A new fruit was born! Scientists in China have crossed two fruits to produce new offspring … What’s that smell?

Longan × litchi =?

According to the micro-signal of South China Agricultural University on August 25th, the team of Professor Liu Cheng Ming from South China Agricultural University bred the world’s first new interspecific hybrid variety of longan and litchi-"Crispy Honey".

"This is the first new hybrid variety of longan and litchi in the world, which is of groundbreaking significance."

According to Liu Chengming, head of the breeding team and professor of Horticulture College of South China Agricultural University, "Crispy Honey" was developed in 15 years, and Shijie Longan and Ziniangxi Litchi were selected as hybrid objects.

Image source: South China Agricultural University micro-signal screenshot

"’Crispy Honey’ was originally called’ Shizi Crispy Honey’. It is a new variety bred by interspecific cross breeding with Shijie longan as female parent and Ziniangxi litchi as male parent." Liu Chengming introduced.

This variety has some advantages of Shek Kip Longan and Ziniangxi Litchi. Its flesh is tender and crisp, completely residue-free, and its sugar content is as high as 20-24%. "Crispy and honey well summarize its characteristics." Liu Cheng said.

Is crisp honey litchi or longan?

According to the release from Conghua, Guangzhou, recently, the reporter saw the true face of "Crispy Honey" at the on-site observation and tasting meeting of the late-maturing high-quality inter-species hybrid variety "Crispy Honey (SZ52)" held at the planting base of "Crispy Honey" in Shuixi Village, Aotou Town.

So, is this hybrid litchi or longan?

Liu Chengming, the head of the breeding team and a professor at the School of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, explained that in fact, "Crispy Honey" is still a longan variety, but its flesh is tender, which is similar to that of litchi. In addition, the cracked skin of "Crispy Honey" is obvious and has a knot in one’s heart shape, which is also a unique feature of litchi.

Liu Chengming said that in the 1990s, there was a hot field in fruit tree breeding, that is, the technology of inducing protoplasts of different species, genera and even families to fuse by artificial methods, and then culturing them in vitro to regenerate hybrid plants.

Image source: South China Agricultural University micro-signal screenshot

At that time, many scientific research teams were doing related work, and Liu Chengming also planned to explore litchi and longan, but the results never came out. So he decided to change his mind and do sexual hybridization between the two genera. Through constant experiments, he tried hard to find the technical means to obtain hybrid seeds. With a success rate of only a few thousandths, it finally succeeded.

Its fruit is nearly round, the peel is yellow-green, and the fruit is large, with an average single fruit weight of 11.5 g. However, its flesh is thick and waxy yellow, with an edible rate of 70.8% and a sugar content as high as 20-24%. It tastes tender and crisp, has no residue at all, and has a sweet and juicy flavor and aroma.

What are the advantages of crisp honey?

According to experts, "Crispy Honey" can make the longan producing area move northward, expand the producing area and lengthen the production period because of its late maturity and cold resistance, and Guangdong longan can also be eaten in the Mid-Autumn Festival in the future.

"It has been 15 years since artificial sexual hybridization in 2007, and this process is really not easy." Liu Cheng said that the "crisp honey" cultivated now has many advantages.

First of all, the maturity of "Crispy Honey" is 15~20 days later than that of Shijie Longan, which can stagger the centralized listing time.

Image source: South China Agricultural University micro-signal screenshot

Secondly, the "crisp honey" branches have strong growth ability and the trees are strong. Shuixi Orchard began to graft "Crispy Honey" in March 2020 and began to bear fruit in 2021, which is related to the growth characteristics of "Crispy Honey". According to reports, a compound leaf of "Crispy Honey" has 7 pairs of leaflets (5 pairs of longan in Shek Kip and only 3 pairs of litchi), which are very large, with a large total leaf area and high efficiency of light energy utilization. Therefore, the pregnant spikes and fruit spikes are also large, which is easy to achieve the goal of high and stable yield.

Another important feature of "crisp honey" is that it is more resistant to low temperature and strong cold resistance. In January, 2021, Chaozhou experienced a low temperature of-3 ~-4℃. In the same area, the branches of Shijie longan were severely frozen, and the leaves were dry, yellow and curly, and the degree of freezing damage reached Grade 4, but the leaves of "Crispy Honey" were only slightly damaged, and the degree of freezing damage was only Grade 1. Therefore, in Liu Jiaoshou’s view, Conghua, located in the north of Guangzhou, has a good prospect in popularizing this variety.

In March, 2020, the first trial "crab" was made in Shuixi Village, Aotou Town, Conghua, and the "brittle honey" was grafted, and the fruit was borne in August, 2021.

At present, the base has just entered the mature stage, and the picking period can last until mid-September, which obviously prolongs the fresh fruit supply period of longan. This year is the second year of fruiting, and the output is expected to be 4000~5000 kg, mainly for customized sales. At present, all the "crisp honey" of the base has been booked out. At present, "Crispy Honey" has performed well in Chaozhou, Zhanjiang, Conghua, Qingyuan Lianzhou, Luzhou, Sichuan and Yongchuan, Chongqing. A few days ago, it just passed the on-site identification of new varieties in Guangdong Province.

Original title: "A new fruit is born! Scientists in China have crossed two fruits to produce new offspring … What’s that smell? 》

Early adopters in Beijing in spring, whose chef is more creative?

Apart from enjoying flowers and hiking, one of the happiest things in spring is to taste the seasonal delicacies. From spring bamboo shoots and broad beans to saury and shad, chefs in Beijing are looking for all kinds of seasonal ingredients, giving full play to their cooking creativity and selecting exquisite utensils to bring a fresh taste of spring.
The female chef brings the taste of spring and experiences the natural and simple oriental beauty.
Taste Spring Location: Qulang Courtyard
Features: Oriental flavor, quiet space
Recommended dishes: Spring menu
Address: No.25 Dongsishitiao Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing
A winding and secluded space.
The Qulang Courtyard is hidden in the old quadrangle in the depths of East 41 Hutong. The streets and lanes outside are full of fireworks, and it is very comfortable to come in with a winding path. In spring, the flowers in the courtyard are blooming, and the peach blossoms in the pottery bottle are swaying. The chef of the restaurant is a post-1995 girl. Although she is young and has rich cooking experience, she graduated from Paul Bogus College in France, majoring in culinary arts and catering management, and has worked in several Michelin restaurants in France. She has unique ingenuity and aesthetics for ingredients, cooking skills and plate setting, which makes you feel the natural and simple oriental beauty.
The smell of spring.
Go to Qulang Courtyard in April, and you can taste the latest spring menu. For example, Toona sinensis is an indispensable ingredient in this season. Red Devil Shrimp with Bread and Toona sinensis sauce is refreshing. Another dish, "Sea Cucumber, Jellyfish and Seaweed", is also very interesting. It is all the flavor of the sea. With mixed wild mushroom sauce, layers of delicious food pour out, decorated with litsea nut oil, which brings comfort and warmth when it is warm and cold. The "side dish cake" here is also worth tasting. The chef wipes the dish and rolls it into a dough, and then makes the dish with spring vegetables such as mussels and white asparagus into fillings, seasoning it with Dahongpao pepper and cumin, and embellishing the 8-year-old sturgeon caviar in Kaluga. The whole taste of spring is very enjoyable.
A refreshing dessert.
The presentation of the main course and the staple food is surprising. The throat snakehead, which has been cooked for 24 hours, is fried first and then roasted. It is rich in fat and fragrant, and the meat is tender. There is sticky rice hidden in the belly of the fish, and the aroma is overflowing after biting it.
Two desserts are worth recommending, one is to make green eggplant into crisp chips, with kiwi fruits and green apples of the same color; The other one uses homemade raisins and macadamia fruit ice cream with honeydew melon, which brings the coolness and lightness of spring.
Shepherd’s purse and spring bamboo shoots restore the classic taste of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and "swallow" spring in one gulp.
Changchun location: Jichu Jitang
Features: Shanghai private cuisine, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine.
Recommended dishes: baked Taizhou bean noodles with cream crab and swordfish wonton.
Address: Floor 1, Block B, Netcom Building, No.28 Xiaoyun Road, Deshang
Shepherd’s purse is springing up.
In spring, if you want to taste the taste of the south of the Yangtze River in Beijing, I recommend going to the kitchen Jitang. In this small classical and modern restaurant, you can not only eat the thick oil red sauce of Shanghai private cuisine, but also taste the upgraded private cuisine of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Grandma’s signature dish is braised pork.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine is the most seasonal, and a shepherd’s purse spring bamboo shoot is very representative. Young bamboo shoots and shepherd’s purse are fried together quickly, as if swallowing the whole spring in one gulp. There is also a baked broad bean with garlic, which is also very delicious. The broad bean is soft, waxy and sweet. If you bake it with fresh garlic, you can give full play to the sweetness of the broad bean and chew it slowly, just like walking in the spring breeze. Now is the most delicious season for swordfish. A bowl of swordfish wonton makes up for the spiny regret of swordfish-the picked fish is chopped into minced meat and seasoned with a little shepherd’s purse. The dough is flexible, the stuffing is delicious and full of deep happiness.
Xiaoqinglong sea cucumber mapo tofu.
Grandma’s signature dish, braised pork, can’t be missed Pork belly is fat and thin, and after the entrance, the rich oily fragrance permeates the mouth instantly, which makes people can’t help but match a big bowl of rice. You can also choose abalone, dried bamboo shoots, eggs and other different ingredients to add according to your personal preferences. Another dish of baked bean noodles with cream crab in Taizhou should not be missed, which is an improved method of baked bean noodles with garlic in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. For northerners, it may not be suitable for the slight fishy smell of sand garlic after cooling, so the chef changed to cream crab to keep the original delicious taste, which is more in line with northerners’ preferences. There is also a small Qinglong sea cucumber Mapo tofu, which is very popular. Chop the meat from the small Qinglong together with the sea cucumber and burn it with tofu, which is more salty than ordinary Mapo tofu.
Try a cold sesame spinach to find childhood memories of spring.
Changchun Location: Chang ‘an No.1
Features: hometown flavor
Recommended dishes: sesame spinach, kung pao chicken.
Address: lobby floor of Beijing Oriental Grand Hyatt Hotel, No.1 East Chang ‘an Avenue.
Chang’ an no.1
At the beginning of April, the newly reopened Grand Hyatt Beijing Changan No.1 is like a modern teahouse. The teahouse is warm and quiet, and the open kitchen is full of fireworks. Chef Jin Qiang is an authentic Beijinger, who pays the most attention to seasonal ingredients and hometown flavor. This spring, he can taste familiar and surprising flavors here.
Sesame spinach.
In spring, we should eat sesame spinach, the specialty here. It is said that this dish was inspired by Jin Qiang’s childhood memories. In that year, my mother mixed celery leaves with old Beijing sesame sauce, vinegar and sesame oil, which became a dinner that the whole family expected. Twenty years ago, when Chang ‘an No.1 was preparing to open a menu, Jin Qiang changed the celery leaves used by his mother into spinach, covered it with a thick layer of secret sesame sauce, and specially added mustard oil, which had a strong taste and a long aftertaste. There is also an ice bowl with crispy and sweet meat, which is a creative new dish and full of surprises. Different from ordinary sweet and sour meat, the highlight of this dish lies in its crispy skin, which is very crisp. It is packed in an "ice bowl", crystal clear, hot, cold and hot, and it surprises the taste buds.
Old-fashioned fruit and wood roast duck.
Old-fashioned fruit-wood roast duck is the gold-lettered signboard of Chang ‘an No.1, which follows the traditional hanging oven roasting, and the fruit-wood adds sauce and fruit flavor. You can watch the whole roasting process of the duck through the glass curtain wall. Each roast duck is roasted continuously for about 75 minutes, and the subcutaneous fat just melts completely and penetrates into the duck meat to ensure that the duck meat is fat, delicious and tender. In addition to the traditional collocation such as shredded onion, mashed garlic, sugar, sweet noodle sauce and cucumber strips, you can also try caviar. The duck skin should be thick and served with cold caviar while it is hot. Kung pao chicken can’t be missed. The chef mixed four kinds of peppers, such as Gansu pepper and Sichuan pepper, and combined them with the original traditional cooking methods in kung pao chicken a hundred years ago. In addition to peanuts, he also added macadamia nuts, which was more subtle.
China is added to the dessert.
China elements are added to the dessert at the end, which is unique to the romance of old Beijing, including Dahongpao custard and sea buckthorn cheese spring rolls. Three flavors of ice cream, hawthorn, Wuliangye and jasmine tea, are refreshing. Self-made tea-flavored chocolate must be tasted, with Gan Mei jasmine, Jinsi Huang Ju and Pu ‘er tea flavors, which are full of creativity.
From broad beans and grass heads to shad and yellow croaker, let spring vegetables "meet" Jiang Xian.
Venue: Haojiangxuan Jiangnan Cuisine Chinese Restaurant
Features: Jiangnan Spring Cuisine
Recommended dishes: steamed shad in red soup, catfish maw in soup sauce, fresh bean paste, spring bamboo shoots and yellow fish fillets.
Address: Beijing Lijun Hotel, No.90-92 Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Steamed shad in red soup.
In early spring, everything is born again, and Jiang Xian and Chun Cai can best reflect the charm of seasonal flavor. Beijing Lijun Hotel Haojiangxuan Jiangnan Cuisine Chinese Restaurant opened the spring menu, and mixed fresh Jiang Xian, such as shad, white fish and snakehead belly, with fresh Jiang Nan Chuncai, such as Toona sinensis, broad beans, spring bamboo shoots and grass heads, to show the delicacy endowed by nature through simple cooking techniques.
The spring menu includes Toona sinensis mixed with fresh walnuts, steamed shad in red soup, fresh bean sprouts and yellow fish fillets. Among them, shad is the highlight of delicious food in spring, which is as famous as puffer fish and swordfish. It is known as the "Three Freshness of the Yangtze River", with rich meat and fresh taste, which is the heart of many diners. The traditional cooking techniques of shad are mainly steaming or braising, and steaming in red soup is a popular cooking method in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. The secret red soup with Huadiao wine has different recipes in the hands of different chefs, but all of them highlight the word "fresh". Against the background of red soup, the fish is fresh and salty, with a little bit of sweetness, and the delicious cream diffuses in the mouth, which is worth remembering all spring.
Fresh watercress, spring bamboo shoots and yellow fish fillets.
Fresh watercress, spring bamboo shoots and yellow fish fillets are also a seasonal dish. Yellow croaker is a popular ingredient in recent two years. The chef changed the yellow croaker into fillets and cooked them with fresh watercress and spring bamboo shoots. The watercress was soft and waxy, and the spring bamboo shoots were crisp and cool, which highlighted the delicacy of the yellow croaker to the extreme and filled it with spring flavor.
Braised catfish belly in soup sauce.
Braised catfish belly in soup sauce is a classic Jiangnan dish. Grass head is another name of southern alfalfa, also known as cauliflower. Every spring, grass head becomes a delicious food that cannot be missed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, because its fresh and tender days are very short, and it is only this season in a year. Although it is a wild vegetable, it is particularly precious. The cooked catfish belly, together with the tender part of the grass head cooked with hot oil, blends one meat and one vegetable in the broth, step by step, and has a unique taste.
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Four She Taijun debut! This scene at the Henan Lantern Festival is really a tribute to the border guards.

[Text/Observer Network Ruan Jiaqi]
Live up to expectations, the young ladies of the Tang Palace banquet, which was a hit in Henan Spring Festival Evening, are back!
Henan Spring Festival Evening "Tang Palace Banquet" Fragment
This time, they became the leaders of the wonderful night of the Lantern Festival. In the special program of the Lantern Festival broadcast by Henan Satellite TV last night (February 25th), they sneaked into the Henan Museum, crossed the brightly lit Ruyi Lake in Zhengzhou, and lingered in the Lantern Festival in Shanghe Garden on Qingming Festival, crossing the ancient and modern times and spanning the Millennium, and took the audience through a wonderful Lantern Festival eve.
At the same time, the planning behind the party made the audience praise the "intention": the first national museum actually filmed the variety show, only took five days to remake it, filmed it in six places, recorded it in the museum for the first time in China, and paid tribute to the border guards in special design …
By 10: 30 pm on 25th, according to the statistics of Weibo, bilibili, Aauto Quicker and other platforms on the whole network, the reading volume and viewing volume of the topic "Wonderful Night of Yuanxiao in Henan Museum" had exceeded 100 million. Just one word, say it countless times.
Directions → The selection of "The Fifth Volunteer" is in 26 minutes and 17 seconds.
If the previous Spring Festival Gala in Henan Province was an unexpected "king bombing", then this Lantern Festival program can simply be called the "god-sealing" that everyone expects.
The half-hour party has no host and no advertisements. With the steps of the sisters in the Tang Palace, the audience can see the grand occasion of the Tang Dynasty from the cultural relics and enjoy the cultural gluttony.
The night is already deep, and the Henan Museum, where tourists have dispersed, is quiet again. After patrolling, the security guard brother blew the Jia Hu bone flute (imitation). The graceful music of the earliest musical instrument in China and the earliest wind instrument in the world awakened the Tang figurines.
Girls stare big eyes, everything in front of them is full of novelty.
This time, instead of rushing to the Tang Palace to attend the banquet, they curiously looked at the cultural relics in the Henan Museum.
As far as the eye can see, the light flashes, and with the magical power of Wu Zetian’s golden slips, the girls cross back to Luoyang, the hometown of Tang figurines.
The fire tree and silver flowers are very lively.
A dreamlike picture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty slowly unfolded, and the magnificent atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was fully displayed.
The girls trotted all the way to the resplendent hall of Luoyang Sui and Tang Dynasties, where a dance based on Luo Shen Fu, Seven-step Poetry and the legend of the Central Plains was being staged-the essence of Shui Yue Luo Shen, Furong Pool.
"If you are amazed, if you are graceful, if you are Youlong," they danced with lotus flowers in their hands, and their smooth and charming dance conveyed a dignified, rich and magnificent atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
In Wu Zetian’s hall of fame, I enjoyed the beautiful charm of "Shui Yue Luo Shen" from the first perspective, and some netizens "went to the top" in the barrage, and automatically substituted the perspective of "bad king":
"This is the happiness of being an emperor!" "Emperor Experience Card, Didi!" "quick! Help me to ascend the throne. ""Who is a serious person who goes to the early court! "
After swaying and dancing, the journey of the young ladies in Tang Palace is not over yet. With a light finger, a light brings them to Dengfeng Stargazing Platform.
The stargazing platform had previously appeared in a virtual form in the martial arts program "In Heaven and Earth" in Henan Spring Festival Evening;
Henan Spring Festival Evening "In Heaven and Earth"
But this time, more than 400 martial arts actors came to the real Dengfeng stargazing platform, and set off a confrontation between traditional martial arts and modern fighting on the oldest stargazing platform in China.
The soul of Henan people, in!
Besides Tang Wenhua, Song Wenhua is also a treasure.
Lantern Festival is indispensable for joy, and Miss Tang Gong also jumped into the Qingming Riverside Map to find out.
Coming to the Qingming Shanghe Garden in Kaifeng, the song and dance "Bao Qingtian" is being staged;
Boating on the river, see Huangmei Opera "Couple Watching Lights";
The classic Henan opera "The Fifth Pledge" stirred up the DNA of Henan people and triggered a chorus.
Some netizens have discovered Hua Dian: Under normal circumstances, the "She Taijun" in "The Fifth Pledge" is played by one actor, but this time there are four.
Everyone naturally thinks of the news that four border guards and soldiers died heroically in the Sino-Indian border conflict. Two of the martyrs, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran, were from Henan.
From this, the audience thought that the unexpected move of inviting four "She Taijun" in the program was to pay tribute to the four martyrs and their families. Yang Jiajiang has been brave and loyal from generation to generation, and the phrase "Young people look forward to the frontier of meritorious service, while old people like loyalty" made people suddenly cry.
The public screen was also instantly screened by the red barrage: pay tribute to the border guards!
@ Henan Satellite TV also responded to this this morning: You are right! "The Fifth Pledge" is a tribute to the border guards!
In addition to the above traditional programs, Silence Wang, GAI, Henry and other popular singers also appeared to perform the "National Tide", all of which combined the traditional culture of the Central Plains with the culture of the Yellow River.
In particular, the antique song Lotus Crane Square Pot brought by Henry is of special significance. Lotus Crane Square Pot is the first treasure of Henan Museum. It was unearthed in Xinzheng, Henan Province in 1923 and is known as the "swan song of the Bronze Age".
It is precisely because of the excavation of a number of bronzes represented by the Lotus Crane Square Pot that the road of cultural relics protection in Henan was opened and the later Henan Museum was built.
The crane on the lotus crane square pot spread its wings and flew directly into the beautiful studio, enjoying the silky transition.
Next day, under the lotus leaves, Henry stood side by side with the lotus crane square pot, which set each other off with the dancer’s Water Clouds.
Like the Spring Festival Evening in Henan Province, the whole party is still featured with outstanding traditional culture cards, which combines the most dazzling elements in Henan’s history and culture, such as cultural relics, operas and martial arts. By combining traditional culture with modern technology, it combines heavy history with variety shows, making it more novel, interesting and fashionable.
The audience who were amazed by the Spring Festival Gala have been waiting for this Lantern Festival for a long time. Four hours before the official launch, the one-minute trailer has been pushed to the sixth place in the hot search list of Weibo by netizens.
After the live broadcast started at 18 o’clock last night, it soared to the third place in the Weibo Variety List in just five minutes. By 10: 30 pm on 25th, according to the statistics of Weibo, bilibili, Aauto Quicker and other platforms on the whole network, the reading volume and viewing volume of the topic "Wonderful Night of Yuanxiao in Henan Museum" had exceeded 100 million.
The only drawback is "too short"! Many viewers spit out that the party was only half an hour, which was not enough to watch.
Happy Lantern Festival is in full swing, and Miss Tang Palace has turned back into a Tang figurine, which is so disappointing.
In fact, the length of this special program is excusable.
According to the report of Yingxiang.com, this year is the first year for Henan Satellite TV to hold the Lantern Festival Gala. As early as the recording of the 2021 Henan Spring Festival Gala, the director team had already planned and recorded the Lantern Festival Gala.
However, with the explosion of the "Tang Palace" and the popularity of the Henan Spring Festival Evening, the creative team was deeply encouraged by the constant urging of netizens. On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the established plan of the evening was directly overturned, and the "Fantastic Night of the Lantern Festival in Henan Museum" was re-produced in just five days to give back to the love of netizens and audiences. "Netizens are really too enthusiastic. For creators, there is nothing to return but works!"
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Li Xuan, artistic director of the 2021 Henan Spring Festival Gala and Lantern Festival Gala, said frankly, "The national audience has given us the kind of enthusiasm that we have never met before, which makes us feel uneasy. We have been thinking about the reasons for the popularity of this Spring Festival Gala."
The creative teams concluded that this time the Spring Festival Gala should really be held in the hearts of the audience. "Or we have found the next step or the future development direction of the Spring Festival Gala. In any case, our purpose and our creation should follow the will of the audience, think what they think and say what they say in their hearts. When our programs went deep into the hearts of ordinary people and made programs that they loved and even wanted to spread on the Internet, we actually found the biggest traffic. "
In the view of the program group, the appearance of this Spring Festival Evening is actually the audience’s recognition of Henan culture and even Chinese culture behind it. "We will work together to tell our Henan story well and then make a sound to the whole world."
At the end of the program, I specially thanked the netizens, viewers and fans.
"Fantastic Night of Lantern Festival" is like the prequel to "The Banquet in Tang Palace". The sound of the Millennium bone flute wakes up the sleeping Tang figurines and starts a wonderful trip. Although this is a special program recorded in an emergency, the creative team did their best.
According to Mammoth News Dongfang Jinbao, this evening’s shooting location is the longest ever, and it was recorded in Henan Museum, Zhengdong New District of Zhengzhou City, No.8 Studio of Henan Radio and Television Station, Luoyang Mingtang, Qingming Shanghe Garden in Kaifeng and Dengfeng Stargazing Station. Especially, it is the first time in China to record part of the variety show in the museum.
Xu Na, the executive planner, also revealed today that this program will be launched on various platforms, including retaining two full versions of the deleted programs; The first version of the Lantern Festival party, which has been recorded before the Spring Festival, is also scheduled to be broadcast tonight or tomorrow night, with a duration of 70 minutes. The two parties have different styles, but they are also very interesting.
Xu Na finally made a little drama: In May and June this year, the team will start planning the Spring Festival Gala in 2022. "We hope more netizens can join us and participate in the early planning and collision."
She remembers that after the programs "The Banquet at the Tang Palace" and "In Heaven and Earth" exploded, many netizens wrote expositions on the Internet, and there were many articles like "Teaching you how to understand the Banquet at the Tang Palace". "Our director said that some places are almost 80% close to my own imagination, so it is said that the masters are in the private sector, and we also hope to open the door to hold our Spring Festival Evening next year."
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The sun will return to the scene in a limited time, but the rain and snow will be online soon.

Hubei Daily News (Reporter Wang Jinghua) On the 24th, there was still rain and snow in the south and east of our province, with light snow or ice particles in Enshi, southern Yichang, Jingzhou, Tianmen, Qianjiang, Xiantao, Xiaogan Hanchuan, Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang, Huangshi and Xianning, and freezing rain in eastern Jingzhou, Huanggang, Huangshi and Xianning. By 07: 00 on the 25th, the temperature was -6 to 0℃ in most areas. According to the latest meteorological data, the sunshine will only return within a limited time, and the warm and humid air will continue to go north tenaciously, while the cold air will supplement the south. The tug-of-war between cold and warm air is still going on, and the rain and snow weather is not over yet.

During the day from 25th to 26th, there was rain and snow in the province, and there was a process of precipitation and cold air from the evening of 26th, mainly rain. During the day on the 25th, most of the sunshine in our province returned briefly, and it will turn to sleet or light snow at night, with moderate to heavy snow in the western mountainous areas. During the day on 26th, there was light rain in southeastern Hubei, light snow or sleet in eastern Jianghan Plain and northeastern Hubei, and the whole province turned cloudy at night. On the 27th, it was cloudy to cloudy in northwest Hubei, with light rain in other areas, including sleet or light snow in southwest Hubei.

Meteorologists reminded that there is still weak rain and snow in our province recently. Although the temperature has improved slightly, it is still at a low level, which is prone to freezing and thawing. It is necessary to pay attention to preventing road icing and falling ice and snow at high altitude.

See you every year at the World Swimming Championships, this time in Doha.

  Xinhua News Agency, Doha, February 1 ST (Reporter Liu Yang, Zhou Xin, Sun Zhe) Just half a year after the Fukuoka Swimming World Championships, the Doha Swimming World Championships will be held soon. From February 2 nd to 18 th, Doha, located in the tropical desert climate, will hold the World Swimming Championships for the first time to welcome the "carnival" of water sports.

See you every year at the World Swimming Championships, this time in Doha.

  Poster of Doha Swimming World Championships.

  The World Swimming Championships was once held every four years, but it has been changed to biennial in the past 20 years, and it has become "annual" since 2021. Affected by the epidemic, the Fukuoka World Championships in 2021 was postponed twice after the Tokyo Olympic Games, and was finally held in July 2023. Budapest filled the "vacancy" in 2022. The Doha World Championships originally scheduled to be held in 2023 was "squeezed" to the beginning of 2024, making the swimming world championships held in the same year as the Olympic Games for the first time. Singapore, the host of the 2025 World Championships, was already in place, which led to the four consecutive years from 2022 to 2025.

  There are six major events in this World Championships: diving, synchronized swimming, open water swimming, water polo, swimming and high platform diving. Among them, diving, synchronized swimming, open water swimming and water polo are all Olympic qualifying events. Only swimming events do not have this sense of urgency, because it determines the Olympic qualification based on whether the results meet the standards.

See you every year at the World Swimming Championships, this time in Doha.

  Li Bingjie is the only Olympic champion of China swimming team in Doha. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi photo

  For swimmers, it is easy to reach the standard, so they give up the World Championships in Doha one after another and focus on the Olympic Games. The Doha swimming pool is slightly lacking in star flavor. China also hid Olympic champions Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun, Ye Shiwen and the new "Frog King" Qin Haiyang, and Li Bingjie was the only Olympic champion for China to swim in Doha. This also gives China’s young swimmers a chance to emerge: Pan Zhanle will attack the highest podium in the men’s 100m freestyle; Dong Zhihao has medal strength in the men’s 200m breaststroke; Zhang Zhanshuo, a 16-year-old teenager, will usher in the first adult international competition and participate in five individual competitions; Yu Yiting will perform a world-class performance in the women’s 200m medley.

  Looking at foreign famous players, American Olympic champions Ledecki, Dressel, Regan Smith, lily king and others will be absent; Canadian Olympic champion McNeil and rising star McIntosh will not play; The Australian team has 18 participants, and the women’s team has almost no famous players; Romanian short-distance freestyle star Popovich is not on the list; The Japanese team only sent 12 people to participate.

See you every year at the World Swimming Championships, this time in Doha.

  Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan, the main players of China diving team, all participated in the competition. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Pengfei photo

  In diving events, foreign athletes need to compete for Olympic qualifications. The main force of the China diving team, which has won the full quota, will all participate. Gemini Chen Yuxi and Quan Hongchan will once again conquer the world with the "water spray disappearance"; In addition, Cao Yuan, a three-dynasty Olympic champion who returned from injury, and Xie Si-dai, a men’s 3m springboard champion who returned from Tokyo Olympic Games last year, attracted special attention. Huang Jianjie, who is under 14 years old, is the only non-world champion and the youngest player in the team.

  In synchronized swimming, China secured a seat in Paris with the doubles and team events champions of the Hangzhou Asian Games. This time, it will participate in all 11 events of the World Championships for the first time, and Yang Shuncheng, a teenager from Beijing, will make his debut in the men’s singles competition for the first time. The new synchronized swimming rules were implemented last year. China won 3 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze in Fukuoka, and will continue to meet the challenge of bidding for the Paris Olympic Games in Doha this time. Bill may, the 45-year-old godfather of American synchronized swimming, will also appear in Doha. He said that it is his greatest wish to win the qualification for the Paris Olympic Games and stand on the Olympic Games.

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Liuyang, the hometown of fireworks: income from fireworks was exported overseas a hundred years ago, with an annual output value of hundreds of billions.

On October 1st and 4th, there were two fireworks displays in Orange Island, Changsha, which were the last two fireworks displays in Orange Island this year. This activity originally came from the weekend fireworks in Orange Island. Since August 28th, 2010, there will be gorgeous fireworks over Orange Island every Saturday night. These fireworks and discharge technologies are provided by companies in Liuyang, Hunan, the hometown of fireworks in China. (Text /AI Finance and Economics Intern Jiang Wenhua, Editor/Yang Shufang)
Liuyang is located on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, in the northeast of Hunan Province, and is managed by Changsha City. In 2016, Liuyang achieved a GDP of 121.82 billion yuan, and the county economy and basic competitiveness jumped to the 19th place among the top 100 counties in China. When it comes to Liuyang, most people will think of the lyrics in Liuyang River: "Liuyang River, which bends through nine bends, reaches Xiangjiang River by 50-mile waterway"; Some people will think that this is the hometown of Tan Sitong and Wang Zhen; Others remembered that the words "Liuyang Fireworks" were printed on the fireworks wrapping paper bought during the Spring Festival.
Mashi Old Street in Mashi Village is the dividing line between Jiangxi Province and Hunan Province. One side of the street belongs to Jiangxi Province and the other side is Hunan Province. The history of fireworks in Liuyang can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. In the fourth year of Tang Wude (AD 621), Li Yi, the founder of fireworks, was born in Mashi Village at the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. This village belongs to Fuli Town, Liling City, Hunan Province, with Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province in the east and Jingang Town, Liuyang City in the north. Due to disasters and epidemics for years, Li Yi filled a small bamboo tube with nitrate, led it to ignite, and dispersed the miasma in Shan Lan with smoke, thus reducing the epidemic of plague. Soon, firecrackers filled with small bamboo tubes became popular.
Later, Li Yi passed on the firecracker production technology to his neighbors, so that they could get rid of the dilemma of "relying on the weather to eat". Because of this, Li Yi was regarded as the founder of fireworks. In the third year of Hongwu in Ming Taizu (AD 1370), the local people designated Li Yi’s birthday and April 18th of the lunar calendar as the Fireworks Festival. At present, the main producing areas of fireworks, such as Liuyang and Liling in Hunan, Shangli and Wanzai in Jiangxi, have all built Li’s ancestral temples.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, fireworks for entertainment appeared and became popular. Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty has a poem: "There are thousands of lights on the trees, and seven flowers bloom." In the Song Dynasty, there was Xin Qiji’s "Thousands of trees bloom in the east wind night, and the stars are like rain". Liuyang, adjacent to Li Yi’s hometown, the production of fireworks reached its peak in the Northern Song Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, Liuyang fireworks became a tribute to the capital, and they were exported to East Asia, South Asia, Europe and America from 1875.
In 1980s and 1990s, with the re-recognition of the private economy, large and small fireworks factories began to spread in every corner of Liuyang. Most of these fireworks factories are family-based, and the workshops are just a few earth houses. Outside the earth house, there is a metal ball standing. Everyone needs to hold the metal ball to eliminate static electricity before entering the fireworks factory. In addition, no matter who wears clothes that are easy to generate static electricity, it is forbidden to enter.
1986年,浏阳花炮在摩纳哥第21届国际焰火大赛中获得金奖。这也是中国首次在国际烟花节上获得大奖。九十年代,伴随着浏阳撤县建市,花炮出口创税总额达到全市90%以上。1995年,浏阳市被国家授予“中国烟花之乡”称号。但烟花之乡一直存在散、乱、差、科技含量低等问题。此外,爆炸事故也时有发生。1998年,浏阳推进花炮产业升级,取缔了近万家非法生产的手工作坊,并制订花炮企业强制性安全生产标准。
到了2002年,浏阳烟花进入南美市场。六年后(2008年),浏阳获得北京奥运会开闭幕式焰火燃放权。在20多分钟时间里,共有12万发礼花绽放,浏阳烟花占到了整个燃放量的70%左右。奥运会开幕式的焰火表演上,由浏阳制造的29个特效烟花“脚印”,沿着北京的中轴线,从永定门、前门、天安门、故宫、鼓楼一步步走向奥运会主会场,代表奥运会从发源地雅典一步一步走到中国。
In 2010, Liuyang Fireworks Industry Cluster achieved an output value of 12.46 billion yuan and a tax revenue of 972 million yuan. In 2016, Liuyang Fireworks have been exported to more than 100 countries and regions, with a total export volume of 2.76 billion yuan, accounting for 60% of the total national export volume. However, with people paying more and more attention to environmental protection in recent years, many cities have successively issued "prohibition orders" for fireworks. Hunan plans to reduce more than 1,000 fireworks enterprises in 2017. Among them, only Liuyang will be reduced by more than 100.
Fireworks enterprises in Liuyang are divided into one, two and three categories. One type of enterprises can enjoy generous policy and financial support, followed by the second type, and the third type will be included in the key supervision and rectification targets. Many enterprises rebuild their factories, but they don’t "upgrade" easily, because upgrading means more investment, and some family enterprises are often overwhelmed. The new situation makes the future of Liuyang fireworks enterprises full of uncertainty. Just like the fireworks in Orange Island, considering the environment and other factors, the number of fireworks is decreasing year by year. How many times can it be set off next year is still unknown.
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What brand is Cixi’s royal car? The research says it’s Tulia brand.

  This year is 115 years since cars were introduced into China. As a researcher of "The Origin of China Automobile History", Jiang Haicheng has been very busy recently: he will give a speech at a theme forum to commemorate the 115th anniversary of the introduction of automobiles into China. This speech mainly focuses on "Is the Empress Dowager Cixi the first car introduced to China?" It seems to be a simple topic, but it embodies Jiang Haicheng’s efforts for more than ten years.

  Jiang Haicheng, who has retired for many years, has not lived a long life. He is still busy with his favorite things. Jiang Haicheng first worked in the Beijing Planetarium. After work, his biggest hobby is studying cars. At that time, the information was underdeveloped and there were few cars. Going to the exhibition hall to see cars became his greatest pleasure. In the 1990s, more and more cars began to appear in Beijing, and Jiang Haicheng became more and more fond of cars. He resolutely left the Beijing Planetarium, where he had worked for most of his life, and became an automobile media reporter.

  As the first batch of automobile media people in Beijing, Jiang Haicheng witnessed the vigorous development of China automobile industry from scratch in the new era. Nevertheless, he is most concerned about the history of automobiles, especially the initial period of automobile development in China.

  In 2001, he published an article in China Auto News: The "Mystery" Left by Cixi’s Imperial Cars. At that time, the cars that Empress Dowager Cixi took were exhibited in the Summer Palace. About this car, some people say that it was presented to Empress Dowager Cixi by Yuan Shikai as a birthday present in 1897. This car is the second generation product of Mercedes-Benz. Many people naturally think that Empress Dowager Cixi was the first person to own a private car.

  However, in this "classic car", Jiang Haicheng did not see the logo of Mercedes-Benz, but saw a logo printed with "DURYEA" on an iron pedal. What brand is this car? When was it produced? When was it introduced into China? Jiang Haicheng raised many questions about this car.

  He began to look for answers one by one. To this end, he found the source of the statement that "the vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz second-generation car": Wang Huapeng, editor of "The Encyclopedia of China: History of Chinese Cars". Wang Huapeng, a former director of the Automobile Research Office of the Academy of Communications, told Jiang Haicheng that he made that statement out of speculation after inspecting the car in 1979. Moreover, Wang Huapeng later went to Germany to visit the Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Museum, and found no cars with similar styles and models as Cixi’s royal cars. At this time, Jiang Haicheng basically came to a conclusion that the classic car of Empress Dowager Cixi was not a Mercedes-Benz car, but a Tulia car.

  However, in a few years, it became popular that the royal car of Empress Dowager Cixi was a Mercedes-Benz brand, and it was also said that this car was customized by Yuan Shikai through the German Embassy.

  Jiang Haicheng once again began his "rebuttal" journey. In 2005, Jiang Haicheng learned that the Ford Museum in the United States had materials of Tulia cars, and he contacted the representative of Ford Motor Company in China, hoping to find relevant materials of Cixi’s royal cars. Before long, Jiang Haicheng received a reply: In 1896, Tulia Company assembled 13 cars with the same design as Empress Dowager Cixi’s royal car, which was the third generation car of Tulia. The car used by Empress Dowager Cixi was the only survivor among the 13 cars.

  Jiang Haicheng was delighted with it, and the good news kept coming. In 2013, Mercedes-Benz held a commemorative event in Beijing to commemorate the centenary of Mercedes-Benz’s visit to China. This activity originated from a historical fact: in 1913, German businessman Franz Oster brought the first Mercedes 10/25 RS station wagon to China for the first time. This also indirectly proves once again that the royal car of Empress Dowager Cixi is not a Mercedes-Benz brand. Jiang Haicheng added that in 1897, Mercedes-Benz customized a car for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. On that car, the words Mercedes-Benz brand and Victoria were marked, while Cixi’s royal car did not have similar words.

  Based on these data, Jiang Haicheng believes that Cixi’s royal car has reached a conclusion for the Tulia brand. With the determination of the brand, the time when Cixi came to the Summer Palace by car also came to a conclusion: the car arrived in the Summer Palace in 1902, not in 1897. In 1897, faced with the threat of reform forces, Empress Dowager Cixi had no intention of holding a birthday celebration. Moreover, in the trade environment at that time, cars produced in the United States in 1896 would not have spread to China so quickly. According to historical records, in 1902 after the Gengzi Incident, Empress Dowager Cixi rebuilt the Summer Palace and held her 68th birthday in the Summer Palace. At this time, Yuan Shikai had a chance to get on the bus. However, by 1902, this car of Empress Dowager Cixi was not the first car introduced to China. In December 1901, LINZ, a Hungarian businessman, transported two American-made "Osmo Bill" cars to the Shanghai Public Concession. On January 30, 1902, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce granted him a "temporary license" to drive on the streets, which was the first time that a car appeared in China.

  The debate that lasted for more than ten years finally came to the bottom. In his latest speech, Jiang Haicheng systematically demonstrated from eight aspects that the imperial car of Empress Dowager Cixi was not "the first car introduced into China". Looking back on these years’ efforts, Jiang Haicheng sighed and said softly and firmly, "I finally handed in a valid answer sheet when the car was introduced to China for 115 years."

  Jiang Haicheng told reporters that during the research, he wrote to Mr. Dan Jixiang, president of the Palace Museum, and Mr. Li Guorong, deputy director of the First Historical Archives of China, hoping that they could help him find the old photos of Empress Dowager Cixi and the car. The two gentlemen tried their best to find no relevant pictures, and they specially wrote back to Jiang Haicheng to express their apologies, which made Jiang Haicheng feel extremely warm. Jiang Haicheng also hopes to seek relevant pictures from readers through Beijing Evening News to enrich the research results. Jiang baojun

There is strong wind and rain in the South China Sea, and there is haze in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas from the night of the 4 th

  CCTV News:According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, due to the combined influence of cold air and David, most of the East China Sea, Taiwan Province Strait, east of Taiwan Province, bashi channel, most of the South China Sea, Beibu Gulf, Zhejiang coast, Fujian coast, eastern and southern coast of Hainan Island will have 7 ~ 8 winds, and some areas of Hainan Island have small to moderate rain and local heavy rain (25 ~ 40 mm); From the night of the 4th to the morning of the 7th, the atmospheric diffusion conditions in the central and southern parts of North China and the central and western parts of Huanghuai deteriorated, with mild to moderate haze and severe haze locally.

  1. Some areas such as Jilin, Liaoning and Huanghuai in North China have cooled down.

  Yesterday, there was no precipitation in most parts of the country, moderate rain occurred in some parts of western Yunnan, and heavy rain fell locally. At 5 o’clock today, compared with 5 o’clock yesterday, the temperature dropped by 6 ~ 8℃ in eastern Jilin, eastern Liaoning, eastern and southern North China, and eastern Huanghuai, and the local temperature dropped by 10 ~ 12℃.

  Second, the key weather forecast

  1. There is strong stormy weather in the South China Sea.

  This year’s No.23 typhoon "Davy" was strengthened into a strong typhoon last night. Its center was located in the southwest of the South China Sea about 70 kilometers northeast of Nha Trang City, Qinghe Province, Vietnam at 5 o’clock on the morning of the 4th, which was 12.7 degrees north latitude and 109.7 degrees east longitude. The maximum wind force near the center was 14, and the lowest pressure in the center was 965 hectopascals. It is estimated that "Davy" will continue to move westward at a speed of about 25 kilometers per hour, and will soon land along the coast of southern Vietnam, and its intensity will weaken rapidly after landing. Affected by cold air and Davy, there will be 7-8 winds in most parts of the East China Sea, Taiwan Province Strait, the east of Taiwan Province, bashi channel, most parts of the South China Sea, Beibu Gulf, Zhejiang coast, Fujian coast, and the eastern and southern coasts of Hainan Island. Among them, there are 9 winds in the Taiwan Province Strait, 9-10 winds in the southwestern part of the South China Sea, and 11-13 winds in the nearby waters where Davy Center passes. Some parts of Hainan Island have moderate to moderate rain and local heavy rain (25 ~ 40mm). In addition, there will be heavy rain in the western part of the South China Sea, and there will be heavy rain (100 ~ 150 mm) in some sea areas. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a blue typhoon warning at 06: 00 on the 4th (see Figure 1).

  Fig. 1 The path probability forecast chart of the 23rd typhoon "Davy" in the next 12 hours this year.

  There was haze in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas from the night of 2. 4th.

  From the night of the 4 th to the morning of the 7 th, the atmospheric diffusion conditions in the central and southern parts of North China and the central and western parts of Huanghuai deteriorated, with mild to moderate haze and severe haze in the local area; There is fog in some areas from night to morning; On the morning of the 7th, due to the influence of cold air, the haze weather in the above areas gradually weakened or dissipated from north to south.

  On March 5th, cold air affected the northern region from west to east.

  From May 5th to 7th, a cold air will affect the northern region from west to east in Xinjiang, and the temperature in most of the above areas will drop by 4 ~ 6℃, and the temperature in southeastern Inner Mongolia, southern Northeast China and parts of northern North China will drop by 8 ~ 10℃.

  Third, the future specific forecast

  From 08: 00 on the 4 th to 08: 00 on the 5 th, there were small to moderate rains (snow) or sleet in parts of northern Xinjiang and other places. Among them, there were moderate to heavy snow in Altay, Xinjiang and high-altitude areas along Tianshan Mountain, and local snowstorms; Some areas in the western Sichuan Basin, Hainan Island, Taiwan Province and other places have moderate to moderate rain and local heavy rain (Figure 2).

  Figure 2 National Precipitation Forecast Chart (08: 00 on November 4-08: 00 on November 5)

  From 08: 00 on the 5 th to 08: 00 on the 6 th, there were small to medium snow or sleet in high-altitude areas in northern Xinjiang and southeastern Tibet; There are small to moderate rains or showers in western Sichuan Basin, southeastern Yunnan, Hainan Island and Taiwan Province. There are 4 ~ 6 winds in most parts of Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and Shandong Peninsula (see Figure 3).

  Figure 3 National Precipitation Forecast Chart (08: 00 on November 5-08: 00 on November 6)

  From 08: 00 on the 6 th to 08: 00 on the 7 th, there were small to medium snow or sleet in the western mountainous areas of northern Xinjiang, eastern Inner Mongolia, southern Heilongjiang and northwestern Jilin. Among them, the western mountainous areas of northern Xinjiang had heavy snow; There are small to moderate rains in the central part of Northeast China, western Sichuan Basin, coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian, southern and western South China, southern Yunnan, southern Guizhou, Hainan Island, Taiwan Province and other places. Among them, there are heavy rains in parts of Hainan Island and Taiwan Province, and heavy rains (100 ~ 110 mm) in the southeast of Hainan Island. There are 4 ~ 6 winds in most parts of Inner Mongolia, northern North China, southern Northeast China, Hexi Corridor and Shandong Peninsula (see Figure 4).

  Figure 4 National Precipitation Forecast Chart (08: 00 on November 6-08: 00 on November 7)

  Fourth, the impact and concern

  1. Rain, snow and windy weather in northern Xinjiang;

  2. The wind and rain impact of Typhoon David on the South China Sea and Hainan Island;

  3. Gale weather and its influence in the East China Sea and Taiwan Province Strait;

  On April 4-6, the haze weather process in central and southern North China.

Haze weather in Ruzhou, Henan Province, the sky is gray and visibility is getting worse.

China Weather Network News On January 10th, haze weather occurred in Ruzhou city, Henan province, and the visibility and air quality deteriorated, which brought inconvenience to traffic. (Photo/Li Xinmin)

China Weather Network News On January 10th, haze weather occurred in Ruzhou city, Henan province, and the visibility and air quality deteriorated, which brought inconvenience to traffic. (Photo/Li Xinmin)

China Weather Network News On January 10th, haze weather occurred in Ruzhou city, Henan province, and the visibility and air quality deteriorated, which brought inconvenience to traffic. (Photo/Li Xinmin)

China Weather Network News On January 10th, haze weather occurred in Ruzhou city, Henan province, and the visibility and air quality deteriorated, which brought inconvenience to traffic. (Photo/Li Xinmin)

China Weather Network News On January 10th, haze weather occurred in Ruzhou city, Henan province, and the visibility and air quality deteriorated, which brought inconvenience to traffic. (Photo/Li Xinmin)

China Weather Network News On January 10th, haze weather occurred in Ruzhou city, Henan province, and the visibility and air quality deteriorated, which brought inconvenience to traffic. (Photo/Li Xinmin)

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It is estimated that 190,000 passengers will pass through Qiongzhou Strait during the New Year holiday.

Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Administration Xie Xiaolin Cover Journalist Yang Feng
On December 31, 2023, the cover journalist learned from Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Administration that with the increase of tourists and residents, the number of passengers crossing the sea through Qiongzhou Strait during the New Year holiday reached a small peak. According to statistics, there were about 58,000 passengers and 14,000 vehicles crossing the sea. It is estimated that the Qiongzhou Strait will transport about 190,000 passengers and 45,000 vehicles in three days during the New Year holiday.
In order to ensure the safety of water passenger transport in Qiongzhou Strait, Zhanjiang Maritime Department started the "peak passenger flow" supervision mode, sent more law enforcement officers to strengthen the on-site supervision of passenger ro-ro ships, sent two groups of law enforcement officers to Xuwen Port passenger transport site, strengthened the on-site inspection of passenger ro-ro ships, comprehensively explored the potential safety risks in the jurisdiction, paid close attention to the rectification of defects, maintained the boarding order of passengers, carefully checked the separation of passengers and vehicles, urged the ship to do a good job in vehicle fastening and safety passage reservation, and reminded the crew.
Vehicles lined up to cross the sea.
At the same time, the maritime department sent coast guard boat to carry out maritime cruises in Xuwen Port basin and waterway waters, inspect the navigation environment in the waters of Ro/Ro passenger transport routes in detail, drive away the fishing boats that hinder navigation in the waterway in time, ensure the normal performance of navigation lights, and maintain the good navigation order of Ro/Ro passenger transport.
Maritime personnel ensure the safety of vehicle boarding. Photo courtesy of Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Administration
In addition, the maritime department has also strengthened the remote supervision of ro-ro passenger ships, made full use of the supervision command system, VTS, CCTV and other means, strengthened the dynamic supervision of ships and the traffic organization of ships entering and leaving the port 24 hours a day, received ship reports in time, provided information services, and made emergency treatment as soon as any abnormal situation was found. The joint port dispatching department shall reasonably arrange the ship’s entry and exit, loading and unloading operations, improve the ship’s turnover efficiency, make every effort to ensure the safety, efficiency and smoothness of the passenger-rolling route in Qiongzhou Strait, and ensure the people’s safe and convenient travel during the festival.
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