As a 90-year-old man, how I wish I had children by my side, but I have no children and no daughters!
My wife and I have spent half our lives on the Silk Road researching and sketching, but in our later years, we have become an orphan that no one cares about!
Someone asked me: "Mr. Geng, you and your wife Zhao Yixiong have been walking the Silk Road, but you don't want children, do you regret it?"
Although sometimes I want to have my family by my side, I can't have it both ways!Since I have chosen to spend my life researching and sketching on the Silk Road, I have to bear the consequences of loneliness in my later years, and I have no regrets!
Heaven has closed a door, but it has opened ten thousand windows for me!I was fortunate that in my later years, God gave me the opportunity to spread the Silk Road through the Internet!And met thousands of children!It was you who gave me hope to spread the Silk Road, and it was you who ignited my original dream!
In 2019, my wife Zhao Yixiong left me, leaving me not alone, because I was accompanied by nearly 10,000 "children" on the Silk Road, and I tried my best to apply for "birth certificates" for the "children" every day, recalling our stories back then!
Now I have a team, this team is the team we once dreamed of, this year under my leadership once again set foot on the Silk Road, to the places we have been to (there are Mogao Grottoes Mr. Chang Shuhong's former residence, Xinjiang's Heiyou Mountain, Devil's City, Altay), and was warmly received by Dunhuang, Karamay, gave us a very high evaluation and recognition!I'm sure you'll feel it too, because I've been wearing that favorite t-shirt of the year this time!
This time I also encountered a lot of dangerous things, when going to Hemu through the winding mountain road, the brakes failed, fortunately there is no danger, maybe there is God's blessing in the dark, or it may be that you have been protecting me!
After I came back, I was even more determined to spread the spirit of the Silk Road and build the Silk Road Art Museum!You can rest assured over there, I will strive for physical and mental health and resolutely draw an end to our dreams!!