After flying over the Qilian Mountains, the plane finally landed smoothly at Dunhuang Airport.

Shen Qingcheng shouted in his heart, "Dunhuang, I'm here, Qingcheng is here."

The trip to Dunhuang was something that Shen Qingcheng thought about for a long time and was obsessed with. When his feet stepped on the ground of Dunhuang Airport, he felt the truth.

Chen Yuliang patted Shen Qingcheng's shoulder behind him and said kindly. "Qingcheng, now he is stepping on this land, aren't he dreaming?"

Seeing that Chen Yuliang saw his thoughts through, Shen Qingcheng touched the tip of his nose with a little embarrassed look, "Teacher, I'm making you laugh."

Chen Yuliang said with a loving look on his face, "Qingcheng, the next time is the time for you to show your skills."

Shen Qingcheng suddenly felt pressured. The re-evaluation of Mogao Grottoes was one of the most important projects that the World Heritage Application and Re-evaluation Office paid attention to.

Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as Qianfo Cave, are located in Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor of China.

It was built in the Former Qin Dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms and has been built in the Sixteen Kingdoms, Northern Dynasties, Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Five Dynasties, Western Xia, Yuan Dynasty and other dynasties, forming a huge scale, with 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals and 2,415 clay-style colored sculptures. It is the largest and most abundant Buddhist art site in the world.

The application period for Mogao Grottoes can be traced back to the 1980s. In 1987, Mogao Grottoes was listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site. It is also the earliest cultural heritage project in China applied to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

"This re-evaluation work is of far-reaching significance. Professor Chen, Bai Yu, and Qingcheng, I hope you three can assist us in doing detailed data analysis, age identification, and give the final score of Mogao Grottoes based on the criteria for selection of cultural heritage (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi).

Stephen is familiar with Dunhuang. Since he intervened in the re-evaluation of World Heritage, he has taken Ouyang Jie and Zhou Qingyang to apply for re-evaluation of cultural heritage in various countries over the years. He is the only Dunhuang in China that makes him miss it.

Stephen is a Chinese master. He not only knows the official language of China, but also speaks dialects from all over China. If it weren't for his blond hair and blue eyes, and just listening to his straight-talk Mandarin, most people thought he was a Chinese.

The staff of the Dunhuang local cultural relics institute and World Heritage Application Office were waiting in the pick-up hall. When they saw Dr. Stephen, Ouyang Jie, Zhou Qingyang, Chen Yuliang, Bai Yu and Shen Qingcheng came out of the VIP channel, they hurriedly greeted him.

Helanshan, director of the Dunhuang World Heritage Application Office, stepped forward enthusiastically and hugged Stephen, "Doctor, welcome to Dunhuang again."

Then Helanshan shook hands with Ouyang Jie, Zhou Qingyang, Chen Yuliang, Bai Yu and Shen Qingcheng one by one.

Stephen explained to everyone, "Helanshan is my first friend in China. In the 1980s, I first went to Dunhuang. I didn't speak very well in Chinese at that time. Helanshan taught me Chinese during that time, and he was my teacher."

Wearing a pair of black-edged glasses, a big back head, a dark blue suit, and wearing a national emblem of China on his chest. He should have thought he was a cold person, but Helanshan was very easy-going and chatted with everyone.

"Dear experts, among you are my old friends Dr. Stephen, Professor Chen Yuliang, and my new friends. I, Helanshan, here to express my sincere welcome to you."

As soon as Helanshan finished speaking, he was wearing a red dress behind him and with a Dunhuang logo on his chest opened the banner and shouted to Dr. Stetty and others in unison, "Welcome to the World World experts to come to Dunhuang, Dunhuang welcomes you."

Chen Yuliang looked at the twenty-something people following behind Helan Mountain and joked, "Old He, are you greeting all the people from the Dunhuang World Heritage Application Office and Cultural Relics Institute? This is so grand."

Helanshan felt a little embarrassed, and he looked at the people accompanying him. "Isn't this because Dr. Stephen is famous, and they can't help but feel excited and want to meet the doctor, so I brought them."

Stephen looked at the entourage behind Helan Mountain, politely and easy-goingly, and walked up to them and shook hands, "Thank you for coming to greet me, I feel honored."

A girl in the crowd of people came forward excitedly and took the initiative to introduce herself to Dr. Stephen, "Dr. Stephen, I am Yanyan fifteen years ago. When you came to our Dunhuang, I was still in elementary school. I wonder if you have any impression."

Everyone's eyes were focused on the girl named Yanyan, and she saw her bright eyes and white teeth, and the dimples at the corners of her mouth were very cute.

Stephen looked at the energetic girl in front of him, his eyebrows were like an old friend of his. He was thinking about the people he might know in Dunhuang. After thinking about it, the girl with pigtails around Cao Wenguang appeared in his mind.

"Yan Yan? Are you the daughter of Engineer Cao?" Stephen asked the girl named Yan Yan with uncertainty. After all, it has been fifteen years. If she was really Cao Wenguang's daughter, she would be this age.

Cao Yanyan nodded excitedly, tears filled her eyes and sobbed in a low voice, "Well, my father is Cao Wenguang, he...he died in the line of duty when he was protecting cultural relics a few years ago."

When Dr. Stephen heard the news that Cao Wenguang died in the line of duty, he looked at Helan Mountain beside him, "Old He, why didn't you tell me about Gong Cao before? You..."

Helanshan felt guilty, and he suffused his lips, "Dr. Stephen, I'm sorry, I...I'm to obey Gong Cao's last wishes. He doesn't want you to care about him or be sad for him."

Stephen's eyes were wet, and he sniffed, "My life was saved by Gong Cao. If he hadn't been him back then, I..."

Shen Qingcheng was moved by the side. He didn't expect that Dr. Stephen was not only easy-going but also a person who values ​​friendship.

Stephen looked at Cao Yanyan, "Yanyan, I wonder where you work now?"

When Cao Yanyan was about to answer, Helanshan hurriedly introduced. "Yanyan returned to Dunhuang after graduating from the University of Geosciences. She is now a woman who inherits her father's business and has strong business abilities."

Dr. Stephen held Cao Yanyan in his arms, kissed her forehead, and said with distress. "Girl, you are great. Geology major is a hard-working major. You need to be in the wild all year round. I am proud of you."

Cao Yanyan took out a letter from her clothes, "Dr. Stephen, this is a letter my father gave me before his death. He asked me to pass it on to you after seeing you."

Dr. Stephen took the letter from Cao Yanyan with trembling hands, and he was still mourning for Cao Wenguang's death.

"Your father is an amazing geologist. When we were conducting archaeological research on Mogao Grottoes, the sky was covered with yellow sand. Your father and I often had three meals in the wild. Sometimes we only drank a pot of water a day... Unexpectedly, after many years, girl, you inherited his mantle..."
Chapter completed!