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.
当在交谈中谈到兰州时，我们总是会想到新加坡唐人街小饭馆著名的中国拉面。
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.
但是现在，一个疯传的视频出现在了社交媒体上，它激发我们对这一位于中国的西北部省份甘肃再度繁荣的城市另眼相看。甚至使得我们想去那儿。
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.
睁开你的眼睛看这一视频，它显示了一名初中美术老师使用标记笔在40分钟内以英国著名画家斯蒂芬·维尔特的方式绘出了记忆当中的兰州城。
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为画布，用暗紫色画出了兰州市标志性的特色和周边环境，这使得学生们欣喜若狂。
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.
在纪录李老师的技艺的视频上周五(9月15日)被上传后，社交媒体平台微博上的很多网友夸其为一大杰作。他们还称赞他是一位模范老师，试图扩大年轻人的视野。
In the video, Li said he did it to remind the young to take an interest in their local culture.
在视频中，李老师表示，他这样做是为了提醒年轻人对他们的当地文化感兴趣。
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.
学生们被这一杰作震惊了，拿出照片给它拍照。他们还不情愿将其擦去准备下一节英语课。