China's cultural treasure Dunhuang goes digital to survive, thrive

STORY: China's cultural treasure Dunhuang goes digital to survive, thrive DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Mogao Grottoes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN JINSHI, Chinese archaeologist 3. various of the digitalization drive 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN XIN, Staff member, Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics digitalization institute 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): GU TINGTING, Staff member, Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics digitalization institute 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YU TIANXIU, Director of Dunhuang Academy's cultural relics digitalization institute STORYLINE: An asteroid was named after Chinese archaeologist Fan Jinshi on Monday in recognition of her contribution to the protection, study, and promotion of the Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dunhuang in northwest China's Gansu Province. In the late 1980s, the "Digital Dunhuang" project was put forward by Fan in the hope of using digital technology to permanently s