It’s better to work hard than to make money as online celebrity. Why do some people believe in "reading is useless"

  Beijing, May 29 (Yuan Xiuyue), the client of Zhongxin. com, "OH MY GOD, it feels too smooth. One duck excrement is green, and the other loses blood. It’s really good to see the explosion. Anyway, buy it! Buy it! Buy it! "

  Because of imitating online celebrity and Li Jiaqi, a child named Tiantian became online celebrity. On Tik Tok, he has more than 700,000 fans, and the short video has more than 4 million likes.

  Video screenshot

  In response, Li Jiaqi sent him a complete set of exercise books from elementary school to high school. While laughing, netizens lamented that this year’s children are really a bit different.

  Different from the worry of "going to Tsinghua or Peking University" from the post-80s and post-90s generation, today’s post-90s and post-90s generation seem to be facing a new problem: choose to study hard or choose to be online celebrity?

  Data Map: Female anchors do live product display for e-commerce companies. China News Service reporter Wei Liang photo The picture is irrelevant.

  In 2018, some media had done a graphic illustration of post-90s employment view, in which it was mentioned that 54% of post-90s most aspiring emerging occupations were anchor and online celebrity.

  Tik Tok, Betta, bilibili, Little Red Book … … Emerging short video and live broadcast platforms are helping more and more ordinary people become famous overnight. At the same time, it has also promoted the economic boom in online celebrity. It is not uncommon for online celebrity to earn millions and tens of millions a month, and their ability to "bring goods" is even more comparable to that of stars. Last year’s Double Eleven, Li Jiaqi sold 15,000 lipsticks in five minutes, and was called "Brother Lipstick".

  Video screenshot: The picture shows Li Jiaqi.

  Not only that, short videos and live broadcasts have also been successfully embedded in people’s lives. Brushing Tik Tok, watching live games, becoming a UP master, publishing notes on planting grass in Xiaohongshu, and shooting Vlog anytime and anywhere have become the daily portrayal of young people.

  It seems to be becoming a reality that you can support yourself easily by turning your hobby into work. Therefore, a question arises. If you can make money when you are in online celebrity, why do you spend time studying?

  This is not the first discussion about "the futility of reading". Twenty years ago, 17-year-old Han Han won the first prize of the first national "New Concept Composition Competition" with an article "Peeping at a Man in a Cup". However, he is still in the first year of high school, and he has no interest in mathematics, physics and chemistry. The next year, he dropped out of school in the name of writing novels.

  Data Map: Han Han meets fans. Photo by Luo Bo

  Can you become a talent without the college entrance examination? This once triggered a discussion on the "reading uselessness" from all walks of life.

  Han Han was not the only one who rebelled at that time. Mao Kankan, Li Xiang and Gao Ran, both born in 1980s, chose another road, IT entrepreneurship. They are in high spirits and have their own company in their early twenties. The media called them "four little IT in Beijing" and "upstart entrepreneurs born after 1980s". Among them, Mao Kankan and Li Xiang have never participated in the college entrance examination.

  Han Han and Mao Kankan have become idols in the minds of teenagers. They are unconventional and run counter to traditional ideas. They are more willing to pursue their own personality than sticking to the rules and studying hard.

  From being a writer, starting a business to being a online celebrity, the changes in young people’s choices also highlight the changes in social and cultural trends of thought in the past 20 years. Today, there are more and more factors affecting young people’s choices. Before they enter the society, the first thing they have to face is the desire to be "fed up".

  Screenshot: Luxury advertisements on social platforms

  From lipstick, liquid foundation and backpacks to cars and home improvement, a slightly extravagant lifestyle is being welcomed by more and more people on the Internet.

  Some time ago, a woman with a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan in Hangzhou saved money to buy a 20,000-yuan bag, which was dissatisfied with her husband and caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

  The exquisite life exposed by ordinary people on social networking sites can stimulate consumption desire more than advertisements. "After downloading the little red book, I feel that this day can’t be passed. Why is everyone richer than me, more beautiful than me, and more rich and loving than me?" A netizen lamented.

  Online celebrity has become the object of many young people’s imitation. They care more about the external dress and pursue high value. In Xiaohongshu, there are not a few bloggers who publish cosmetic diaries, and even some students choose to borrow money for cosmetic surgery.

  Screenshot: The experience of netizens drying their own loans for cosmetic surgery.

  In the view of Sun Meng, 28, this is not an acceptable behavior for her. "This is all blinded by the advanced consumption advocated by various marketing numbers, without their own rational judgment, blindly following the trend."

  Chen Hui also often uses little red books to see through the clothes, but many notes advertisements are very strong in nature, and all the clothes are blown to the sky. In her opinion, this may be advocating not to stop buying in buy buy.

  Under the commercial advocacy of the Internet, getting something seems to be equated with happiness.

  Data Map: Junior students try to be network anchors. Cangyan photo is irrelevant.

  "Reading is not as good as being a online celebrity, and the college entrance examination is not as good as plastic surgery." If we look at reading from a pragmatic point of view, it seems that it is not cost-effective, and it requires a family to work hard for more than ten years, including time and money. But the result is not certain. Whether you can find a good job and make a lot of money is unknown.

  But is reading really useless? Han Han, who once bombarded "the composition of the college entrance examination is stupid" and was glad that he didn’t go to college, later changed his mouth. He admitted in Weibo last year that dropping out of school was a failure, which showed that he was incompetent in a challenge and had to quit, which was not worth learning. What is worth learning is always learning the word itself.

  Screenshot: Han Han talks about dropping out of school on Weibo.

  "I heard someone gloating and saying, Han Han, I dropped out of school like you. I don’t understand. What is there to learn from what I have done badly? Why not learn what I do well? " Han Han said.

  Li Xiang also commented below: "If I can get into a good university and find a good job, I won’t start a business. It was because I couldn’t get into a good university and couldn’t find a good job that I started my business. If you can’t find a good job and don’t want to start a business, it’s better to go to school. "

  Cai Lan, who has the title of "One of the Four Great Talents in Hong Kong", has always been concerned about the status of young people. When talking about the discussion about whether online celebrity should make money or bury his head in hard work, he bluntly said: "Reading is a basic skill. If you don’t do it, you won’t last long. You have to read everything."

  Data Map: Cai Lan. China News Service reporter Hong Shaokui photo

  Some netizens expressed a similar view: "online celebrity is easy to get angry, but studying is useful for life." Some people think that online celebrity is not so good, and it is great that these two can do a good job. Some netizens teased that this question was actually boring, because online celebrity couldn’t be a good reader. Just like when I was a child, I struggled to choose Tsinghua or Peking University. When I grew up, I found myself thinking too much.

  Actually, studying hard or being online celebrity is not completely contradictory. The Internet has provided people with more choices, which is a good thing.

  But opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared. Only by studying hard can you seize them when they pass by. (End)

The ultimate preview of "The Scare of the Spy Wars in the Deep Sea" Ruoyun Zhang and Angel joined forces to break the enemy.

Produced by Qiancheng Film and Television Co., Ltd. and Xinli TV Culture Investment Co., Ltd., it is adapted from the novel of the same name by Hai Fei, the winner of the People’s Literature Award and a gold screenwriter, and it is written by him, directed by Sun Hao, starring Ruoyun Zhang, Angel, Sean and Adi, and starring by Wang Longzheng. The TV series "The Deep Sea of Spy Wars" co-starring Calvin, Li Qiang, Gao Shuguang, Wang Wanjuan, Luo Qiuyun and Ji Li will be held at 8 o’clock tonight. At the same time, Tencent Video and Iqiyi will synchronize network updates. VIP members will update 2 episodes every Sunday to Thursday at 24 o’clock, and update 1 episode on Friday and Saturday. Non-members will be exempted at 24 o’clock the next day. Today, The Scare of the Deep Sea of Spy Warfare has successively issued the final preview of the "Immediate Action" version and the single poster of the "Twin Cities Spy Shadow" version. Two heavy materials have declassified the highlights of this drama in advance, and the sinister situation, tense spy war, and many forces of the enemy and the enemy, which are fighting with each other, are intertwined in Chongqing and Shanghai, indicating that a secret spy war is about to start, which has doubled the audience’s expectation.

The battle of alternating life starts, drinking ice and moving forward is full of dangers.

With the sinister struggle situation in Shanghai and Chongqing in 1941 as the background, The Scare in the Deep Sea tells the story that Chen Shan (Ruoyun Zhang), Zhang Li (Angel) and other patriots with firm beliefs fought hard with the enemy in the hidden front, and Chen Shan was inspired by Zhang Li to transform from a small gangster on the beach and eventually grow into an excellent communist fighter. In the final preview of the "Immediate Action" version, which lasted only about one minute, the suspenseful background music laid the foundation for Chen Shan to walk in treading on thin ice as a three-sided spy after being forced to "transform" into a military special agent Xiao Zhengguo. Various characters appeared in succession in the changeable situation, and the dense amount of information refined and extracted the story context. The siege of Japanese spies, the questioning and questioning of the Kuomintang military junta and other difficulties have pushed Chen Shan into the fear of being caught at any time, and the resulting suspense is one of the many highlights of this play.

Chen Shan has no choice but to embark on this thorny road full of crises. Zhou Haichao (Sean), Yu Xiaoyue (Adi), Araki Wei (Wang Longzheng), Qian Shiying (Calvin) and others are either right or wrong, and they are playing a good show with Chen Shan Zhang Li on the hidden front. As shown in the trailer, suspense, nervousness and even humor are all reflected in this play. The simple explanation of "We are all from China" is full of hit the floor’s sense of faith, and he is concerned about whether his country can succumb to being a Japanese spy. Fortunately, there is a warm presence like a guide on the hidden road of treading on thin ice. Chen Shan and Zhang Li, who walked side by side in the hail of bullets, strengthened their faith together and strived for the dawn of national destiny.

The sinister situation of the game between all parties is simmering, and the Chinese soul ignites patriotic enthusiasm.

The "Twin Cities Spy Shadow" version of the single poster released this time also has a full sense of texture and a strong sense of home and country belief, and the horizontal display space has a deeper sense. The street view with a sense of time complements the depression of the sky with dark clouds and approaching showers. The city with beautiful shops should have been peaceful and prosperous, but the enemy occupied it and the mountains and rivers were covered with dust. Innocent compatriots are bullied by brutal aggressors, and my sons and daughters with aspirations in the Chinese nation will always be ready to be regarded as sacrifices, willing to be a beacon of fire and fight to the death with the enemy.

The drama embodies the quality with ingenuity, and the details are polished everywhere in the Republic of China. In addition to the fine demands on modeling and scenery, it also observes the hard struggle situation of revolutionary martyrs in special times. When they face the country, they swear to defend their beliefs and support the magnificent spirit of the national backbone with courage without fear of sacrifice. In "The Scare of the Deep Sea", the twists and turns between the two cities and the dangerous crouching of the multi-faceted spy add different highlights to the drama from different dimensions. The multi-line coexistence narrative and plentiful and diverse characterization will also enhance the audience’s experience of watching the drama.

In the story premiered at 8 o’clock tonight, Xiao Zhengguo will lead the military special agent, and the three-person team will carry out a secret mission. However, the plan has changed abruptly, and their actions are surrounded by the Japanese, and one person will be captured, one person will escape, and one person will be shot dead by an unknown person. Araki, the head of the Japanese intelligence agency, was the mastermind behind this operation. When he saw Chen Shan, who looked very similar to Xiao Zhengguo, he immediately came up with a plan to lose money. He takes the life of Chen Shan’s sister Chen Xia (played by Luo Qiuyun) as a threat, threatening him to become Xiao Zhengguo and go to the military to steal information for him. Chen Shan had no choice but to receive intensive training to prepare for his departure from Chongqing … Can Chen Shan, who has become Xiao Zhengguo in a new guise, go to Chongqing without being caught? What other crises are there within the same sinister military system? What crazy move will Araki, who is cruel and ruthless, make? Please look forward to the follow-up story.

Artificial Intelligence: Embracing Change and Protecting Value

  [Kehai Tide Watching]

  In the past few years, a large number of innovative technologies have emerged in the field of artificial intelligence, and key breakthroughs have been made in the fields of autonomous driving, voice and image recognition, medical diagnosis, intellectual competitive sports, etc. Intelligent scenes that people once could only imagine in science fiction movies are quietly coming, and an intelligent era full of infinite possibilities has been fully opened.

  Artificial intelligence with several ups and downs

  Artificial intelligence is not a new concept in science. As early as half a century ago, computer science giants represented by Turing, Weiner, McCarthy, Shannon and so on began to explore artificial intelligence scientifically. Turing took the lead in putting forward the basic proposition of artificial intelligence "Can machines think" in his paper "Computing Machines and Intelligence" published in 1950, and designed the famous "Turing Test" — — If a machine can start a dialogue with human beings without being identified as a machine, then the machine is intelligent, which has become the first research to define the standard of artificial intelligence from the scientific level. At the same time, Wiener put forward the famous "cybernetics" and discussed the unity of machine and human — — People or machines accomplish a certain purpose through feedback, which reveals the possibility of simulating people with machines and lays an important foundation for the proposal of artificial intelligence. In 1955, McCarthy, Minsky, Shannon and others, as co-sponsors, invited a group of scholars to discuss Artificial Intelligence at Dartmouth College in the United States, and used the term artificial intelligence, which led to the rise of artificial intelligence scientific research.

  Although artificial intelligence has always attracted the attention of the scientific community, due to the constraints of basic technical conditions such as computing power, algorithms and data, artificial intelligence technology and commercial development have not been smooth sailing, and even once fell into a trough. Until May, 1997, IBM computer system "Deep Blue" defeated Kasparov, the world champion of chess, which once again triggered global attention to artificial intelligence. Since then, Professor Hilton of the University of Toronto in Canada has made a key breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence with deep learning as the main technical line. Artificial intelligence has been applied in natural language processing, speech recognition, image recognition, machine translation, fraud detection, product recommendation, etc. In addition, mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data and Internet of Things have matured and formed a technical community effect, providing a technical environment for the technological breakthrough of artificial intelligence. A number of IT giants such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Facebook, Baidu, Tencent, etc. also foresaw the commercial dawn of artificial intelligence and accelerated the industrial layout of artificial intelligence. In October 2016, the then US President Barack Obama released the report "National Strategic Plan for Artificial Intelligence Research and Development" at the White House Frontier Summit. This strategic plan, known as the new "Apollo Moon Landing Plan" in the United States, marked the US government’s emphasis on artificial intelligence, and artificial intelligence has reached a turning point of breakthrough.

  According to the development stage and level of artificial intelligence, some foreign experts divide artificial intelligence into three stages: Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI). Weak artificial intelligence is good at unilateral ability, such as only having the intelligence to play chess. Strong artificial intelligence refers to artificial intelligence that has the same cognitive ability as human beings in all aspects; Super artificial intelligence refers to surpassing the limits of human intelligence in all fields. Generally speaking, human artificial intelligence is still in the stage of weak artificial intelligence moving towards strong artificial intelligence.

  Cutting-edge technology that subverts the future

  As a subversive technology with "singularity" characteristics, artificial intelligence can not only drive a new round of scientific and technological innovation and economic growth, but also overcome a series of development difficulties faced by human beings in the fields of transportation, environment and health care, thus creating a new paradigm for global economic and social development.

  In 2016, Accenture, a famous consulting firm, released a report saying that artificial intelligence will become the driving force for a new round of global economic growth. By 2035, by changing job attributes and creating new man-machine relationship, artificial intelligence will double the economic growth rate, and the problems that have plagued the world economy for a long time, such as production stagnation, resource mismatch and labor shortage, will be solved, and people will be able to get out of "inefficient" work and do truly efficient and creative work.

  Intelligent transportation and unmanned driving are the key areas of artificial intelligence development at present. In the future, the transportation facilities with artificial intelligence application will not only include passenger cars, but also trucks, aircraft and personal robots. Automated transportation will be everywhere, and cars will become better drivers than humans. Intelligent transportation systems will effectively overcome urban traffic jams and parking difficulties, reduce the incidence of car accidents and reduce automobile emissions, and there will be fewer private cars for urban residents, thus changing the overall appearance of the city and bringing a brand-new form of urban organization.

  Artificial intelligence will also make great achievements in the medical field, which will help mankind overcome a series of medical problems to a great extent and solve the problem of uneven distribution of medical resources. Take IBM Watson as an example. An expert from the Medical College of the University of North Carolina in the United States asked Watson to analyze and diagnose more than 1,000 cancer cases. It was found that Watson gave the same treatment plan as a human oncologist in more than 99% of the cases. A Tokyo woman with leukemia was sentenced to death by a doctor, but Watson read the relevant 4,000-meter-thick medical materials within 10 minutes and gave a treatment plan to save her. Recently, a teenager in Britain underwent medical surgery based on artificial intelligence technology and got rid of epilepsy for seven years. The doctor asked the robot to drill into his brain, stimulated the cerebral cortex through electrodes, and found out the part that caused the seizure. The doctor removed the lesion.

  An out-of-control problem of no trial and error

  When artificial intelligence technology continues to reshape people’s work, study and lifestyle, and brings infinite happiness to mankind, it is also generating more and more open problems.

  1. Artificial intelligence is out of control. It is an ancient and ultimate problem of artificial intelligence whether it can keep control of an artificial intelligence system that is far smarter than human beings one day. The problem of control and out-of-control is so important because human beings may not have the opportunity to try and make mistakes at all. Although it is generally believed that the existing artificial intelligence technology is still in the stage of weak artificial intelligence, many experts believe that the era of super artificial intelligence is not far away, and the form of super artificial intelligence can realize recursive self-improvement and lead to the final "intelligent explosion". In 2008, a survey of experts at the Global Catastrophic Risk Conference held in Oxford University showed that machine super-intelligence has surpassed nuclear war, various manipulated epidemics and climate change to become the greatest threat to mankind. By 2100, the possibility of this artificial intelligence leading to human extinction is 5%. In this regard, the author of "A Brief History of the Future" and Israeli historian Herali pointed out three possible directions for human beings: human beings will lose their economic and military uses, and the economic system will no longer be valuable; For the system, human beings as a whole will have value but individuals will have no value; However, the system will find value in some individuals, but they will become a new species of superman, not the general public. "System" refers to a new social form produced by the rapid development of biological science and information technology.

  2. Machine discrimination. In the Internet of Everything environment, artificial intelligence systems based on massive data and powerful algorithms are influencing or even replacing individual behavior decisions. Under the trend of artificial intelligence replacing individual decisions, algorithm deviation and machine discrimination are not uncommon and have great influence. For example, Google’s photo software has wrongly labeled black people as "gorillas", and Flickr’s automatic tagging system has also wrongly labeled black people’s photos as "apes" or "animals". The problem of Google’s algorithmic discrimination has attracted people’s attention. In Google search, it is easier to find advertisements implying a criminal history than searching for white people’s names. In Google’s advertising service, men see more high-paying job advertisements than women.

  3. Skilled unemployment. Technical unemployment is also a major challenge arising from the development of artificial intelligence. Kaplan, a professor of artificial intelligence and ethics at Stanford University, believes that the most important challenge for human beings to deal with artificial intelligence lies in the change of labor force and the distribution of wealth in the whole society, which has an impact on the stability of the existing society. Schwab, chairman of the World Economic Forum, also pointed out that the wide application of high technology in computer-controlled, fully automated and networked production and service industries, such as the use of robots, may lead to the loss of a large number of jobs in the future.

  4. Human-machine emotional ethics. The development of artificial intelligence technology will lead to the subversion of traditional human ethics. In the autumn of 2015, the British BBC and CNBC reported that an American company had created a female image "sex robot", and the person in charge of the company believed that the product could help the widowed solve their life troubles. It is reported that the robot presupposes a variety of personality patterns, such as "communicative" and "obedient", but the product has aroused extensive ethical discussion.

  As Hassabis, the founder of DeepMind, said: "Artificial intelligence is a great technology. It is neutral in itself and may be used in good places or bad places, so we must ensure that its users are responsible." In this regard, the United States, Britain, Japan, as well as the United Nations, the European Union, IEEE and other international organizations have issued strategies, laws, standards and norms of artificial intelligence, hoping to promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence technology and industry through the guidance of artificial intelligence policies and ethics. We should scientifically regulate artificial intelligence from laws and regulations, social security, technical standards and application norms, so as to promote the healthy development of artificial intelligence technology and industry and prepare for the future of artificial intelligence.

   (Author: Hui Zhibin, deputy director of Internet Research Center of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences)

The theme of "Aerospace" is online! Zebra Encyclopedia helps to cultivate available talents for China’s aerospace industry

Recently, Zebra Encyclopedia, the first 3D interactive encyclopedia for children in China, launched a new theme "Aerospace", which is its 13th theme. It is understood that in response to the expectations and needs of users, Zebra Encyclopedia has launched a new theme every month since 2024. In the first quarter alone, it has launched "Paleozoic animals", "revealing food" and "aerospace", constantly enriching the contents of nature, humanities and technology, and helping children to establish a scientific and complete cognitive framework. The theme of "Aerospace" launched this time is the second scientific and technological theme after "Physics in Life", and it is also one of the themes with the highest voice and expectation from users.

As the first 3D interactive encyclopedia for children in China, Zebra Encyclopedia is a digital content for children aged 5-12. This time, the theme of "Aerospace" was launched, with a total of 12 episodes of video content, including 200+ aviation and aerospace-related knowledge points, presenting 30+ kinds of aircraft, carrying out 96 interesting AI interactive exercises, and combining 3D animation film-level production with 2D cartoons to sum up popular science, helping children feel the development process and real origin of human flying dreams in all directions.

As the digital content of popular science encyclopedia in the new era, the professionalism, systematicness and scientificity of encyclopedia cognitive system have always been the core advantages of Zebra Encyclopedia. Then, what knowledge points should be covered under the theme of "aerospace"? How to explain these profound and far-reaching contents to children aged 5-12? How can we make children "immersed" in a professional and complete knowledge framework? These are the focus of the zebra encyclopedia team’s deep thinking. In order to build a scientific and complete aerospace knowledge framework, Zebra Encyclopedia has set up an excellent R&D team, including a research team, a teaching and research team, an expert team and a production team. Each team has deeply participated in and professionally delivered the content in their respective fields. Taking the team of experts as an example, Zebra Encyclopedia has introduced a number of expert groups above doctoral level for the aerospace field, and deeply participated in the production of all videos on this theme, including the outline, script, model, animation, theme selection, knowledge point demonstration and other details.

(Aerospace theme 3D screen screenshot)

At the same time, the three themes of "Aerospace", "Paleozoic Animals" and "Revealing Food", which were launched in 2024, all continued the professional standards of Zebra Encyclopedia in terms of quality and content. Taking the theme of "Aerospace" as an example, depending on the realistic 3D animation effect and high-precision 3D model, each frame of the picture is of film-level 3D quality, which can not only restore the real shape of each spacecraft in all dimensions, such as comprehensiveness, details, interior and exterior, but also simulate real scenes such as launch and flight, which is the best form for children to learn aerospace knowledge on the spot.

According to reports, in order to achieve super-high quality film-level 3D image quality presentation, Zebra Encyclopedia has set up a visual effects professional with more than 100 people, and each picture detail will go through more than 20 rounds of strict review, more than 100 R&D processes and tens of thousands of polishing, which has invested hundreds of millions of production costs. The theme of "Aerospace" alone, 12 episodes of video content cost 30,000+hours of fine polishing, with a total of 160,000+frames of exquisite 3D animation, which helps children to observe the structure of aerospace vehicles in an immersive and multi-dimensional way, learn the diversity and operation knowledge of aircraft types, cultivate children’s observation, thinking, imagination and firm willpower, and cultivate the aerospace spirit of selfless dedication, fearlessness and exploration while stimulating children’s interest in learning.

(Aerospace theme 3D screen screenshot)

In addition, Zebra Encyclopedia’s 3D voice illustration function has been newly upgraded, which has been loved and recommended by many encyclopedia users, and the theme of "Aerospace" has also matched this function synchronously. "Children can not only observe the whole picture of each spacecraft in 360 degrees, but also make a comprehensive, complete and detailed observation by zooming in and out or rotating, and can also consolidate it repeatedly to strengthen understanding and memory." A senior parent user of Zebra Encyclopedia said.

(Screenshot of 3D voice illustration screen)

In order to consolidate the learning effect, the theme of "Aerospace" has also set up 96 AI interactive fun exercises to explain difficult knowledge points with 2D cartoons to stimulate children’s interest in learning and desire to explore. While learning aerospace knowledge with video content, children will also easily master a large number of knowledge points in the real-time interesting interaction of AI, so that children can "see and remember" and absorb encyclopedia knowledge subtly.

(Screenshot of 2D picture of aerospace theme)

As a boutique digital content for children in the new era, Zebra Encyclopedia continues to help children build a cognitive system of the new era encyclopedia with professional, systematic and scientific popular science digital content. Up to now, Zebra Encyclopedia has launched 13 topics, including insects, astronomy, birds, plants, marine animals, dinosaurs, human bodies, physics in life, mammals, ancient world civilization, Paleozoic animals, revealing food, aerospace, etc. In the future, it will continue to expand the theme of popular science content around the fields of nature, humanities, science and technology, create a systematic, professional and scientific knowledge framework for children, and help children build a new era encyclopedia.

It is reported that Zebra has been deeply cultivating digital content and AI technology for a long time, and the technology-driven digital publishing has achieved remarkable innovation results. At present, it has formed a digital publishing system including Zebra App, Little Scabber, Zebra Encyclopedia, Zebra Playing Teaching Aids and Zebra Children’s Books. In the future, Zebra will continue to optimize the combination ability of AI technology and content research and development, continue to launch high-quality products related to children, create digital publishing products in the new era, and promote the integration, innovation and development of digital publishing industry.

Father pushes his son with cerebral palsy to run a marathon: "I promised him to stand behind him all his life."

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  Xin’ an riverside

  Qingshan lvshuijian

  Zhejiang Jiande 2022 Xin ‘anjiang Marathon started shooting.

  On the track

  A pair of special contestants caught everyone’s attention

  A middle-aged man in a dark blue sports vest

  Pushing a tricycle.

  In the cart

  The little boy sat quietly.

  Work hard with my father towards the finish line

  Luo Shujian and his son are participating in the competition (provided by respondents)

  This middle-aged man

  It’s Luo Shujian, 45.

  From Wucheng District, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province

  Is a courier.

  In the cart is his 13-year-old son Xiao Bai.

  And this marathon

  It’s this father and son

  The 54th competition in 7 years.

  The medals hung on the walls of Luo Shujian’s home (provided by the respondents)

  One birth

  Xiao Bai, his son, became the most reluctant person for Luo Shujian.

  In 2009

  Severe asphyxia lasting for 15 minutes at birth.

  Causing xiaobai to have severe brain damage.

  He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy shortly after birth.

  And then appeared.

  Mental retardation, epileptic symptoms and autism tendency

  Later, he was diagnosed as "LGS syndrome" again.

  This is the most difficult type of epilepsy in children to control.

  A doctor once told Luo Shujian

  My son needs to be taken care of all his life.

  With the help of public welfare organizations

  Luo Shujian and his wife took Xiao Bai.

  Found an authoritative expert

  Seizure symptoms of Xiao Bai

  Also got better after using drugs.

  But Xiao Bai still can’t talk.

  Intelligence is only maintained at the level of children.

  Luo Shujian and his family usually take it with them.

  To go out for a walk.

  Luo Shujian and his son are participating in the competition (provided by respondents)

  once

  Luo Shujian came across the story of Dick Huo Yite and his son.

  This great father

  Pushing a son with cerebral palsy

  With more than 1000 running races

  Run all over America along the runway

  It is also one of the six marathons in the world.

  Boston marathon

  Touched countless people.

  In 2015

  After learning the information that the Hangzhou Marathon started to register that year,

  Luo Shujian also wants to try.

  In order to improve physical fitness

  He gets up at 4: 30 every morning

  Run at 5 o’clock in the morning

  Go out to work after the end.

  Be fully prepared

  November 1, 2015

  He took his son to participate for the first time.

  Hangzhou Marathon 7 km Mini Run

  And finally finished the game.

  A cart for my son.

  It cost him half a month’s salary.

  Luo Shujian and his son are participating in the competition (provided by respondents)

  On the field

  Luo Shujian found his son Xiao Bai

  The whole process was very exciting and happy.

  "He likes that kind of lively scene.

  And this desire to chase

  Laugh and clap your hands. "

  After discovering that my son likes it very much,

  Luo Shujian was out of control from then on.

  5 km, 10 km

  Half horse, whole horse … …

  In the past seven years, Luo Shujian has pushed his son to complete it.

  54 games, big and small

  Footprints are all over the country

  Luo Shujian and his son are participating in the competition (provided by respondents)

  For seven years

  In the process of pushing my son to run.

  Luo Shujian for "father"

  Have a deeper understanding

  "I hope to be able to run.

  Can accompany him to walk around the country.

  Let him come into this world without regret.

  By running again and again like this

  I hope he can appreciate the hardships of everyone’s life.

  Also let him feel the warmth and strength in life. "

  Luo Shujian said

  Luo Shujian (third from right) is participating in public welfare activities (provided by respondents)

  Luo Shujian hopes

  Keep running with your son.

  "I promised him to stand behind him all my life."

  He smiled and told reporters

  Meet once, and live up to this life.

  Hail to the great father!

  Life is precious.

  In the wind, in the rain, on the road

  Love makes every step

  Full of power

  

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  Reporter: Lin Guangyao, Ma Xiaoju

  Producer: Guan Kailiang

  Editor: Li Yongxi, Qing Shan

  Internship: Zhang Zhuojun

When female fans meet the European Cup: Record time with football and gain friendship in a foreign land.

  BEIJING, Beijing, June 20 (Reporter Yue Chuan) Nowadays, every time a football match comes, female fans will become an indispensable topic on and off the court, and various versions of the "most beautiful fans" atlas in the hands of photographers are even more eye-catching tools. The European Cup in France, which is in full swing, is no exception. In this new upsurge created by football, the camp of female fans is getting bigger and bigger.

  Although the game is not at home, there is still a time difference when watching the ball, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of the female fans around. As long as you brush your social tools, you will be surprised at the wide coverage of this special group. One after another, the crash handbook for female fans also shows that this group is becoming more and more important in the football world. For some of them, the reason why they are excited about football is not just because of their face value, but because of their true love.

  Senior female fans: football portrays time rings crazier than boys.

  Xiaonuo, who was born after 1980s, is a middle-level person in an enterprise, and she usually shows herself as a rigorous and capable professional woman. But as long as you hook up with football, Xiaonuo immediately looks like a different person.

  Despite his busy work, Xiaonuo still can’t give up his love for football. Since the start of this European Cup, Xiaonuo has watched many games and stayed up all night. In order not to affect her work, most of her spare time outside watching football is used by her to make up her sleep. In the eyes of colleagues, Xiao Nuo is "torturing" herself, but she thinks it is worth it for the European Cup every four years.

  For Xiao Nuo, the World Cup and the European Cup, which alternate every two years, have become her way of recording time.

  Xiao Nuo first met football in 1996, which was also the European Cup. It is also because of that contest that Xiao Nuo fell in love with the German team, and it has been 20 years since then. For this figure, Xiaonuo himself seems a little surprised. "The impression of winning the golden ball in Erlhoff is still very deep. I didn’t expect time to pass so quickly."

  Xiao Nuo recalled that at that time, because she could only see the Bundesliga and Serie A broadcasts, she had great feelings for the two leagues. Posters of Klinsmann, Baggio and batistuta had been hung in her bedroom for a long time. In order not to miss the stories around her idol, Xiaonuo accumulated hundreds of issues of football clubs and contemporary sports, at the expense of almost never eating breakfast in high school. "Younger fans may not even know these two magazines," Xiao Nuo sighed.

  Baggio, who once charmed countless female fans, has now lost his hair.

  Besides these, in the twenty years since she became a female fan, Xiaonuo has done many crazier things. It goes without saying that Xiao Nuo was desperate to watch the World Cup group match between China and Brazil in college.

  "I still remember that it was June 8, and it was almost 11 o’clock after watching the game. The dormitory was turned off and the gate was closed, so I had to go back over the wall." As a result, Xiao Nuo was expelled from the school student union because of this.

  Not only that, during the World Cup in Germany in 2006, Xiao Nuo, who had just joined the work, almost fought with male fans when he went out to watch the ball with friends. In order to get a commemorative jersey of the German team, Xiaonuo did not hesitate to mobilize all his friends around him to help, and finally entrusted someone to bring one back from abroad … … All these, there are many.

  Xiao Nuo told reporters that her biggest wish this year is that the German team won the European Cup. But for why she loves football so much, Xiaonuo can’t give a general answer. She just said, "Like is like. If girls really like football, they will be crazier than boys."

  Louis’ tears, Xiaoxue can understand.

  "Ordinary" Female Fans: From "Bored" to "Tears"

  Xiaoxue was born in 1990 and has just worked for one year. Her career as a female fan began four years ago, also because of the European Cup. In the summer vacation of sophomore year, under the guidance of friends, Xiaoxue entered the world of football.

  Because of that European Cup, Xiaoxue fell in love with Spain and Iniesta. After the contest, Xiaoxue began to pay attention to La Liga, and then he liked Barcelona, followed by Messi, Suarez and Neymar. Now, talking about the stars who have played in Barcelona in recent years and the achievements made by the club, Xiaoxue is like a few treasures. In this competition, she hopes that Spain can defend its title.

  Xiaoxue also told reporters that in fact, when I first started watching the ball, I felt that football was quite boring. "I didn’t score a goal for a long time. I don’t understand why everyone is so excited because of a ball game."

  "Until the World Cup semi-final two years ago, Germany’s 7-1 massacre against Brazil, I watched the ball among a group of German fans, and I couldn’t stop crying in the first half." As a fan of Neymar, Xiaoxue had a personal experience for the first time.

  Nowadays, Xiaoxue watches the ball every week and occasionally stays up late on weekends. Around her, there is also a small circle of female fans, and everyone will meet to watch the ball together from time to time. "By the way, I also went to the Bird’s Nest to watch the South American Derby! Super excited! " It can be seen that football has become a part of Xiaoxue’s life.

  But even so, Xiaoxue still thinks she is a fake fans, even though she has watched more games than some boys who claim to be real fans in recent years. "I don’t have a deep understanding of tactics, and sometimes I feel quite confused when listening to the commentator analyze the game." However, Xiaoxue also said that she likes the feeling of watching the ball now and will not deliberately move closer to the "real" fans.

  The German team now relies not only on face value, but also on strength.

  Female fans studying abroad: Football makes me meet new friends in a foreign land.

  Lizi is a college student majoring in Korean. She watched the ball for the first time with several Korean students. It was two years ago in the World Cup, a game in which the German team participated. Chestnut’s friend happened to be a fan of the German team, so she also liked this team.

  However, Chestnut is a pure fake fans. Even her favorite German team, she can only name a few key players. Even so, Chestnut thinks that this will not affect her interest in watching the ball. "I didn’t know the rules very well, so I like the lively atmosphere."

  Now, Chestnut is studying in Korea as an exchange student. In this European Cup, the German team has played two games, and Chestnut watched the live broadcast with her classmates. Among them, a small number are China students, and most of them are Koreans. In chestnut’s view, football gave her the opportunity to make new friends in a foreign land.

  "Football is very popular in Korea. Even for girls, if there is a game on the pedestrian street, many people will stop to watch it," Chestnut told reporters. "Watching the game together has enhanced the friendship between my classmates and I have made some new friends. After all, people with common interests are easier to get along with."

  Besides, Li Zi said that watching football can also help her change her mood, which is also a way to vent negative emotions. "After all, it is very important for me to study abroad alone," said Li Zi. (Some characters in the text are pseudonyms) (End)

Launching Ceremony of the 7th "Tracing China —— Entering Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties" Historical Culture and Reading Festival at Huaxi Primary School in Innovation Street

  Elephant News Oriental Jinbao reporter Gong Fengshuo correspondent He Quanyi/graphic

  Cross history and explore cultural roots. Focus on books and feel the humanistic context. On March 18th, 2024, the 7th "Tracing China — Entering the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the launching ceremony of the historical culture and reading festival was held on the beautiful campus as scheduled, and all teachers and students participated in the ceremony.

  First of all, President Shine Wong made a speech for this historical, cultural and reading festival. The rolling river of history and the profoundness of culture have quietly flowed into the blood of Huaxi students. President Wang not only brought the children back to the past dynasties, but also learned about the brilliant cultural and artistic achievements of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Encourage everyone to talk to history in practice, lay a foundation for life, wish everyone to meet a better self in reading, make reading a habit, and let books float all over Huaxi.

  Northern Dynasty folk songs, Mulan legend, women disguised as men, went out on behalf of their fathers. Some students in Grade One and Grade Two of the school brought excerpts from the speech of Brother Liu from Mulan, Henan Opera, with a unique accent, lovely appearance and majestic momentum, just like an audio-visual feast, and the students called it "wonderful"!

  During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, literature was brilliant, Jian ‘an was strong and talented. Then, all the students in Class Four and Class Four brought "Short Songs", and the students crossed time and space together to touch the beating heart of the heroes in the world. Cherish the present together and write a brilliant life with diligence!

  Reading history can make us transparent and open-minded, and reading can make us have excellent knowledge. At the launching ceremony, the sixth-grade students Wang Jiahan, Li Yuetong, Li Zhuoyi and Li Xinyi, as students’ representatives, shared their reading achievements and issued the initiative of this historical, cultural and reading festival.

  When spring is blooming, let’s embark on the long river of tracing China together. It is beneficial to open books, be diligent and thoughtful, broaden our horizons, strengthen our historical self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, and appreciate great ideas and splendid culture. Let books fill the campus of Huaxi, and let history fill our lives.

All aircraft engines in China are imported? Super pilot tells you the inside story

  CCTV News:As the "crown jewel" of modern industry, aero-engine has always been a "heart disease" of China aviation industry. With the establishment of China’s 12th military enterprise in Beijing, Chinese people have high hopes for this aero-engine enterprise, hoping that it can achieve the same achievements as "two bombs and one satellite".

  Yesterday, the four-day air force aviation opening activity came to an end, and more than 20 military aircraft in the 34-type domestic weapons and equipment attracted national attention.

△ On September 2, 2016, the 2016 Changchun Aviation Open Day was held in the rain, in which a variety of air force active equipment such as H-6K, JL10, JL9 and Air Police 500 were unveiled.

△ On September 2, 2016, the 2016 Changchun Aviation Open Day was held in the rain, in which a variety of air force active equipment such as H-6K, JL10, JL9 and Air Police 500 were unveiled.

  At the same time, it also brings people cold thinking: what is the current localization ratio of the big country air force, which has a huge demand for aero-engine industry, and what level has it reached? How far are we from the aero-engine power?

  Guogui Wu Decryption: Localization has gone through the process of introduction, imitation, improvement and innovation.

  Guogui Wu, a 57-year-old special pilot of the Air Force, holds the rank of senior colonel. He used to be the captain of the Air Force Bayi Air Show Team and the deputy division commander of an Air Force Aviation Division, with 30 years of flying experience. As an old pilot with actual combat experience, and now a professor in the post-installation teaching and research department of National Defense University, he has unique insights in studying military high-tech, air force weapons and equipment, and equipment safety management.

  At present, what kind of level is the localization ratio and performance of aero-engines in China? Guogui Wu said in an interview that China has established an independent aero-engine industrial system in the process of industrialization, and the performance of imitation engines reached a very high level in the 1960s and 1970s.Among the main combat aircraft, domestic engines have accounted for about 90%.

  The so-called localization here refers to the process of introduction, imitation, improvement and innovation.Due to China’s weak industrial base, in order to meet the strong military demand for aero-engines, the Soviet Union’s aid and imported production methods were adopted. On the basis of the introduction and digestion of Soviet engine production technology, the model was improved, and the scale and serialization of domestic production were gradually realized, which basically met the needs of China’s air, land and sea aviation forces.

  In the 1960s and 1970s, the overall performance of aero-engines produced in China was not much different from the mainstream level in the world at that time. The fundamental difference was that the domestic engines were mainly imitations and modifications, and there was no engine that was completely independently developed and produced.

  "Not only do we have no independent intellectual property rights, but we also have no core technology." Guogui Wu said, therefore, in the 1980s and 1990s, when the aviation technology of the United States, Europe and Russia developed rapidly, and the third generation fighters were generally equipped with a new generation of turbofan engines, China was still "playing around" in the improvement of turbojet engines, hesitating on the road of introducing imitation and independent innovation, and the gap between China and the world’s advanced level was not large. Not only does the new generation of fighters lack the drive of advanced engines, but the engines in service also have some quality and safety hazards, which are called "heart disease" by Chinese people.

  Only a few third-generation aircraft of the main fighter are equipped with imported engines.

△FWS10 aero-engine is an advanced aero-turbofan engine designed and manufactured by China. It is installed on the domestic J -11 aircraft and can also be installed on the J -10 aircraft after modification. Now it has been mass-produced. It has become an ideal device for the third generation fighter in China.

  △FWS10 aero-engine is an advanced aero-turbofan engine designed and manufactured by China. It is installed on the domestic J -11 aircraft and can also be installed on the J -10 aircraft after modification. Now it has been mass-produced. It has become an ideal device for the third generation fighter in China.

  After 60 years of development, China has fighter planes, bombers, attack planes, transport planes and trainers.Systematize the aircraft production capacity of many types of aircraft. In line with this, a relatively complete engine development and production system has been established, which has the series development and production capacity of turboprop, turbojet, turbofan and turboshaft engines. Domestic engines are mainly assembled on fighter planes, fighter planes, bombers, fighter bombers and other main battle planes, and only a few third-generation fighters are equipped with imported engines.

  For example, domestic fighters such as J -5, J -6, J -7 and J -8 are adapted to corresponding domestic engines such as turbojet -5, turbojet -6 and turbojet -7. With the improvement of stability, safety and reliability of Taihang engine, it has been widely installed on three generations of fighters, such as J -11, J -15 and J -16.

  In terms of bombers, H -5 and H -6 realized the localization of engines. The turboprop engines used in Yun -7 and Yun -8 transport planes are all made in China.

  With the maturity of integral technologies such as Zhi -9, Zhi -8 and Zhi -10, the serial development of turboshaft -8, turboshaft -6 and turboshaft -16 engines has been realized on the basis of introduction, which provides a reliable power source for the rapidly expanding domestic helicopter fleet in China.

  At present, China’s aviation industry is in a stage from big to strong, from following up to catching up to developing on a par or even surpassing corners. Whether it is a new generation of military aircraft such as fighters, bombers, transport planes and drones, or large passenger planes and all kinds of general-purpose aircraft, there is an urgent need for strong and reliable driving of advanced engines. The sound and rapid development of aero-engines has become the proper meaning of the "Chinese Dream".

  Guogui Wu said frankly that the country has clearly regarded the engine as a major scientific and technological project in the medium and long-term scientific and technological development plan, and has made up its mind to concentrate manpower, material resources and financial resources to independently research and develop a series of new engines. Domestic aero-engines have entered an unprecedented fast lane of development. In this context, the establishment of China Aviation Engine Group can be said to have a long way to go.

  Development history of aero-engines in China

  Stage 1: imitation and improvement

  In 1950s, China aero-engine industry started from scratch and went through a road full of thorns. In 1956, China’s first turbojet -5 engine was successfully copied in Shenyang, and for a long time thereafter, China aero-engines were mainly copied and improved.

  Even if it is copied, it is not easy. Even if there is no operation manual, it is difficult to disassemble the aero-engine correctly. For example, there are many small holes on the leaves of several square meters and centimeters, and the location of the small holes is very particular, which is determined according to the recorded trend.

  Until 2002, when the domestic turbojet -14 "Kunlun" engine was finalized, China completed the whole process of self-development for the first time, and became the fifth aero-engine producer after the United States, Russia, Britain and France.

  Stage 2: successful localization by purchasing patents.

  The engine used in the flying leopard fighter is made in China and is called "Qinling", which is alsoIt is the first engine product in China that has been patented and successfully localized.

  From introduction to localization, it has experienced 30 years of industrial upgrading. In 1972, China contacted Britain to discuss the introduction of the civil turbofan engine from rolls royce. In 1974, during the negotiation, to our surprise, China directly obtained the patent of Spey military engine, which was a top product at that time.

  However, despite the patent, China’s new industrial materials and other technologies were too backward at that time. It was not until 2013 that this road of localization was completed, and it was equipped on the J-H -7 Flying Leopard fighter, and Flying Leopard became the only main fighter in China that completely got rid of its dependence on imported engines.

  Stage 3: Own independent intellectual property rights.

  In December 2005, turbofan -10, also known as "Taihang" engine, was successfully developed and became my engine.China’s first high-performance turbofan engine with independent intellectual property rights.

  The road to research and development of Taihang engine is also quite difficult. During the test flight, more than 200 technical problems and failures occurred successively. After hard work, the "Taihang" engine was finally equipped on the J -15 fighter and successfully made its first flight in 2012. On a group of J -20 equipment exposed at the beginning of this year, some military fans found that a J -20 was also equipped with an improved Taihang engine. Some military experts said that the "Taihang" engine can be directly equipped on the fourth generation fighter, which laid a good foundation for continuing to develop more advanced, mature and reliable engines in the future.

The zoo responded that "friends are in the same room": friends who grew up together will be separated in the future.

The signboard on the glass fence of the zoo shows that the owner of the area is a Siberian tiger cub and an African lion cub, but through the glass, tourists can see not only a little tiger cub lying on the ground and resting, but also a little yellow dog pacing back and forth. Some children ask inexplicably, "Is this an African lion?" Is this the same? "

Recently, some netizens took relevant videos in a wildlife park in Lanling County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, which triggered a heated discussion among netizens. On February 29th, the zoo staff responded that the area was originally fed with Siberian tigers, African lions and yellow dogs. They were friends who grew up together. The cubs were moved to another cage because of their different habits. At present, only the cubs and yellow dogs are left.

Northeast Tiger and Little Yellow Dog together (video screenshot)

Recently, a number of netizens who visited Baoshan Wild Animal Park in Lanling County reported that they found a Siberian tiger and a little yellow dog living together in the zoo and getting along harmoniously. The video they shot showed that two animal information boards were posted on a glass fence. One of them belongs to the Northeast Tiger Andy, who was born on June 4, 2023 and is a little female tiger. The other one belongs to the African lion Harry, who was born on June 18th, 2023 and is also a female. However, besides Andy, the Northeast Tiger, there is also a little yellow dog. A child pointed to the little yellow dog and asked, "Is this an African lion? Is this the same? " There is also a person next to him: "Isn’t this a dog?"

In this regard, some netizens ridiculed that the African lion went home for the New Year, and the little yellow dog came to the post temporarily. Another tourist told reporters that he had been to this zoo last year. At that time, besides African lions, there were also Siberian tigers and yellow dogs, and they were photographed in the same frame.

On February 29th, the reporter contacted the Baoshan wildlife park. The staff said that the cubs of the Northeast Tiger, the cubs of the African lion and the little yellow dog were good friends who grew up together. Later, because of the different habits of lions, they moved to another cage. The Siberian tiger has not grown up yet, and will live with the little yellow dog for the time being. It is also a very fun phenomenon for tigers and dogs to live together. When the Siberian tiger grows up, it will be separated from the yellow dog.

Original title: "The zoo responds to" friends of tigers and dogs "in the same room: friends who grew up together will be separated in the future"

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Sing the folk songs of northern Shaanxi in English, will you listen to them?

"The flower in Shandandan is gorgeous …" The folk song "Shandandan is gorgeous" in northern Shaanxi has spread all over the country, but have you heard the English version?
"I want more people to like northern Shaanxi folk songs." Wen Shilong, 57, is wearing a red Tang suit and black-rimmed glasses. Although his temples are pale, his eyes are still bright. He has multiple identities: an English teacher in Yan ‘an Vocational and Technical College, a folk singer, and the "first person" who translated and sang folk songs from northern Shaanxi into English.
Wen Shilong interacts with foreign friends after singing folk songs in northern Shaanxi in English (Photo courtesy of Wen Shilong)
Wen Shilong was born in Zichang County, Yan ‘an City, Shaanxi Province. He loved both English and singing since he was a child. After graduating from college, he became an English teacher. After teaching, he did not let go of his love for folk songs in northern Shaanxi. In 2007, Wen Shilong was invited to Beijing to participate in a TV program and sang a song "Nothing is as good as our ravines" for the audience. After returning, Yan ‘an musician Cao Junmin gave him an "idea": to translate folk songs in northern Shaanxi into English to sing.

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Wen Shilong sang the folk song "Tears Drop in the Glass" in English.
"I refused at first and felt that he was embarrassing me." Wen Shilong laughed, but he still wanted to take risks. "I have an English background, and singing folk songs is also my hobby. Why not try it?" Wen Shilong once sang folk songs to some foreign friends, but they could only appreciate the beauty of rhyme and could not feel the connotation of the songs. Therefore, it became Wen Shilong’s initial motivation to let foreign friends understand the folk songs in northern Shaanxi, and he began to secretly try to translate them.
However, the problems in the process came one after another. There are many rhetorical devices such as fu, bi and xing in the language of folk songs in northern Shaanxi, and there are many dialects and dialects, and there are so many musical techniques such as tune-throwing and falling notes that it is difficult to translate them in place and keep their original flavor, so that English lyrics can be sung with melody.
"This work is interdisciplinary, which requires both musical literacy and translation skills, as well as understanding the folk culture of northern Shaanxi, and must also be able to sing folk songs. If the translation is not catchy and easy to sing, it is meaningless. "
In order to retain the beauty of rhyme, form and artistic conception of folk songs in northern Shaanxi to the greatest extent, Wen Shilong used various translation methods such as literal translation, free translation, supplementary translation and omission translation, and even used new forms such as Rap to polish and audition repeatedly, striving to express the semantic context of the original song and express the language styles of dialect proverbs, overlapping words and lining words in lyrics.

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Wen Shilong sings "Dongfanghong" in English
His wife Feng Tao was his first audience. Every time a song is translated, Wen Shilong always sings it to his wife first, so that she can give her advice and then he can modify it. In this way, Wen Shilong translated nearly 100 northern Shaanxi folk songs, including "Shandandan Blossoms in Red" and "Nanniwan".
Along the way, there are many voices of doubt. Some people say that the folk songs he translated are "four unlike", and the folk songs in northern Shaanxi should be sung in dialects. Wen Shilong was also depressed and discouraged, but he later figured it out. "I don’t want to change the folk songs in northern Shaanxi, but I want to let the folk songs in northern Shaanxi have one more window and one more channel for more people to accept and love."
"Behind the folk songs in northern Shaanxi is the spirit of northern Shaanxi. Growing up in this yellow land, the people in northern Shaanxi are not afraid of suffering, and they can have fun in suffering. They sing and travel in the sky, and through hard work, the bitter days will be better." In Wen Shilong’s eyes, this is the soul of folk songs in northern Shaanxi. In addition to translating folk songs in northern Shaanxi, he now tries to translate Henan Opera and some popular songs, and creates new folk songs such as Ode to the Gardener and Looking for the Footprints of Lu Yao, hoping that more China songs will be sung around the world.
"Whenever I sing a folk song, my heart is like a blossoming Dandan flower, which is bright." Wen Shilong raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile, his eyes were bright.
Reporter: Xin Yiru, Han Xiao
Editor: Chen Dongshu
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