19日下午，正在甘肅考察的習近平總書記在敦煌研究院同有關專家、學者和文化單位代表座談。

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called for well preserving the quintessence of Chinese culture.
習近平總書記強調，保護好我們的國粹。

Xi stressed the need to help carry forward and promote traditional culture.
他強調，對優秀傳統文化的傳承弘揚要給予支持和扶持。

He also called for more efforts in cultural exchanges with other countries and learning from the outstanding achievements of civilizations from around the world.
他強調，更加廣泛地開展同各國的文化交流，更加積極主動學習借鑒世界一切優秀文明成果。

During the inspection tour on Monday, Xi visited the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a key cultural heritage site under State-level protection.
19日下午，習近平總書記來到全國重點文物保護單位、世界文化遺產敦煌莫高窟。

Dunhuang culture shows the Chinese nation's confidence in its culture, Xi said. "Only a self-confident civilization can absorb and draw on the achievements of other civilizations while maintaining its own characteristics."
習近平指出，敦煌文化展示了中華民族的文化自信，只有充滿自信的文明才能在保持自己特色的同時包容、借鑒、吸收各種文明的優秀成果。

Xi also encouraged workers in the cultural sector to well tell the stories of Dunhuang and China.
他勉勵文化工作者講好敦煌故事，傳播好中國聲音。