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Grottoes Series: Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang

Qlin - April 07, 2020

Many Buddhist grottoes have a river in front of them: Yungang Grottoes face the Wuzhou River, Longmen Grottoes are close to the Yi River, Yulin River flows in the canyon where Yulin Grottoes are located, and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang face the east, and Daquan River is here. At 5 o'clock in the morning that day, I took the scheduled Taxi from the downtown area of Dunhuang to Mogao Grottoes. First, I crossed the Daquan River. 很多佛教石窟前面都有条大河：云冈石窟面临武州河，龙门石窟紧邻伊河，榆林窟峡谷流淌着榆林河，而敦煌莫高窟向东而立，面临着大泉河。凌晨5点钟，我乘坐预约的Taxi，从敦煌市区来到莫高窟，首先跨过的，就是这条大泉河。 In t…

Grottoes Series: Longmen Caves in Luoyang City

Qlin - March 29, 2020

Lord Luchena Buddha in Fengxian Temple ©archi-sp.net▲ The Yi River flows, quietly looks at the ancient land on the north bank of the river. The dynasties appear on that land, they rise and fall, then rise and fall, again and again, total thirteen cycles. There is the thirteenth ancient capital: Luoyang. Longmen Grottoes are located twelve kilometers from the southern suburbs of Luoyang. In 493 AD, the Northern Wei Dynasty in northern China was unified, and the capital was relocated from the northern part of the country to the hinterland…

Grottoes Series: Maijishan Grottoes in Tianshui

Qlin - March 08, 2020

Visit Among the historical sites I have visited, Maijishan Grottoes is a very special place. Where is it special? Just look at the guide map. The navigation maps in other places are site plan views, and all the lines and marks are laid out on a two-dimensional plane. And the same way of expression does not work in Maijishan Grottoes. To identify Maijishan Grottoes, an elevation must be used, that is, Maijishan is unfolded in the third dimension. 去过的历史遗迹中，麦积山是个极为特别的地方。特别在哪里？看看导览图就知道了。其它地方的导览图，都是平面，所有的线路和标记，都是在平面上布局的。而这样的表达方式，在麦积山就行不通…