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Here's the news. Lunar samples collected by China's Chang -U -6 mission from the far side of the Moon will be displayed at an airshow in mid -November in South China's Guangdong Province.
That is according to the State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense.
The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China, will take place in Zhuhai from November 12 to the 17th, featuring various types of aircraft and carrier rockets.
According to Hao Changfeng, spokesperson for China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the company will present nearly 200 high -tech products, some of which will be exhibited for the first time including the Chang 'e -6 probe and the Long March 8A carrier rocket.
Li Yang, an official with the agency, noted noted that the Chang 'e -6 return capsule will also be showcased, allowing the public to witness the advancements of China's space industry.
Since its inception in 1996, Airshow China has become an important window for showcasing advanced aviation and aerospace technologies and equipment from home and abroad.
It has also become an international platform for promoting business cooperation in aviation and aerospace technologies and equipment.
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An international research team led by Chinese scientists has revealed that extreme fires amplify post -fire land surface warming, offering new perspectives for a comprehensive understanding of the impacts of forest fires on ecosystems and climate change.
The research has been published in the journal Nature.
Yue Chao, leader of the research team with Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, said that climate warming has led to a trend of frequent widespread and intense extreme forest fire events, but the impact of increasingly large forest post fires on surface climate has been underestimated.
According to the study, surface warming caused by extreme fires affects the ability of post fire forests to regenerate and their species' composition, while reinforcing the degradation of permafrost and accelerating the release of organic carbon from permafrost.
This means that extreme fires are likely to exacerbate global warming, which in turn will lead to more extreme fires, thus creating a vicious cycle.
The study also found that surface warming decreases with the increase of broad -leaved trees, leading to the conclusion that appropriately increasing the proportion of broad -leaved trees could mitigate the climate risk caused by fires.
According to Yang, the results suggest the urgency of scientific understanding of the psychological and climatic impacts of extreme fires and the prevention and control of climate risks caused by extreme fires so as to improve the ability of predicting future climate change and responding to extreme fires.
You're listening to special English Chinese museums registered 940 million visits in the first eight months of this year maintaining their popularity among Chinese visitors in recent years.
That is according to data released by the National Cultural Heritage Administration.
Liu Yang, an official with the administration, said that about 300 million visits were made in two months during the summer season, accounting for nearly a third of the total figure.
Hot spots like the Palace Museum and the National Museum of China in Beijing have become top destinations among Chinese travellers.
The growing public enthusiasm for museums during the summer break came with measures taken by nationwide museums, such as streamlining booking services and extending opening hours to better serve the visitors.
Liu added that to further meet people's cultural needs, the administration will step up efforts in terms of coordinating the development of different types of museums, optimizing booking and commentary services as well as ensuring more access to online and offline exhibitions.
China has seen a surging demand for visiting museums in recent years.
Last year saw a total of 1 .29 billion visits to some 6 ,800 officially registered museums.
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Chinese archaeologists have unveiled facial reconstructions of two men who lived near the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese civilization during the Neolithic Age.
age. One man, believed to have lived around fifty -six hundred years ago during the Yangshao culture, was approximately forty years old, while the other from the Longshan Culture period, roughly 4 ,000 years ago, was around 50 years old.
These groundbreaking portraits were released by the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural heritage and archaeology.
According to Lee Sher way, deputy director of the institute's prehistoric archaeology research department, the reconstructions were based on skulls unearthed during a recent excavation.
Given the absence of written or visual records from these ancient people, archaeologists meticulously gathered numerous data points from the models, they reconstructed the muscles by referencing populations with the closest genetic background while employing genetic analysis to predict skin tone and hair characteristics of the ancient people.
Lee said that the reconstruction accuracy could reach approximately 90 percent.
The skulls were discovered at the Yang Shao village site in central China's Henan Province during the fourth phase of excavation which began in August 2020.
The site holds great historical significance as its first excavation in 1921 marked the birth of modern Chinese archaeology.
The facial reconstruction project was initiated last year with the Hunan Institute collaborating with various organizations to bring the ancient faces to life.
Lee said that the project offered a vivid insight into the diverse cultures in ancient society.
Currently the research team is conducting further studies on ancient DNA to uncover more about the historical dynamics of prehistoric human populations.
This is Special English Have you ever wondered why some fine things in life happened to be transient?
And you wish that they would last just a little bit longer, like a shooting star, fireworks, a sunset, youth, and sweet osmanthes blossoms.
Sweet osmanthes is also known as sweet olive, tea olive, and fragrant olive.
In most places across China, it blooms in the eight months of the lunar calendar.
The osmanthes blossom is one of the smallest of its kind that I know.
Each one is tiny measuring up to 1 cm across and grows creamy white, buttery yellow, or bright orange clusters that appear on the evergreen branches of the Osmanthus tree.
Walking on the streets where the sweet Osmanthus trees bloom, it is hard to miss it.
It isn't the size of its blossoms.
house, but it's honeyed scent with some saying, notes of ripe peach or apricots.
It's the city flower of both Suzhou and Hangzhou in East China, the two cities that the 13th century Venetian merchant Marco Polo called paradise on Earth when he visited.
Sweet scented Osmanthus has been cultivated as an ornamental and scent plant for about Sweet osmanthes still lasts till this day.
One reason why this flowering tree is a favorite among the Chinese people lies in the name of the tree itself.
In Chinese, the sweet osmanthes flower is called Gui Hua, which symbolizes preciousness or superiority, because its pronunciation Gui is the same as another word which means valuable or nobility.
Over the past few centuries, the sweetest osmanthes flowers have charmed generations of Chinese every fall with its unforgettable fragrance.
It has been the Chinese tradition to drink sweet osmanthes tea and appreciate the bright full moon under the osmanthes tree as part of the autumn fun activities.
Legends about a magical sweet Osmanthus tree on the moon are still being told today.
In the Chinese fairy tale, there is a sweet Osmanthus tree in the moon palace that is as tall as some 500 meters.
Under the intertwined tree branches is a woodcutter named Wu Gang who is wielding an axe and chopping it.
However, it is a magical tree in the sense that it never stops growing and can heal itself after being cut.
So we can imagine how painful and hopeless this wood cutter feels.
After all, this endless toil is a punishment ordered by the Heavenly shadow.
And that's where the woodcutter is forever trying to cut down the ever -growing, self -healing, sweet Osmanthes tree.
Back on Earth, women in Suzhou during ancient Different times loved the flowers so much that they picked sweet osmanthes blossoms and wore them as hair accessories or natural perfume sweet osmanthes oil was also extracted to apply to face and hair for a nourishing and fragrant treatment, because the little flowers of the sweet osmanthes possess such a delicate fragrance, and a fruity sweet floral note.
They're also made into jam, and have been utilized as a traditional flavoring additive in pastries, candies, preserved fruits, and tea to enhance the taste.
I guess by now you've learned that Chinese Osmanthus lovers have really worked hard to keep the transient flowers, not just in their hearts but in different forms of fragrant souvenirs.
It is the perfect way to be reminded of the golden autumn all year long.
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Lunar samples collected by China's Chang 'e 6th mission from the far side of the moon will be displayed at an airshow in mid -November in South China's Guangdong Province.
That is according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China, China will take place in Juhai from Nov. 12 to 17, featuring various types of aircraft and carrier rockets.
According to Hao Changfeng, spokesperson for China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the company will present nearly 200 high -tech products, some of which will be exhibited for the first time, including the Chang 'e -6 probe and the Long March 8A carrier rocket.
Li Yang, an official with the agency, noted that the Chang 'e -6 return capsule will also be showcased allowing the public to witness the advancements of China's space industry.
Since its inception in 1996, Airshow China has become an important window for showcasing advanced aviation and aerospace technologies and equipment from home and abroad.
It has also become an international platform for promoting business cooperation and aviation in aerospace technologies and equipment.
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