Chapter 133, Dunhuang Buddha Caves

After a lot of hardships, Shi Yunyang, Ran Qianluo and Han Lun finally arrived in Dunhuang smoothly. Looking back on the past, when they were still in the Valley of Mystery, Ran Wenyu asked the two of them to go to the Western Regions to find the Three Soul Keys, and go to Dunhuang to open the way to the Nuwa Temple. Unexpectedly, such an entrustment took the two of them several years to complete. Many of them have brushed shoulders with death. Along the way, I have experienced wind and frost, and I have been exposed to the sun, and arriving here also shows that it is finally the last step.

Dunhuang City is a magnificent ancient city and an immortal legend.

Shi Yunyang and the three of them entered the Yumen Pass, and suddenly felt that the temperature around them had gradually decreased. The temperature is still very high, but compared to the scorching heat of the desert, it is already like a paradise. Especially in the evening, the temperature near Dunhuang City is extremely cool. It's refreshing.

Although the distance from Yumen Pass to Dunhuang City is only more than 100 miles, but the scenery of this more than 100 miles is charming, the Yadan landform is continuous, from time to time you can see the beautiful Danxia Mountain, although the mountain is bare, but the rocks on the mountain are like being colored, layered on top of each other, very beautiful. Shi Yunyang and his entourage were attracted by the scenery along the way, and they stopped and stopped along the way, and did not come to the front of Dunhuang City until the evening.

At this time, it is the time when the breeze is refreshing, and thousands of pieces of glow are sprinkled on the clouds, and the sunset is setting, and the surrounding sunset is plated with ten thousand golden rays. It shines like the light of a Buddha on the earth. Dunhuang City is in this golden light, and the beacon above the city wall has become infinitely desolate under this golden light. The beacon fire has not been burned, but it already makes people feel the spectacular scene of the beacon fire spreading thousands of miles.

When I came to the vicinity of this Dunhuang City, I saw that the outside of this Dunhuang City was already a scene of merchants. Outside the city, exquisite houses have been built for several miles, with brick and tile structures and rammed earth as the base, which seems to be the characteristic of the Central Plains.

After walking a short distance along the streets of the outer city, the three of them came to the gate of Dunhuang City. There were rows of horses at the gates, and the walls had been plastered gray and white. The gate is divided into three parts, with a large arch in the middle and a small arch on each side. It looks very atmospheric. A poplar tree outside the city has grown to the height of the city wall, and the branches and leaves of the poplar extend to the city tower, carving windows and painting buildings, and the eaves are like flying. It's a big city atmosphere.

Dunhuang City is a big city in the northwest, it is different from Yumen Pass, there are not so many guards at the gate of the city, only some patrols on duty to maintain law and order. The three of them didn't need any customs clearance documents, so they also entered Dunhuang City smoothly.

As soon as they walked into this Dunhuang City, the three of them clearly felt the demeanor of this big city, with thousands of business trips and sweating like rain. The streets are wide enough to accommodate eight horse-drawn carriages. Although there are countless people in the city, but in this Dunhuang city it still seems to be sparsely populated, compared to the compactness of Yumen Pass, it is as big as a kingdom.

"It's so big here, and there are so many people, more than the people in Mud City. Ran Qianluo sighed.

Han Lun said: "What's this, you haven't been to Yangzhou and Chang'an, that's a big one, the people in Yangzhou City are at least dozens of times more than the people here, and Chang'an is at least several times bigger than here." There are a lot of people, that's what is called magnificent. ”

Ran Tianluo was surprised: "It's dozens of times bigger than here, how big is that!"

Han Lun said: "If you have a chance, you must be invited to visit my hometown." Yangzhou is rich in the world, but it is not nonsense. ”

Ran Tianluo smiled: "Okay, okay, let's go to your hometown after we finish our work in a few days." I'd really like to see if it's as good as you say. ”

Han Lunxi said: "Then it's decided." When the time comes, I will definitely serve you the best wine in Yangzhou. ”

Ran Qianluo smiled lightly: "Actually, I think this city is already very big, maybe my vision is too short-sighted, and I haven't seen much of the world." ”

Han Lun waved his hand and said: "That's not what I said, Dunhuang City was also a big city under the rule of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains. ”

Ran Tianluo said strangely: "Really?"

Han Lun said eloquently: "During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu sent his envoy Zhang Qian to the Western Regions in the second year of Jianning. Zhang Qian conveyed the will of the emperor of the Han Dynasty and united the Yueshi and Wusun to attack the Xiongnu.

In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Qian made a second mission to the Western Regions, and this time he opened up a trade route between the East and the West. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once set up Jiuquan County and Wuwei County in Hexi. Later, the two counties were dismantled into two counties, Zhangye and Dunhuang. From Lingju through Dunhuang to Yancheng, the Great Wall and Fengsui were built, and two major passes of Yangguan and Yumen Pass were set up. At that time, Dunhuang City became the throat key of China and the West.

In the Wei and Jin dynasties more than 200 years ago, Li Gao established the Xiliang Kingdom, and Dunhuang became the national capital. In the previous dynasty, Emperor Li Yuan of the Sui Dynasty changed the name of Mingsha County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty to Dunhuang County, and ordered the construction of Buddhist temples and caves to preserve the relics scriptures. The current Dunhuang County has become very prosperous after the current emperor's Shengming governance. ”

Ran Tianluo said: "How do you know so much?"

Han Lun said: "These are some major historical events, and my father has asked me to study the classics and read a lot of books since I was a child. If you read more books, you will naturally know. ”

Ran Tianluo nodded and said, "I see." Let's take a stroll around the city. See how much you know about this place, and if you can take us to have a good time. ”

Han Lun said: "No problem, although I haven't been to Dunhuang City, but the book shouldn't lie to me, let's go, let's take a walk around the city." ”

The three of them wandered around the city, and there were so many novelties in the city that they were overwhelmed by the number of people they could see. Dunhuang Suoyang, wolfberry, grapes, melons and fruits. The shelves are full of merchandise. The winemaking of Dunhuang is also very pure. If Luo Xiaocheng is still here, he will inevitably drink a few large altars happily.

Ran Tianluo was very playful, and for several hours in a row, he didn't feel the slightest tiredness. Although Han Lun has a stubborn temperament like a child, he is also a knowledgeable and talented naughty child, and Ran Tianluo's questions almost always let him answer just right.

Shi Yunyang was so happy to see that Ran Tianluo was rare, so he let her, anyway, going to the Nuwa Temple was already a matter of imminence, and it didn't matter if it was early or late. The key is for her to be happy. Ran Tianluo and Han Lun walked in front, like two children, picking and choosing, looking at this and that, unconsciously the three of them led the horses, and gradually walked a long way, and actually walked near the Mogao Grottoes in Mingsha Mountain.

Speaking of Dunhuang, we have to say that the thousand Buddha spirit rocks of Dunhuang, the dangerous peaks in the east, the party water flows north, and the crescent moon is clear. The Thousand Buddha Spirit Rock refers to the Mogao Grottoes, the Weifeng Dongzhi refers to the Beiyu Mountain in the east, the Dangshui Beiliu refers to the Dangshui that originates in the Qilian Mountain, and the crescent moon Xiaoche refers to the crescent spring surrounded by the Beiyu Mountain. Among these major scenes, the Mogao Grottoes are the most famous.

In the second year of the founding of the Qin Dynasty, a monk named Lezun passed by here and traveled west to seek Buddhism. Suddenly, the golden light on Mingsha Mountain shined, illuminating the nine heavens, and it did not go for a long time, like ten thousand Buddhas. Lezun immediately bowed his head and bowed, thinking that the true Buddha came to the world, and then dug a cave on the rock wall of Mingsha Mountain, and then all dynasties and generations have inherited and developed the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and now, the Mogao Grottoes have been a group of caves.

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is a rare Buddhist festival, Western Buddhism and Eastern Buddhism converge here, successive dynasties have built caves here, to the Tang Dynasty when it is already a cave for several miles. Each cave is beautifully painted with statues and murals, and countless Buddhist scriptures are preserved. Today's Mogao Grottoes are still the sound of craftsmen beating constantly, and the momentum of digging caves is still continuing.

The three of them came to the four-story building near Mingsha Mountain, which was embedded in the entire wall and went up in a staircase shape. Danzhu painting wall, Yan Pavilion bucket arch, from a distance, like a pavilion inlaid in the rock. These four-storey buildings are very old, and they are the most faithful witnesses to the gradual growth of Dunhuang.

The three of them tied their horses in front of the Thousand Buddha Caves and walked towards the four-story building. Stepping through the threshold, he suddenly saw thousands of candles placed in the cavern, stacked on top of each other on wooden lampstands. A thousand lights shine brightly, and the light shines on the rock, revealing the exquisite murals on the rock. In an instant, ten thousand lights seemed to have turned into ten thousand Buddha lights, crossing the three people in the big cave room.

Ran Tianluo stepped forward and saluted a stick of incense, inserted it in the furnace, and then turned around and came out to visit another cave. There are hundreds of caves of various sizes, which are full of paintings, sculptures, scriptures, and one of them is a lecture by the Buddha, and the heavenly arhats and bodhisattvas listen to the Buddha's explanations. Its demeanor is lifelike, which makes ** amazed.

Ran Tianluo was having a good time, and before she knew it, three or four hours had passed. At this time, the sand dunes on Mingsha Mountain suddenly sounded, and the sound was like the chirping of geese. The three of them heard the voice, walked out of the cave, and quickly came towards Mingsha Mountain.

The remnant sun is already close to the ground level, and in about half an hour it will be dark here. The three of them rushed up to Mingsha Mountain, hoping to see the most beautiful sunset of the day.

But just as the three of them were working hard to climb Mingsha Mountain, preparing to see the last ray of light before sunset, suddenly, a vision occurred between heaven and earth.

The colorful clouds between heaven and earth began to flow randomly in the air, gradually disappearing like light smoke, replaced by a thick dark cloud, the dark cloud quickly rolled up, like a galloping horse, between the clouds flashed thunder, booming, a feeling that the mountain rain was coming.

"What's going on? How can you say that the weather has changed?" Han Lun said strangely.

Shi Yun raised his eyebrows, he felt that the demonic qi in his body was about to move again, and when he looked up, the dark clouds were mixed with raging demonic qi. Shi Yunyang blocked the two of them behind him, flipped out the Burning Sky in his hand, and held it tightly in his hand.

"Be careful, this is demonic energy!" Shi Yunyang said sharply!

Suddenly, a grim voice came into the ears of the three people: "Haha, boy, we meet again, this time look where you are fleeing!" As soon as the words fell, I saw a strong tumbling in the dark clouds, and an evil figure wearing a black cloak appeared in the black air unconsciously.

Shi Yunyang fixed his eyes and saw that the demon spirit general in front of him was under the hand of Venerable Zhu Yan, who had been scattered at the top of Kunlun. Unexpectedly, he was so seriously injured in the battle at the top of Kunlun, and he could still survive until now!