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Anyone who has an interest in Dunhuang will have heard of Fan Jinshi. The Chinese archaeologist 1． has spent more than half a century researching and preserving the caves at the heart of the ancient Silk Road in Gansu Province 2． (know) as the “Daughter of Dunhuang” in her field, though “protector is probably a more fitting 3． (describe).

Fan has been studying the historical site since the early 1960s, first as an archaeology undergraduate from Peking University, then as a conservationist when she 4． (become) the deputy director of the Dunhunag Research Academy in 1984, which serves to prevent the ancient site from 5． (destroy).

“It is over a thousand years old. It is an old person, an 6． (extreme) weak old person. It has 7． (variety) illness. If you are a little careless, it could be gone. Gone forever,” Fan says.

Today, thanks 8． the work of great archaeologists such as Fan, Dunhuang is proud of the world’s largest and best-reserved collection of Buddhist relics 9． (date) from the fifth to the 13th centuries. The main Mogao site is made up of 735 caves spread across a 1,700.metre-wide cliff face, containing 45,000 square metres of murals (壁画) 10． more than 2,000 colorful sculptures (雕塑).