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Chapter 314 The Mysterious Loulan Ruins
Now that Chen Xing came back, he had passed the hottest period in Rongcheng. The temperature dropped a lot compared to before, but it also bounced back and forth.

The weather in eastern Sichuan is like this. It is not uncommon to wear short sleeves yesterday and wear down today.

After the plane landed, he went to the logistics to check the goods he had sent from Paris, and then went to his sister's house for a meal as usual.After receiving the call from the logistics company, the brother-in-law drove them to the Qi mansion in CR 24 City.

This house has been used for a long time since it was bought, but Chen Xing has never lived in it several times throughout the year.

I didn’t buy much furniture. On the one hand, on the other hand, he is often outside, whether in other provinces or foreign countries. When he returned to Sichuan Province, he went home to visit his parents. This is why this house has not been popular for so long. .

The staff of several logistics companies helped move the things into the house, unpacked them, and cleaned them up.

These tasks kept my cousin's family busy until night.

Xu Xiaofei put the collected garbage bags outside the door, looked back at Chen Xing's bright and brand new home, and said with great emotion: "I haven't graduated from university yet, I didn't expect you to buy a house with full payment, really , No one believed it when I said it before.”

Tao Qian also said: "No one believes it now. I remember that Chen Xing is only 20? It's really amazing to be able to buy a house at the age of 20."

Although Chen Xing's family is a little bit better, they haven't reached the point where they can buy Chen Xing a house in Rongcheng. At first, they only wanted Chen Xing to come back from junior college, enter a factory near home or find some other job.

Houses are also bought in town.

Buying a house in Rongcheng is too expensive, but if you live in a local county or town, the family can still afford the money.

They still don't know that Chen Xing can almost buy a house in his hometown with one piece of work.

If the country does not overturn the wall, ordinary people will still rarely know the price of a piece of work by Chen Xing. After all, there is no way to enter the official website of the gallery, so they will not be able 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 didn't go back until late at night.

In Paris, Chen Xing would have to let them live at home. It’s not that there are no guest rooms, but in China, it’s easy. Let’s not talk about the security, the brother-in-law’s strong figure can frighten those Paris road robbers gypsies.

This house might be a bit crowded for a family, but Chen Xing only has one person, three bedrooms, one living room and two bathrooms, which is enough for a small family.

He still likes that study.

The function of this study is not only for reading, at least not only for reading, but also for playing games, watching projections, drawing and so on.

Putting computers, easels and drawing boards in the bedroom... It looks a bit crowded, and it doesn't look good in the living room, so just put it in the study.Without the trouble of a big bed in the bedroom, what do you want to do in a dozen square meters of space.

The decoration in the bedroom has been bought a few months ago, after all, Chen Xing still comes to live here sometimes.

The next day, I went back to New Territories to visit my parents. After sharing the gift, Chen Xing was ready to go to Lop Nur, Western Xinjiang.

This is a very mysterious place.

At the beginning, Chen Xing 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 country of Loulan and other scenic spots on the ancient Silk Road.

Here I have to mention why Chen Xing wanted to take a group of artistic photos of the Goddess of Dunhuang.

First of all, Chen Xing likes the word goddess very much. It is a word that is different from the traditional Chinese fairy.

However, just because of the addition of the word Dunhuang, the goddess is endowed with an exotic demeanor.

Secondly, I have to mention that Tang Shiyi dances so beautifully, with a soft figure, light and playful, and his looks may not be as outstanding as those who are in the entertainment industry based on their looks, but they naturally carry a bit of the shadow of the Western Regions in Chen Xing's mind.

When he saw her dancing at that time, what Chen Xing thought in his heart was... her shape is as graceful as a frightened bird, as graceful as a dragon swimming, radiant as an autumn chrysanthemum, and luxuriant as a spring pine.It seems as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and the snow flutters like the flowing wind.

Luoshen Fu.

Goddess, Western Regions, the image of a Dunhuang goddess pops up.

When he checked the information and saw the ancient country of Loulan 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 it costs tens of thousands of dollars to go in.

real or fake?Isn't it just a scenic spot?

This kind of remarks made Chen Xing return to Huaxia a few days earlier, wanting to confirm what was going on here.

After packing up some autumn clothes, Chen Xing bid farewell to his parents and boarded the plane to Xijiang.

The ancient country of Loulan was in Lop Nur, and Lop Nur is located in the southeast of what is now Western Xinjiang.

Lop Nur is a particularly regrettable place. You can tell from the name that it was originally a huge lake.

In certain periods of history, the Cheerchen 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 source of Lop Nur Daze.There used to be a golden age when all streams were unified and the water and grass were plentiful, and it supported a commercial hub like Loulan.

Eastern and Western civilizations collide here.

But now there is nothing to see. In the 60s, after the last drop of water dried up, Lop Nur completely became a forbidden zone of life, and only a few creatures could live in it.

Chen Xing didn't arrive in Xijiang until ten o'clock in the morning the next day, and took a few hours of driving after landing.

Chen Xing's resistance to diesel vehicles has been pulled to a high level now, otherwise Chen Xing would definitely lose half his life after driving for several hours. It's hard to say whether he can move after a night's sleep.

The smell in the car is too bad, it's not as good as sitting on a truck in Africa.

But even so, after arriving in Qiang County, he opened a small room and rested for a few hours before recovering.

The hotel he stayed in deliberately avoided the station. After all, the hotels near the station are the hardest-hit areas for cheating people. Sometimes the price is quite cheap, but didn’t you mention Uncle Benshan’s sketch? It really makes people want to lie to you At that time, it was hard to guard against.

So just stay away.

But when Chen Xing woke up from a nap, he heard playing and singing downstairs.

Chen Xing is very familiar with this style of music. Although the tune has changed, the instruments are still the ones that Chen Xing has heard for several days at the wedding in Xijiang... Could it be that someone is getting married downstairs?
When he first arrived here in the morning, he wanted to find a big hotel, but he couldn't find it after walking around, and he was a little tired, so he opened a room and slept in a hotel that looked clean.

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 enough sleep and was a little curious, so he took his camera and phone room card and went downstairs to the place where the music was playing.

Singing in an indoor environment, the sound cannot float so far, nor is it so loud. This can only happen outdoors.For the first point, Chen Xing was prepared in his heart, so after walking about twenty meters, he saw a place recessed from the middle of the house on the side of the street.

Although they are all in Western Xinjiang, the architectural style of Qiang County is different from that of Altai.

The buildings here like to use a unique brown color after mixing yellow and red. This color tone seems to be unique to this place. Chen Xing has never seen this color in other buildings before. The exterior structure of the house is compact and regular. There is also a large dome in the Halal style on the building.

This kind of dome building has been said for some years. It is the religious style of Muslin a long time ago. They learned the ancient civilizations of Rome and Greece and built large dome buildings that look similar to Persian style.

However, this learning process was interrupted by the Mongols. The Muslin Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols. Later, after the Islamic civilization was rebuilt, although the big dome was also being built, it was not the same as the original Persian-style big dome. Just a little different.

Ask why Chen Xing knows so much about architecture?
Paris high dress is not white.

Whether it is 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.

Continuing to talk about this venue recessed into the wall, there is a sign on the top and side of it, which says Qiang County Cultural Stage.There is a teacher on the right who is in charge of the sound, and a group of instrumentalists are sitting against the wall behind.

In the front, it is naturally the indispensable singing and dancing in Xijiang.

Listening to the music, Chen Xing's DNA moved.

For three days, he watched other people dance for three days at other people's weddings, and he had to go up to perform a few times occasionally, so he can now dance some dance moves in Xijiang.

There are four dancing girls on the stage, with white caps on their heads, red vests, yellow skirts, trousers, and red dancing shoes. The colors look very comfortable. When they turn, the two long braids follow The body turned and flew, and the skirt was wearing trousers of the same color.

Wearing trousers inside this skirt is a special respect for tradition.

After listening carefully, I realized that the people who played the musical instruments behind also took on the job of singing. The chorus and ensemble of more than a dozen people had local characteristics and were very pleasant to hear.

There was an event being held here, and many people came.

In such a minority place, Chen Xing didn't dare to push forward casually. When the song ended and a gorgeously dressed girl came to announce the scene, he found a good-looking girl around him. young people.

"Hey, handsome guy." Chen Xing called out.

The man turned his head back, looked at Chen Xing, and said in Putonghua that smelled like mutton skewers: "What's the matter with you?"

"What kind of show is this? There are so many people here."

"It's just a very ordinary cultural performance. There are often ones. Just watch them. It's free anyway."

Ordinary theatrical performance?

free?

Are your regulars of this quality?

At this time, the next show also started, Chen Xing stopped asking, took two photos with the camera, and then continued to watch.

Xijiang is too big, and there are many ethnic groups. Chen Xing has been to the westernmost part of Xijiang, and several cities near 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 from the clothing, and from the architectural point of view, this place is more distinctive than many other places.

The people around here came and went. They looked no different from the street performers you often see outside, but the scale was a little bigger and more professional. The dancers were young and beautiful, and they played musical instruments well.

Chen Xing thought they would say something in the end, but the elder sister who announced the scene came up and said a few words and it was over.

The little guy next to Chen Xing waited until the end just like him. Chen Xing felt that he had plenty of time, so he chased after him and asked, "Handsome guy, what did she say just now? I don't understand."

Good-looking is good-looking, but the local dialect is used throughout the song and the screen, Chen Xing sounds like he is listening to Russian.

"They said that there will be no performances this month, and they will start again on October [-]."

"Oh, hello, my name is Chen Xing, how about you?"

"My name is Enhe Nashun, oh, handsome guy, you can find someone else, I have something else to do."

something?Something happened, you watched it with me for more than an hour.

Well, everyone rejected it. Chen Xing will definitely not go up. After saying sorry, he wanted to ask someone 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. .

Originally, he didn't have much time. He was going to Yanjing on the 28th at the end of September at the latest. He could watch the national day's national flag raising, and then find Tang Shiyi who had already returned from abroad.

Finish filming earlier so I can go back to school.

Lop Nur is here to watch for a few days, and he has to go to Dunhuang, so the time is a little tight.

Before he could find the second person, his stomach began to protest.

After getting off the plane, it had been several hours since he hadn't eaten anything, he didn't even drink any water, and now he realized that he was a little hungry and thirsty.

He casually found a small supermarket to buy a bottle of mineral water. When paying the bill, Chen Xing thought... what other passer-by is he looking for? Isn't there a ready-made one?
He remembered that Zhou Peng said that the local small supermarket was the most well-informed.

So when paying, Chen Xing asked: "Brother, hello, I'm a tourist from other places, I want to ask how to get to the Loulan site? I can't find where the ticket is."

"The Loulan ruins?"

The old man speaks Mandarin quite well, so he asked back to confirm, then shook his head and said, "Don't go, I can't go there. It's no man's land over there, and you won't be allowed to enter it long ago, not to mention that there is still a long section of the road that is under military control. You want to get rid of it." If I want to ask the Culture and Tourism Bureau here to issue a ticket, I have to ask the soldier for approval, so I can’t go.”

"Ah? Isn't this a scenic spot?"

"What scenic spot? It's never been a scenic spot, and what's so interesting about a pile of loess walls? Forget it, but you can go to the Loulan Museum or other ancient city ruins. Anyway, I think it's pretty much the same."

can not go?
Although Chen Xing didn't find travel notes on the Internet, he did see that someone had been there, so why did he say he couldn't go.

(End of this chapter)