Chapter 101 100. Fan Jinshi—Daughter of Dunhuang Protecting Heritage

Fan Jinshi, female, Han nationality, is from Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and a member of the Communist Party of China. Born in 1938, he is currently the president of the Dunhuang Academy. After graduating from Peking University, Fan Jinshi took root in the Gobi Desert for more than 40 years and devoted herself to the archaeological research of the Dunhuang Grottoes. She has made outstanding contributions to the protection and utilization of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, a precious cultural resource for mankind, and is known as the "Daughter of Dunhuang".She put forward 13 cultural relics protection projects including the "Mogao Grottoes Sand Control Project", and created a new set of materials, techniques and technologies for grouting cracks in the cliff body of sandy conglomerate grottoes, and weathering and reinforcement of weathered cliff faces. The environment is improved, and the disease and damage of the body are curbed.She planned a blueprint for the protection and utilization of Dunhuang cultural relics in the new century, and for the first time put forward the idea of ​​using computer technology for permanent protection, exhibition and utilization of Dunhuang murals and colored sculpture art, and put it into practice.Using the method of archaeological typology, she completed the chronological chronology of the Northern Dynasties, Sui and early Tang dynasties of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, which has become the recognized chronological achievement of the Dunhuang Grottoes in the academic circles.She actively carried out international cooperation in the field of cultural relics protection and successfully solved the problems related to the research and protection of Dunhuang Grottoes.The "Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Protection Regulations" drafted by her has become the first special legislation in Gansu Province to protect a cultural site.The 26-volume large-scale series "Complete Works of Dunhuang Grottoes" compiled by her concentrates on the achievements of the century-old research on Dunhuang Grottoes.

As a loyal guardian of Dunhuang heritage, Fan Jinshi has dedicated her youth to Dunhuang, but she believes that she has not done enough. She is still in her 70s, and she is still silently working for the protection of Dunhuang cultural relics and the development of Chinese cultural relics contribute their strength. In the past year, in addition to being directly responsible for the protection and utilization project of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, she has also presided over the declaration of the National Ancient Mural Protection Engineering Technology Center, the overall application of the Silk Road, and "Glory and Light-Dunhuang Art Exhibition". Planning and many other tasks.

As an old CPPCC member who was elected for four consecutive terms, Fan Jinshi's work enthusiasm continued unabated, and she still faithfully performed the duties of a CPPCC member. In the past year, her proposals were still inseparable from the cultural relics protection she pursued cause. In order to prevent possible damage to the environment of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Mingsha Mountain-Crescent Spring Scenic Area caused by the planned Dunhuang-Golmud Railway, she submitted the "Design Plan on Resolutely Demanding Changes in Dunhuang-Golmud Railway" to the Proposal Committee of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Proposal for the Dunhuang Section Line" finally prompted the selection of a new line for the Dunhuang section of the Dunhuang-Golmud Railway.

Although she has done a lot of work, in Fan Jinshi's view, all the achievements are not her personal credit, but the result of the joint efforts of the guardians of Dunhuang deep in the desert and the supporters of Dunhuang cultural relics protection. Dunhuang is the common cultural heritage of mankind. , Protection needs everyone's strength.Under the leadership of Fan Jinshi, the protection and management of Mogao Grottoes has now embarked on a scientific, legal, and standardized path, and has been hailed as "a model of effective protection, rational utilization, and careful management in my country."

Fan Jinshi, the "Daughter of Dunhuang", has made outstanding contributions to the preservation and utilization of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes for decades, and has been highly praised by the party and the people. In 1985, she was awarded the Silver Medal of "National Outstanding Sons and Daughters of the Borderlands", in 1991 she was awarded the "Advanced Worker of the National Cultural System", in 2002 she was awarded the "National Outstanding Professional and Technical Talent", and in 2004 she was awarded the "2004 China's Most Outstanding Worker". Influential Cultural Figure of the Year", was awarded the "National Advanced Worker" in 2005, and was shortlisted as a candidate for the "Seventh China Top Ten Female Heroes" in 2008.