Born in a legendary place, live out your youth - Hiking in the Gobi and encountering the prosperous Dunhuang

This is the first sentence at the beginning of the "Dunhuang" documentary produced by CCTV.

Why do you have to go to Dunhuang?

This is a question that everyone who has a distant future in mind will be asked.

Dunhuang, like Tianshui, Dingxi, Pingliang, Zhangye, Wuwei and other geographical terms in Gansu, is full of poetic rhythm and rhyme. Only the word "Dunhuang" gives us a rich legendary color, adhering to a unique persistence under the changes of time and space. Under the silence of nature, it is filled with all kinds of romantic desires, titillating the heart and captivating the soul.

More than 1,300 years ago, Master Xuanzang traveled more than 50,000 miles westward for 16 years. He experienced betrayal, pursuit, loss, water shortage and other hardships in the Mohe Yanqi Gobi Desert, but he "rather... With the blessing of the Buddha's heart, "I will die in the west and never return to the east", I traveled through the quicksand of 800 miles with "no birds in my eyes, no animals under my feet, and no water plants in my eyes", and finally arrived at the pure Buddha land in my heart.

A thousand years ago, there were four roads leading to Dunhuang from the outside world. Goods and culture, language and writing, art and religion rushed in, and prosperity began.

Centuries later, the legend of this land is still sung.

Especially for tourists who take the K9667 flight from Lanzhou to Dunhuang, arriving at Dunhuang happens to be the beginning of the day.

Holding hands and looking at each other, there is a vast expanse of stars above their heads, and the biting cold wind blowing directly in front of them greets their tired eyes.

In this magical land, our eyes are full of greedy thirst for the unknown.

In this holy land that once rose, prospered, declined and fell silent, we respond to the all-round perception of admiration, admiration or worship.

In the Gobi desert, all living beings are equal, transforming into wind and sand. They are all primitive and desolate, and they are all indulgent in the vastness of the world.

The majestic winds of the Han and Tang Dynasties blew through Dunhuang, and the camel bells on the Silk Road chanted thousands of Buddhas.

To some extent, perhaps it is precisely because of the Mogao Grottoes that Dunhuang is called Dunhuang.

For many people, it is a legend, a dream, and a thousand-year Buddha light in the cycle of time and space.

It is alive and an eternal myth in the palace of art.

Cave 148 is the Nirvana Buddha that I am extremely familiar with from historical materials.

The inner drive of putting our hands together gave us an instant out-of-body excitement and guidance. I knew I was still late.

The commentator said that after Sakyamuni reached the highest state of immortality and eternal happiness, he was not dead as ordinary people understand it.

Therefore, the different expressions of the 72 disciples reflect the differences in their spiritual cultivation. Those with higher talents can understand the true meaning of Nirvana and therefore show joy, while those with lower talents will express their gratitude to the "death of Sakyamuni". "Feeling sad.

This is the original quote from the "Dunhuang" documentary.

What's more, Dr. Gong Weizhang from the Department of History of Lanzhou University has published a book called "Nirvana, the Palace of Pure Land: A Study of Cave 148 of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes". I hope that in time You can buy this book and find another opportunity to visit Cave 148.

Regardless of the hardships or disasters left by history, the memory of the Mogao Grottoes is also suffering from natural impacts, man-made losses, and the turbulence of the times.

Some people come, some people go, come and go, stop and go, leaving in the overlapping memories the joy and joy of this land and gravel.

As time goes by and things change, it is almost a mystery how the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang first appeared.

Legend has it that Monk Le Zun "saw" thousands of Buddhas shining here and was inspired to dig the first cave.

Since then, the vast Buddhist country has gradually become a grand scene of grottoes. It has five floors, 10 dynasties, and thousands of years of carving, with a total of 735 caves.

It is really hard to imagine that from the conception of the site to the digging of tunnels, transporting sand and rocks, and casting the roof of the cave...

They were all fighting against harsh natural conditions and the limits of human physical ability.

Countless craftsmen dug shovel by shovel, sketched stroke by stroke, and created today's glory with their hands.

From this perspective, the body is also a kind of practice on the road.

In fact, the damaged Buddha statues destroyed by paganism are my favorite.

Especially for Kassapa, his head has become extremely thin, but the lines on his clothes are still clear, and every stitch is outlined.

You think you have destroyed my appearance, but even with a non-existent face, I am still smiling and looking down.

In Cave 172, it is said that the two paintings of the Pure Land on the left and right walls represent the pinnacle of the Tang Dynasty.

I have to say, it’s so well written!

"How long is a thousand years?"

The poet replied: "It's just a moment. As soon as spring goes and winter comes, a thousand years have passed."

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This indoor sitcom "Seeing Dunhuang Again" leads us to trace the past and present lives in the murals.

Dusting off the dust of thousands of years and unfurling the colorful feathers, Wang Yuanlu's performance in the play is very precise. He is cautious but cunning and greedy, especially when he kneels down in front of the Bodhisattva and begs for forgiveness for his extravagant hopes. The tremor of that scene made me understand that everyone in the world completes their own salvation.

The first person who came and did not leave was Chang Shuhong.

As the wheel of history turned around, he simply said -

"I am a survivor, a survivor who has left behind a lot of 'souvenirs'."< /p>

Gobi hiking, 4 days and 3 nights, 108 kilometers.

Today, this commercial activity on the Silk Road has become more and more mature. Various slogans and motivations are nothing more than a choice, a kind of letting go, and a kind of new life!

It is better to hold hands a hundred times than to drink once, and to drink a hundred times it is better to walk together in the desert!

Walking through the Gobi desert, we are all sisters and brothers.

This is the Desert Declaration of One-Legged Pan.

Fortunately, I am with One-Legged Pan and the Silk Road Eagles.

The first of 9 distant places in 9 years will remain in our minds and memories forever.

To this day, I still miss the sisters and brothers we walked together.

I remember this sentence in the movie "Roman Holiday" -

Later it was gradually translated that there is always a body and a soul on the way.

Later, this sentence seems to have become a motto for people to travel.

On the road, it becomes an attitude, a label, a fashion, and an unspeakable complex feeling.

I would rather say no to traveling for the sake of traveling.

Here, all human desires are brought back to the primary stage. Regardless of status, age and occupation, including wealth, health and love, all are treated equally in this Gobi Desert.

There is no worldly disturbance, under the vast blue sky, in the boundless heaven and earth.

In the 4 days and 3 nights of life, let yourself talk to your body, the pain is worse than the paleness.

From "small self" to "big self" and then to "selflessness", re-understand the true meaning of life.

In the documentary, the director tells us a record of Buddha's light, in the hearts of the world and in everyone's heart.

In fact, the darkest and brightest places in the world are in the human heart.

It can be said that everyone has an eternal Dunhuang in their hearts, and they are fascinated and intoxicated by it.

Just as Peng Jinzhang, who held up the art lantern of Dunhuang murals, said at the end of the second episode of "Dunhuang"——