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The 74-year-old art historian Mimi Gates has 1 (enthusiastic) participated in the conservation of the Dunhuang relies for years. When speaking about 2 topic, she goes from the cultural and historical background of the caves to the vivid details of certain paintings there.
Looking back, Gates says 3 changed her life was the decision to visit Asia when she was young. She found herself 4 (attract) to Asian culture, and decided to start with China as her primary interest. She paid her first visit 5 Dunhuang in 1995 and “had a brief glimpse of the 6 (great) of Dunhuang”. The Dunhuang grottoes are a 1,600-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site 7 (comprise) about 500 caves and a large collection of Buddhist art. She was invited to return in 2009 8 (present) a paper at a conference there. Spending a few days there, Gates visited the caves whenever she had free time.
When Fan Jinshi, the then-head of the Dunhuang Research Academy, 9 (visit) the US to raise funds for the protection of the site, Gates suggested setting up a foundation 10 accepted Fan’s offer to help organize and chair the foundation, for it was such a spectacular site and so important to humanity in her mind.