eye Lanzhou

当流沙淹没商旅足迹，岩壁却让文明永生。

Where  Sands  bury the footprints of merchants,  the rock face  preserves  civilization eternal.

敦煌，地处丝路繁华、扼守丝路要冲，不同民族、不同语言、不同信仰的人们生活和流动在这里。

Dunhuang – commanding the vital crossroads of the Silk Road's prosperity,  where diverse peoples, tongues and faiths lived and moved through its sands.

中国文明、印度文明、波斯文明、希腊文明在这里交融，佛教、道教、景教、祆教、摩尼教和儒家在这里汇聚。

Here met the civilizations of China, India, Persia, and Greece; here converged Buddhism, Daoism, Nestorianism, Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, and Confucianism.

正因如此，保存至今的莫高窟艺术和藏经洞文书，为我们展现了一个缤纷多彩的世界。

Thus do the art of Mogao Grottoes and manuscripts of Dunhuang Library Cave, preserved to this day, unveil a kaleidoscopic medieval world before our eyes.

这里是敦煌，世界的记忆殿堂，让我们一起听听世界汉学家们的敦煌印象。

Here is Dunhuang, the Memory Palace of the World. Let's discover the World Sinologists' impression of Dunhuang.

兰州日报社全媒体记者 刘亦雄 见习记者 程旋旋 文/视频