"Helloeveryone!TodayI'llbeyourtourguide.MynameisZhaoLiang.Let'scallmeXiaoZhao.TodayI'llshowyouthemagicMogaoGrottoes."
"YoumaynotknowthattheMogaoGrottoesislocatedatthewesternmostendoftheHexiCorridorinGansuProvince,about25kilometersawayfromthecity.ItisthelargesttreasurehouseofclassicalartinChinaandthecenterofBuddhism.MogaoGrottoeswasbuiltinthefirstyearofTaihe(366A.D.)intheEasternJinDynasty.Itissaidthatamonknamedlezunpassedbyandsuddenlysawthegoldenlightshining,asifaThousandBuddhasappeared.LezunthoughtthatthiswastheholylandofBuddhism,sohewentaroundtocollectmoneyandexcavatedthefirstgrottoes.Later,manycaveswereexcavatedoneafteranother.
ToaskhowmanycavesthereareinMogaoGrottoes,letmetellyou.Therearemorethan492cavesinMogaoGrottoes,withmorethan20__statues.Thelargestoneis33metershigh,andthesmallestoneisonly10metershigh.Amongthe492caves,thereare45000squaremetersofstrokesfromtheSixteenKingdoms,theNorthernWei,theWesternWei,theNorthernZhou,theSui,theTang,theFiveDynasties,thesong,theHuihe,theXixia,theyuan,theQing,andtheRepublicofChina.Itisanincomparablehistoricalgallery.Therearealso3390paintedsculpturesofthepastdynasties,including2088roundstatuesand1302shadowsculptures.Today,youareluckytoseethemSeesomeofthem.
Bytheway,deartouristfriends,Iwouldliketoremindyouthatinordertopreventthechemicalreactionoftheflashlightonthemurals,resultinginacceleratedoxidationanddispersion,resultingindecolorizationanddamageofthemurals,wearenotallowedtotakephotosduringthevisit.Pleaseabidebytherelevantregulations.
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"Well,todaywe'llvisitherefirst.Therearestillmanyplaceswecan'tvisit.We'llcomebacknexttime.Thankyou."