Mogao Grottos can't endure more tourist

时间：2006-09-22 02:10:47

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Chinanews, Beijing, September 22 – With the beginning of the 3rd Flying Apsaras Tourism Festival last Friday (September 15), a new tourism peak season has started in Dunhuang, which is estimated to last more than one month, if the National Day holiday is taken into consideration.

 

However, Mogao Grottos1 in Dunhuang can't stand tourists tide any more. It is a miracle for the wall paintings of mud and grass to survive the erosion of thousands of years, but they won't survive the effect of modern civilization. Nearly all the grottos there are crying for urgent repair. Though archeologists are working hard, they are powerless to save the desperate situation unless the grottos are totally closed to tourists.

 

Statistics show that Mogao Grottos have received more than 4 million tourists from more than 80 countries and regions. Sarcastically3, these grottoes are called "museums", yet they are unable to preserve the precious cultural heritages inside.

 

Mogao Grottos were places for people to pray to the Buddha4, not the places to satisfy their curiosity. The local government should give the red light to the grotto2 visitors if it does not wish to destroy the grottos in a few years.

 
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1 grottos 8df191e3ad0c3263920df2e5f17a1f42     
n.（吸引人的）岩洞，洞穴，（人挖的）洞室( grotto的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • UNDERGROUND Under water grottos, caverns Filled with apes That eat figs. 在水帘洞里，挤满了猿争吃无花果。 来自互联网
  • Today, some7, 000 caves with 492 grottos remain extant in Dunhuang. 如今，在砾岩峭壁上，有洞穴七千余处，492窟。 来自互联网
2 grotto h5Byz     
n.洞穴
参考例句：
  • We reached a beautiful grotto,whose entrance was almost hiden by the vine.我们到达了一个美丽的洞穴，洞的进口几乎被藤蔓遮掩著。
  • Water trickles through an underground grotto.水沿着地下岩洞流淌。
3 sarcastically sarcastically     
adv.挖苦地，讽刺地
参考例句：
  • 'What a surprise!' Caroline murmured sarcastically.“太神奇了!”卡罗琳轻声挖苦道。
  • Pierce mocked her and bowed sarcastically. 皮尔斯嘲笑她，讽刺地鞠了一躬。
4 Buddha 9x1z0O     
n.佛；佛像；佛陀
参考例句：
  • Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。
  • He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

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