Chapter 1098 Qiu Jiawo

If the Taoist priest did not find the Tibetan scriptures, perhaps Dunhuang culture will only belong to the [Zhongzhong] country now, but there is no word "if" in the world. It is difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong.

However, after the Taoist priest paid attention to the government at that time, he still hid most of the Buddha scrolls and sold them to foreign archaeologists and explorers, but it was always difficult to let go.

As the owner of these precious cultural relics, the relics currently hidden in China are less than one-seventh of the total number of cultural relics found, which makes many archaeologists in China feel embarrassed?

The history of the past cannot be changed. After sighing, Zhuang Rui and others left the Tibetan sutra cave, which combines glory and humiliation, and continued to visit the Mogao Grottoes with the tourists.

Although Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes represent the essence of Western culture, and there are still many places for future generations to study and explore, it has formed a unique Dunhuang culture, with special researchers working tirelessly, which has nothing to do with the purpose of Zhuang Rui's trip.

After a day of playing in Dunhuang, Zhuang Rui and the personnel of the archaeological team began to survey the geographical environment around Dunhuang and the places where there may be tombs. Their main focus is temporarily placed in the place where people still live.

As a desert green state in the Silk Road thousands of years ago, the people who settled in Dunhuang at that time can be said to be big merchants on the rich side, which also determined the formation of a prosperous town in a hundred miles around Dunhuang.

Of course, some people have died of life, old age, illness and death. In many documents unearthed before Dunhuang, some well-known ancient tombs are also mentioned, but because of the increase of desertification for more than a thousand years, these tombs have disappeared like the ancient kingdom of Loulan.

The special geographical environment of the desert is only a factor that makes it difficult for Zhuang Rui to carry out his work. What bothers everyone more is that because of the prosperity of Dunhuang and its surroundings thousands of years ago, it has also attracted many tomb robbers. In the two suspected tombs found in the past few days, there are obvious tomb thieve Traces of.

In the past few days, Zhuang Rui and others did not enter the desert area, but inspected Wuwei Jiuquan and other places, which is very close to Dunhuang. However, the survey results disappointed Zhuang Rui. A lot of tombs were found, but like Henan and Shaanxi, almost all the martyrs in them were swept away.

Zhuang Rui was a little helpless. It seemed that the earth could no longer stop the footsteps of tomb robbers. Even in such a remote place, it also attracted a large number of underground workers.

After discussing with Dr. Ren, Zhuang Rui decided to enter the desert area tomorrow and go to a site that Dr. Ren had visited before. Perhaps the ruthless desert can deter the grave robbers.

"Wow, it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful..."

In the early morning of the fourth day when they came to Dunhuang, as soon as the sun came out, Zhuang Rui and others drove away from Dunhuang City and entered the desert. Xiao Jia and others, who had never been here, were immediately attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of them.

The wind is like a brush in the desert. Over the years, it blows a snake-like sand on the sand, which is as vast, rough, deep and delicate as the sea. The monotonous desolation in the eye will be observed from another angle, and the head will immediately experience its unpredictable place.

The morning sun is extremely soft and bright, rendering the desert in various colors from different angles, and only in such a place can there be a beautiful natural landscape like a mirage.

Because it is not too far from Dunhuang, you can often see a few cactus-like low plants in the sand, which are so eye-catching in the desert, decorating the desolate desert with a touch of green vitality.

"All right, don't run like crazy" Look, you will want to vomit when you see the sand in the last two days..." Dr. Ren's face showed a smile. When he first came here, "He was not much better than these young people, but after working in the desert for a few days," you will feel that it's more What a happy thing.

Lack of water, this is the first problem to face in the desert. Bathing is absolutely a luxury here. After work every day, you can't even wash your clothes. You can only throw your sweat-wet clothes into the sand to dry them. After a few days, no one is not disgraced. When you go back to the city, you I think it's a beggar.

Therefore, in many archaeological teams, there are generally very few women. This time, Dr. Ren originally wanted Xiaolei to stay in Dunhuang, but the little girl was very stubborn and finally followed her into the desert.

"Brother Ren, how long will it take to get to the place you mentioned?" This time, only two cars entered the desert, and now there is still a path. Zhuang Rui quietly walked forward for a while, and he couldn't even see the road.

"It will take more than an hour. We have to drive the car to Qiujiawo first, then ride in the direction of the North Gobi Desert, and then walk for an hour..." Five or six years ago, Dr. Ren once followed Professor Meng to inspect a site in the desert, which should have been a small place on the silk road. The town, but later abandoned by people, was gradually covered by the wind and sand.

There are not many things unearthed at that site, but Dr. Ren learned from some relevant documents unearthed at the site that on the Silk Road more than a thousand years ago, the prosperity here was no less prosperous as Dunhuang. In the era of Wang Taoist priests more than a hundred years ago, there was no human survival, but later conditions changed. It got worse and worse before I moved out of here.

Now the site has been transformed into a tourist attraction for domestic and foreign tourists who like to explore. Of course, the purpose of Dr. Ren took Zhuang Rui to go is not to be a travel friend, but to survey the surrounding area to see if he can find ancient tombs that have not yet been discovered by the world.

There is a small natural oasis in Qiujiawo, which is not dry all year round and can be used for hundreds of people to live and drink. As a result, it has also developed into a small town with dozens of families living. This is also the nearest place where people live. After Qiu Jiawo, it is the vast desert Gobi.

Although the site is not far from Dunhuang, it has completely entered the desert area, and the vehicles are impassable, so they can only take a ostrich to get there. Therefore, Qiu Jiawo has become a transit station to explore the site. When Zhuang Rui and others arrived at Yejiawo, many tourists had gathered here.

When you come to the periphery of the town, you can see that almost every family has an ostrich. Many tourists have been sitting on the camel, dancing towards the desert. The bells of "Ding Dang" and people's laughter echo in the town.

"Uncle Liu, are you at home?"

Dr. Ren once worked here for several months. After parking his car outside the town, he took Zhuang Rui and others straight to the door of a family. In the archaeological work a few years ago, Dr. Ren has always lived here.

On the way, Dr. Ren introduced the owner to Zhuang Rui and others. Uncle Liu was originally from Xi'an. When his ancestors were in the Qing Dynasty, because they could not bear the government's harsh taxes, so the whole family moved to this sparse place. Although the land that can be cultivated here is poor, it can always make people live.

Lao Liu has three sons, two of whom have moved to the city. Only he and his youngest son still stick to their ancestral business. However, with the tourism development of desert sites in the past few years, the number of people who come to visit has gradually increased, and Lao Liu's life is also quite comfortable.

"Yes, yes, who is it?" There was a sound of promise in the yard, and the door of the courtyard opened from the inside. A wrinkled, thin old man appeared in front of everyone, "Strong son, it's your boy, come on...come in quickly...","

The old man was very surprised to see Ren Chunqiang and quickly greeted everyone into the yard. His yard was very large. There was a pressure well in the middle of the yard. There were shelves everywhere in the yard, which were covered with a lot of vines, and the vines were covered with yellow-green conical small hu.

Although it is not yet the season for the grapes to ripen, after entering the yard, the green everywhere made everyone who had been watching the yellow sand for more than an hour feel a kind of coolness in their hearts.

After Lao Liu let everyone into the yard, he went to the door and looked at it. He turned back and asked Dr. Ren, "Xiao Qiangzi, why... Brother Meng didn't you come this time?" Old Liu is a few years older than Professor Meng. When Professor Meng lived here a few years ago, the two old people formed a deep friendship. See When Professor Meng didn't come, he couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

Dr. Ren took out some gifts from his bag, put them on the table, and said, "Uncle Liu, the teacher didn't come this time. This is the gift he asked me to bring you. He asked me to say hello to you, so that you can go to Beijing for a while..." "Okay, okay, I will definitely go when I My brother, such a learned person, is still thinking about me. At that time, he must disturb Brother Meng..." After hearing Dr. Ren's words, the wrinkles on the old man's face unfolded, and he was busy taking out the thermos bottle from the room to brew tea for everyone.

"Old Uncle Liu, don't be busy. We are here this time, but we want to invite you to come out of the mountain... Dr. Xiao Ren came forward to grab the warm pot in Lao Liu's hand and said to Zhuang Rui, "Old Uncle Liu is the living map of this place. With him, he is not afraid of getting lost in this It's what Uncle Liu has always done..." The terrain of the desert is unpredictable. There is often a sand mountain in front of you at the moment, but it may become flat at the moment after the end. Therefore, if you want to carry out archaeological activities in the desert, a good guide who is familiar with the terrain is essential.