STORY: Experts emphasize importance of Dunhuang studies
SHOOTING TIME: recent footage
DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:30
LOCATION: LANZHOU, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the international forum on cave temple conservation
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JO SANGSUN, Director of Jungwon National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Korea
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KIRILL SOLONIN, Professor at Renmin University of China
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): VINCENT DETALLE, Professor at CY Cergy Paris University

STORYLINE:

An international forum on cave temple conservation concluded on Thursday in northwest China's Dunhuang, home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Mogao Grottoes.

Over 400 cultural heritage conservation experts and scholars from 16 countries attended the four-day forum.

They emphasized the importance of the studies of Dunhuang.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JO SANGSUN, Director of Jungwon National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Korea
"It is a very important site to get information about history itself."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KIRILL SOLONIN, Professor at Renmin University of China
"It is a universal, cultural heritage of humanity. Relics from Dunhuang, whether the documents that have been unearthed or murals, have critical significance for many different fields. They are indispensable for the study of history including Buddhist history, cultural history, and political history.

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): VINCENT DETALLE, Professor at CY Cergy Paris University
"The Dunhuang Academy has been leading the question of conservation involving foreign countries. And it is clear that they are pushing in the right direction in order to ensure better conservation and preventive conservation action for the future."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lanzhou, China.
(XHTV)