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Painters of the Mogao Caves

Dunhuang, Tang China · 700 CE

By candlelight in a dark cave, a painter uses lapis lazuli costlier than gold to draw the ribbons of flying apsaras.

幽暗洞窟里烛火摇曳,画工正用比黄金还贵的青金石颜料,在壁上绘制飞天的衣带。丝路上的驼队明天还会经过,而他在黑暗中画下的光,将亮一千年。

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