On October 27, according to the news of many friends of Liu Tuo, Liu Tuo, a young scholar and traveler and doctor of the School of Archaeology and Literature of Peking University, unfortunately fell off a cliff and died while visiting the murals of the Jiazhar Cave cave in Sichuan. After the news came out, the domestic publishing circles and the literary and erudite circles were shocked and expressed their regrets.
Nandu reporter learned that Liu Tuo had been concerned by the Chinese people for 14 days because of his trip to Iraq and the detention of the Iraqi military on the way; he had also gone deep into Afghanistan twice in pursuit of cultural relics and monuments, and the "Afghan Visit to Ancient Travels" written by him was strongly recommended by many parties.
Malkang municipal government staff told Nandu reporter that the local public security department received an alarm at about 17:00 on October 26, and searched and rescued Liu Tuo at about 20:00, "At that time, he was seriously injured and unconscious, and he was not rescued." According to insiders, Liu Tuo and a companion went to see the murals in the cave at that time, "It seems that the road is a little dangerous, another person came down, Dr. Liu Tuo went up on his own, and then fell off a cliff." ”
Liu Tuo was born on February 28, 1990 in Kunming, Yunnan. In 2008, he enrolled in the first interdisciplinary major in Peking University's Yuanpei College, the Paleontology Major, which is mostly located in the School of Life Sciences and the School of Earth and Space Sciences of Peking University, and the research objects are mainly on organisms that have survived in the geological age of Earth's history and have almost disappeared, such as trilobites, dinosaurs and mammoths.
Because "only 6 classes are recruited in 8 years, and there are only 1 student per class", peking university paleontology major is known as "the highest cold major of Peking University", and Liu Tuo was also one of the "six generations of single transmission" of the major.
Nandu reporter learned that after graduating from Peking University's paleontology major, Liu Tuo entered the College of Archaeology and Archaeology of Peking University to pursue a doctorate, and later served as an associate professor in the Department of Hotel Management of the School of Tourism of Lanzhou College of Arts and Sciences.
According to Peking University Press, he has traveled to more than 30 countries and nearly 700 counties across the country, visited more than 200 World Heritage Sites and more than 1,500 national key cultural relics protection units.
In the summer of 2015, Liu Tuo was detained while searching for monuments in Iraq, but fortunately returned safely.
In the "Strange Flower Conference" program, he once told about his experience of being detained
His teacher once said: "He went there because he felt that the war had made the monuments of civilization disappear, and if you don't look at them, these things will be gone in your lifetime." Through the efforts of the Chinese Embassy in Iraq, Liu Tuo was safely released after being detained by the local police for 14 days, which has aroused great concern among the domestic public.
According to the Malkang Municipal Government, the Jiazhar Cave Mural is located in the southern foothills of the Jiazharjia Mountain in Baiwan Township, Malkang City, the cave is a natural rock cave, there is a remnant stupa in the cave, the east and west walls and the stupa are painted with a large number of Buddhist murals, which is an important cultural relics for studying the art of Tibetan Buddhist painting and the history of Tibetan Buddhism in the northwest Plateau of Sichuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units on March 5, 2013.
On August 4 this year, the Malkang Municipal Government website reprinted the news of the Municipal Water Affairs Bureau that affected by the construction project of the Dadu River Shuangjiangkou Hydropower Station, the murals of the Jiazar Cave Cave need to be relocated to a different place for protection, and recently, after many efforts, the mural relocation protection plan has been approved by the State Council.
Source: Peninsula Metropolis Daily Comprehensive Southern Metropolis Daily, N video report