Elves in Mogao Caves

This book is a long reportage. It is intended to show a touching story that a group of Chinese intellectuals racked their brains to protect and research Dunhuang careers for more than a century, truly and comprehensively reappearing their excellent character that is brave to sacrifice and undertake everything for ethnologic cultural undertakings. It focuses on describing the vivacious and touching images of Dunhuang scholars from generation to generation such as Zhang Daqian, Chang Shuhong, Duan Wenjie, Fan Jinshi and Xi Zhenguan. Meanwhile, it shows a broad prospect of Dunhuang Studies with many qualified successors through the elegant presence of Dunhuang scholars of new generation.