The next day we followed this girl on the road. The fact that she was able to pretend to be a tour guide and approach us at the Mogao Grottoes meant that she was much more familiar with Dunhuang than we were. When I asked, it turned out that this beauty was a graduate of a tour guide academy and had done what she did before coming to Dunhuang.
The preparations were very meticulous, not like the three of us who just went on the road in a haphazard manner. But this time, she said that she had seen our picture of the Buddha's face on a treasure appraisal program, and at that time even the experts were not sure whether it was authentic or not.
, but she still quoted a sky-high price, and a close-up of the Buddha statue was what really impressed her. That Buddha statue had a pair of weird eyes and an indifferent smile, which was completely different from the peace of the Buddha.
. Later, the holder of the Buddha statue was invited on the program, and he was an old man. However, such a priceless thing was found in Dunhuang's Antique Beach.
As for that Buddha statue, according to experts at the time, it should come from Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. The image of the trumpet in Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron is based on Tantric Buddhism. Of course, there are also the Golden Wheel Dharma King in The Divine Condor and Jiumozhi in The Eight Tribes of the Dragon.
Master Jin Yong wrote all the Zen characters in Tantric Buddhism as villains. The reason is also attributed to the mystery of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism. This is different from the tranquility of other Buddhist sects. Traditional Buddhism respects the Buddha, prays for the Buddha, and chants the Buddha's name, while the Tibetan Tantric Buddhism teaches
The teaching is that oneself is a Buddha, practice is to become a Buddha, and you can obtain superpowers through practice - so in the eyes of ordinary people, those who believe in this kind of people regard him as a Buddha, and those who do not believe in him as a lunatic. This Buddha's face
Another important reason why experts speculate that the picture is a product of Tantric Buddhism is the weirdness of Tantric artifacts. The most famous one is probably the skull bowl, which uses a complete skull as a wine glass. This is definitely the usage of monsters in Journey to the West.
But would it be strange to see such a thing in a Buddhist temple?
So is it strange that such a strange statue appears in Tantric Buddhism?
Of course, this is also the speculation of experts. It sounds reasonable, but you can't believe it entirely. After all, Chinese experts have strong Chinese characteristics. I saw a TV report some time ago that a wealthy man in Beijing collected a complete painting.
The jade garment with golden threads. Even though the camera only flashed on the jade garment with golden threads, my second brother was able to conclude that it was completely a fake, and it couldn’t be more fake. It can be clearly seen from the color of the jade.
It came out, but at that time several well-known collectors in China on TV jointly concluded that this jade dress with gold threads was authentic, with an estimated value of 400 million, which cannot be said to be ridiculous.
Okay, other gossip aside, the four of us went straight to the Antique Beach outside Dunhuang City. It was said to be an Antique Beach, but of course it couldn’t be full of antiques. If that were the case, who would bother us? Just come here and pick it up.
, last night I specifically checked Antique Beach on the Internet. The folk saying in Dunhuang is that Dunhuang was located at an important location on the Silk Road, and its geographical location was very advantageous. At that time, it was extremely prosperous with many shops, but it was later robbed by bandits. Although
The officers and soldiers later exterminated the bandits, but the hidden dangers were also exposed - no matter how good the location was, because it was in the Gobi Desert, the management was chaotic and safety issues could not be guaranteed, so what was the use of making money? So countless merchants moved their families, including
Large items, things that cannot be brought, things left behind, and things discarded are all buried in the yellow sand, forming the Antique Beach where antique cultural relics may be exposed if the wind blows. Antique Beach, also known as the Antique Beach
At that time, there was a folk song in Dunhuang called Guyang Pass, which sang about the formation of this antique beach: Guyang Pass, Antique Beach/The thieves fought fiercely in front of the pass/Crazy killings and looting destroyed the important town/The treasures were left in the world of Yin and Yang.
When we arrived, we looked around and saw endless yellow sand all around. This is the characteristic of the Gobi Desert. Besides sand, it is still sand. Thinking of the purpose of our visit, I asked Zhu Kaihua, and I said Lao Zhu, do you think it will be like this?
Wouldn't it be like Gu Loulan, with a ruin buried in the wind and sand?
Zhu Kaihua Road is unlikely because it is too close to the outskirts of the city and is still a tourist area. If there are ruins, we will definitely not wait for us to discover them. And even if there are, the excavation project in the wind and sand is too big. It depends on us.
This is simply impossible.
I think so. In fact, as soon as I came here, I felt a chill in my heart. The terrain here is really too flat. In ancient times, the construction of cities and ancient tombs was very strictly based on Feng Shui patterns.
The terrain here simply cannot gather the so-called Qi in Feng Shui.
This day was relatively quiet. We treated it as a trip and wandered around the antique beach for a day. Except for Bai Jin who picked up a few rusty ancient coins, we found nothing else. When we got back to the hotel, we spent the day
I was very tired from hiking in the wind and sand, so I lay down on the bed to rest for a while after taking a shower. I had a few strange dreams right after I fell asleep, and I lost all sleep. I simply got up and used the computer in the hotel to surf the Internet.
The cluelessness here was in great contrast to the confidence I had when I came here, which made me feel completely disappointed. I thought I had found my destination when I came to Dunhuang, but now I found that it was completely insufficient.
I had nothing to do, so I looked up the map of Dunhuang on Baidu. Who knew that Baidu came up with two maps? One was exactly the same as the travel brochure I bought when we came here, and the other was very blurry. I zoomed in on the map.
Look, the title is "Ancient Map of Dunhuang". Now I understand that for a city like Dunhuang surrounded by wind and sand, it would be strange to say that the entire landscape has not changed after thousands of years. I wonder who is so considerate
There was also a map from ancient times uploaded. I glanced at the uploader.
"We're right here."
The uploader's name is just that, and we are here.
I was shocked, why is this name so weird? I then clicked on the "We Are Here" homepage, and what I saw was a photo of my elder brother smiling like an idiot! (To be continued