A few days ago, Zhong Fangrong, who was once called the "darling of the archaeological circle" by netizens, spoke as the representative of undergraduate graduates at the graduation ceremony of the School of Archeology and Museology of Peking University. Just like when she chose Peking University Archeology four years ago, her graduation also received a lot of attention. Yesterday, according to the official WeChat account of Peking University, Zhong Fangrong’s main job in Dunhuang was to prepare an archaeological report on the Dunhuang Grottoes.
In the 2020 college entrance examination, Zhong Fangrong, a girl from Leiyang, Hunan, scored 676 points in the college entrance examination and ranked fourth in liberal arts in Hunan Province. After she applied for the School of Archeology and Museology at Peking University, museums and archaeological institutions in many places gave her "luxury archaeological gift packages", including historical documents such as "Shanxi Precious Cultural Relics Archives 9" and "Jiangkou Sunken Treasures". For a time, she was called the "favorite of the archaeological circle" by netizens.
Four years later, Zhong Fangrong’s whereabouts once again attracted attention. On July 8, the Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau announced the 2024 campus recruitment interview results for directly affiliated public institutions. Zhong Fangrong scored 92.40 points in the interview for the Dunhuang Academy Grotto Archeology (Archaeology, Undergraduate) position (only one person was recruited), and entered the follow-up physical examination with the first interview score for this position.
Zhong Fangrong, who is about to join the Dunhuang Academy, recalled that she had received encouragement from Mr. Fan Jinshi, a Peking University alumnus and honorary president of the Dunhuang Academy, and could not hide her excitement: “That scholar who could only be seen on TV and in books actually gave I wrote a letter."
Zhong Fangrong currently understands that her main job in Dunhuang is to prepare an archaeological report on the Dunhuang Grottoes. She very much hopes that she can contribute to the preparation of the archaeological report on the Dunhuang Grottoes after joining the job. When talking about what achievements she hopes to achieve in her career, Zhong Fangrong's answer remained as calm and "calm" as ever, "I haven't thought about it yet. I think I can do a little bit."
Text/reporter Li Tiezhu
(Beijing Youth newspaper)
