Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 19th: "What he cares about are the most urgent issues facing Dunhuang."

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Shi Yucen, Xu Zhuang, Zhang Yujie

　　"I heard it's raining where you are?"

　　"Yes, General Secretary, we are doing related monitoring work."

　　On September 29, 2019, the awarding ceremony of national medals and national honorary titles was held in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

General Secretary Xi Jinping shook hands warmly with Fan Jinshi, honorary president of the Dunhuang Research Institute, who won the national honorary title of "Outstanding Contributor to Cultural Relics Protection", and asked about Dunhuang's current situation with concern.

　　Why does the rain in Dunhuang make the general secretary so concerned?

　　More than a month ago, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Gansu, and the first stop was the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.

General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium at the Dunhuang Research Institute, and listened carefully to the opinions and suggestions of experts and scholars on cultural relics protection, cultural inheritance, and mutual learning between civilizations.

At this symposium, Fan Jinshi reported to him a series of natural factors that affect the protection of Dunhuang cultural relics, and water is one of them.

　　"Are tourists currently overloaded? What is the overload situation?"

　　"What are the effects of natural disasters you are talking about?"

　　"It has rained a lot in Dunhuang in recent years?"

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　　At the symposium, from the number of tourists to the impact of natural disasters, the general secretary asked meticulously.

　　Dun who is big; Huang who is prosperous.

　　Dunhuang, an important city on the Silk Road, where diverse civilizations meet, nurtures the splendor of the Mogao Grottoes.

Looking back at the heyday of Dunhuang, it was as splendid as the stars.

However, this splendid cultural pearl is always faced with a series of protection problems such as armor formation, hollow drums, soda ash, and falling off, which has an impact on the cultural heritage and research of Dunhuang.

　　During this inspection, the general secretary entrusted the current cultural relics protection, academic research and cultural inheritance in Dunhuang to "use advanced science and technology to improve the level of protection and pass on this world cultural heritage from generation to generation", "to showcase the protection of Dunhuang cultural relics in my country and the Study and promote Dunhuang culture to “provide spiritual support for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era”.

　　Fan Jinshi sighed: "What he cares about are the most urgent issues facing Dunhuang."

　　The sun rises and the moon sets, time is like water, nearly 3 years have passed.

We came to Dunhuang, started from the ninth floor of Mogao Grottoes, and walked less than 10 minutes to the laboratory of the Dunhuang Research Institute. We saw burettes, petri dishes, and more scientific research equipment that could not be named Jingjing During the operation, Yu Zongren, director of the Protection Institute of the Dunhuang Research Institute, was wearing a white coat, and his colleagues were operating and discussing the test results in front of the sophisticated experimental instruments.

　　Few people associate such scenes with the protection of cultural relics, and this is the direction of the efforts of Dunhuang cultural protectors.

　　The general secretary's emphasis on science and technology left a deep impression on Yu Zongren.

"In the past two years, we have strengthened basic research, studied the disease mechanism from multiple perspectives, and initially understood the mechanism of water, salt, environmental factors, etc. on cultural relics. Today, the institute has a protection team of more than 200 people, which integrates production, education and research. Talents cover nearly 20 fields such as chemistry, geology, environment, biology, etc." Yu Zongren said.

　　According to Xiong Yeteng, an employee of the "post-90s" who participated in the digitalization of Dunhuang, what attracted him most to Dunhuang was the sense of technology in the Mogao Grottoes.

After continuous exploration and excavation, Dunhuang Studies has developed into a multi-disciplinary in-depth cross-integration.

Talents from a variety of disciplines can find their place here.

　　"The Mogao Grottoes frescoes have warmth and texture." Xiong Yeteng said with emotion, "The general secretary said that the protection of Dunhuang cultural relics and the study of Dunhuang studies are extensive and profound, and it takes a lifetime of energy to see results and produce results. The general secretary's attention to Dunhuang culture impressed me. I am deeply affected. There is a broad stage here. It is not that I stayed in Dunhuang, but Dunhuang kept me."

　　2021 Golden Autumn, Beijing.

In the towering Forbidden City, the audience of "Dun Traveling Far Away: The Forbidden City Dunhuang Special Exhibition" is like a weave.

　　To explore more new ways to open up traditional culture, the Dunhuang Research Institute has carefully created the Dunhuang fairy "Jayao", which tells the ancient Dunhuang legend in animation and personalized content, which is loved by young people.

　　Open the Internet, the "Digital Dunhuang" resource library in both Chinese and English versions, and share high-definition images of the entire caves of the 30 Dunhuang Grottoes to the world.

　　"Dunhuang culture belongs to China, but Dunhuang studies belong to the world." Dunhuang culture has been carried forward under the care of the general secretary, and the "model of world cultural heritage protection" and "highland of Dunhuang studies" that the general secretary expects are being cultivated by the sons and daughters of Dunhuang. Efforts gradually become reality.

　　"Dunhuang I have always longed for" -- at the National People's Congress in 2019, a representative of the National People's Congress from Gansu warmly invited General Secretary Xi Jinping to visit Dunhuang, and the general secretary responded like this.

Sending a congratulatory letter to the first Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, General Secretary Xi Jinping praised that "Dunhuang is an important hub where Eastern and Western cultures meet in history"; at the opening ceremony of the first "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit, he talked about On the ancient Silk Road, ancient cities such as Dunhuang are called "the 'living fossils' that record this history"...

　　"Dunhuang culture shows the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese nation." General Secretary Xi Jinping's assertion reflects his deep affection and profound thinking about Dunhuang culture.

　　Only a civilization full of self-confidence can tolerate, learn from, and absorb various civilizations while maintaining its own national characteristics; only a nation with self-confidence can stand firm in the turbulent historical trend and endure hardships.

Dunhuang is the immortal witness of this historical process.

　　"Protecting the Mogao Grottoes and inheriting the Dunhuang culture is the responsibility of the Chinese nation for the progress of world civilization. This is the entrustment of the general secretary and the direction we are moving forward." said Zhao Shengliang, secretary of the Party Committee of the Dunhuang Research Institute. , we would like to choose this one thing for the rest of our lives!