Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, August 26 (Reporter Yin Chunyong and Ding Si) "Yi and that! Put me on the drum. Playing the drums, simple and simple drums, my ancestors."
Xi Wenbo, who typed out this line on the computer, is a 25-year-old boy with a nice voice.
It is his dream to "speak Dunhuang" to tourists at home and abroad. As an interpreter, he has not only told the story of Dunhuang to tourists offline, but also tried online new media in recent years to find the "tide Dunhuang" in the eyes of young people.
The Yulin Grottoes were excavated on the upright east-west cliffs on both sides of the Yulin River Gorge in Guazhou County, Jiuquan City, Gansu. In 1961, it was listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in the country.
Known as the "sister cave" of Mogao Grottoes, Yulin Grottoes is an important grotto along the ancient Silk Road. Together with Mogao Grottoes and West Thousand Buddha Caves, it forms the Dunhuang grotto art system. It is well-known for its exquisite murals and colored sculptures. world.
A corner of Yulin Grottoes.
Photo by Yin Chunyong
The "Promise" in Youth: Seeking the Dream "Nine-Colored Deer"
I studied at the Dunhuang College of Northwest Normal University, and I worked as a volunteer for the Dunhuang Academy for three years. After graduation, I chose to root in the Yulin Grotto... Cowhide".
"Isn't there a picture of nine-color deer in the junior high school textbook? After I read it, I brag to my classmates that I must go to Dunhuang in the future, but I didn't expect it to come." Recently, Xi Wenbo accepted China News Service and China News Service. An exclusive interview with Xinnet reporters, telling the story of youth as a younger generation of "save guards".
Xu is a young ignorant and reckless, but Xi Wenbo is finally pleased that he "likes Dunhuang, as well as those who are from Dunhuang." Since entering the university in 2015, he has systematically studied fine arts, and is a teacher Zhao Junrong from the Fine Arts Institute of the Dunhuang Academy. It is a "Dunhuang man" he often misses.
"Ms. Zhao taught us the relevant knowledge of Dunhuang murals. The names and stories of the older generations of Mogao cave people such as Chang Shuhong, Duan Wenjie, Fan Jinshi, etc., are often heard in class." Xi Wenbo said, Mr. Zhao copied a lot of murals. But being humble, simple and persistent, this is what we are most moved by.
His Mandarin is not good, but he can speak Japanese, and he will use dialects in lectures. When he tells the story of Mogao Grottoes, some students may not understand very much, but they can feel what he is saying. Tears fell.
During the summer vacation, Xi Wenbo and his classmates followed Teacher Zhao Junrong to visit and study at Mogao Grottoes, copy mural paintings, and serve as volunteer guides.
When I visited the "pilgrimage site" in my mind for the first time and saw the exquisite murals, Xi Wenbo was overjoyed.
As a volunteer, he will use his art knowledge to explore the stories behind these murals.
In his opinion, more precious than the Dunhuang murals are the people behind the murals.
"In addition to the teaching of on-site professional knowledge, what the teacher tells the most is still the stories of the older generation of Dunhuang people." Xi Wenbo said, in addition to the "Nine-Colored Deer" in the murals, these "Dunhuang people" led him forward. Power.
Yulin Grotto Jigsaw Puzzle.
Photo by Yin Chunyong
"Determined" after graduation: "telling stories" in Yulin Grottoes
During the university, Xi Wenbo worked as a volunteer guide at Mogao Grottoes, while following his teacher to Yulin Grottoes to "enter caves, watch murals, and study fine arts."
During the period, he went to Yulin Grottoes seven or eight times.
"At that time, the environment of Yulin Grotto was so dilapidated, so dilapidated, and so dilapidated..." Today, recalling the Yulin Grottoes, Xi Wenbo bluntly said that "the conditions are very difficult", so that the Yulin Grotto that surrounds my mind all the year round is still It is the impression that the dirt on the sloped road, the prefabricated house, the dust on the roof fell into the instant noodles, and of course the beautiful “murals”.
Even so, after he graduated, he heard that the Yulin Cave Cultural Relics Conservation Institute was recruiting an interpreter, and Xi Wenbo came with his resume.
On April 23, 2019, he became an instructor in Yulin Grottoes.
In the eyes of most students, being an art teacher is the most secure employment in this major.
"The interpreter is just a service post, meaningless." Facing the confusion of his family and friends, he said, "For me, the interpreter is the person closest to mural painting in all positions in the Dunhuang Academy. We can do it every day. Go to receive the keys, go to the caves to see the murals, find your points of interest, and gradually you will have results."
Compared with Mogao Grottoes, Yulin Grottoes have fewer staff, and the number of tourists also shows obvious characteristics of low and peak seasons. Yulin Grottoes often "do multiple jobs."
Xi Wenbo, who first arrived at Yulin Grottoes, not only provides professional training and learning as a guide, but also participates in data sorting, tree planting and environmental protection.
After continuous learning and accumulation, Xi Wenbo has more "explanation methods" exclusively for him.
He analyzed that compared to the well-known Mogao Grottoes and "punch-in tourists", most of them are tourists interested in Dunhuang culture or professionals from major art academies who choose to visit Yulin Grottoes far away from the people. A certain reserve of Dunhuang basic knowledge requires higher requirements for the instructors.
Reading art history, architectural history, and Dunhuang documents have become Xi Wenbo's daily homework.
"There are many stories about the wall paintings of Mogao Grottoes. The wall paintings of Yulin Grottoes are exquisite but there are few Buddhist stories. How can I explain the essence of Yulin Grottoes in an easy-to-understand manner?" Xi Wenbo said, he would sort out the evolution of the architectural art and structure of the caves. And each cave is compared and connected with each other, so that visitors can feel the trajectory of artistic evolution, and also have a deeper memory of this.
"Of course, facing experts, scholars, parent-child groups, students, etc., there will be different explanations."
"Calmness" after Work: Looking for "Tide Dunhuang" in Multimedia
During the work, Xi Wenbo of the "post-90s" always seemed calm and calm, showing a calmness and calmness that was incompatible with his age.
"Intoxicated with Dunhuang culture and strong professional knowledge", when leading tourists to visit, it is also very "calm", and can pick up "weird" problems from tourists at any time.
In recent years, with the increasing popularity of Dunhuang culture, the number of tourists to Yulin Grottoes has increased day by day. This year, the number of tourists is three times the level of the same period in previous years.
The ensuing visits of tourists were obvious in the off-peak and peak seasons, which made Xi Wenbo "somewhat uneasy."
"I am glad to see more and more young faces come to Yulin Grottoes to discuss and communicate with the guides; the worry is that the tourists are concentrated in the summer, and they all come to the cave to be detrimental to the protection of the caves, and the number of people is noisy. The explanation is effective. It’s not good. Sometimes I take 5 tours a day.” Xi Wenbo said, if there are fewer tourists in winter, we will explain in more detail, and the tourists will benefit in the end.
Faced with this, in Xi Wenbo's view, "digitalization" is an indispensable way of external propaganda in the future.
At present, he and several colleagues are also in charge of the WeChat public account of Yulin Grottoes part-time. They are carrying out a creative video display of "Ledong Yulin Grotto". A kitten wrapped in flying color streamers is holding an ancient musical instrument in the mural. "Rattle" is flying freely...
"Through new media, explore the ancient culture, so that it can be reproduced." Xi Wenbo said that in the future, the team will also look for the "twenty-four solar terms", "ancient musical instruments" and "sports images" in the Dunhuang murals from the perspective of young people. "Tide Dunhuang", which is in line with modern life, makes more young people know and fall in love with Dunhuang. "This is also a special way of explaining." (End)