looking at the way a group of people praised Wang Xie, with a beautiful smile, as if she was praising her.

After chatting for a while and giving a few words of advice to this group of children, Wang Xie said goodbye to this group of enthusiastic college students and continued his trip to Mogao Grottoes.

Subsequently, Wang Xie took Zhao Ji to watch the murals of Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions in Cave 323, the Silk Road business map in Cave 296, and the monk in Cave 326.

In particular, the Feitian of the 282 South Cave actually integrates the characteristics of the Taoist Feixian and the Feitian of the Three Districts of Asan, with flying clothes and ribbons, respectively, playing waist drums, clappers, flutes, Hengxiao, reed sheng, pipa, Ruan strings, Konghou and other musical instruments, presenting a prosperous scene of singing and dancing, feasting and drinking, so that Wang Xie is very lingering.

However, it is a pity that the Tibetan scripture cave in Mogao Grottoes is not open today, and the world's earliest existing engraving print "Diamond Sutra" is not a chance to be seen.

By the time Wang Xie walked out of the Mogao Grottoes, the sky was already dark.

At this time, the desert has cooled down, and the occasional wind blows, bringing a slight coolness.

At this time, Wang Xie looked at Zhao Ji, who was smiling all the way next to him, and couldn't help but say apologetically: "Originally, I came to play with you, but today I patronized it by myself, I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay, I'm happy today." Looking at Wang Xie's apology, Zhao Ji told Wang Xie how he felt with a smile on his face.

While the sky was still a little bright, the two drove back to Dunhuang City.

After eating something, Wang Xie and Zhao Ji were ready to find a hotel to stay and rest, and after arriving today, they went straight to Mogao Grottoes, and they hadn't settled down yet.

However, this time, Wang Xie did not specifically ask Zhao Ji to book two rooms.

He's used to it.

------Off topic------

6,500 words yesterday, 8,000 words today, this weekend should be over here, and then I have to save for tomorrow.

Thank you for your advice and support, Mo Mo Da ~ (^з^)-☆