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Behind the Creation： From fire and ice to Game of Thrones

　　"The smell of people is floating in the night wind. The wolf spirit stopped under a tree and sniffed, and the gray-brown fur was covered with mottled shadows … …” This is the beginning written by george martin, an American writer, in the fifth volume of the series fire and ice, The Dance of the Magic Dragon. The fifth volume is the latest volume of this series of novels, published in 2011. "fire and ice" tells the story of the power struggle of lords and the invasion of human beings by aliens on an imaginary continent called Westeros.

　　On May 20th, the last episode of the TV series Game of Thrones, which was adapted from the series novel fire and ice, officially ended. The story of ice and fire is still in Martin’s mind, in the crazy expectation of hundreds of millions of readers around the world.

　　The Far Country

　　As a kind of fantasy novels, serious fantasy novels are widely welcomed by readers. The content of this kind of novels is built in an overhead world, some of which are different from the real world in terms of things and rules. Some of the overhead worlds are completely overhead, such as fire and ice and terry pratchett’s Dish World. Others are based on the real world, such as Rowling’s Harry Potter and Lewis’s The Legend of Narnia. These novels not only have great influence in the field of literature, but also their stories are widely circulated through film and television dramas.

　　In fact, Martin’s first famous works were not fantasy novels, but science fiction. He was born in a dockworker’s family in New Jersey. In such a growing environment, he saw ships of various countries flying flags in the harbor every day, which made Martin dream of going to distant countries when he was a child.

　　Martin was born in 1948 after World War II. At that time, Jack Kerouac, an American writer, put forward a literary concept, that is, the "beat generation", which questioned the old literary "routine" at that time. After World War II, great changes have taken place in the field of traditional literature, and literary forms have been constantly innovated. Superhero comics have also influenced Martin’s childhood. His earliest debut was related to comics, and he won the Avery Award in 1965 — — An award that is very important in the minds of comic book fans.

　　But like Martin’s characters, the author’s life has not followed the rules. After that, he began to write science fiction, and was nominated for Hugo Award and nebula Award. By 1975, Martin was already a well-known science fiction writer, and won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for Song of Leona.

　　"The oldest of them is undoubtedly the solemn giant city built on the sacred mountain and rusty red." This is not the red castle in the palace in fire and ice, but the "Rome" of the Saint Croats in Song of Leona. Nowadays, when many readers find this book because of fire and ice, they will find many amazing contents, not only the names of Rob and Leona, but also the characters named after these two names have played an important role in the story of fire and ice. More importantly, the attitudes of different characters in the story towards death are amazing.

　　Finally, The Game of Thrones, the first volume of the fire and ice series, released in 1996, won Martin the Hugo Award for novella and the World Fantasy Award for its "Dragon Blood" chapter, which is the highest award in fantasy literature. Then several other volumes published in succession also won the literary award. The second volume "The Disputes of Kings" and the third volume "The Storm of Snow and Ice" all won the track award for best fantasy novel.

　　The blueprint of history

　　In the novel fire and ice, it is common for the main characters in a certain chapter to die in the plot, even including the POV characters from the perspective of the chapter. In TV series, the total number of dead characters even exceeds the detective cartoon "Detective Conan", which makes readers worry about it, so that technical university of munich even developed a set of computer algorithms to predict the chances of each character’s survival.

　　The death of the main character is the difference between fire and ice and the past fantasy novels, and the main character no longer has the so-called "protagonist aura". There are eight Duke Starks in the beginning of fire and ice. By the fifth episode of the eighth season of the TV series, only four people have survived. Even the survivors have experienced all kinds of pains and even disabilities. This kind of writing, which is different from the heroic storyline and happy ending of fantasy novels in the past, has attracted more readers and made the story more possible.

　　In 1990, Martin, who was unhappy as a screenwriter in Hollywood, began to write novels again. Now people know the story that a picture suddenly appeared in his mind: "A direwolf was stabbed to death by antlers, leaving a few little wolves, which were later taken to be raised by a group of children". This picture is also the plot in Game of Thrones, the first volume of fire and ice.

　　What many people don’t know is that literary creation needs not only a flash of creativity, but also a lot of accumulation. As a teenager, Martin, who was addicted to books, read a lot of historical and literary books, which is very similar to his idol Tolkien. Martin was also called "Tolkien of America" by literary circles. Many fantasy stories have realistic historical blueprints. People can find the plots in Nordic and Germanic myths from Tolkien’s novels, while what readers read from fire and ice is wars of the roses.

　　In a sense, many contents in fire and ice can be found in the history of wars of the roses. For example, the York family and house of lancaster, both sides of wars of the roses, can correspond to the Stark family and the Lannister family who fought against each other in the novel. The badges of the two families are similar to those in the novel, and the color is also one white and one red. In the civil war that lasted for 30 years in history, a large number of nobles were killed, and some families even lost their children.

　　In 2011, Martin was named one of the top 100 people of the time by Time magazine, and Steve Jobs was on the list in the same year.

　　Future highlights

　　The story of "fire and ice" is also based on the land of the seven kingdoms on the continent of Westeros. From the king to the lords of various families, a power struggle is staged. In the story, even ordinary people staged the plot of the power struggle between the king and the lords abroad on the stage, which is quite interesting. The frozen Great Wall in the north can not help but remind people of the famous Great Wall of Hadrian in Britain. The motto of the Iron Islands is "Forcible is better than hard work", and there is also the shadow of Viking.

　　Before fire and ice, The Lord of the Rings’s The Legend of Narnia and Harry Potter were considered as the three classics in fantasy literature. The authors of all three novels were British, and the last two novels related to the real world all took place in Britain. Although fire and ice has the shadow of British history, the author has become an American, and the depth of discussion goes beyond the British background itself, such as the controversy caused by Queen Daenerys’ abolition of slavery in Miriam City.

　　After the TV series Game of Thrones is over, enthusiastic readers expect the sixth and seventh volumes of the novel to come out as soon as possible, and there is a new worry. What should they look forward to in the future?

　　From the release of the first film in The Lord of the Rings in 2001 to the end of the TV series Game of Thrones today, in the past 19 years, film and TV technology have promoted the development and popularization of serious fantasy novels, and even started to influence the story process of fantasy novels. Now, when these classic fantasy novels have been put on the screen, whether people will continue to pay attention to fantasy novels in the future and whether there will be world-class fantasy writers who are not native English speakers in the future will be the next literary highlights.

Indian media： American anti-China science and technology war is groundless and tantamount to self-destruction

　　India’s "QRIUS" website article on May 23, the original title: The US anti-China science and technology war is unfounded and tantamount to self-destruction. For American companies, financial giants, high-tech industries and consumers, President Biden’s expansion of the technology war is bad news. Over time, this will damage the Asian recovery and the global economic prospects.

　　Recently, the Biden administration sent two senior officials to "explain" that the United States is not seeking to decouple from China (in fact, the United States seems to be doing so). However, neither Finance Minister Yellen nor Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Sullivan answered how Washington plans to restrict technology transfer and investment in China. This encourages the view that the new measures of the United States may harm investors and disrupt the world trading system. At the beginning of 2021, Anne Kruger, a former WTO economist, warned that the US practices were "bullying China in trade, foreign investment, cyberspace, e-commerce, intellectual property rights, the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and other matters." The U.S. measures (aimed at China’s suppression) have produced extensive and aimless negative effects, especially when the U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of recession. No matter what strategy the Biden administration adopts, the long-term economic challenges of the United States have just begun, and the war on science and technology will make the situation worse.

　　In addition to prohibiting American companies from making foreign investments in China’s technology enterprises, Biden’s administration is also trying to restrict the types of technologies sold in China. As high-end semiconductors become the initial focus, the restrictions will be extended to artificial intelligence, quantum computing, electric vehicles and rare earth metals; In short, those emerging industries in the future. Ironically, American companies and financial giants still want to cooperate with China, just as ordinary Americans want cheap and affordable goods.

　　For several weeks, Biden’s administration said that it would announce restrictions on investment in China with its American allies before the Group of Seven (G7) Hiroshima Summit. But it didn’t happen. On the contrary, it is only stated in the summit communique that G7 partners "stand together" in their respective aspects of China, but all member States will "act in accordance with national interests". Although the U.S. government tries to multilateralize misleading policies, it may be that only the United States will really implement such policies.

　　No matter how meager security benefits Biden administration hopes to gain from preventing American investment and international recognition of China’s technology enterprises, these benefits may be offset by the huge collateral damage caused by the new restrictions in the United States and the world. Over time, these restrictions will also prevent Americans from learning from China technology companies — — Many of them are at or near the top of the technology field.

　　Washington’s technical restrictions (aimed at China) will punish American enterprises, investors and consumers over time, undermine global recovery and drag American allies into geopolitical stagnation, and suffer huge losses due to missed opportunities. This is the wrong action at the wrong time. (The author Dan Steinbeck is the director of the International Trade Research Office of the Indian-Chinese Institute of American Think Tank, translated by Ding Ji)

＂The face is 30 years old＂! 28-year-old woman walks in Tibet, causing heated discussion.

　　Recently,

　　A video of a girl walking into Tibet in a cart

　　Fire.

　　In the video,

　　See a woman in the distance.

　　Walking over with simple luggage.

　　The woman has short hair and a dark face.

　　Covered with years of wind and frost.

　　A man on the side of the road,

　　Curious to ask the woman:

　　"Where do you come from? How old is this year? "

　　The woman said that she is from Hubei.

　　I am 28 years old this year.

"The face is 30 years old"! 28-year-old woman walks in Tibet, causing heated discussion.

　　Contrast before and after hiking.

　　See the video

　　And the comparison of girls before and after hiking,

　　Some netizens teased,

　　"It feels like walking for 30 years."

　　A 28-year-old woman looks like a 58-year-old aunt.

"The face is 30 years old"! 28-year-old woman walks in Tibet, causing heated discussion.

　　Some netizens also said that,

　　Admire her courage and be happy.

　　"Although the appearance has changed,

　　But the mind has been purified. "

"The face is 30 years old"! 28-year-old woman walks in Tibet, causing heated discussion.

　　The girl who walked into Tibet responded.

　　Sunburn is the mark of effort.

　　No facial anxiety

　　This girl, named Xia Xia, talked about the topic that netizens teased her that "28 years old turns 58 years old". She said that hiking completely cured her mental internal friction and made her accept herself completely.

　　"My original intention is to feel the world and challenge myself. Compared with nature, human beings are really small, and our troubles are just a drop in the ocean. My sunburn is the mark of my efforts and my medal. They make me love myself more. I have no appearance anxiety. "

"The face is 30 years old"! 28-year-old woman walks in Tibet, causing heated discussion.

　　In response to the question of how to make a living during hiking, she said that she relied on live broadcast income to make a living during hiking. "The most important thing for people is to live a full life and work hard for what they like. I have made no less efforts for hiking than going to work. There is only one life, and I want to do what I want in time. " Her parents felt her determination, respected her choice and gave her the courage to dare to challenge the unknown.

"The face is 30 years old"! 28-year-old woman walks in Tibet, causing heated discussion.

　　Xia Xia’s next plan is to go abroad on foot next year. "For hiking, I haven’t been home for the New Year for three years. After this time, I want to go home to meet my parents and start again next year. "

　　Because of her two experiences of hiking in Tibet, she received encouragement from many netizens, and her media account rose by 200,000 overnight. "The enthusiasm of netizens infected me. In the future, I will record more hiking life and answer questions for outdoor enthusiasts."

　　Synthesis: Tide News, Channel Network

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Is it okay to open the skylight after it rains？

When driving in rainy days, it is not recommended to open the rear sunroof. This is because doing so may cause damage to the electronic control mechanism of the sunroof, and may also cause rainwater to enter the car, thus damaging the electronic system in the car.

The skylight of a car is a convenient function, but improper use may cause damage to the car. Therefore, when driving in rainy days, it is best to close the skylight to prevent rainwater from infiltrating into the car. In addition, be careful not to turn on the external circulation of air conditioner in rainy days, because this will lead to water in the car, which will affect the air quality and health in the car.

If you are not sure whether you can open the sunroof, it is recommended to check the owner’s manual of the vehicle or consult a professional technician. They can provide more specific suggestions to ensure that your vehicle is in good condition when driving in rainy days.

In a word, when driving in rainy days, we should pay attention to protecting all parts of the vehicle to ensure its normal operation. Closing the skylight and avoiding opening the external circulation of air conditioner are important measures to protect the safety of vehicles and passengers.

Lantern Festival written by Wang Zengqi

The beautiful scenery of the Spring Festival is full of red lights. Feng Zikai

Someone labeled Mr. Wang Zengqi as a local writer, and he was unwilling to accept it; Some people say that he is a genre painter, so he is very happy and admits that it seems to be the case. He said that he likes to read genre paintings and books about customs, and said, "I am interested in customs because I think it is beautiful. ….. customs reflect a nation’s love for life and its joy in being alive. "

In his works, all kinds of customs are too thick to melt away. Sometimes I feel that he is not writing novels or people, but writing customs (such as Three Sisters Married). Those old-time street customs, seven lines and eight works of daily life, etc., all come out of his words, with the breath of the traditional farming era, slow, distant and subtle … as if that familiar old song left behind by the times, it makes people sweet and sad. With the arrival of the tide of modernization, there is no trace of "wild" in some industries and customs, so we can only seek the world of words. This is also the meaning of Wang Zengqi.

In Wang Zengqi’s view, customs mainly refer to ceremonies and festivals. Lantern Festival, as an important folk festival of China people, is also a continuation of the Lunar New Year, and it is natural that it appears in his works of various colors in different periods. What’s more, he was born on March 5, 1920, which happened to be the Lunar Lantern Festival. With such a reason, he seems to be more willing to express his feelings and express his feelings.

The article Yuanxiao in my hometown was written on February 12, 1993, just five or six days after the Lantern Festival. In his article, he recalled that the Lantern Festival in his hometown was quiet in the daytime, and Kirin was sent occasionally or in years-he was deeply impressed by the song that sent Kirin: "Let’s blow it up, let’s blow it up, let’s send it to your home …", and there were sugar blowers and dough kneaders in the alley mouth, or we went to the heaven and earth altar to watch people pull "Tian Om Zi" and went to Taishan Temple to watch the old mother burn incense. The day is almost over. Then he changed his pen: "But the Lantern Festival won’t count until the evening when the lights are on." Then write the lights-this is also the highlight of the article: "The lights in all the rooms are lit. Aunt, there are four square glass lamps in the room. In the second mother’s room, there is a glass lamp with a red birthday and a bead lamp. My stepmother ordered red glazed bulbs in her room. A room full of lights, bright and gentle, looks very auspicious. " He also wrote to go to the streets to see the lanterns-the lanterns of various families; Children have their own lanterns-rabbit lanterns, hydrangea lanterns, lantern lanterns, and small children have watermelon lanterns, frog lanterns, and fish lanterns … They also wrote a custom that is not found in other places: watching the screen; Write that there is a red lantern in the sky: "Bamboo sticks are bones, covered with red paper, a rectangular tube with candles lit inside and put in the sky." Lanterns are very easy to put. You don’t even need a brain thread. You can fly by tying a thread on one corner. Lanterns are fluttering slightly in the sky. I don’t know why, but it makes people feel a little thin and desolate. "

The ending is like this: "After the New Year, all the shops will be’ wide open’ on the 16th tomorrow. In our place, shops are closed from the first day to the fifth day. On the sixth day of the sixth day, two rows of doors are opened to sell something necessary for the citizens, which is called’ small opening the door’. 16. Remove all the rows of doors, put a whip and some firecrackers. It’s called’ open the door’ and starts normal business. Years, so it passed. "

It’s a lingering sound, and it won’t stop for three days. Like his teacher, Mr. Shen Congwen, Mr. Wang is good at ending.

In the autobiographical essay "My Father", he writes about his father’s skillful hands, always living with great interest and making all kinds of things. "On the Lantern Festival, he used medulla tetrapanacis as the petal, dyed the depth with western red painting peony, made a lotus lamp, lit a candle, and it was more beautiful than real flowers. He dyed cicada’s wing paper light green, and made a spinning maiden lamp with iron wire as the bone, and put a fine bamboo stick under it. My sister and I mentioned it, holding these two lamps to the streets and visiting our neighbors’ houses, and many people gathered around to watch. " What a rich and memorable childhood! Wang Zengqi once said emotionally: "My childhood was beautiful."

Reading Wang Wen, we can see that when he was a child, he wandered around freely, and the relaxed family and educational environment was amazing. The reason why he became the later Wang Zengqi is inseparable from his childhood experience. If you don’t indulge in this when you are young, and you don’t have years of infiltration and exposure, how can you have these vivid words later!

His skills are "hidden" in his body, and he "shines" in different genres of works from time to time. Just mention the ones related to the Lantern Festival:

He wrote about the wheelwright: making gyroscopes and empty clocks for children in autumn. In summer, make a water gun. Spring, bamboo dragonfly. "Chinese New Year paste rabbit lamp, we go to buy wheels. The wheelwright watched a rabbit lantern being pulled from the street. In the street where there was a little ice, firecrackers smelled yellow and the shadows were heavy in the soft light of paper lamps amid the sound of gongs and drums. ….. "("The Rider "in 1947)

Miscellaneous Notes on Hometown Li San (1981): Li San is a temple blessing, and he usually has nothing to do. "During the Chinese New Year, find two’ lamp pairs’ and hang them on both sides of the temple gate. The lamp pair is a rectangular paper lamp, with a wooden frame nailed inside and white paper pasted outside, with the words "Good weather" on one side and "Peace for the country and the people" on the other. There is a horizontal partition in the lamp pair, so you can light candles. From the first day of the first month to the Lantern Festival. For more than half a month, the front of the land temple was bright and festive. "

The beginning of the novel Bead Lamp (1981):

The custom here is that the second year after a rich lady gets married, her family will send a lamp. The purpose of sending lanterns is to pray for many children. A few days before the Lantern Festival, you can often see teams delivering lanterns in the street. Several female servants, wearing clean clothes, with their hair combed bare, wearing double happiness red velvet flowers, each carrying a lamp; There are several trumpeters playing fine music in front. Far away, I heard the flute that sent the lights, and many people’s doors opened. The girl and daughter-in-law came out, leaned against the door and looked, pointing and commenting quietly. This is also the Lantern Festival scene of the year.

There are usually six lights in a hall. Four smaller ones, mostly dyed red or white, and painted with red flowers. One is a unicorn to send a child: a doll made of dyed glass horns rides on a unicorn. There is also a bead lamp: a big palace lantern made of green glass beads. The lamp body is made of eight glasses, painted with red characters of each body’s birthday, and the rest are beads. The phoenix head with eight beads protrudes from the top cover, and the phoenix has a small banner with beads in its mouth, and the tassels of the beads are embroidered under it. The weight of this lamp is quite heavy. When it is delivered, two people have to carry it with a pole. This is a main lamp, hanging in the middle of the room. Next to the Kirin Songzi, glazed bulbs are hung in the four corners.

On the night of the "Lantern Festival", red candles were inserted in these lamps and lit. From thirteen "lights on" to eighteen "lights off", several nights were lit in succession. Usually these lights are not lit.

When the lights are lit in the room, the atmosphere is very different. These lights are not very bright (the purpose of lighting is not for lighting), but they are very soft. Especially the bead lamp, shed a light green light. In the green light, the shadow of Zhufan is swaying gently, like a dream and water, which is extremely quiet. The lights of the Lantern Festival spread auspicious, happy and vague hopes.

At this beginning, knowledge, interest, atmosphere and foreshadowing are all available. Is it an idle pen?

Wang Zengqi also used birthdays and Lantern Festival to express his feelings. On his sixtieth birthday, he wrote a poem:

Frozen clouds want to wet the lantern,

The willow in chun yin is not green.

Walk along the road beside Yuyuantan,

Last year, the leaves were too clear.

On his seventieth birthday, he also wrote a poem-"seventy books are conceived and the law is not changed"

You’re 70 years old, drinking too much,

Only feel that climbing is late.

Painting and calligraphy are more than Su Mo,

The article faintly recalls childhood.

Write book reviews and preface,

Don’t be a teacher if you don’t open the atmosphere.

If I have been idle for ten years,

I don’t know how many poems I have left.

It is not difficult to read from the two poems that after ten years, the times, the situation and the mood have changed.

In Seventy Books, he recalled the Lantern Festival when he was a child: "With the light of the Lantern Festival, my birthday will never be forgotten. But when I was a child, I didn’t have a birthday. On that day, I always fiddled with a big rabbit lamp with four wheels under it. At night, I took a homemade rabbit lamp with candles in it, and I ran around the halls and aisles at home, sometimes taking it to familiar shops to visit. "

The Lantern Festival written by Wang Zengqi is beautiful and touching, and it often reminds me of the current children’s education. These articles can actually be used as examples of aesthetic education. Those who are engaged in education and parents should read Wang Zengqi well.

(Author: Duan Chunjuan, Shandong University of Finance and Economics)

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On the Lantern Festival, people follow the canal to ＂enjoy the lanterns in the clouds＂

　　It will be the Lantern Festival soon.

　　At present, apart from eating Yuanxiao and guessing riddles, lanterns are what everyone is most concerned about.

　　People, landscapes, flowers and birds, dragons and phoenixes, fish and insects … … Its shape can be varied.

　　Bamboo, wood, rattan, straw, animal horn … … Its materials can be varied.

　　China Lantern Festival is inseparable from the city where it was born.

　　A city has the practice of a city, and a city has the temperament of a city. For thousands of years, the two sides of the canal have produced a very beautiful lantern culture.

　　Next, let’s take a look.

　　Beijing lantern

　　Beijing’s lanterns, with gorgeous categories and rich themes, appeal to both refined and popular tastes, including lantern, gauze lantern, palace lantern and three-dimensional animal lantern … …

　　Due to historical reasons, Beijing Lantern has its own elegant temperament, rich palace style and full of "Beijing flavor".

　　The "Beijing flavor" of Beijing lanterns comes from the support of the court. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di moved the capital to Beijing for holidays, which led to a sharp increase in the demand for lanterns here. Since then, craftsmen from all over the country have gathered here to learn from others.

　　The craftsmanship they brought, exchanged, collided and merged in this city, forming a unique court feature: excellent materials, well-formed form and auspicious meaning.

　　Kaifeng lantern

　　Kaifeng has a long history of lanterns.

　　After Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Lantern Festival was held in unprecedented splendor, which was recorded in the Dream of China in Tokyo written by Meng Yuanlao in the Song Dynasty.

　　Bianjing Lantern Zhang, which has been passed down for six generations, originated from Kaifeng folks in terms of its modeling and pasting skills, and its "Dragon and Phoenix Lantern", "Lotus Lantern" and "Peony Lantern" are vivid.

　　Luoyang lantern

　　Use four words to describe Luoyang Lantern, which is graceful and elegant.

　　Here, the palace culture and folk culture blend, creating a richer style and type. As an old-fashioned palace lantern, the round gauze lantern is the main product of Luoyang Palace Lantern. It is made of bamboo produced in Luoning County and covered with gauze and silk. More than 70 processes are extremely exquisite.

　　Jining Weishan lake lamp

　　What is the lamp steamed from flour?

　　In Weishan Lake, Jining, every Lantern Festival, fishermen’s housewives are busy, mixing and making dough, and making a variety of face lights, including zodiac lights, lotus lights, dragon lights and fish lights … …

　　Among them, the dragon lantern is the best test of fishermen’s skills, and the skills are not refined, which will steam out a fat and distorted faucet. Good skills, the dragon head and dragon body are lifelike.

　　After steaming, add the core and oil to the surface lamp, and you can put it on the boat to light it up. I hope that the next day will be smooth and fruitful.

　　Yangzhou dengcai

　　Yangzhou lanterns are very gorgeous.

　　In Tai Ping Guang Ji, the Tang Dynasty Yangzhou Lantern Festival was still in full swing. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were many masters of lantern making, and Yangzhou lanterns were popular all over the country.

　　Yangzhou lanterns are mostly small and exquisite, with delicate and smooth lines, bright but not vulgar colors, bright but not demon.

　　Sudeng

　　Su Deng, which is rich in the charm of Wu culture, combines painting, paper-cutting, weaving, embroidery and other skills, and is unique among many colored lights.

　　Su Deng was famous in the Song Dynasty. In the palace, the Lantern Festival was decorated with lanterns and colorful lanterns, and Su Deng was often used.

　　On the Lantern Festival, the colored lights in Shantang Street are swaying, and the Shantang River is set off by flowing green waves, which is a beautiful scene.

　　Hangzhou lantern

　　The lanterns in Hangzhou are simple and elegant, and the rhythm of the water town can be seen everywhere.

　　After the 10th day of the first month, every household in Hangzhou section of the Canal is busy making and buying lanterns. There are many forms and varieties of lanterns. There are rabbit lanterns, silver ingot lanterns, dragon lanterns, tiger lanterns and the Goddess Chang’e flying to the moon lanterns.

　　On the day of the Lantern Festival, a bright moon hung high on the horizon, and tens of thousands of lanterns were brightly lit. The people of the canal took advantage of the afterglow of the New Year, braved the chill of early spring, watched the lanterns on the moon, shot tigers with riddles, sang all night, and everywhere was filled with a festive atmosphere.

　　Yuan is the beginning. Night is night.

　　Yuanxiao means the first full moon night of the new year.

　　Since that night, everything has awakened and flowers have blossomed.

　　The moon moves to the west, and that lantern is the street lamp that returns to the earth in spring.

　　Text | Modern Express+Reporter Wang Ziyang Amy Emilie Figure | Xinhua News Agency, Xinhuanet, Suzhou

Last winter in Shaanxi was the coldest winter in more than 30 years.

　　　　Xinhuanet Xi ‘an, March 14 (Reporter Liang Juan) The continuous sunny weather and the rapidly rising temperature finally sent away the cold of last winter. According to the analysis of meteorological data recently, Shaanxi Meteorological Bureau thinks that the winter of 2007 is the coldest winter in Shaanxi for more than 30 years, and the precipitation is 73% more than normal.

　　　　According to the Shaanxi Meteorological Bureau, last winter (from December 2007 to February 2008), the average temperature in Shaanxi Province was-1.3 degrees Celsius, which was 1.3 degrees Celsius lower than normal, the lowest since the winter of 1976.

　　　　According to reports, the winter in Shaanxi Province was warmer before the winter last year, and it continued to be unusually cold after the winter. In December 2007, the average monthly temperature in the whole province was 0.3 degrees Celsius, which was 0.3 degrees Celsius higher than normal. In January 2008, the average temperature was-3.2 degrees Celsius, which was 1.6 degrees Celsius lower than normal. In February, the average temperature was-0.8 degrees Celsius, which was 2.1 degrees Celsius lower than normal, both of which were abnormally low.

　　　　At the same time, the precipitation in Shaanxi last winter was 73% more than normal, and the average precipitation in the province was 35.4 mm. In January 2008, the average precipitation in the whole province was 18.4 mm, which was 2.2 times higher than that in the same period of normal years, which was a rare anomaly in the past 20 years.

　　　　According to the analysis of meteorological data, since 1987, the average winter temperature in Shaanxi Province has been on the warm side, and all walks of life have gradually adapted to the warm winter climate conditions, but the awareness of preventing cold weather in winter has weakened. Once cold weather occurs in winter, its harm and influence will be more serious.

　　　　Climate experts say that in the context of global warming, although the average temperature is on the rise, there will still be continuous snowfall and cold weather in some years. It is suggested that we should pay attention to the influence of freezing rain, snow and cold weather in winter, and do a good job in agricultural production, power supply, water supply, transportation and other preventive measures and material reserves before winter.

Editor: Fan Jing

How is the property market in the second half of the year？＂Housing without speculation＂ will remain the main line of policy.

　　According to previous years’ practice, analyzing the current economic situation, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, which will deploy economic work in the second half of the year, is expected to be held in the near future, and what attitude it will make on the regulation of the property market, or set the tone for the market trend in the second half of the year.

　　Some insiders believe that the differentiation characteristics of the domestic real estate market are increasingly obvious, and policy control tends to be strengthened in some areas. It is expected that the policy will adhere to one city and one policy in the third quarter, and some areas may continue to tighten, which will have an inhibitory effect on market transactions in some overpriced cities. Housing enterprises need to flexibly formulate strategies for destocking.

　　Five of the seven meetings involved real estate.

　　Since July 2017, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party, with economy as the main topic, has been held seven times. Except for the two meetings on October 31, 2018 and December 13, 2018, the other five meetings made important statements on the real estate market.

　　For example, on July 31, 2018, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party made up his mind to solve the real estate market problem, adhere to the policy of the city, promote the balance between supply and demand, reasonably guide expectations, rectify the market order, and resolutely curb the rise in housing prices. Accelerate the establishment of a long-term mechanism to promote the stable and healthy development of the real estate market.

　　The latest one was April 19th, 2019, when Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party demanded that the house be used for living, not for speculation, and that a long-term regulation mechanism of "one city, one policy, one policy according to the city and the main responsibility of the city government" should be implemented.

　　This is also the second half of 2018, after failing to mention the real estate content twice in a row, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party revisited the slogan of "housing and not speculating". In the industry’s view, this move is also expected.

　　In the first quarter of 2019, due to the expectation of policy relaxation, the actual easing of funds and the actual downward trend of credit interest rates, the real estate market showed a warming state, and the property market "Xiaoyangchun" started to increase, and the wave of land grabbing in hot cities resumed.

　　In this context, Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party once again mentioned that housing is not speculation, which shows that he is paying close attention to the warming of hot cities’ markets, breaking the previous expectation that hot cities will relax restrictions on purchases and loans, and also to prevent risks such as rising prices in the real estate market.

　　After Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party set the tone of property market regulation in April this year, the regulation policies of subsequent ministries and local governments followed.

　　Zhang Dawei, chief analyst of Zhongyuan Real Estate, said that in the first half of 2019, the national real estate regulation and control policies reached 251 times, up 31% year-on-year compared with 192 times in the first half of 2018.

　　"Real estate regulation and control policies have shown a significant tightening trend since mid-April. In the past two months, real estate has been regulated for nearly 100 times, and the density is at the highest stage in history. " Zhang Dawei said.

　　On the day of Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (April 19th), according to the requirements of monthly analysis, quarterly evaluation and annual assessment determined by the scheme of long-term real estate mechanism, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development gave early warning tips to six cities with large fluctuations in house prices and land prices in the first quarter of 2019.

　　One month later, on May 18th, in order to further implement the main responsibility of the real estate market in regulating cities, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development gave early warning tips to Foshan, Suzhou, Dalian and Nanning, four cities where the price index of newly-built commercial housing and second-hand housing has increased greatly in recent three months.

　　The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development requires all localities to resolutely implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, always adhere to the positioning that houses are used for living, not for speculation, further strengthen market monitoring and analysis, solve problems in market operation in time, and earnestly implement the requirements of stabilizing land prices, housing prices and expectations to ensure the stable and healthy development of the real estate market.

　　Suzhou, which was warned by the "yellow card" of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, upgraded its real estate control measures twice in a row on May 11th and July 24th this year.

　　Why should Suzhou continuously upgrade its regulation? The Supplementary Opinions on Further Promoting the Sustainable and Healthy Development of the City’s Real Estate Market issued by Suzhou Municipal People’s Government emphasizes that the regulation and upgrading of the property market is based on "persistence ’ A house is for living, not for speculation ’ Positioning, the implementation of stable land prices, stable housing prices, stable expectations, curb speculative real estate speculation, and reasonably guide market expectations.

　　The one-day tour of Kaifeng property market policy sends a signal to the outside world that regulation will not be relaxed easily. On July 19th, Kaifeng Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau issued a document to adjust the property market sales restriction policy, which was considered as a loose regulation implemented by third-and fourth-tier cities due to the downturn of the property market. However, one day later, Kaifeng Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau itself announced the cancellation of the document.

　　On July 20th, Kaifeng Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau said that due to its decision to "adjust the trading time limit of newly purchased commercial housing and cancel the filing restrictions", it did not conduct sufficient market research and demonstration, and lacked sufficient pre-judgment and evaluation of the possible market impact, so it revoked this decision and withdrew the relevant letter.

　　Suzhou’s upgrading regulation and one-day tour of Kaifeng’s loosening policy have different measures, but the logic behind them tends to be the same: the current property market regulation is easy to tighten but difficult to loosen.

　　Yan Yuejin, research director of the think tank center of Yiju Research Institute, said that Suzhou’s policy overweight is similar to Kaifeng’s policy of loosening restrictions on sales, that is, housing and not speculating is the policy logic in the second half of this year, and there is no possibility of relaxation. Relevant market participants must fully realize the importance of stabilizing the market at present. The introduction of similar policies has also formed good conditions for the subsequent control of investment speculative demand and stable expectations.

　　In the second half of the year, housing enterprises will reduce prices and promote sales?

　　The fluctuation of the real estate market in China is closely related to the policy adjustment, and it also provides a basis for the next policy adjustment.

　　Guo Shiying, an analyst at Zhuge Housing Search Data Research Center, told CBN that if we want to predict the follow-up policy direction, we should first pay attention to the changes in the two major indicators of real estate prices and transaction volume. "Stabilizing land prices, stabilizing housing prices and stabilizing expectations" will still be the main tone of regulation.

　　Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from January to June, the sales area of commercial housing nationwide was 757.86 million square meters, down 1.8% year-on-year, and the decline rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than that in January to May. Among them, the residential sales area decreased by 1.0%. The sales volume of commercial housing was 7,069.8 billion yuan, up by 5.6%, and the growth rate dropped by 0.5 percentage point.

Source: National Bureau of Statistics

　　In 2018, the national sales area of commercial housing exceeded 1.7 billion square meters, a record high. Even though the sales area in the first half of 2019 decreased by 1.8% year-on-year, the total volume was still at a high level in recent years.

　　On July 15th, Mao Shengyong, director and spokesperson of the National Statistics Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at the press conference of the State Council Office that the current real estate market is generally stable in terms of housing price, real estate investment, real estate sales, construction area and land transaction. From the next stage, on the one hand, urbanization is still advancing, and there is still a need for improvement, which is a support. On the other hand, the concept of "housing without speculation" is more and more deeply rooted in people’s hearts, emphasizing "policy based on the city" and emphasizing the main responsibility of the city government. These two factors are combined, and it is possible to stabilize land prices, house prices and expectations in the real estate market in the next stage.

　　Yan Yuejin said that the first half of this year is an important stage to actively implement the policy of "stabilizing housing prices and stabilizing expectations", and the phenomenon of high housing prices in some cities has also been well curbed. Of course, in the actual process, some supporting houses such as well-occupied school districts still have speculation, and some sales that seem to have reduced prices also have illegal charges. Similar situations require continued strengthening of house price control, especially in the third quarter of this year. The policy is further tightened. For related housing enterprises, they may take the initiative to reduce prices and promote sales in the third quarter.

　　He believes that the policy in the third quarter is mainly tight, which may also have an inhibitory effect on market transactions. Judging from this, the possibility of rising residential inventory will increase, and some housing enterprises also need to flexibly formulate strategies for destocking.

　　Although the overall sales decline has narrowed, which is close to the same period last year, the regional differences in the domestic real estate market have gradually increased. From the sales area of commercial housing, the local property market is uneven, with some doubling (Beijing) and some falling by more than 50% (Hainan).

　　According to the data provided by Zhuge’s housing search, from the perspective of the new housing market, cities at all levels have different performances, with the first line rebounding, the second line stabilizing and the third and fourth lines cooling down. In the first half of 2019, the total transaction volume of commercial housing in three first-tier cities in Beishang and Shenzhen was about 12.54 million square meters, a year-on-year increase of 43.89%. The transaction area of second-tier representative cities was about 114.1 million square meters, up 0.71% year-on-year, and the overall transaction scale remained stable. The transaction area of the third-tier representative cities in the first half of the year was about 55.77 million square meters, down 16.07% year-on-year, and the year-on-year decline was the most significant among all cities.

　　In addition to the decline in transactions, the current decline in the real estate market in third-and fourth-tier cities is also reflected in the reduction of land transfer. For some third-and fourth-tier cities that rely heavily on land transfer, the pressure to develop the economy is increasing, and the impulse to adjust the property market regulation policy may become stronger.

　　Guo Shiying said that although the central government has always emphasized "one city, one policy, one policy for each city", the local dominance and the regulation direction of local cities have always been guided by the central goal. Under the guidance of the central goal, cities can fine-tune the current urban policies in order to stabilize the development of the real estate market. As for the types and degrees of policy adjustments, they need to be determined according to the development characteristics of current cities.

Trump is addicted to the ball again, and this time he was caught by the White House.

While the anger caused by "Freud’s death" in the United States is burning all over the United States, several data of COVID-19 epidemic have "hit a new high". At this juncture, Trump turned out to be "addicted" to golf and "committed". But this time, with the intervention of the White House, he failed to get what he wanted.

According to the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on the 7th, it was learned from two people familiar with the decision of the White House that Trump had planned to spend the weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. However, the White House directly "shot" a few days ago and changed the itinerary, which led to the cancellation of the trip to Bedminster.

According to people familiar with the matter, the decision of the White House is largely because Trump went to his private club to play golf when the fire of demonstrations in the United States was "burning"."The public influence may be bad."（the potential for “bad optics”）。

Screenshot of NBC report

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According to NBC, Trump’s original plan was to go directly to New Jersey after visiting the swab factory in Maine on Friday (5th) and spend a "working weekend" there.

According to USA-Today, during this trip to Maine, Trump still refused to wear masks and other protective equipment when he visited the swab factory. The workers on the production line were "armed to the feet". Trump not only passed in front of them, but also stopped to talk with some workers.

Afterwards, the marketing manager of the company said in an interview that all the swabs produced by the factory during Trump’s visit that day would be discarded.

Trump finally agreed with the White House advisers and canceled his trip to New Jersey. NBC quoted people familiar with the president’s decision-making as saying that thousands of demonstrators continued to protest in front of the White House on Saturday, so the original plan may "cause problems". NBC reported that if this trip can take place, it will be Trump’s visit to his golf club again after a lapse of five months since last August.

It is reported that,Trump has put Bedminster on the agenda again.According to the current schedule, he will spend at least one day there next weekend to hold a live fundraising event for the presidential election. However, the report did not say whether Trump will play golf in Bedminster next week.

Although Trump said that he would not have time to play golf before the 16-year general election, he repeatedly reneged after his election. CNN reported that on May 23rd, when the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States was approaching 100,000, President Trump was photographed playing golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia.

Trump waved to the onlookers at the stadium (Source: CNN video screenshot)

The Huffin Post said on April 23 that American taxpayers are often angry at Trump’s frequent visits to his private golf course. According to an analysis of the newspaper, as of February, Trump spent a total of $133.8 million on his golf trip, equivalent to his salary of 334 years.

The "Black Bloody Case" has triggered the 12th day of protests and demonstrations in the United States. The Hill said that the number of protesters in all parts of the United States reached record levels this Saturday. The main roads of Philadelphia, the entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco are crowded with demonstrators. The newspaper said that at present, the number of newly confirmed cases in 23 States in the United States is increasing every week, and in the past four days, many States have set a record for newly confirmed cases since the outbreak.

According to NBC, after Trump’s trip was cancelled this weekend, there are no specific arrangements, and the White House has not received a notice that Trump will appear before the end of this week. The protest in front of the White House has reached the ninth day, and thousands of demonstrators are still walking on the streets of Washington, DC.

Source: Observer Network Jufeng

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There is strong wind and cooling weather in the central and eastern regions, and small to medium snow in the northern and northeastern regions of North China.

　　CCTV News:According to the website of the Central Meteorological Observatory, due to the influence of strong cold air, it is estimated that from 08: 00 on January 22 to 08: 00 on January 25, the temperature in most parts of central and eastern China will drop by 6 ~ 10℃, and the temperature in northern North China, eastern Northeast China and eastern Jiangnan will drop by 12~14℃, exceeding 18℃ in some places. There are 4 ~ 6 winds and 7 ~ 8 gusts in these areas, western Gansu and western Inner Mongolia. In the next two days, there will be small to medium snow or sleet in northern Xinjiang, southern Gansu, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, northern and eastern North China, eastern Huanghuai, eastern and southern Northeast China, and there will be small to moderate rain in eastern Southwest China, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan and South China from 22nd to 23rd.

　　There is strong wind and cooling weather in the central and eastern regions.

　　Influenced by strong cold air, it is estimated that the temperature will drop by 6 ~ 10℃ in most parts of central and eastern China from 08: 00 on January 22 to 08: 00 on January 25, while it will drop by 12~14℃ in northern North China, eastern Northeast China and eastern Jiangnan, with local winds exceeding 18℃. There are 4 ~ 6 winds and gusts of 7 ~ 8 in these areas, and some areas in western Gansu, western Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. There are 6 ~ 8 winds and 9~10 gusts in most offshore areas of China. The lowest temperature in the process appears on the morning of 24th to 25th, and the lowest temperature line of 0℃ will be located in the east of Yunnan, south of Guizhou and north of South China.

　　Among them, from 08: 00 on January 22 to 08: 00 on January 24, the temperature in parts of northern Xinjiang, eastern northwest, south-central northeast, North China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, northern and southwestern Jiangnan and central South China will drop by 6 ~ 8℃ successively, and the temperature in parts of central and southeastern Inner Mongolia, eastern Jilin, Liaoning and north-central Shanxi will reach 10 ~ 14℃, accompanied by 4℃ in these parts. There are 6 ~ 8 winds and 9~10 gusts in the northern and eastern seas. The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a cold wave blue warning at 06: 00 on January 22.

　　National gale cooling forecast chart (08: 00 on January 22-08: 00 on January 25)

　　National Minimum Temperature Forecast Chart (08: 00 January 22-08: 00 January 25)

　　National gale cooling forecast chart (08: 00 January 22-08: 00 January 24)

　　There is little to medium snow in the northeast of northern North China.

　　In the next two days, there will be small to medium snow or sleet in northern Xinjiang, southern Gansu, central and eastern Inner Mongolia, northern and eastern North China, eastern Huanghuai and eastern and southern Northeast China. In addition, from 22nd to 23rd, there were small to moderate rains in the eastern part of southwest China, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan and South China.

　　In addition, since the 24th, there has been continuous snowfall in western Tibet, with heavy snowstorms on the line from Pulan to Nyalam.

　　Specific forecast for the next three days

　　From 08: 00 on January 22 to 08: 00 on January 23, there were small to medium snow or sleet in parts of north-central North China, south-central Northeast China, western and southern Gansu. There is light rain in parts of eastern and southern Jianghuai, southern Jianghan, eastern Southwest, south of the Yangtze River and most parts of southern China. There are 4 ~ 6 winds in parts of central and western Inner Mongolia, Liaodong Peninsula, Hexi in Gansu, Shandong Peninsula and northern Zhejiang. There are 6-8 grades and 9-10 grades of north-northeast winds in Bohai Sea and Bohai Strait.

　　National Precipitation Forecast Chart (08: 00 January 22-08: 00 January 23)

　　From 08: 00 on January 23 to 08: 00 on January 24, there were small to medium snow or sleet in parts of western mountainous areas of southern Xinjiang, southeastern Hebei, northern Shandong and northern Guizhou, and there was heavy snow (5 ~ 6 mm) in the local area. There are light rains and moderate rains in parts of the central and eastern Jianghuai, Jiangnan, the eastern part of Southwest China, and most of South China. There are 4 ~ 6 winds in parts of the south of Northeast China, North China, Huanghuai, northern Jiangnan, northern South China and southern coastal areas. The Bohai Sea, the Bohai Strait, most of the Yellow Sea, most of the East China Sea, the Taiwan Province Strait, the east of Taiwan Province, the northern part of the South China Sea and the Beibu Gulf will have northerly winds of 6-8 grades and gusts of 9-10 grades, among which the winds in parts of the Taiwan Province Strait and the east of Taiwan Province can reach 9 grades and gusts of 10-11 grades.

　　National Precipitation Forecast Chart (08: 00 January 23-08: 00 January 24)

　　From 08: 00 on January 24 to 08: 00 on January 25, there were small to medium snows in parts of mountainous areas in northern and western Xinjiang, western and southern Tibet, and heavy snowstorms (10 ~ 19 mm) in parts of western Tibet. There are light rains or showers in parts of the eastern part of Southwest China, southern Yunnan, Hainan Island and Taiwan Province Island. There are 4 ~ 6 winds in parts of north-central North China, Shandong Peninsula, Liaodong Peninsula, eastern and southern Jiangnan, and southern coastal areas of South China. The Bohai Sea, the Bohai Strait, most of the Yellow Sea, most of the East China Sea, the Taiwan Province Strait, the east of Taiwan Province, the northern part of the South China Sea and the Beibu Gulf will have northerly winds of 6-8 grades and gusts of 9-10 grades, among which the winds in parts of the Taiwan Province Strait and the east of Taiwan Province can reach 9 grades and gusts of 10-11 grades.

　　National Precipitation Forecast Chart (08: 00 January 24-08: 00 January 25)