Then, just as she began thinking about coming home, something apparently unrelated to her dance career transformed it: In 1980, the mummy of an ancient queen of Loulan was discovered in Xinjiang, triggering widespread interest in the Silk Road in Japan.
就在樊潔兮興起「不如歸去」的念頭時，一件和舞蹈無關的事件，卻隱然為她舞蹈生命的蛻變埋下了伏筆：1980 年初中國西域發現了樓蘭古國女王的乾屍，隨之在日本社會掀起一股絲路熱潮。