-Excerpt from Daomu Biji: Zang Hai Hua (Tibetan Sea Flower) Chapter 7, translated by my-otp-list
“With one glance, you could tell the oil painting isn’t created by a professional. It depicts the profile of a person in a very ordinary, even slightly clumsy, manner. From the peeling of paint and the shades of colour, it seems to have been here for a long time.
The subject of the painting is a young man. I never really comprehend Western painting, but their so-called painting principle must be, to a certain extent, the same as Chinese painting’s. Although it’s poorly portrayed, the style carries a unique vigour.
I don’t understand where this feeling comes from. The person in the painting is wearing the Lama’s clothes on his upper body, together with a Tibetan robe below. As the paper of this oil painting has entirely turned from white to grey-yellow, I totally can’t tell if the background is the setting sun or the rising dawn.
This is a prime example of poor painting skills, however, the use of colour is quite bold, which gives out the painter’s strong perception of art.
Even so, I still couldn’t appreciate anything about this painting. The thing that I find most astounding is I actually know that young man.
Yes, looking at the man’s features and facial expression, I have absolutely no doubt.
It must be him.
I wouldn’t know how he appears here, for there is really no reason for this person to be in Motuo, let alone in a clumsy oil painting in Motuo.
This is a portrait of Men You Ping.
At first, I furiously try to deny it because the whole situation is too peculiar. I might have mistaken. After all, it’s a painting, not a photo. Many details in the painting are fuzzy; perhaps that gives me a sense of recognition.
However, I find myself unable to move my eyes. All the details of the person are telling me: he’s remarkably familiar, especially his eyes. I‘ve never seen anyone who has the same eyes as Xiao Ge. Pangzi used to say that Xiao Ge’s gaze looks like it has nothing to do with anything, and that few people could live without any connection to this world like him.
Yet, the young man in the painting has that same gaze.
I stare at the painting for a long time. My intuition can feel it — this person is definitely Men You Ping.”
-Excerpt from Daomu Biji: Zang Hai Hua (Tibetan Sea Flower) Chapter 7, translated by my-otp-list
“With one glance, you could tell the oil painting isn’t created by a professional. It depicts the profile of a person in a very ordinary, even slightly clumsy, manner. From the peeling of paint and the shades of colour, it seems to have been here for a long time.
The subject of the painting is a young man. I never really comprehend Western painting, but their so-called painting principle must be, to a certain extent, the same as Chinese painting’s. Although it’s poorly portrayed, the style carries a unique vigour.
I don’t understand where this feeling comes from. The person in the painting is wearing the Lama’s clothes on his upper body, together with a Tibetan robe below. As the paper of this oil painting has entirely turned from white to grey-yellow, I totally can’t tell if the background is the setting sun or the rising dawn.
This is a prime example of poor painting skills, however, the use of colour is quite bold, which gives out the painter’s strong perception of art.
Even so, I still couldn’t appreciate anything about this painting. The thing that I find most astounding is I actually know that young man.
Yes, looking at the man’s features and facial expression, I have absolutely no doubt.
It must be him.
I wouldn’t know how he appears here, for there is really no reason for this person to be in Motuo, let alone in a clumsy oil painting in Motuo.
This is a portrait of Men You Ping.
At first, I furiously try to deny it because the whole situation is too peculiar. I might have mistaken. After all, it’s a painting, not a photo. Many details in the painting are fuzzy; perhaps that gives me a sense of recognition.
However, I find myself unable to move my eyes. All the details of the person are telling me: he’s remarkably familiar, especially his eyes. I‘ve never seen anyone who has the same eyes as Xiao Ge. Pangzi used to say that Xiao Ge’s gaze looks like it has nothing to do with anything, and that few people could live without any connection to this world like him.
Yet, the young man in the painting has that same gaze.
I stare at the painting for a long time. My intuition can feel it — this person is definitely Men You Ping.”
Yet another thing I love about the Lost Tomb series- no matter which one you start with, it will never make total sense. Sure, watching it ‘in order’ (if you can call it that) might fill in a few blanks and give you more warm fuzzies about the characters’ relationships overall, but generally speaking? You can Scooby Doo any part of that show and end up right back in the same hallway as the rest of us, dazed, confused and smitten.
Qi TieZui fell asleep while reading books and papers about a tomb he might explore with Zhang Qishan. He gets showered by the sun as it sets outside of the Zhang mansion.
shit she has them pegged and now is using it to her advantage. take Wu Xie along on the rescue mission as a hostage-lite and Xiao Ge will come for them if there’s a problem and definitely won’t ditch the group without Wu Xie
desperately hoping Wu Xie saw their signal in the sandstorm and makes it to him before he has to leave. refusing to leave when the others tell him they have to find shelter. and as soon as the storm lets up for a moment he’s wants to go search for Wu Xie ;-;
It’s hard to get used to this different Xiao Hua (but i still like him). He just feels so different… but also of course a bit the same since no matter what actor is playing him he’s always Hua. But the other Hua played by Liu Xue Yi definitely gave off a more dangerous vibe than this one. Like, you could totally believe he brought the Xie family under his control despite everyone else vying to be the head and numerous attempts on his life. I liked that one better, he seemed to have that balance being chinese opera-singer Xiao Hua and big boss you don’t want to cross Xie Yuchen. This Hua has skills too but also seems a bit more… princessy? and willing to throw his money around for even the smallest reason (which is really funny when you throw our greedy raccoon Hei Xiazi into the mix ofc). Also don’t get me started on how this Wu Xie and Xiao Hua haven’t actually seen each other since they were kids and so have no relationship as adults…Wu Xie actually thought Hua was a girl the whole time, they literally know nothing about each other i’m in mourning. Give me best-buddies TLT2 HuaXie back ;-;
