Who lived in the ancient Western Regions?Who are the "three male gods" in the Western Regions?What are the unique features of the Kizil Caves?The book "The Beauty of Chinese Grottoes: Into the Western Regions" book launch was held at the Beijing Book Building recently, and the author of the book, archaeologist Ning Qiang, shared the creative process and the story behind it.
Ning Qiang told readers that "The Beauty of Chinese Grottoes" is a book that captures the scenery of the "Silk Road" in the Western Regions, reflects the charm of Chinese grotto art, and promotes Chinese traditional culture, and is the result of more than ten years of field investigation of ancient art relics in Xinjiang led by his research team. From the Kizil Caves to the Kumu Tula Caves, from the Qiuzi Caves to the "Aai Caves", the book provides an in-depth understanding of these ancient cave arts with fascinating topics and easy-to-understand language.
Ning Qiang has been engaged in the research of grotto art for a long time, from the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang to the Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Kizil Grottoes, and Qiuci ......GrottoesHe has traveled almost all over the country's grottoes, and he is familiar with this. Of course, the most memorable thing is his fate with Mogao Grottoes. In the winter of 1982, Ning Qiang, a 20-year-old history student at Sichuan University, bought a train ticket from Chengdu to Dunhuang. After three days and two nights, he arrived at the Mogao Grottoes. After graduation, his parents didn't know that Ning Qiang had gone to **, and later saw it from the headlines of "People**". This is nearly 8 years.
Ning Qiang said that the book "The Beauty of Chinese Grottoes" has multiple attributes of academic research, knowledge popularization and tourism guidance, and he hopes that readers can feel the long history of Chinese grotto art and experience the brilliant traditional Chinese culture through reading this book.