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Updated: Dec 21, 2018 ehangzhou.gov.cn Print
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Fan Jinshi, an archaeologist and honorary dean of Dunhuang Academy

Fan Jinshi, a researcher and protector of the Mogao Grottoes and the honorary dean of Dunhuang Academy [Photo/VCG]

If it had not been for Fan Jinshi and her team, the world cultural heritage at Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in a remote Chinese desert might have long been destroyed by the elements.

Born in 1938, the 80-year-old Hangzhou native has spent half a century fighting an uphill battle to preserve the ancient Buddhist wall paintings at Dunhuang, in Northwest China's Gansu province.

She is lauded as a "daughter of Dunhuang" for her over 50 years of devotion to studying and preserving the 1,600-year-old Dunhuang Grottoes, which was China's first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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