丝路遗珠 | Silk Road Remnants Collection

敦煌月牙泉畔 | By Dunhuang's Crescent Spring

月牙泉边的驼队向导阿依木，四十六岁，带领游客穿越鸣沙山。她丰满的身躯在骆驼背上摇曳，如同沙漠中的海市蜃楼。

Camel guide Ayimu by Crescent Spring, forty-six, led tourists across Singing Sand Mountain. Her full figure swayed on camelback like a desert mirage.

"沙漠会吞噬一切，" 她常说，"但月牙泉永不干涸。就像女人的心。"

"The desert swallows everything," she often said, "but Crescent Spring never dries. Like a woman's heart."

吐鲁番葡萄架下 | Under Turpan's Grape Arbors

火焰山下的葡萄农家乐老板娘古丽，四十七岁，在最热的地方酿造最甜的葡萄酒。

Guli, forty-seven, owner of a grape farmstay below the Flaming Mountains, brewed the sweetest wine in the hottest place.

"吐鲁番的葡萄为什么甜？" 她问每一位客人，"因为经历过火的考验。"

"Why are Turpan grapes so sweet?" she asked every guest. "Because they've endured fire's test."

嘉峪关城楼上 | On Jiayuguan Pass Tower

长城最西端的嘉峪关，有一位女讲解员叫边关红，四十八岁，讲述了二十年的边塞故事。

At Jiayuguan, the westernmost end of the Great Wall, female guide Bianguan Hong, forty-eight, told frontier stories for twenty years.

"这里是丝绸之路的咽喉，" 她说，丰满的身影在城墙上如同古代的守将，"多少商旅从这里走向西域。"

"This is the Silk Road's throat," she said, her full figure on the wall like an ancient guardian. "How many caravans departed here for the Western Regions."

天水伏羲庙前 | Before Tianshui's Fuxi Temple

伏羲庙的女祭司叫羲女，四十九岁，传承着上古的祭祀仪式。

The female priest at Fuxi Temple was called Xi Nü, forty-nine, inheriting ancient ritual ceremonies.

"伏羲画卦，女娲补天，" 她说，"华夏文明从这里开始。"

"Fuxi drew the trigrams, Nüwa mended the sky," she said. "Chinese civilization began here."

武威雷台汉墓 | At Wuwei's Leitai Han Tomb

铜奔马的故乡武威，有一位女考古学家叫马踏飞燕，四十七岁，守护着这匹千年骏马。

In Wuwei, homeland of the Bronze Galloping Horse, female archaeologist Ma Tafeiyan, forty-seven, guarded this thousand-year steed.

"马踏飞燕是丝路精神的象征，" 她说，"永不停歇，永远向前。"

"The Galloping Horse symbolizes the Silk Road spirit," she said. "Never stopping, always forward."

在丝绸之路的黄沙中，有些故事比骆驼铃声更悠远...

In the Silk Road's yellow sand, some stories echo longer than camel bells...