新疆密码(英文)[MysteriesofXinjiang]
内容简介
迹罕至的荒山高崖上如何会有名前岩画?数千年前的陶罐碎片隐藏着什么故事?古代干尸又是怎样变身为楼兰美女的呢?丝路双城的残垣断壁扮演着怎样的角色?和田玉为何如此珍贵?格兰姆真是天神传授的地毯吗?草原上沉默的石人缘何能历千年而不倒?世上惟一的野马还能在它们祖先的土地上驰骋吗?葡萄树王隐藏在哪里?中国的西部边陲怎么会有一座八卦城呢?君王的爱妃为何会有一身异香?她又魂归何处呢……让我们打开《新疆密码》,寻找答案。 Why did the prehistoric rock carvings appear on the desolate cliffs? What stories lie buried among the fragments of pottery jars from thousands of years ago? How did an ancient woman dead for centuries come to be known as the Belle of Loulan? What role have the twin cities on the Silk Road played in history? Why is Hotan jade so precious? Is the Gelanmu carpet really a gift from Heaven? How have the silent stone statues on the grassland survived the ravages of time? Will the world's only species of wild horse ever gallop freely again across the land where its ancestors once roamed? Why does China's western frontier have a city laid out according to the eight trigrams? How did the Fragrant Concubine get her name, and where is she buried? Whether you have been to Xinjiang or not, this book will, by take you there, give you the chance to sample the full features of Xinjiang.