Movie《Dunhuang Heroes》Historical Background

Movie - Heroes of Dunhuang - What is the historical background?What era is this story from?If you want to know these contents, you might as well read the introduction of this article. I hope that through the content of the article, you can better understand the contents of - Dunhuang Heroes.

Movie《Dunhuang Heroes》Historical Background

The movie - Dunhuang Heroes - takes the Anshi Rebellion, the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms until the early Song Dynasty as the historical background. It tells the story of Shazhou soldiers and civilians, under the leadership of Zhang Yichao, fighting bravely with all their strength, and finally the Shazhou Tang Banner was defeated.The story of Gao Shu.

In 840, the Uighur Khanate was destroyed, and a large number of Uighurs lived in the Hexi Corridor.In the second year of Dazhong (848), Zhang Yichao recovered Guasha Prefecture, Ganzhou and Suzhou in three years, Yizhou in four years, Liangzhou in the second year of Xiantong (861), and reached Yiwu as far west as possible.It borders Lingwu in the east; it has more than 4,000 miles of land, and a household with a household registration of one million; the mountains and rivers of the six counties are like a home.

In September of the eleventh year of Xiantong (870), the Uighurs invaded and were defeated by Zhang Huaishen at Xitonghai. In the first month of the sixteenth year of Xiantong (875), they were defeated by Zhang Huaishen again.At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Chengfeng established the Jinshan Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty and called himself "Emperor of Jinshan in White".In the fifth year of Xianping (1002), the Guiyi Army once again fought a war with the Ganzhou Uighurs. A mutiny broke out within the Guiyi Army. Cao Yanlu, his younger brother Cao Yanrui, and his clan son Cao Zongshou were forced to commit suicide.Cao Zongshou took control of the Guiyi Army, and the Song Dynasty treated him with restraint.The Guiyi Army and the Liao Dynasty began to communicate with each other.In the third year of Jingde (1006), the Black Khan Dynasty was destroyed by the Kingdom of Khotan. When the monks in the temple heard the news, they were very frightened and hid the cultural relics in hidden caves. This became the Dunhuang suicide note in the future.In the seventh year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1014), Cao Zongshou died and his son Cao Xianshun came to the throne.In the fourth year of Tianxi (1020) and the first year of Tiansheng (1023), Cao Xianshun paid tribute to the Song Dynasty twice.In the third year of Jingyou's reign (1036), the Guiyi army was destroyed by Li Yuanhao, and the eighth Jiedu envoy Cao Xianshun surrendered to Xixia with a thousand cavalry.

Jiedu Yamen is the backbone and core force of the Guiyi Army regime.Through the Yamen, Jiedushi brought officials from all walks of life into the Guiyi Army's system, expanding the ruling base of the Guiyi Army's regime.

In the second year of Dazhong reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (848), the Han people of Shazhou took advantage of the weakening of Tubo power and staged an uprising under the leadership of Zhang Yichao. They drove away the Tubo generals and sent envoys to the Tiande Army (today's southeastern edge of Wuliangsuhai, Inner Mongolia).The above table was sent to the Tang Dynasty to report the return of Shazhou.

In the late period of Cao Yanlu's reign, the Guiyi Army once again fought a war with the Ganzhou Uighurs, which caused dissatisfaction among the people of Guasha.In the fifth year of Xianping (1002), a mutiny broke out within the Guiyi Army, and Cao Yanlu and his younger brother Cao Yanrui were forced to commit suicide.Cao Zongshou, a descendant of Yanlu, took over the power of the Guiyi Army after being elected by everyone, and the Song court appointed Cao Zongshou as the military governor of the Guiyi Army.War and civil strife caused the rapid decline of Cao's rebel regime, but the Uighur forces in Shazhou area developed rapidly during this period and became an important force to compete with the Gui rebel regime.

At this time, the Guiyi Army regime was already vulnerable, and any external attack or internal turmoil would be enough to overthrow it.This caused extreme panic among the Buddhist forces in Shazhou under the protection of the Guiyi Army regime.In the third year of Jingde (1006), the Black Korean Dynasty that believed in Islam destroyed the Khotan Buddhist Kingdom. This news was probably learned by the Shazhou Temple from the Khotan people who fled eastward. It was influenced by the idea of ​​annihilation of Buddhist iconography.Under the threat of Muslims advancing eastward, some temples in the Mogao Grottoes gathered some important scriptures, Buddhist statues, and banner paintings, and stored them in the original collection of scriptures, apocryphal scriptures, outdated documents, and old banner paintings that had been eliminated by the temples., in the cave with the Buddha statue (now numbered as Cave 17), and sealed the entrance of the cave and made the necessary cover.

Later, as the people involved and insiders gradually passed away, the situation of the Sutra Cave was no longer known to the world (there are other opinions in the academic world about the closure of the Sutra Cave.See "Tibetan Scripture Cave").In the fourth year of Tianxi (1020) and the first year of Tiansheng (1023), Cao Xianshun paid tribute to the Song Dynasty twice.Since the first year of Tiansheng, the Cao family's Guiyi Army regime has disappeared from historical records.According to relevant materials, it is speculated that it may have been replaced by the Shazhou Uighurs from the sixth year of Tiansheng to the fourth year of Jingyou (1037).

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