At that time, skinny Fan Jinshi was assigned to work in Dunhuang, which made people cry.
Fan Jinshi didn't want to go to the Mogao Grottoes either, but she insisted on going because of the teacher's entrustment.
Before leaving, she and her boyfriend agreed to go to Wuhan for reunion three years later.
Without success, she has guarded the Mogao Grottoes for more than half a century.
From hair to hair, why can Fan Jinshi persist all the time? Why do you call her the daughter of Dunhuang?
Fan Jinshi, 1938 was born in Beiping. But growing up in Shanghai, she is more like a real Shanghai girl.
My father, who graduated from Tsinghua University, wanted her to read a lot of poems in the future, so he named it Poems.
Fan Jinshi lived up to his father's expectations. Although I was weak and sick since I was a child, my grades have been good. I especially like reading books.
In middle school, Fan Jinshi read a text about the Mogao Grottoes. The text says that there are hundreds of caves in Mogao Grottoes. There are exquisite colored sculptures and murals in the cave, which is a splendid art palace.
Fan Jinshi was deeply impressed by this, especially after 1958 was admitted to Peking University. She always tried her best to collect everything related to the Mogao Grottoes.
One year before graduating from college, Fan Jinshi also volunteered to go to the Mogao Grottoes for an internship. However, what she didn't expect was that there was a layer of yellow sand between ideal and reality.
Just arrived in Dunhuang, Fan Jinshi, a Shanghai girl with flowers, was completely humiliated by the sandstorm. After washing her hair with soap, there was a layer of indelible white alkali on her hair, which made people feel uncomfortable.
The predecessors in the institute also told her that even this bitter and astringent alkaline water should be used less. This is beyond her imagination when she grew up in the south.
Not only is there a shortage of water here, but food is also very scarce. Vegetables other than cabbage and potatoes are radishes. When he was greedy, Fan Jinshi stared at the fruit on his neighbor's tree, but never dared to "steal" something to satisfy his greed.
When the fruits planted in the institute matured, Fan Jinshi finally got a share, and she ate them all at once the night she just got them.
Many years later, Fan Jinshi also lamented: "I have eaten a lot of fruits in my life, but the fruit that night was the best."
For Fan Jinshi, the lack of materials is ok, but the climate there is terrible. Not only is it dry, but also the temperature difference is large. Fan Jinshi suffered from insomnia almost every day.
Soon, Fan Jinshi fell ill and was too weak to walk. The teacher was afraid that something would happen to her, so she quickly arranged for her to go back to Peking University. There were still three months before the internship period expired.
From then on, Fan Jinshi began to pay attention to Dunhuang. When he was assigned for graduation, how could Fan Jinshi be happy when he heard that he was going to work in Dunhuang?
Moreover, at that time, Fan Jinshi had planned to get married, and her boyfriend Peng was assigned to teach at Wuhan University.
Fan Jinshi knows what separation means.
Just when she was hesitant, a word from Mr. Su, director of Peking University Archaeological Teaching and Research Section, made her determined to go to Dunhuang.
Mr. Su ice cream solemnly said to her, "I want to thank you. You go to Dunhuang to write an archaeological report this time. I will leave you the 24-year history of the archaeological community. "
At that time, there was a saying in academic circles: "Dunhuang is in China, and Dunhuang studies are abroad."
Since modern times, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes have been plundered continuously. In only 1900 a year, the documents of the Tibetan Sutra Cave were taken away by the Englishman Stan.
These documents covering astronomy, geography, customs, religion, medicine, economy and military affairs are like an encyclopedia of ancient China, but the essence has already been scattered to Japan, Russia, Britain and the United States. ...
The history of Dunhuang has become a headache for several generations of scholars, and bringing Dunhuang studies back to China has also become the greatest wish of several generations of scholars.
Hearing the teacher's great trust, Fan Jinshi's eyes were hot and he suddenly felt that he had a great responsibility. She secretly vowed in her heart that she would do her best to complete the teacher's entrustment within 3-4 years.
When leaving, her boyfriend Peng said softly, "I'll wait for you!" " Fan Jinshi choked and comforted him: "Soon, 3 or 4 years at most."
However, Fan Jinshi stood me up. They separated 19 years before they reunited.
When Fan Jinshi arrived, the sandstorm in Dunhuang was as cold as I remembered. And her residence is actually a ruined temple.
One day, she wanted to go to a remote dirt toilet to relieve herself. She saw a pair of green eyes as soon as she went out, which made her hair stand on end.
Her first reaction at that time was to meet a wolf!
Fan Jinshi turned back. After a night of fear, he found that the "wolf" was actually a donkey.
Such a "joke" made Fan Jinshi laugh, but he was deeply sad.
In order not to miss life in Shanghai, Fan Jinshi dared not look in the mirror and tried not to think about everything outside.
But every night, Fan Jinshi is particularly lonely: "I often feel as if the whole world has forgotten me, and Lao Peng has forgotten me."
1967, the original lover Peng became her husband "Lao Peng". After marriage, one was in Wuhan and the other was in Dunhuang, living far apart.
When they had their first child, Fan Jinshi and Peng reached an agreement to give birth in Wuhan, where the medical conditions were better.
Fan Jinshi, however, could not get a holiday for a long time and had to produce in Dunhuang alone.
Seeing that she had no family to accompany her, the kind doctor gave her advice and said, "You should send a telegram to your lover at once, saying that you gave birth to a boy doll."
Fan Jinshi said with a wry smile, "Even the golden doll can't be made."
At the same time, her husband Peng Zheng was anxiously waiting for the train with two baskets. There are already prepared nutrients and children's clothes in the basket.
When he appeared at the door of the ward sweating profusely, Fan Jinshi, who had been waiting in fear for many days, suddenly burst into tears.
Peng looked at his weak wife and naked son, and he was so distressed that he wiped his tears.
After that, Lao Peng stewed chicken soup for his children, made milk powder and took care of his wife and children tenderly.
Under the care of her husband, Fan Jinshi had a warm time.
But before the end of the month, Lao Peng's holiday has arrived, and the two couples are going to separate again.
In the letter, they agreed that they must adjust their work together as soon as possible to end this life of separation between the two places, but until their second son was five years old, their wishes were not realized and they lived a life of cowherd and weaver girl.
Because of his busy work, Fan Jinshi has no time to take care of the children. The two sons were sent to Wuhan successively, and Peng took care of them.
Fan Jinshi once said: "My heart is torn in two, one is the Mogao Grottoes, and the other is Lao Peng and his children."
In fact, even though he was highly respected, Fan Jinshi thought about transferring from Dunhuang to Wuhan more than once to take care of his family.
However, Fan Jinshi's work is very important to the Mogao Grottoes, and Dunhuang Research Institute is unwilling to release him. Peng started the archaeology major in Wuda University with great responsibility, and Wuda University was even more reluctant to let go.
Both units have been sawing for many years. It was not until 1986 that the relevant departments in Gansu sent people to Wuhan University to coordinate, and Wuhan University let go, saying that Peng personally decided the matter.
Peng, who is nearly 50 years old, could not bear to embarrass his wife. He voluntarily gave up the archaeological project of Shang and Zhou Dynasties that he had studied for a long time and went to Dunhuang to start over.
This is a difficult choice for archaeologists. To this end, Fan Jinshi has said to people countless times: "I am not a good mother, let alone a good wife."
But in Dunhuang, Fan Jinshi was a good guard.
1984, Fan Jinshi was appointed as the deputy director of Dunhuang Cultural Relics Research Institute.
Once, when she was in charge of filing, she found a Dunhuang catalog 1908 that was taken away by the French.
Comparing the photos of the same cave and the same cultural relic, Fan Jinshi found that many murals have gradually degenerated or blurred in just a few decades.
"Murals are degenerating, murals are degenerating ..." This sentence lingers like a spell. How to protect these cultural relics as well as possible has become a major event that haunts Fan Jinshi's mind.
Many things happen. 1989, Fan Jinshi finally turned over.
That year, Fan Jinshi went to Beijing on business and happened to see someone using a computer. The color pictures on the computer caught her attention at once.
Fan Jinshi was very excited when he learned that these images could be digitized and stored. He immediately began to plan to save the archives of the Mogao Grottoes by computer.
However, at that time, computers were expensive, and a 640K processing computer of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sold for 6480 yuan, not to mention the large-scale purchase of computers, and Dunhuang Research Institute could not come up with this huge sum of money.
After several considerations, Fan Jinshi crustily skin of head and found the Gansu Science and Technology Commission. Who knows, after some earnest talks, Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Commission, which is not rich, was deeply moved and gladly allocated 300,000 yuan for them to develop the digital archives of Dunhuang Grottoes.
Through the efforts of archaeologists, caves, murals, painted sculptures and documents scattered all over the world are brought together by computers and become permanent electronic files.
At the same time, another problem has followed.
In the 1990s, the number of tourists coming to Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes increased gradually. In 200 1 year, the number of tourists exceeded 300,000, and the number is still rising year after year.
Some tourists come all the way to see the grottoes, and when they come out of the grottoes, they sigh: "What is there to see in the dusty land?" ! "But even such a hasty visit will change the micro-ecology of the Mogao Grottoes and make the protection work more difficult.
To this end, Fan Jinshi couldn't eat or sleep, and kept writing to the relevant departments, suggesting stopping visiting the Mogao Grottoes.
This move has attracted many people's dissatisfaction: "If you want money, you will think of a place. When you need to contribute to the place, you only know how to stick to cultural relics. "
Fan Jinshi has been wronged, but he believes that cultural relics can only add vitality if they are related to the times, and today's technical means may solve the difficulties faced by the Mogao Grottoes.
To this end, she called for the construction of a virtual venue outside the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Reserve.
In 20 14, Dunhuang Digital Exhibition Center was officially put into operation. With the help of advanced digital and multimedia technology, the caves thousands of years ago came alive, which not only eased the pressure of the Mogao Grottoes, but also brought a good experience to tourists.
Fan Jinshi won many awards and was commended for his persistence and contribution to the Mogao Grottoes.
But Fan Jinshi said, "I don't understand the protection of cultural relics. I would rather finish the archaeological report handed over by Teacher Su. "
Faced with more and more praise, Fan Jinshi believed that the honor should belong to the people of Mogao Grottoes and donated all the prize money to Dunhuang Research Institute.
On 20 1 1 year, Fan Jinshi handed over the first volume of the archaeological report, The Complete Works of Dunhuang Grottoes. It has been 48 years since the year entrusted by Mr. Su.
In fact, isn't learning Fan Jinshi's dream? But over the years, she is more engaged in the protection of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.
Today, Mr. Peng has passed away, and Fan Jinshi, who is over 80 years old, has returned to Dunhuang to work hard to compile the "Twenty-four History" of Dunhuang archaeology.
With the efforts of generations of Dunhuang scholars, the era of "Dunhuang studies in foreign countries" is gone forever. Fan Jinshi, who stuck to Dunhuang for decades, finally got his wish.
Many scholars have made contributions to Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes near Dangquan River. But Fan Jinshi said that there will be no new tombs here, including herself, because "the overall style of Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes should be protected."
Fan Jinshi, who lived a full life, never avoided life and death: "I am over eighty years old and will leave one day." I was ready for this. If there is an afterlife, I will choose Dunhuang and choose Mogao Grottoes. "
For decades, Fan Jinshi stuck to the Mogao Grottoes when she was in trouble and guarded them when she needed it. To this end, she sacrificed her family and delayed her academic research.
Even when making the final life plan, they are considering not to destroy the environment in Dunhuang.
Where the best years of life are, they will become an inseparable part of life. Dunhuang is like this for Fan Jinshi, and has become the real "daughter of Dunhuang".
Persistence is a powerful word. It depends on practice and blood, and in the end, it is necessary to practice bit by bit.
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Author: Look at the rain under bananas.
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