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Here's the news. China plans to build a national heritage route along the historically significant Hexi Corridor in northwest China within the next 10 years.
The route is part of the country's goal to strengthen the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural and natural heritage.
According to He Xiaozu, head of the Gansu Provincial Culture and Tourism Department, Gansu will implement a series of projects focused on heritage protection and utilization, infrastructure construction, tourism industry layout, and international exchanges and cooperation.
These projects will encompass a total of 52 representative cultural and natural heritages and 20 national -level intangible cultural heritage projects along the Hexi Corridor.
A total of 610 million yuan, some 84 million US dollars, will be invested to promote the implementation of 120 specific tasks related to the route construction.
The He Xi Corridor, part of the ancient Silk Road and stretching over a distance of nearly 1 ,000 kilometers in Gansu, is home to five UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 53 grottos.
According to Qiu Jian, head of the Gansu Provincial Cultural Heritage Bureau, the route will be built in adherence to the principle of minimal intervention and will become an important platform for China to share cultural achievements with the world and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
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The Tourism Office of China's Macau Special Administrative Region Government, together with China's trendy toy maker PopMart, have launched PopMart Macau CityWalk, a cultural tourism initiative with the unveiling of a seven -meter -high toy labubu known for its toothy grin.
The office noted that the event runs until September 21, bringing Pop Mart's globally popular characters, including Baby Molly, Cry Baby, D.
Moo, and La Boo Boo, to four iconic locations across Macau.
A special pop station was set up at Senado Square, featuring a pop -up shop and a Macau -themed Megaspace Molly Egg Tart installation where visitors could collect themed postcards and stamps at each site.
Maria Helena de Sena Fernandez, director of the tourism office, said that Pop Mart has a vast resource in terms of the number of fans worldwide, adding that when people come to take photos with the figures, they are also walking around the city and seeing different kinds of elements related to the city.
Miss Lin from Guangzhou was visiting Macau particularly for the event, showing her two labubu dolls and delicate decorations.
She said she had only recently become familiar with the character and had become quite interested in the IP series.
The project integrated a regional e -payment consumption lucky draw open to users from Macau, Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland, as well as Thailand and Malaysia.
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A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum.
Located in Suzhou, in east China's Jiangsu province, The Suzhou Silk Museum welcomed 522 ,000 visitors last year, more than double the number from 2023.
As of April this year, the museum had already received nearly 200 ,000 visitors.
Many visitors, especially young people, stop by the museum's gift shop that offers a variety of products made from or inspired by silk, with some visitors arriving dressed in traditional Chinese -style silk garments.
Museum curator Qian Zhaoyue said that more young people are now willing to wear traditional silk garments and embrace silk -based products.
He explained that with China's economic development and the rise of interest in traditional Chinese culture and fashion among the public, people are more eager to reconnect with fine traditional culture.
Chinese silk has enjoyed global popularity since ancient times today in addition to traditional markets such as the EU and the United States exports now reach the BRICS nations and the the Belt and Road Partner Countries.
According to Qian, China currently produces over 80 % of the world's raw silk and silkworm cocoons.
Qian believes that the history of silk reflects the evolution of China's history, culture, science, daily life, and economy.
Through the Silk Road, China established connections with the rest of the world.
He said that silk is a symbol of global cultural exchange, a bearer of Chinese aesthetics and an embodiment of Eastern beauty at its finest. The museum has been working with the School of Artificial Intelligence at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to collect and analyze patterns from ancient silk textiles and adapt them for modern use.
The licensing price of a digitalized piece of silk pattern has reached 300 ,000 to 400 ,000 yuan, about 42 ,000 to 56 ,000 US dollars.
Modern applications of silk and silk -inspired designs include handbags and scarves sold at the museum's gift shop as well as skin care products and even interior features of vehicles.
In cooperation with China's Lunar Exploration Program, the museum designed a special space suit with a traditional silk -based pattern for its mascot, Rabbit Star.
Rising demand for silk has also stimulated the growth of the sericulture industry.
Scientists are now working to develop alternative feed sources to replace limited mulberry leaves and to enable silkworms to grow in winter and produce silk in specific colors.
The museum has expanded its international outreach with more international visitors from various countries.
It has also worked with the Confucius Institute to display selected silk garments in Venice.
A team of marine scientists from China's Guangxi University has achieved a remarkable breakthrough in coral conservation.
Off the coast of Weizhou Island, located at 21 degrees north latitude in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, region, the team has mastered a key technology to trigger large -scale coral spawning.
This milestone enables controlled sexual reproduction of corals, marking a vital step toward transforming forming Huizhou Island into a sanctuary for corals threatened by global climate change.
Huang Wen, associate professor at the School of Marine Sciences at Guangxi University, said that after 11 years of research, the team had moved from simply planting corals to breeding them, helping to create thriving underwater ecosystems. Coral reefs, often referred to as the tropical rainforests of the ocean, occupy just 0 .2 % of the seafloor but support over a quarter of all marine species.
However, global warming and human activities have led to widespread coral bleaching.
Wei Zhou Island had not been exempt from this decline.
Coral cover there plunged from 60 % in the 1980s to less than 5 % by 2015.
In 2015, the Guangxi University team embarked on an arduous journey to restore coral reefs.
They cultivated coral colonies in laboratories, salvaged fragments from the seafloor, and anchored them to seed trays before divers carefully placed them on the seabed.
Their 2 ,000 -square -meter restoration zone has seen remarkable progress, with coral cover quadrupling to 20 % over three years.
To date, the team has installed 1 ,520 artificial reefs, transplanted over 80 ,000 coral colonies, and restored 30 hectares of reefs.
However, planting corals is just the beginning.
According to Gong San -chiang, another associate professor at the School of Marine Sciences, for restoration to truly succeed, corals must reproduce naturally.
Sexual production not only boosts genetic diversity, but also strengthens resilience to environmental changes.
Coral spawning is brief, usually lasting just hours each year.
In mid -May, the researchers pinpointed a 72 -hour golden window for coral spawning off Weijou Island.
Underwater, divers captured stunning images of corals releasing large clusters of pink reproductive bundles.
Meanwhile, some other scientists from the team activated the water flow control system and used specialized methods to induce spawning, collecting significant numbers of eggs and sperm.
In the laboratory, researchers worked around the clock to separate the gametes and preserve them in liquid nitrogen.
According to Gong, this expedition confirmed that the restored corals had reached sexual maturity and are capable of mass production to repopulate surrounding areas.
In their laboratory, each liquid nitrogen tank now stores reproductive cells from various coral populations.
Yu Kefu, team leader and dean of the School of Marine Sciences, said these liquid nitrogen tanks are a Noah's Ark for corals since they hold the key to future restoration efforts.
A research team from China University of Geosciences Beijing has recorded, for the first time, a combination of mammalia form and dinosaur tracks in Cretaceous Strata in Huaiji County in South China's Guangdong Province.
According to the research team, the newly discovered The discovered Mammalia form track measures just 1 .8 cm in length.
It marks the first discovery of a Cretaceous Mammalia form track in South China and provides valuable insight into the diversity and paleoecology of vertebrates in the region during that period.
The study, led by Associate Professor Xing Li Da at China University of Geosciences Beijing, was conducted in collaboration with international scholars from the Republic of Korea and Brazil and amateur fossil enthusiasts.
The findings have been published in the Italian Journal of Geosciences.
Xing said that the newly discovered mammalia form track is exquisitely preserved, 1 .8 cm long, laterally oval shaped, with four short and wide toes, rounded pads, and blunt tips.
He believes the track was likely formed in sediment in a lake or river, and may have been left by a small, mouse -like animal, which suggests that mammalia forms had a broader ecological adaptability.
The newly discovered theropod tracks in the area are three -toed dinosaur footprints with distinct claw marks, each measuring 9 .5 cm in length.
Two additional quadrupedal track specimens, each measuring 45 cm in length, exhibit characteristics consistent with those of sauropods.
According to Professor Xing, this discovery marks the first documented occurrence of mammalia -formed tracts in the Cretaceous of South China, enriching the understanding of the region's vertebrate diversity during that era.
As research progresses, the research team expect to uncover more information about the evolutionary history and ecological dynamics of organisms from this period, with important value for both science and public education.
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China plans to build a national heritage route along the historically significant Hexi Corridor in northwest China within the next 10 years.
The route is part of the country's goal to strengthen the protection, inheritance, and utilization of cultural and natural heritage According to He Xiaozhu, head of the Gansu Provincial Culture and Tourism Department Gansu will implement a series of projects focused on heritage protection and utilization, infrastructure construction, tourism industry layout, and international exchanges and cooperation cooperation.
These projects will encompass a total of 52 representative cultural and natural heritages and 20 national -level intangible cultural heritage projects along the Hexi Corridor.
A total of 610 million yuan, some 84 million US dollars, will be invested to promote the implementation of 120 specific tasks related to the route construction.
The Hexi Corridor, Part of the ancient Silk Road and stretching over a distance of nearly 1 ,000 kilometers in Gansu is home to five UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 53 grottos.
According to Qiu Jian, head of the Gansu Provincial Cultural Heritage Bureau, the route will be built in adherence to the principle of minimal intervention and will become an important platform for China to share cultural achievements with the world and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
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