Silk whispers in Dunhuang, still waking up from a big dream

? I am ashamed to say that it took me a long time to write my first assignment after joining Youshu. Maybe it’s because of my own lack of ability, or maybe I haven’t encountered the opportunity to express my feelings. I went to the library a few days ago and accidentally saw this old thin book with a worn cover that was almost white. I couldn't help but recall that when I visited the West Thousand Buddha Caves in Dunhuang, a bunch of young people had a copy of this book. I was lucky enough to explain it to the locals. We communicated with a teacher who studied Dunhuang culture. Regarding this book, he objectively gave us laymen advice: it is useful to open the book, and it is interesting and enjoyable. So I recently spent a few nights reading this book before falling asleep.

? First of all, putting aside nationalism in the narrow sense, the author of this book, Mr. Yasushi Inoue, is so familiar with Chinese culture that I, as a Chinese, feel ashamed. Deliberate yet very immersive, it truly lives up to the title of a contemporary Japanese novelist.

Next, let’s talk about the basic plot and origin. The beginning of this book is the story of the protagonist Zhao Xingde as a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam. He passed several rounds of exams with very good academic ability. After the test, you will have the opportunity to enter the palace examination.

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But the funny thing is that he fell asleep and missed the exam while waiting outside the examination room. The orthodox thinking seems to be a regretful and slightly absurd story, but then it leads to the imperial minister He An's strategy of settling the border in the Western Summer. Seemingly an accidental clue, the frustrated scholar sighed briefly but encountered a strange incident of naked Xixia women being sold in the market. He was shocked by the Xixia women's fearless calmness and Xixia customs. He rescued the woman and obtained a piece of Xixia. Wenbu film, with great curiosity, set foot on a foreign land, and thus unfolded a legendary life story.

The protagonist first encounters war, and unexpectedly becomes a Han Xixia soldier. Then he learns Xixia and other foreign languages ????and translates classics. He fights in foreign lands and finally gains insights and the adventure of preserving culture through the people and events around him. .

Along the way, I got to know a commander who was good at fighting and seemed cruel and evil but was actually kind and firm. He fell in love with the beautiful and weak Uighur princess who had endured exile and torture but committed suicide in order to show her true feelings. The Cao brothers, the hereditary commanders of Shazhou and Guazhou, were moved and offered help. It also revealed that Li Yuanhao, the most prominent hero in history who was ambitious and ambitious in cultural relics strategy, was the foresight of the Xixia emperor to create his own writing. However, he had been fighting for years and harming civilians, and was selfish and vicious. The other side of being human. There are not many characters, but the images are clear, distinct and rich. The various stories are like trickles that do not seem to intersect, but in the end they flow into a short-lived rush to protect the multi-text scriptures and hide them in the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. ending. Although all parties are on opposite sides of the war, cultural inheritance, exchange and integration are indeed a kind of enrichment among people who are similar to each other.

War cannot hinder people’s desire for a better life and hope. Just like the Cao brothers who had Zhang Yichao’s faith and sacrificed their lives to protect the city and protect the local people, the brave leader Wang Shouli because of his Han identity The sorrow of the woman he loved dying and the sorrow of being oppressed and seeing his compatriots being harmed were fighting to the death. Zhao Xingde risked his life in order to protect the scriptures from being destroyed. The belief in death and life is also a tribute to culture, beauty and hope.

The writing style of this book is not extremely delicate, but it is gentle and meaningful, just like tasting tea, plain but fragrant, with endless aftertaste. At first it feels a bit like a home-cooked dish made with various ingredients. Once you taste it, you will gain new interest and it is fascinating. It is certainly not an academically focused major, but it opens up another possibility. The past and present life of the scripture cave in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is presented to readers in a living human story, allowing people to more truly understand the stories of these silent scriptures. People can’t help but sigh at the protagonist’s conscientiousness in protecting culture and the fact that the scriptures in the Tibetan Buddhist Cave were looted, sold and scattered in the later period. I believe many people have seen the description of the Taoist Tower in the Cultural Journey and are extremely disgusted with the image of Wang Taoist selling cultural relics. Among them It is biased, but in fact most of it stems from tragic ignorance. In fact, many ordinary people's ignorance of culture and cultural relics in that era still seems to exist now.

There are many theories about the origin of the name Dunhuang. From the literal meaning, Dunhuang is grand and Huang is brilliant.

It was the glory of an era. The glorious cultural, economic and trade exchanges between various ethnic groups on the Silk Road left behind many scenic spots and beautiful objects for future generations to admire. It was the beginning of civilization. Many people say that Dunhuang studies are not in China because many testable scriptures have gone overseas. Ji Lao said that Dunhuang studies are the most important thing in the world. Maybe for various reasons we cannot take back all the cultural relics that have been sent overseas in a short time. I understand that a big country has a big mind and magnanimity. It used to be a civilization originating from all ethnic groups, and it was the glory of the Chinese family. The evidence of historical civilization can also be studied by countries in the world. Although there are many helplessness, due to reality, this may be regarded as another kind of inheritance.

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? Speaking of this, I can't help but think of the recently popular "National Treasure" and "If Cultural Relics Could Talk" produced by Yangbapa. One thing that deserves praise is just like it The promotional slogan says "let the national treasure come alive". Let cultural relics speak, tell stories, and put them into living historical scenes. Objects are inspired by people, remembered by people, come alive because of people, performed by people, and ultimately move people. This becomes inheritance. , transformed into culture. Once in a museum, I held my breath and stared at the bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Although I couldn't understand most of the inscriptions, I couldn't help but burst into tears when I saw the exquisite and complicated decorations on it. It was like standing on the top of a mountain in the Gobi wilderness on a winter night and staring at the ink. The blue sky, the dazzling Milky Way starry sky, let the coolness hit you through the bones, the most primitive and purest feeling. Because it is in our bones, although we have not experienced that era, the objects have completed the most vivid communication through themselves, as if we can feel the delicate breathing of the craftsmen, the heroic spirit of the emperors who aspire to conquer the world, etc.

? There are not many places to go, so every time I go to the museum to take a look. The collection of ceramic sculptures, calligraphy and paintings in Shangbo, the small and exquisite ivory carvings in Subo and the green color of Qianfeng. Secret-color porcelain, the Hemudu civilization and the extremely complex and rich lyre from Zhejiang University, Shaanxi University’s grand and long-lasting Zhou Zhao bronzes and Tang-style utensils, painted pottery from the Gansu Museum in my hometown and the Han Culture Xixia Museum, etc., this year is very popular again I was lucky enough to go to the Imperial Capital once, and I was accompanied by my two friends Dabai and Fengyu to see Da Ai's Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains. Each time is a new experience and shock. Each time it brings me closer to the Chinese civilization that I am deeply curious about and admires than I expected, stimulating more curiosity to understand their stories on a deeper level. Happiness from the heart, haha, maybe only this simplest word can convey my happiness. Although I once had great ambitions to apply for the Department of Archeology, because I saw the yellowed Liangzhou Prefectural Chronicles in my grandfather's bookcase, I wanted to become a staff member of the local Prefectural Chronicles, but none of them came true. Now I am still a lover of ancient civilizations and a layman, but what is different is that I have finally realized that people may be ordinary and mediocre, but in this open era, there are many wonderful and magnificent civilizations as vast as the sea and the sky. I have to say it's a blessing. There is a way to reach the other shore, but it is better to still wake up from a big dream and admire the happiness of thousands of years. The reading notes of little people were written in Xiaohan, the year of Dingyou.