Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, May 27 (Yan Jiao, Ai Qinglong, Gao Zhan) "March 28, 1966." Although 55 years have passed, I recalled the first time he entered Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. He was 80 years old. Fan Xingru blurted out the exact date.

"The flying sky on the wall, either falling from the sky or rising into the sky, is too shocking." He sighed.

　　When Fan Xingru was in his teens, he was surprised to see the craftsmen in the temple hand-painted flying sky.

While studying, influenced by Chang Shuhong, the "protector of Dunhuang", he determined to protect and inherit Dunhuang culture.

Over the years, he has studied, sorted out and copied Dunhuang murals, and became one of the earliest western painters in China who systematically sorted out Dunhuang Feitian, also known as "Fan Feitian".

For 55 years, Fan Xingru often used the lamp to copy until late at night, and used his eyes excessively for a long time.

The picture shows him taking a break to massage his eyes between painting.

Gao Zhanshe

　　"Such a good Dunhuang fresco flying to the sky,'deeply locked' in the cave, and after thousands of years, most of the murals are incomplete. If I have the opportunity, I want to sort it out, copy it into a painting, and show it to people." Fan Xingru said. Ever since I first saw the Dunhuang murals, I have had the dream of letting Dunhuang Feitian "fly" out of the grottoes and "fly" to the whole country.

　　Fei Tian is the most representative and most beautiful artistic image in Dunhuang murals.

Fan Xingru selected the most classic flying murals from more than 4,500 flying murals of various sizes, shapes, and colors in Mogao Grottoes, and re-created them. A total of 73 copies of 188 images were copied.

　　"I have a special liking for Feitian art, and I think it is the most beautiful artistic image." Fan Xingru's most proud masterpiece is "Eight-Seven Feitian Scroll", which took 5 years to make, including 87 Feitian, showing the Mogao Grottoes. Heyulin Grottoes are representative images of flying to the sky, spanning nearly a thousand years since the nine dynasties from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty.

　　Opening the wooden box, unfastening the dragon-patterned cloth bag, and unloading the rope, Fan Xingru flicked the scroll with his fingertips. On the 50-meter-long scroll, 87 Dunhuang flying figures appeared one by one, with elegant colorful skirts and different postures.

In late May, when Fan Xingru was interviewed by a reporter from Chinanews.com in Lanzhou, he took out the "Eight-Seven Flying Scrolls" that he never showed.

　　Currently, Fan Xingru has authored albums such as "Flying in Dunhuang", "Flying in Dunhuang", "Flying in Dunhuang" (enlarged edition) and "Flying in Dunhuang" (line drawing). His works have been exhibited in Japan, the United States and Taiwan, China.

He recalled that when the Feitian album was exhibited in Dunhuang around 1992, it was sought after by a large number of "Dunhuang fans" at home and abroad.

The picture shows Fan Xingru showing his most cherished "Eight-Seven Flying Flying Scroll", which took 5 years to make. The scroll is 50 meters long and contains 87 figures representing Flying Flying.

Gao Zhanshe

　　Fan Xingru’s "Flying Dream" is not easy. He read a lot of books on literature, religion, art, history, etc., to understand and explore Dunhuang Flying Dreams.

For 55 years, he often used the lamp to copy until late at night.

Due to long-term overuse of his eyes, the fundus of his right eye was diseased, but he missed the best treatment period and was almost blind.

Today, entering his old age, he is still in front of the case every day.

　　The Dunhuang frescoes include 522 grottoes of previous dynasties, which are huge in scale, superbly skilled and rich in content.

Over the years, many artists, like "pilgrims", have embarked on the path of copying and restoring Dunhuang murals. From this, many versions of Dunhuang murals such as oil paintings and watercolors have also appeared.

In Fan Xingru's view, only traditional Chinese meticulous paintings can outline the lines of Dunhuang frescoes and express their "charm".

　　Fan Xingru said that in order to allow the murals to "fly into the homes of ordinary people," he enlarged the flying sky, which is only a few centimeters in size, to a specification suitable for ordinary people's aesthetics. "As long as you have the profound basic skills of traditional painting, these can be achieved."

　　"I am 80 years old this year. I will not have many days to come. I have a great responsibility." Fan Xingru also held art exhibitions at major universities at his own expense, giving the baton of protecting, inheriting and carrying forward Dunhuang culture to the younger generation.

　　Based on decades of "Dunhuang Dreams", Fan Xingru wrote on the paper, "Dream of Dunhuang, what do you want, silk and Danqing paintings." (End)