1.: "Incredible! It's many times greater than I imagined. The original plan was to come here to observe in March, but I'm afraid staying for half a year is not enough."

2. "The principle of copying murals is to describe them meticulously and never to incorporate your own ideas. This is the work creed that I have repeatedly told my students and nephews. ... For every mural I copy, I have to note the color and size, and all requirements. real".

3. From the trip to Dunhuang, Zhang Daqian felt that he had benefited a lot, especially his will. "I work in Dunhuang, and I find it very difficult to help in many ways. Come to think of it, it was more difficult for the ancients than for us. When we were in Dunhuang, we still had foreign candles. Although they were not very good, they were still much better than oil lamps. The ancients were in the cave The difficulty of Chinese painting is understandable due to insufficient light. "The ceiling is often several feet high. To paint the roof, you must be asleep or lying down. However, although the paintings of the ancients were on the top of the ceiling, they were not painted at all." There is no weak point, and there is also a place close to the ground. It is only two feet high from the ground. We have to draw a figure of one foot or eight inches, and there is a big story in the painting. We are asked to put such a small figure on the table to draw it. , it is already very hard, but they are sleeping on the ground and painting, which is even more difficult than looking up to the sky."

4. "The characters painted in the Dunhuang murals can study the clothing system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. , can make up for the gaps in the history books of the late Tang and Five Dynasties. I think its value of historical research is more important than the appreciation of art!"

5. The longer Zhang Daqian was exposed to Dunhuang murals, the more he was conquered by them. Later it was pointed out many times: "In terms of artistic value, we can say that the Dunhuang murals are the culmination of Eastern medieval art. The Dunhuang murals represent the development history of our Chinese art from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. In other words, it can also be said that Buddhism The highest peak of civilization...Dunhuang murals predate the European Renaissance by about a thousand years, and modern discoveries are still quite complete. This can also be said to be a miracle of human culture."