Fan Jinshi, an archaeologist (考古学家) from Beijing University, first visited the Mogao caves as an undergraduate student in 1962. Despite the cave's tough (condition). Fan was determined to study national cultural heritage and stayed to pursue her dream.
Over time, Fan's commitment to preserving national cultural heritage grew (strong) . She joined the Communist Party of China in 1974 and became even more determined to protect the Mogao caves when they were officially open to tourists in 1979. (face) with the challenge of balancing conservation and tourism, Fan knew that a solution had to be found. She was convinced that the caves' social importance far outweighed (超过) their economic potential (潜力) and that scientific protection was the key to their (survive).
In the late 1980s, Fan came up with innovative (新颖的) plan to digitize the Mogao caves permanently preserving the murals (壁画), painted cultures, and historical data. In 2016 Digital Dunhuang (launch) online, allowing people worldwide (enjoy) comprehensive images of the caves.
In her eighties, Fan Jinshi is as busy as before working (tireless) to conserve and manage the caves. She hopes that young people will carry the "Mogao Spirit" and build a better Dunhuang Academy (学院), she spent her lifetime. "Let this be my epitaph, Fan says, "I've done all I could for Dunhuang."
