【FULL】Glory Is Back EP01 | 登场了！敦煌 | iQIYI
[English subtitles are available] What has time left for us What can we leave behind There’s always a place beyond the narrow confines of reality to remind us of the magnificent view in the desert and the years on the Silk Road Enduring the flow of time it remained unscathed through millenniums
As if refusing to change The one and only The westernmost of Hexi Corridor was the strategic stronghold of the Central Plain dynasties millenniums ago It was also the heart of business and trade To the east of Mingsha Mountain a glorious paradise stayed hidden in the caves Murals of daily lives in ancient times
Made a history museum out of the caves drawing people from different eras and regions to tread through long distances Coming to Dunhuang I’d like to expand my own little world I heard many young people visit here out of their passion Reading about it 10,000 times is no better than
Standing in front of it for once Throughout our lifetime We are the Dunhuang Expedition This time I invited three young friends to start a journey of exploration I’d have a better understanding by making a personal visit Feel the vitality of Dunhuang through the perspective of youths Strike Feel the splendid chapter
Of the ancient east with the touch of modern times So strong Welcome Pick anything in your favor Hello Wang Han Nice Wang Han is back Coming Coming How many guests This is a nice place There’s a poem on the wall It’s a four-line poem with seven characters per line
The fame of Jiannanchun liquor is well celebrated Drinking liquor with high spirits With the glorious view accompanied I feel waves of inspiration to write a poem Wei Xu of Tang Dynasty Han, this Wei Xu is a good friend of Du Fu He hosted Du Fu with Jiannanchun liquor Amazing Wonderful liquor
This place is called Xuanquanzhi Do you know what Xuanquan means It means floating spring Floating spring It’s like a floating fist about to drop on you That’s also called Xuanquan My bad I think floating spring makes sense It’s like a spring in the sky And it’s floating in mid-air
Like it will pour down That’s possible A long time ago since the Han Dynasty this place has been a posthouse There was a flying spring on a cliff nearby Right This is the only oasis amidst a vast desert When the armed forces of Han came they set this place as a state guesthouse
To host people passing through It’s actually a place of great importance Right Right A princess was hosted here Right Actually the princess was sitting at your seat That’s why you look so different Your pinky finger is a little It’s a little flamboyant Right I can’t help it Look It’s standing out
When I came in I saw two camels They are our pets We need to name them Let’s call them Mud and Dirt Pets thrive with pitiful names Might as well call them Haha and Hehaha Haha Hehaha What’s wrong with you Don’t lose your cool It needs to have some elements of this place
Some elements Our show is called Glory is back So let’s name them Glory and Backy Glory and Backy Glory is back How about Dundun and Dengdeng Dundun That’s perfect Dengdeng and Dundun Sounds a bit magnificent Right So they’re Dengdeng and Dundun Where’s Mr. Meng Xuanquan Inn Nice When he comes in
Let’s give him a surprise Welcome ceremony Sure He likes tea We’ll splash his face with four bowls of tea It’s like a baptism So that’s the plan Alright Come here Sit down Han Mr. Meng please take a seat Did you have lunch Not yet Then get some food Treat yourself
Right we have everything You’re too hospitable Really Then leave the dishes there But you already went through the preparation You already had lunch No meal for you Don’t waste the food Is this all for me Don’t fool yourself Thanks for your effort Take a look Noodles What’s that Salt This is vinegar Yes
We only have salt and vinegar Right Don’t look down upon this This is called water noodles Back then in Dunhuang only the most honorable guest could be treated with this Seems like they cooked it with alkaline water Right I never had noodles like this before Help yourself with some salt and vinegar
The noodles are really chewy Extremely chewy I really like it You can sense the original taste of the noodles Since we had a good meal let’s go to Mogao Grottoes Let’s go Let’s go Let’s go This is the renowned Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang with 735 caves spanned over five layers
Along the conglomerate cliff that stretches over nearly two kilometers Since the war among the Sixteen Kingdoms in 366 AD the excavation went on for over 1,000 years The splendid and marvelous world inside the caves looks more like a marvel in this remote and desolate wild
As I come closer I can’t help but wonder how people from a millennium ago feel when they came here to worship and pray Everyone that comes here gets a small present first Shaking Thanks Zhenghao Thanks Haoyuan Got it I don’t have a token You don’t have a token
What shall we do about it We all have one The expedition members do Let’s see how you behave later I heard that we’re meeting an amazing teacher Great We can learn from her and explore alright Let’s go Let’s go Let’s go Hello Ms. Lou Hello Welcome Hello, Ms. Lou Welcome
Welcome to the caves that you’re looking forward to We must go inside and take a look Let’s go On site We have it in our bag Get the flashlight This is how we visit this place It’s really gorgeous Exactly Gorgeous We can still see the vibrant colors in this cave
Look at the malachite green It’s still so vivid Like it was just painted Right You can see the cinnabar clearly What’s especially precious is that the Painting of Emperors here is even older than Yan Liben’s Painting of Emperors of Past Dynasties We can also see that the Painting of Emperors here
Is not inferior in any aspect compared to Yan Liben’s work The characters look so exquisite and the scene is majestic That makes a difference We can also see that the prayer flags in the painting are all fluttering to the same direction Because of the wind Right
As if the painting is brought to life It’s very lively Isn’t it lively Right it’s spirited Marvelous artisanship There’re also musicians and dancers down here If you inspect the musicians you can see they have different skin colors and different ethnicities You can see the diverse elements on the Silk Road Look here
You can see the child is wearing overalls That’s true Fancy Look A little vest People tend to think that murals are eternal since they’re painted on rocks In fact they’re the same as our human bodies They’ll age and this process is irreversible Ultimately they will disappear one day
How do we help more people experience the splendid Dunhuang Currently we replicate the caves by their exact dimensions and move them out for display Let’s go and see the reproduced caves Alright let’s go This is Yulin Grottoes Cave 029 The level of artistry is superb It’s so gorgeous Exactly So beautiful Marvelous artisanship
I took part in the recreation of this cave I drew this painting Oh my The local Dengban soil was adopted as the base underneath With the base layer you feel that the mural is authentic These paintings were drawn stroke by stroke just like in the past That’s right How long does it take
To replicate such a large painting It usually takes four years for a single cave You replicated everything from the original cave That’s right We spare no effort to present all the historic information Is this exactly the same as the original work This piece is peeled off That’s right
If any piece from the original cave is peeled off then we’ll make it the same This isn’t random at all You can compare it with the original cave You may find the provenance They’re exactly the same It’s harder than pure creation That’s right The original painter painted this in a very casual manner
So the lines are random Right We need to maintain the fluency of these lines while not making any deviation So this is a delicate work that requires us to have inner peace In the end when you finalize this line your heartbeat has to be in sync with the original painter That’s true
You’re right At first I felt my own presence I was having a face-to-face conversation with the painter The conversation was us trying to understand him approaching him and feeling his emotions As I delved deeper into my work I gradually lost my own presence I immersed myself in it
In the end the caves enshrouded me That was when I “lost” myself I was unified with the wall and the painters from the past So remarkable It was even harder for our predecessors I couldn’t agree more When Mr. Chang Shuhong came here They held a mirror at the entrance of the cave
They used the mirror to reflect sunlight and held a white paper inside to channel the light so that the cave was illuminated When they went out the temperature change was so abrupt that they sometimes fell on their knees as they stepped out because their legs were numb Almost every staff here has arthritis
Occupational disease Right When I stepped inside the replicated cave I was thinking how many years did it take for those artisans to replicate the cave bit by bit They just wanted to present it to the world and show people the beauty of Dunhuang I think they’re so amazing
Then when Ms. Lou stood there introducing the cave or telling us more about the details I could actually feel the satisfaction of her spiritual world When she talked about it she seemed so different with her eyes shining I was deeply moved In fact in the tradition of western art museums
It’s generally not allowed to present replicas So in 2016 when we did this Dunhuang exhibition at the Getty Center in the U.S. they built a large shed outside the exhibition hall and put three caves in there At first they just thought that these were replicas Unexpectedly these three replicas
Attracted so many American viewers There were long lines even on the last day And the number of visitors hit a record high in the history of the Getty Center The former director of the academy Ms. Fan Jinshi once said Nothing can be kept forever The Mogao Grottoes’ fate is constant destruction
Some find it too pessimistic It’s meaningless to do this kind of job But Fan Jinshi said We’ve devoted our entire lives to fighting against destruction and preserving the Mogao Grottoes longer and longer Okay now we’ll split up and go find the stories of Dunhuang people Let’s go
Back to the real world from the caves I suddenly realize that I’m in the desert In such a terrible environment to preserve the treasures in these caves it requires a lot more works to be done beyond our sight Now let’s go take a look Car race on the way to desert control
Okay this is our stop Stop Wait for the drifting Okay Nice to meet you Hello Nice to meet you Hello I’m Shaking I’m Qian Zhenghao I’m Li Haoyuan Hello I’m from the desert control station of Dunhuang Research Academy I’m Qiu Fei Mr. Qiu Welcome We’re making straw barriers What’s it called
It’s called straw checkerboard barrier Straw checkerboard barrier Right Right ahead is the Mogao Grottoes If there’s no such protection up here the sand will directly pour down and can bury all the caves The straw checkerboard barriers are used to hold the drifting sand in place That’s amazing They’re like waffles Indeed
Right? They’re like waffles So neat When the drifting sand meets straw barriers it settles down Sometimes if it rains scattered or wild grass seeds will even grow up there The straw checkerboard barriers discovered by chance has become world famous So many Our checkerboard barriers have covered the area from south to north
Crossing 2,000 meters with an average width of 500 meters We actually covered 1.14 million square meters back then The size of the barrier is generally one meter by one meter which means we actually made 1.14 million barriers Yeah Right ahead of us is the Nine-story Building the landmark of the Mogao Grottoes
You see the top We’re standing at the foot of Mingsha Mountain The straight-line distance is 1,200 meters But it took us 70 years to make this 1,200 meters Yeah You said it so calmly It’s over 1,000 meters from there to here Yeah It took us more than 70 years More than 70 years
Is there any machine to help place these barriers We did think about it back then We could use the machine in flat places But it’s not necessary to place barriers in such places So this is kind of a bug Right But our workers are pretty good at it The skilled workers
Can make about 260 barriers every day Two hundred and sixty barriers They made 1.14 million of those It’d still take long In flat places the size of the barrier is a meter by a meter In places with slopes we make it smaller like 50 centimeters by 50 centimeters
We can barely stand still on the slopes so we make it smaller For these slopes we use one-meter barriers We have tools to draw the lines Look at the grass It has to be perpendicular to the line Be perpendicular to the line Spread the grass on it Look at the spade
It’s for making the straw barriers This spade is probably about 2.5 kilograms Spread the grass and do this in the middle Scrape the grass gently to the middle Avoid the sand Just stuff the grass in there and make it a grass wall Push the sand towards the boundaries Then a barrier is done
Go pick a place for yourself Okay Come on let’s do it Let me put on some music I’m going to do the sand control now Do I look like the character in that movie What movie The Story of Qiu Ju I really want to dance for you It’s so heavy
Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Are you building a single-plank bridge My strategy is to plant the grass on both sides first Then I’ll divide them into grids Six Seven Eight How many barriers have you made I haven’t started yet Boundaries first I’ll set up the shared boundaries first
Just like this One Two Three Four After that three more lines across there Then the nine grids are done I think I will finish it before you You already made four grids Yeah On slopes the smaller barriers contain the sand better So I drew a line there My efficiency doubled in an instant
I realized that I could do it with the rest How’s it going Almost done For barriers like this made by the workers they can last for six years The one you made is okay It can at least last for three or four years Only three or four year? Why is that
You didn’t do it right Look Your grass is just placed on it It’ll be blown away easily I got it It may seem simple I see When I knew my straw checkerboard barriers could only last for three years I suddenly understood the difficulty of the sand control work So I decided
To make a perfect group of barriers Okay Put it down Be careful There are many long spikes in this bunch Right be careful with hands Are you still making it Yeah Do you need a break Let me finish this Let me finish this Persist till the end Persist till the end
That’s the style of Mogao people Look at my work Will it remain functional longer I buried it with some sand This is nice It meets the standard perfectly Really Yes perfect Let me help you Thanks The nine grids are basically in shape Right Clean up the edge Alright I’ll give him a hand
Why did you make a rectangle To hold more sand You made a perfect edge Seems like you’re very down-to-earth Right Alright Good job This is tough How do they make 260 barriers per day Totally Those who manage to do this definitely have a tough mindset Every day you’re facing strong winds
And extreme sun exposure I think this is very tough This is actually quite dull Think about it They work 12 hours every day from daybreak to nightfall to make 260 grass grids Great effort Indeed This is your reward It’s also our local specialty Steamed bun How do you like it
I can already smell it Another specialty Naan Delicious naan And pickled vegetables Let’s start eating Alright I’ll get it for you After you Alright thanks I’ll take one You’ve built the barriers How do you feel Exhausted Really exhausted The workers have a heavy workload here Do you know I’m actually quite lazy
Extremely lazy When I was plowing over there I was thinking if this waffle I build can last for six years then my work would be worthwhile So when you said it’d only last for three years I had to go and fix it I wanted it to last for six years
You go out early and return late every day throughout the year It’s the same for people working to preserve cultural relics Same routine for decades That’s how it is It’s been almost 20 years since I came to work here in 2001 I’m already 40 years old but I don’t feel it
It’s the same every day And we just get by When the tamarix chinensis are fully grown you’d have devoted your entire youth to this place Right Haven’t you thought of changing a job It’s a lifelong career once I chose it A lifelong career In the 1940s and 1960s
Stagnant sand totaled to 3,000 to 4,000 cubic meters But after the preservation system was constructed we see less than 300 cubic meters of sand entering the caves So it’s very effective Exactly Very effective That’s the significance of the job You can hardly say that he’s boasting about his passion He’s only describing
How he does his job The hills turned green but his hair turned grey You feel such a strong emotion and a sense of achievement Do you still receive more young people here now Yes There are some every year He came here when he was about my age
And he’s been doing the same thing every day If I were to come it’d be hard to imagine what it would be like I heard that many young people come here out of their passion I think it’s nice What you see here have been guarding this place for 11 years already
Look at the darker ones That’s what we’re trying to restore gradually So you’re saying after ten years you need to remake them Right A millennium ago people dug caves and built statues here I’d call that merits and virtues But coming here today and seeing generations of people doing the same thing
I think it’s the really merit and virtue It’s not as splendid as murals not as glorious as statues But they did something no one had done in a millennium It may have been damaged for a millennium and people complain about the arduous conditions But they altered the ecology and environment
Of this desolate wild They’ve become immortal with the green hills Those people had nothing a millennium ago That’s true It was hard to have hot water Think about it We have stairs now How did they climb up so high How did they dig it They dug their way up
There’s still an artisan like that now He stayed in that tin house for five years Mr. Li Yunhe I’d like to meet him Mr. Li Mr. Yunhe hello Welcome I shook hands with a great artisan Welcome When did you first come here In 1956 It’s been 64 years
We just started to shelter these caves There was no shelter here at the time There was nothing Right Sand was everywhere You still climb it every day I climb it every morning I take at least five or six trips every day Five or six trips An 80-year-old climbing
Five or six times every day When I talk to people I’d ask them how old do you think I am They’d say you look in your 60s or 70s I tell them I’m almost a “post-90s” Post-70s post-80s and “post-90s” I work in this cave You work here This is a grand Buddha
This cave was first excavated in the Tang Dynasty This is the third restoration You can see overlays from the previous works You can see the layers So you can see the work of your colleagues Right That’s also a kind of conversation Think about it When you remove the scaffold when you look up
And then look up further you can see the whole work I believe that faith is something you look “up” to How long did the restoration take I spent my last five years here Meng if you were to stay here I probably wouldn’t have the determination to stay for so long
But Mr. Li stayed here for 64 years I respect you You are working in the realm of solemnity I’ll take out the fragments to let you have a look Great These are mural fragments We call them test blocks These can be fully restored if you want to Really That’s right
But it has already been destroyed to this extent See what the blowing does Blow away the sand and dust What’s next after cleaning Then you inject binder The third step is re-paste where you put on the lens paper See They are pasted Then use the cotton ball to roll and press
What’s the fifth step We consolidate the surface Spraying After checking we cover the whole cotton ball Then use the covered cotton ball to press and consolidate the whole fragment See it’s hard to master Let me try I’m a little afraid Be very carefully with the damaged area Be more careful
Don’t blow it away Mind the direction and the intensity Injecting here Yes You have to press it tight Press it Have you realized that it feels really great after restoring it Take a look You did a good job as a first-timer Some are shaky when holding the injector Hands trembling
These tools work very well It requires practice and wisdom I made them myself I modified this tool from a blood pressure gauge The rubber ball Right from the gauge That was what I used Patented product After a few decades I am still using it Good tool What did you study initially
I didn’t have any major I started learning here I was a high school student back then I wanted to go Xinjiang before graduation One must pass by Dunhuang to get there When I arrived at Mogao Grottoes I stayed for a few days The director Mr. Chang Shuhong told me
That he needed people here So the three of us started an probation of three months Very similar to us We learn etiquette before learning arts Then we have to learn how to complete a task assigned by our teacher The task is unrelated to crosstalk Our teacher just observes us quietly
To see how we complete our tasks when he is around and when he is not After three months of work Mr. Chang Shuhong called a meeting He said the time was up for us After the meeting only one person passed One out of three passed The other two were under qualified
What was my task I was in charge of cleaning the grottoes When Li Yunhe first arrived at Mogao Grottoes he was a young student who joined the “Educated Youth” campaign to support Xinjiang He visited his uncle in Gansu who worked at the Dunhuang Research Academy and ended up staying there
In those days Mogao Grottoes were long neglected and severely destroyed As a trainee his first task was to clean the piling sand in the caves Li Yunhe was assigned by Mr. Chang Shuhong to restore the murals He started from scratch but was fearless Since then he never left his job
You learned from a Czech expert at first He came to inspect and requested to shower every day It was hard for us to have drinking water let alone showering What did he want Ask him to go to the river He asked for sunbathing too We had sunbathing Good sunshine here
Also he asked to live on the second floor We all lived in the dorm transformed from stable Freezing cold No beds but kang bed-stoves Every morning we woke up with frost on the blankets and faces formed by our sweat That was our living condition We had no other option
The restoration expert kept secrets of the details of the materials and the techniques He didn’t tell you He didn’t He told us differently from what he used Inexperienced in restoration Li Yunhe heard that the Czech expert Mr. Gerald was coming to Mogao Grottoes Cave 474 for restoration research
He offered to be his helper Unfortunately the expert kept secrets of the materials and the techniques Due to the living conditions the expert left shortly after Then Li Yunhe was determined to create a system through his own efforts to restore the Chinese cultural relics Can young apprentices hold on here
Yes they can after a while Actually I can do this kind of work I am quite patient for this Yeah you can I can stay and work here for a few days It is like a skill Four members in my family from three generations are all in this profession now You your son
Grandson and granddaughter Have you counted the works you’ve restored Using this method I’ve restored four thousand square meters For Buddha restoration this is my fifth The fifth Buddha A football field is over 7000 square meters It’s three-quarters of a football field My goodness You poured the binder drop by drop Drop by drop
Restored them again and again With self education and relentless efforts he brought Cave 161 back to life In the following decades Li Yunhe never stopped learning and innovating in cultural relics restoration He developed “spatial translation” “integral detachment” “mural hanging” and many original mural restoration techniques Despite all the honors
The 88-year-old man is still the willing guardian of Dunhuang What was your monthly salary for this work back then About 40RMB during the probationary period then 60RMB as a regular worker It was considered high salary back then Was it Pretty well paid Yes indeed Then I’m willing to stay Do you live here
This is my kitchen That is my dorm I planted these vegetables You have tomatoes celeries eggplants Very neat This is my kitchen Let’s cook What should we make Let’s make noodles The noodles are here Hand-pulled noodles Bye hand-pulled noodles I don’t know how to make that I only know how to cook noodles
Make the dishes first The dishes How about fried beans with eggplants If we really stay here we count as three generations as well I can be your uncle Three generations here Not too bad Not a problem Not a big problem If I put more effort we might have four generations
Please hurry and steam some vegetables Don’t put your effort elsewhere Take the dish out I’ll make the noodles Like this Okay I see Some like them broad Some like them thin How about you I don’t mind Stretch it this way Yes pull it this way Pull it like this Come Meng Hetang
You did well Then look Throw it Throw it look Oh no mine is tangled up We need a ladder to get them out Done Grandpa food is ready I’ll try the cabbage planted by grandpa Have a try After the meal you’ll take a rest then return to work again
This is my daily routine If you were given a second chance would you still come here Why not? I like this job I also encourage my children to do this I find it interesting It can be interesting as long as you do well Think about it Our ancestors had created so many
Precious cultural relics under arduous conditions Look at those lines drawn on the walls Under that condition how did they manage to build and create such a miracle Don’t you respect them Won’t you protect their works The more I think about it the more I admire our ancestors
You’ve been here for such a long time Do you think your life is worthwhile It’s worthwhile I find it very worthwhile to devote myself to it I feel that I haven’t trifled away my time It’s worthwhile Every year we spend some time to visit our masters our predecessors who passed away
Their souls and spirits are still guarding the ancient Dunhuang Mr. Chang Mr. Chang In fact many people come here to pay homage to them I think we not only see the glory of Dunhuang art but also the existence of their spirits The figures of these masters are always with us Right
They have been influencing us It makes people feel lucky to have worked and met with the masters Yes In the future this can be another cave This is our second director Mr. Duan Wenjie In fact he was the second batch to follow Mr. Chang here Mr. Duan was very broad-minded
He was a calm man with an open mind Mr. Duan played a very interesting role in your career path Let me put it this way When I first came to Dunhuang as soon as I met him he said Young one you should eat properly here get used to the water here
And be a Dunhuang person first We’ll talk about work in ten years At that time we were full of high spirit and wanted to be artists Right But he told us to wait for ten years In ten years right I thought it was endless I just didn’t care
Then I was assigned the task to copy ancient works I was kneeling every day and I was meticulous with every stroke making no mistakes at copying other’s paintings I had to let go of my ego Can you imagine how painful it was for someone who wanted to create artworks One day
Some students from the Central Academy of Fine Arts came here to visit We were at Mogao Grottoes Cave 220 An art student came in and looked around Then he leaned against the wall I saw that and asked the student not to lean against the wall He looked at me with disdain and said
What’s the big deal You are just some copying artists At that moment we were already in anxiety and pain Right His words Stabbed you stabbed on our weak spots right What a pain In the end You lost it Our colleagues stopped him and we had a fight A fight
Yes we had a fight They were chased back to the reception center They ran out of here Shoes were everywhere In the afternoon we had a meeting Director Duan heard about it We told him about the situation I said they called us copying artists So we were very angry
Then Director Duan said with a smile We are indeed copying artists I’m a copying artist So over time in the process of copying we slowly calmed down with every stroke And then I realized that I am a copying artist Ten years passed just like that Ten years later I found
That it was just a very short period of time like a blink of an eye Dunhuang is still here right in front of us It is still so profound Many things are still waiting for us to explore and unearth So I think those masters were full of wisdom They also had
Their own life experiences They understood the depth of Dunhuang Mr. Duan may have planted Dunhuang in the hearts of many people Great Very well said I think so This letter belongs to Mr. Chang This letter dates back to 1948 when the country was still in turmoil Dunhuang Research Academy
Was also facing its unknown destiny Mr. Chang wrote a long article to Dagongbao newspaper in Shanghai Dunhuang’s Story: The Crisis of Thousand Buddha Grottoes He made an outcry for Dunhuang’s survival and received great response from all readers It’s late at night outside the Great Wall I’m sitting on the porch of Huangqing Temple
Rebuilt in the Yuan Dynasty and Daoguang period to write this letter The fine sand outside penetrates through the broken curtains It is this kind of sand that covers houses fills up waterways Without anyone knowing it turns cities into desert and turns trees into dead branches Let’s not belittle the fine sand
It’s constantly destroying the Thousand Buddha Grottoes It is a challenge to the existence of the Chinese culture Mr. Chang arrived at Chongqing later After many hardships he found a solution to keep the academy So he sent back a telegram immediately “We’re set” “I’m coming back soon” He came back and stayed
For over half a year He fully understood the desolation the hardship and the loneliness here But he kept coming back without hesitation I think in this sense he was really amazing Boss you are back Thank you Han Thank you for your hard work How do you feel about this place
After a busy afternoon We went for desert control Do you find it hard When they first came there was no road uphill They had to walk up there They stationed there for the convenience of work They ate steamed buns and naans every day There is no one but sand
When two local elderly women passed by we asked them whether they were tired of it They said not at all It was to protect the Mogao Grottoes and the cultural relics I think it is in their hearts and souls I felt very deeply with those masters Yes Mr. Yunhe and Ms. Lou Right
They really devoted their whole lives to Mogao Grottoes We often talk about craftsmanship It occurs to me that it also contains stubbornness They are stubborn enough to challenge themselves Many may have the mindset “I don’t believe I can’t do this” right In the end they proved themselves with 60 years of life
Like Mr. Yunhe Dunhuang actually presents art but hides its artists Right Do you still write letters as we have WeChat Yes That’s great I used to say that young people know words but not letters They know how to speak but they don’t write letters They use WeChat That’s who I am
Words but not letters You have never written a letter There wasn’t an atmosphere for letters Today we paid respect to Mr. Chang I read a letter written by Mr. Chang in 1948 in front of his grave It was a letter to Dagongbao newspaper regarding the Thousand Buddha Grottoes He was worried
He was extremely worried He was the person who guarded the grottoes He saw the Buddha statues and the murals eroding and collapsing But he could do nothing He felt that it was the biggest punishment for him When I read his letter in front of his grave it felt very different Let’s make
A kind of presentation to show our respects to him Let’s read their letters to show our respect and empathy with them Through their words we get to be them at that moment I agree Agreed It’s meaningful How about this Let’s talk over food Okay Let’s have something What a treat Indeed
Abundant fish and meat Yeah let’s have some liquor Jiannanchun Yes good liquor Pour some liquor Let’s have some I’ll do it for you Come on Dunhuang brought us here together Here Beautiful scenery with good wine Come on Try this Wild yam Wild yam I’m very lucky
Every time I meet with Han in a show I can get a feast Indeed Last time it was hot pot Zhou Jiuliang is a picky eater But you are not You even like pig brain so much Well in this inn what do you want to “stroke”? “Stroke” what? “Stroke” what?
You want to stroke me? Me? I’m stroked Just now I noticed a desert poplar about 20,000 years old I think it needs a little stroke It’s dry and gnarled If I get drunk later I will be there Interacting stroking that tree Unbelievable Everything can be stroked Yes that’s true
I didn’t expect it would be popular Wonderful things often happen by chance In fact I was an introvert as a kid I would even blush at meeting people Really I had difficulty saying a complete sentence Then a master advised me That would be a magician Magician He said that in the future
I would take up a job I was not good at At that time the first thing came to my mind was speaking Would I become a show host? As it turned out I went in for crosstalk I found it amazing Fate is incredible Bottoms up This yard looks bright and green
But eighty years ago there were no fences Inside was an abandoned temple covered with dirt In 1943 Mr. Chang Shuhong arrived at Dunhuang That was what he saw He came from Paris then In Paris he was a charming oil painter with a happy family His works were also widely recognized
But he gave up everything and came here He felt he had to protect them Stories like this are abundant here What is it that has made them so connected with Dunhuang In the end it all comes down to one word fate For a tremendous art treasury like this You’d have a better understanding
You’d have a better understanding The letter is written in soliloquy tone As for the stage effect you need to walk a fine line in acting Bear in mind that he was here It’s colloquial after all so you must show your emotions Okay get ready Three two one
It’s a lifelong career once I chose it That’s it I find it very worthwhile to devote myself to it I feel that I haven’t trifled away my time It’s worthwhile We are indeed copying artists I’m a copying artist You’d have a better understanding by making a personal visit For Dunhuang
The most iconic symbol is the apsaras We are going to look for apsaras in the whole city The highlight today is an exquisite twin-flying fresco conserved in Mogao Grottoes The color is so beautiful It feels like the apsaras has flown to campus into the heart of every student Pretty gestures
A true grand master That’s so pretty That’s a good one Does it look like apsaras Not so much So hard from the start? Hold her Hold her Will it break? We only have half an hour What should we do? Let’s change a show Okay? I can’t do it I really can’t