Now that Chen Xing is back, he has passed through the hottest period in Chengdu. The temperature has dropped a lot compared to before, but it has also rebounded back and forth.
The weather in eastern Sichuan is like this. It is not unusual to wear short sleeves yesterday and wear down today.
After the plane landed, he first went to the logistics department to check the goods he had sent from Paris, and then went to his sister's house for a meal as usual. After receiving a call from the logistics company, his brother-in-law drove them to China Resources 24 Chengqi Mansion.
This house has been used for a long time since it was bought, but Chen Xing has not lived in it a few times throughout the year.
On the one hand, he didn’t buy too much furniture. On the other hand, he was often away from home, either in other provinces or foreign countries. When he returned to Sichuan Province, he also went home to see his parents. This is why this house has not become popular even after buying it for so long. .
Several staff from the logistics company helped move the things into the house, unpacked them, and cleaned them.
These tasks kept my cousin and her family busy here until the evening.
Xu Xiaofei put the collected garbage bags outside the door, looked back at Chen Xing's bright and new home, and said with great emotion: "I haven't even graduated from college yet. I didn't expect you to have already bought a house in full. It's really true." , no one believed it before.”
Tao Qian also said: "No one believes it now. I remember Chen Xing is only 20, right? Being able to buy a house by himself at the age of 20 is really amazing."
Although Chen Xing's family was slightly better off, they were not yet in a position where they could afford to buy Chen Xing a house in Chengdu. At first, they just wanted Chen Xing to come back from college and find a job in a factory near home or find some other job.
I also bought a house in the town.
Buying a house in Chengdu is too expensive, but if you live in a local county or town, a family can still afford it.
They don't know that Chen Xing can almost buy a house in his hometown with just one piece of his work.
If people don't circumvent the wall in China, few ordinary people will know the current price of a work by Chen Xing. After all, there is no way to access the official website of the gallery, and there is no way to know the latest current price.
But no matter what, as a 20-year-old man, Chen Xing is very good.
After praising Chen Xing for a long time, they went back late at night.
If Chen Xing were in Paris, he would have to let them live at home. It's not like there are no guest rooms, but in China it's easy. Let's not talk about the public security. His brother-in-law's strong figure can scare those who block the roads in Paris. of gypsies.
This apartment may be a little crowded for a family to live in, but Chen Xing only has one person. It has three bedrooms, one living room and two bathrooms, which is enough for a small family.
He still liked that study.
The function of this study room is not only for reading books, at least not only for reading books, but also for playing games, watching projections, drawing, etc.
Putting a computer, easel, and drawing board in the bedroom seems a little crowded, and it doesn't look good in the living room, so I just put it in the study room. There is no problem of a big bed in the bedroom, and you can do whatever you want with the space of more than ten square meters.
The decoration in the bedroom had been purchased a few months ago. After all, Chen Xing would come to live here sometimes.
The next day, he went back to the New Territories to visit his parents and after sharing the gifts, Chen Xing was ready to go to Lop Nur in Western Xinjiang.
This is a very mysterious place.
Chen Xing initially just wanted to go to Dunhuang to experience the influence of Dunhuang culture more for his own shooting plan. But after checking the information, he saw the ancient Loulan country and other scenic spots on the ancient Silk Road.
Here I have to mention why Chen Xing wanted to take a set of artistic photos of the Dunhuang goddess.
First of all, Chen Xing likes the word goddess very much. This is a word that is different from traditional Chinese fairies. Goddess sounds more high-end, such as Nuwa, Xihe, Chang Xi, and other traditional Chinese goddess images.
However, just because the word "Dunhuang" was added, the goddess was given an exotic style.
Secondly, I have to mention that Tang Shiyi dances so beautifully, with a lithe figure, nimble and playful, and her appearance may not be as outstanding as those who get into the entertainment industry based on their looks, but they naturally have a bit of the Western Region in Chen Xing's mind.
When he saw her dancing, what Chen Xing thought about was... her shape is as graceful as a startling giant, as graceful as a wandering dragon, with the glory of autumn chrysanthemums and the splendor of spring pine trees. It seems like the moon is covered by light clouds, and the fluttering snow is like the flowing wind.
Luo Shenfu.
Goddess, the Western Regions, the image of a Dunhuang goddess jumped out.
When I checked the information and came across the ancient Loulan Kingdom in the Western Regions, the mysterious comments on the Internet began to attract Chen Xing's new interest. Foreigners are not allowed to enter, and a visit costs tens of thousands of yuan.
real or fake? Isn’t it just a scenic spot?
Such remarks made Chen Xing return to China a few days early to confirm what was going on here.
After packing some autumn clothes, Chen Xing said goodbye to his parents and boarded a plane to Xijiang.
The ancient Loulan Kingdom was located in Lop Nur, which is located in the southeast of present-day Western Xinjiang.
Lop Nur is a particularly regrettable place. As you can tell from the name, it was originally a huge lake.
In certain periods of history, the Chelchen River flowing from south to north in Western Xinjiang and the Shule River flowing from east to west in the Hexi Corridor were also the water sources of Lop Nur Daze. There was a golden age here when thousands of streams were unified and the water and grass were abundant, and it supported a business hub like Loulan.
Eastern and Western civilizations collided here.
But now nothing can be seen. In the 1960s, after the last drop of water here dried up, Lop Nur completely became a restricted area for life, and only a few creatures could live in it.
Chen Xing didn't arrive in Xijiang until ten o'clock the next morning. After landing, he sat in the car for several hours.
Chen Xing's resistance to diesel vehicles has now reached a very high level. Otherwise, Chen Xing would definitely have lost half his life during these few hours' drive. It is hard to say whether he would be able to move after sleeping all night.
The smell in the car is so bad, it would be better to sit on top of a truck in Africa.
But even so, after arriving in Qiang County, he opened a small room and rested for a few hours before he recovered.
The hotel he stayed in deliberately avoided the station. After all, the hotels near the station are the most deceptive areas. Sometimes the prices are quite cheap, but Uncle Benshan’s sketches also say that someone really wants to lie to you. At that time, it was hard to guard against.
So just stay away.
But when Chen Xing woke up after a long nap, he heard the sound of playing and singing downstairs.
This style of music is very familiar to Chen Xing. Although the tune has changed a bit, the instruments are still the same ones that Chen Xing has listened to for several days at the wedding in Xijiang... Could it be that someone is getting married downstairs again?
When he first arrived here in the morning, he wanted to find a big hotel, but he walked around and couldn't find it. He was a little tired, so he checked into a hotel that looked clean and slept.
You can indeed see a restaurant when you go upstairs, but this restaurant is a Xijiang barbecue and has nothing to do with the hotel.
Chen Xing had had enough sleep and was a little curious, so he took his camera, cell phone and room card with him, and went downstairs to where the music was playing.
When singing in an indoor environment, the sound cannot travel so far, nor is it so loud. This only happens outdoors. Chen Xing was prepared for this first point, so after walking about twenty meters, he saw a place on the side of the street that was recessed from the middle of the house.
Although they are both in Western Xinjiang, the architectural style in Qiang County is different from that in Altai.
The buildings here like to use a unique brown color mixed with yellow and red. This color seems to be unique to this place. Chen Xing has not seen this color on buildings in other places before. The appearance structure of the houses is tight and regular, and some There is also a large dome in a quasi-halal style on the building.
This type of dome building is said to be quite old. It is the religious style of the Muslims a long time ago. They learned from the ancient civilizations of Rome and Greece and built large dome buildings that look similar to the Persian style.
But this learning process was interrupted by the Mongols, and the Muslim dynasty was overthrown by the Mongols. After the Islamic civilization was rebuilt, although they were also building large domes, they were not the same as the original Persian-style large domes. There's just something different.
Ask Chen Xing why he knows so much about architecture?
Parisian haute couture doesn’t come for nothing.
Whether it's oil painting or photography, you have to learn various architectural styles in school. Otherwise, how can you paint a building so well in oil painting?
Going back to this venue recessed into the wall, there is a sign on top and side that says Qiang County Cultural Stage. There is a teacher on the right who is responsible for the sound, and a group of instrumentalists are sitting against the wall behind.
Ahead, of course, there are the indispensable songs and dances of Xijiang.
Listening to the music, Chen Xing's DNA moved.
For three days, he watched other people dance at other people's weddings. He occasionally had to perform a few times, and now he can dance some Western Xinjiang dance moves.
There are four dancing girls on the stage, with white hats on their heads, red vests, yellow skirts, pants, and red dancing shoes. The colors look particularly comfortable. When they turn, their two long braids follow. Her body was spinning and dancing, and she was wearing trousers of the same color underneath her skirt.
Wearing trousers under this skirt is particularly respectful of tradition.
Listening carefully, I realized that those who played instruments in the back were also responsible for singing. The chorus and ensemble of more than a dozen people were all very local and very nice to listen to.
An event was being held here, and many people came.
In a place with ethnic minorities like this, Chen Xing didn't dare to push forward casually. When the song ended and a gorgeously dressed girl came to announce the curtain, he found a girl around him who seemed to have a good personality. young people.
"Hey, handsome guy." Chen Xing shouted.
Sure enough, the man turned around, looked at Chen Xing, and said in Mandarin that smelled like mutton skewers: "What can I do for you?"
"What kind of performance is this? There are so many people here."
"It's just a very ordinary art performance. They happen all the time. Just watch it. It's free anyway."
Ordinary theatrical performance?
free?
Are all your products of this quality?
At this time, the next program also started. Chen Xing stopped asking, took two photos with his camera, and then continued watching.
Western Xinjiang is too big and has many ethnic groups. Chen Xing has already been to the westernmost part of Xijiang and several cities close to the border. It can be said that they have a pure taste of Xijiang. But when I came to the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, I found that the Western Xinjiang style and the Mongolian style here are very well integrated.
The characteristics of the two cultures can be seen in the clothing. From an architectural point of view, this place is more distinctive than many other places.
The people around here are coming and going. They look no different from the street performers we often see outside, except that the scale is a bit larger and more professional. The dancers are young and beautiful, and they play musical instruments well.
Chen Xing thought they would say something at the end, but the elder sister who announced the curtain came up and said a few words and it ended.
The guy next to Chen Xing watched until the end just like him before leaving. Chen Xing felt that he had plenty of time, so he caught up and asked: "Handsome guy, what did she just say? I can't understand."
It's nice to watch, but both the songs and the announcements are all in the local dialect. Chen Xing sounds like he's listening to Russian.
"They said there will be no performances this month and they will not start again until October 10th."
"Oh, hello, my name is Chen Xing, what's yours?"
"My name is Eun He Nashun. Oh, handsome guy, you can find someone else. I have something else to do."
Something's wrong? You and I watched it together for more than an hour.
Well, Chen Xing was definitely not going to get involved even if everyone rejected him. After saying sorry, he wanted to find someone else to ask about the situation... Of course, he didn't want to inquire about this cultural performance, but wanted to inquire about the Loulan ruins with the locals. .
There was not much time. He would go to Yanjing by the 28th at the end of September at the latest. He could watch the national flag raising on National Day and then find Tang Shiyi who had returned from abroad.
I'll finish the photoshoot earlier so I can go back to school.
After a few days of visiting Lop Nur, he also had to go to Dunhuang, so time was a little tight.
Before he could find the second person, his stomach began to protest.
After getting off the plane, he hadn't eaten anything for several hours, not even drinking water. Only now did he realize that he was hungry and thirsty.
He randomly found a small supermarket and bought a bottle of mineral water. When paying the bill, Chen Xing thought... Why should I look for a passerby? Isn't there a ready-made one?
He remembered Zhou Peng saying that local small supermarkets had the best information.
So when paying, Chen Xing asked: "Hello, brother, I am a tourist from out of town. I would like to ask how to get to the Loulan ruins? I didn't find where the ticket sales place is."
"Loulan ruins?"
My mandarin is quite good. He asked to confirm, shook his head and said, "Don't go, you can't go. It's no man's land over there, and you're not allowed to enter it for a long time. Besides, there is a large section of the road that is under military control. Do you want to get rid of it?" I have to ask the Culture and Tourism Bureau here to issue a ticket, and I have to get approval from the soldier, so I can’t go.”
"Ah? Isn't this an attraction?"
"What kind of tourist attraction? It has never been a tourist attraction, and what's so interesting about a bunch of loess walls? Forget it, but you can go to the Loulan Museum to take a look, or other ancient city ruins. Anyway, I think they are pretty much the same."
can not go?
Although Chen Xing didn't find travel notes on the Internet, he did see someone going there. Why did they say they couldn't go?
(End of chapter)
