Fan Jinshi


Fan Jinshi is a Chinese archaeologist/ heritage specialist who served as director of the Dunhuang Research Academy between 1998 and 2014. She spends most of her life in Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, People's Republic of China, currently working as an honorary president and professional researcher in Dunhuang Research Academy, as well as a part-time professor and a doctoral supervisor in Lanzhou University, China. Fan began working in Dunhuang in 1963, at the age of 25. She has been venerated as "Daughter of Dunhuang" for her over 50 years of devotion to studying and preserving Dunhuang Grottoes. She is an early proponent of Dunhuang Academy in contemporary China, and creates a series of effective Cave preservation approaches for grottos.
She was a delegate to the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. She was a member of the 8th, 9th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Early life

Fan was born in Beijing and was raised in Shanghai. Her ancestral home is in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Education

Fan Jinshi graduated from in Peking University in 1963.

Career

After graduation, she was dispatched to Dunhuang, where she worked in the Dunhuang Institute of Cultural Relics. In August 1984 she became deputy director of the Dunhuang Research Academy, rising to director in April 1998, after working 35 years there. In January 2015 she served as honorary director there. She also served as a part-time professor and doctoral supervisor at the Lanzhou University.
She is the most important people to promote project, which allows the public internationally to visit Mogao Caves online.

Personal life

Fan was married to her university classmate Peng Jinzhang in 1966. He was also an archaeologist. The couple has a son.

Works