Unveil the mystery of many caves, and the beauty of Dunhuang in the "Youtou"

Author:Report Time:2022.09.12

The Manchu God Buddha at the top of the Western Wei 249 Cave is like a new work. What is the secret of its bright millennium? Why is there "the bodhisattva of youth" on the 420 cave 420 in the Sui Dynasty? Three of the murals of the Early Tang Dynasty showed Nanjing, Shanghai and Suzhou thousands of years ago. What kind of "wall on the wall"? The new book of "Dunhuang Watching Forty Days" published by the Chinese Book Company reveals the mysterious veil of many caves, describes the stunt of the top of the cave, the digital collection of the cave, and the mural repair, and share the unparalleled artistic charm of the Mogao Grottoes.

A few days ago, "Dunhuang Watching Forty Days" was released in the "Lights and Shadow Villa" in the cultural space of the ancient town, Ge Jianxiong, a senior professor of the Central Literature and History Research Museum, Yang Xiuqing, a researcher at the Dunhuang Research Institute Jiang Li led online and offline readers to "Shenyou" Mogao Grottoes to appreciate the beauty of Dunhuang culture.

Since the opening of the Mogao Grottoes in 366 AD, this thousand -year -old cultural sacred land has left precious images of ancient agricultural production, handicraft manufacturing, commercial trade, social life, artistic flow, architecture, and cultural exchanges on the ancient Silk Road. Many people are curious and longing for Dunhuang, but they will also be trapped because of the richness and mystery of Dunhuang. In order to better popularize the Dunhuang culture, Jiang Li, a post -80s photographer in the third phase of the "Dunhuang Cultural Watch", combined with the unique experience of studying and living in Dunhuang for forty days, the gods and Buddhas, emperors, and heroes behind the murals and color plastic are The story of mortals commented in the book.

"Many people will have a sense of fear of Dunhuang. They are afraid of the high culture of Dunhuang, and it is difficult to approach, but I want to tell everyone that many places in Dunhuang make people feel very kind. For example, the depiction of the landscape of Jiangnan in the south of the river, and there are many daily life today. In fact, Dunhuang has a fate with each of us. "Jiang Li admitted that 40 days of studying in Dunhuang, although the pressure was very strong, he still insisted on writing a diary every day. "The original writing diary was to" fight forgotten ", and there is still a long process in this book. I hope that the useful information in this book can become a pre -line guide for readers."

In 1979, Ge Jianxiong went to Dunhuang for the first time as a graduate student. "It was difficult to understand the Dunhuang culture without looking at a lot of relevant information before, and now there are many convenient transmission that allows ordinary people to approach Dunhuang." In his opinion, the generation of Dunhuang culture was born. There are many conditions, such as long -term control of the Central Plains regime, but the locals are mainly descendants of Central Plains immigrants. In the final analysis, Dunhuang culture is also a product of the integration of Han culture and other cultural and other culture. "Dunhuang can even see the factors of Greek mythology. How to spread it is unclear, but human cultural exchanges are often richer than we imagine, and the expression of different ethnic groups can be presented. The image, and the understanding of different cultures for flying sky. "

From the book "Forty Days of Dunhuang", Ge Jianxiong saw that different people got different things from Dunhuang, which is also the charm of Dunhuang. "More importantly, I think it is not the forty days of the watch, but the spread of the forty days. After reading the book, you must take a look at the scene, feel and feel completely different; at the same time, this book Feelings and perceptions are also unique and have their own distinctive features. "

"Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the popular culture of the Dunhuang Grottoes has risen, and there have been more linked with today. This book is spreading the Dunhuang culture from the perspective of the public. Elements, which fully reflect the diversity of cultural exchanges. "Yang Xiuqing revealed that" Dunhuang Cultural Watchman "is the global of the world jointly launched by Dunhuang Research Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Dunhuang Grottoes Protection Research Foundation, and Shanghai Jiaotong University Cultural Development Fund. Volunteers dispatch projects, each year from more than a thousand candidates around the world, and go to Dunhuang for training and assessment. These ten people will become the official explanator of the Mogao Grottoes and explain the cave for tourists from all over the world. At present, a total of thirty people are planned to conduct a deep experience in Dunhuang.

"Dunhuang Watching Forty Days" focuses on the caves that are introduced in a thick background, leading everyone to return to the historical scene, understanding the roots of the era of the beauty of Dunhuang Grottoes, in addition to introducing the culture of Dunhuang and preaching the spirit of Mogao, the top of the cave top Modern atmosphere such as sand control, digital Dunhuang, mural repair, and Dunhuang research tour.

In the book, nearly 140 pictures are inserted with the text, with pictures taken by the authors of the photographer, but also pictures of cultural relics in the cave authorized by the Dunhuang Research Institute, and old photos with a sense of historical sense. Old appearance and new face. Scan the back cover to explain the QR code of Mogao Cave 61, readers can watch the video of the "Cave Cave".