<h3>敦煌古稱‘沙洲’位于河西走廊最西端,自漢唐以來一直是絲綢之路的咽喉之地和中西交通要道?!岸卣?,大也;煌者,盛也”。</h3> <h3>現(xiàn)在,敦煌是甘肅省酒泉地區(qū)的一個縣級市,城市不大,也不現(xiàn)代化,夏季的敦煌奇熱無比。</h3><h3>到了敦煌,才真正感受到了“沙漠綠洲”這個描述的準確。敦煌市轄范圍大多都是一眼望不到邊的戈壁、沙漠,車行在茫茫沙地中間筆直的大道上,前后再見不到車輛、人影。覺得自己仿佛是在夢幻之中。</h3> <h3><br></h3><h3>玉門關,是漢朝西陲最重要的兩關之一,是古代絲綢之路進入西域北路的必經(jīng)之道,是中原進入西域的門戶。西漢開國之初,歷經(jīng)多年的戰(zhàn)亂,百廢待興,實力不如北邊的匈奴,只好采取與匈奴和親的策略得以休養(yǎng)生息。至漢武帝時國力強盛,漢朝開始對匈奴進行反擊,派霍去病等將軍西征,趕走匈奴勢力,打通了河西走廊。為管理這些地區(qū),設置武威、酒泉、張掖、敦煌河西四郡,并修建漢長城和玉門關、陽關,作為邊防設施,距今已有兩千多年歷史。玉門關的得名,是因為絲綢之路貫通以后,商人往來不絕,西域于闐(今新疆和田)的美玉經(jīng)此關進入中原,故名玉門關。</h3> <h3>黃河遠上白云間,一片孤城萬仞山。</h3><h3>羌笛何須怨楊柳,春風不度玉門關。</h3> <h3>月牙小鎮(zhèn)重溫童年的樂趣。</h3> <h3>西千佛洞因位于敦煌莫高窟(俗稱千佛洞)之西而得名,是敦煌藝術和學術的重要組成部分。并且,西千佛洞的開鑿時間還早于敦煌莫高窟,最晚也和莫高窟屬于同一時期,因此具有很高的歷史和文化價值。<span style="line-height: 30.6px;">當</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">然,西</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">千佛洞</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">雖然</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">目前擁有完整洞窟16</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">個</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">,</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">但</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">因</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">其大</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">都</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">是</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">北</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">魏</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">時</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">期</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">所</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">鑿</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">,</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">年</span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 30.6px;">代久遠,破壞嚴重。</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">于</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">是</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">,</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">此</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">刻</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">的我</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">心中</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">隱隱作痛,但是,卻依然感</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">到</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">有</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">一</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">些</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">欣</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">喜</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">。</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">因</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">為</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">,</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">即</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">使</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">她是廢墟,即使她</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">已</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">毀</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">滅</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">,</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">但</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">歲</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">月</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">的</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">巨</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">輪</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">,</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">卻</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">依然讓她凹凸有致</span><span style="line-height: 1.8;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.8;">,芳香四溢。</span></h3> <h3>敦煌鳴沙山。駝隊就猶如沙漠中的那條蜿蜒綿長的曲線,時而變換,首尾相牽,千里連綿。</h3> <h3> 走近月牙泉,泉水清澈透亮,就像金沙里的翡翠,使人躁動的內心安靜下來。</h3> <h3>夜幕中的月牙泉依舊是人山人海。</h3> <h3>每個人心中都有一個美麗夢想,每一段人生都是一次朝圣的旅程。于我而言,敦煌是個謎,一個夢,一種永遠也難以企及的智慧!</h3>