After randomly visiting classic caves such as Nirvana Cave and Big Buddha Cave.

Gu Cheng and the others soon arrived in front of the world-famous Tibetan scripture cave in Cave 16.

Gu Anran looked around curiously.

"Is this the Cave of the Scriptures? Why is there not a single book left here? ”

Wu Qingfeng's heart ached when he heard this.

"Don't look at the emptiness of this place, kid."

"A century ago, there were nearly 50,000 cultural relics from the 4th to the 11th century, that is, from the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Northern Song Dynasty, as well as paper paintings, silk paintings, embroidery, etc."

Under Gu Cheng's ears and eyes.

Gu Anran also has inexplicable feelings for traditional culture.

She ignored the gap between the identities of the two and directly pestered Dean Wu to ask questions.

"Grandpa Wu, can you tell me this story? I want to hear the story of the king. ”

"It's an honor!"

If the youth is strong, China is strong.

It is rare to meet a child who is so interested in Dunhuang culture, Wu Qingfeng is relieved, and his explanation is more and more detailed.

"The cave was closed in the 11th century A.D. by the monks of the Mogao Grottoes in order to escape from the Western Xia army."

"In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the king ~ the head of the Yuan Gong accidentally discovered the Tibetan scripture cave here."

"Most of the documents unearthed are manuscripts, and a small number are engraved copies, which are particularly precious, and there are also ancient Tibetan, Sanskrit, Qilu, Sogdian, Khotanese, Uighur, Qiuzi and other texts."

"Unfortunately, under the specific historical background of corruption and incompetence in the late Qing Dynasty and the aggression of Western powers, soon after the discovery of the cultural relics of the Tibetan Scripture Cave, a large number of Tibetan Scripture Cave cultural relics were defrauded by Western explorers such as Ingstein and Faboshi by unfair means from the hands of Wang Daoshi."

"The cultural relics of the Tibetan scripture cave were looted, most of them were unfortunately scattered, and many public and private collection institutions in Y, France, E and other countries were stored in the country, and almost one in ten was preserved in the country, resulting in an unprecedented ......catastrophe in the history of Chinese culture."

Gu Cheng silently recorded this scene with the camera.

For the Taoist himself.

Later generations have had mixed evaluations of him.

Mogao Grottoes are very little known after the Yuan Dynasty, and the original appearance has been basically preserved for hundreds of years, if it were not for Wang Taoist priest to find and sell these cultural relics, perhaps these Buddhist scriptures and ancient scrolls can still be preserved to this day.

Therefore, most people believe that Wang Daoshi is a sinner who has lost this civilization, and his use of the silver taels sold to repair the Mogao Grottoes cannot atone for his loss of these precious cultural relics.

Some people will say that if there is no king, these relics may have been destroyed in the subsequent war.

In terms of personal choices in a historical context.

Gu Cheng thought that anyone who was put in the position of Wang Dao Chang would not necessarily do better than Wang Dao Chang.

It is true that the king's mistakes cannot be washed away.

But this mistake is not only the fault of Wang Daochang.

The fault lies in the country and nation in that historical period, everyone from top to bottom, not the king alone.

This side.

Wu Qingfeng talked to the little girl about the Mogao Grottoes

“…… Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, where did you go to see such a rich, complete and so complete history of painting of so many dynasties? ”

"You can't see it anywhere else, you can only see it in Dunhuang."

When Wu Qingfeng was in college, he was assigned to the Mogao Grottoes for an internship, and then took over as the director from the master, and he has been in the Mogao Grottoes for almost 40 years.

He knows every mural by heart.

More than half of the artworks here are suffering from nail formation, cracking, mildew, and mildew, some of which are even devastating.

He witnessed the increasing difficulty of survival in the murals, and the information about the cultural relics recorded in the murals was also decreasing.

Thinking of this, Dean Wu's tone couldn't help but sigh.

"Child, the protection of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang is a race against time, take a look at it and take a look at it!"

The little girl's face wrinkled, "Grandpa Wu, now that technology is so advanced, can't these murals be preserved intact?" ”

Wu Qingfeng shook his head and sighed slightly.

"Under the influence of various factors, the damage to cultural relics is inevitable."

"The entire Dunhuang treasure house will disappear in the next 50 to 100 years, and this data is still under the premise of active protection."

"Principal Wu!"

Su Qi was a little puzzled.

"Why is Mogao Grottoes different from other scenic spots, I don't seem to see the rating of scenic spots?"

"Because of the Mogao Grottoes, I did not participate in the selection of scenic spots." Gu Cheng replied.

Dunhuang has a very popular slogan: Gan~Su Lanzhou, Chinese Jiuquan, the world's Dunhuang!

The docents of the Mogao Grottoes are different from other scenic spots, and they are not the kind of "professional" docents, but researchers with professional titles.

This can be seen from this.

The Dunhuang Academy, as the competent unit of the Mogao Grottoes, has never regarded it as a tool for obtaining profits.

Gu Cheng looked at Wu Qingfeng and admired it from the bottom of his heart.

"Dean Wu, in your eyes, the power of culture far exceeds the charm of business, am I right?"

Dean Wu smiled indifferently, hiding his merit and fame.

"The Mogao Grottoes are a world heritage site, and they belong to this world and to human civilization."

"Protection, research and promotion are the core of the work of the Dunhuang Academy."

"We are just in it, to obtain and study the cultural classics of Dunhuang Studies, and to study and promote them."

Gu Cheng chuckled, "However, not every Chinese monument can stick to its original heart like Mogao Grottoes!" ”

Su Qi echoed: "Indeed, some scenic spots talk about the Buddha, but what they think about in their hearts is all business!" ”

Wu Qingfeng frowned slightly.

"You two are talking about Famen Temple, right?"

"It seems that Dean Wu has also heard of it?"

Su Qi felt that "Famen Temple is really far from the holy place of Buddhism in my imagination. ”

It is said that the ancient temple in the deep mountains is hidden.

Su Qi thought that he would see an antique Famen Temple.

As a result, I didn't expect to see a thousand-year-old temple surrounded by a commercial street.

Selling souvenirs, selling jade, selling incense and unsigning......

All kinds of commercial operations have almost destroyed the thousand-year-old history of Famen Temple.

"The most outrageous thing is that the Buddha bone relics are not in the real Famen Temple, but were snatched up by the scenic spot to the new temple exhibition!"

"If it weren't for the True Body Pagoda, the Underground Palace Scripture Pavilion and the Daxiong Treasure Hall giving me some comfort, I would have thought that the Holy Land of Buddhism would have fallen!"

"Actually, Famen Temple is not to blame for this matter!"

Wu Qingfeng sighed.

"In order to confront the capital, the abbot of Famen Temple also kept trying to find ways, and even led the monks to tear down the wall several times, but with little effect."

"Buddhist temples and scenic spots are basically inextricably linked, and outsiders can't say clearly."

Gu Cheng directly summed it up in one sentence.

"It can only be said that everything is behind the backs of capital."

"I only hope that in the future, Buddhism will return to Buddhism, business will return to business, and the holy land of Buddhism can be restored to a quiet place as soon as possible!"

Culture is ever-present and undeniable.

Business is pervasive and inescapable.

Thousands of years of tradition and decades of commercial society have collided with sober confusion.

The answer to the problem is simple, but it is difficult to implement.

And this is the loneliness of culture, and it is also the distortion of business!

……

The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains.

Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate.

According to the plan the next day, Gu Cheng took Su Qi and the others to see the Yumen Pass, which had experienced thousands of years of wind and sand, but was still standing still......

Standing on the mottled vicissitudes of Yangguan city wall, feeling the wind blowing through the flag, and pursuing the tragic desolation of thousands of years......

Go to see Yadan, who is finely carved by nature, see her in a thousand postures, see her majestic, and watch her roar and roar......

The Silk Road lasted for more than 2,000 years and had many routes.

But no matter which road the program team walks, it is.

Every footprint on the Silk Road records the past, and every footstep leads to the future.

After the end of the Dunhuang trip.

The program team did not follow Guazhou towards Zhangye, but turned around and returned to Qinghai by car.

In addition to visiting famous attractions such as Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake.

Gu Cheng also wants to go to the beautiful Hoh Xili.

It is precisely because the temperature in Hoh Xil plummeted a while ago that the original Qinghai itinerary was postponed to shoot Dunhuang.

And Gu Cheng is obsessed with Hoh Xil for nothing else.

Just for that classic love song!