When Lanzhou is mentioned in a conversation, we would invariably think about the ’pulled’ Chinese noodles made famous by an eatery in Singapore’s Chinatown.
當在交談中談到蘭州時，我們總是會想到新加坡唐人街小飯館著名的中國拉面。
But now a viral video that surfaced on social media has inspired us to take a totally different look at the now prosperous again city of China’s northwestern province of Gansu. And even made us want to go there.
但是現在，一個瘋傳的視頻出現在了社交媒體上，它激發我們對這一位于中國的西北部省份甘肅再度繁榮的城市另眼相看。甚至使得我們想去那兒。
Keep your eyes peeled as you watch this video showing how a secondary school art teacher used a marker pen to draw the whole city from memory in 40 minutes, in the style of famous British artist Stephen Wiltshire.
睜開你的眼睛看這一視頻，它顯示了一名初中美術老師使用標記筆在40分鐘內以英國著名畫家斯蒂芬·維爾特的方式繪出了記憶當中的蘭州城。
Using the large whiteboard of a classroom as a canvas, Li Jianchun kept the student enrapt as he filled it with iconic features of the city and surrounding details in dark purple.
李建春使用教室里的大型白板為畫布，用暗紫色畫出了蘭州市標志性的特色和周邊環境，這使得學生們欣喜若狂。
It’s a masterstroke, praised many netizens on social media platform Weibo after the video of Li’s feat was uploaded last Friday (Sept 15). They also held him up as a model teacher who tries to broaden the horizon of young minds.
在紀錄李老師的技藝的視頻上周五(9月15日)被上傳后，社交媒體平臺微博上的很多網友夸其為一大杰作。他們還稱贊他是一位模范老師，試圖擴大年輕人的視野。
In the video, Li said he did it to remind the young to take an interest in their local culture.
在視頻中，李老師表示，他這樣做是為了提醒年輕人對他們的當地文化感興趣。
Stunned by the magnificent enactment, the students whipped out their mobile phones to snap photos of his creation. They were also reluctant to rub it off to prepare for the next class - which was an English lesson.
學生們被這一杰作震驚了，拿出照片給它拍照。他們還不情愿將其擦去準備下一節英語課。