从兰州沿古代北方丝绸之路西行,我见到了同南方全然不同的景色。在一望无涯的沙漠上,绿色是生命的象征。感受最多议论最多的是:水。 严格地说,从兰州到敦煌一线,还不是沙漠,只能算半沙漠。仅仅是这样,已叫人触目惊心了。泥沙和碎石混合着,清一色地呈现出无奈的褐黄色,间或有皱褶分明的裸山,和那断断续续的汉长城、明长城遗迹,一如洪荒时期的荒凉和苍茫。大地的肌肤如此疲惫,没有光泽,粗糙如垂暮老人。 From Lanzhou along the ancient Silk Road on the north westbound, I saw a completely different view with the South. In the endless desert, green is a symbol of life. The most talked about feelings are: water. Strictly speaking, from Lanzhou to Dunhuang front line, not the desert, only half desert. This is just the way it has been shocking. Mixed with sediment and gravel, showing the helpless brown, with or without folds clear bare mountain, and that intermittent Han Great Wall, the Great Wall remains, as the bleak and vast during the prehistoric period. Earth’s skin so tired, no luster, rough as dusk old man.