The most important folkloric activity during the Ghost Festival is ancestor worship. Every year on the Mid-Yuan Festival, every family, rich or poor, prepares some plutonium, fruits, wine, or other seasonal food to offer to their ancestors in memorial. In some areas, there is a tradition of celebrating the Ghost Festival on July 14, but most of them do it on July 15

The landscape of Guilin is notoriously beautiful. But how beautiful? There is a famous saying that describes it as "the best in the world", so how is it the best in the world? If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it.

In the first jump of the competition, Quan Hongchan took out the perfect action and performed the magic "splash disappearing technique" again, which made the whole audience exclaimed. The greater agitation was after the judges' scoring, all the judges in the audience did not hesitate to give a full score of 10 points, and finally Quan Hongchan got a full score of 90 points for this jump!

Whether or not it is possible to swim in the Seine can be said to be the soul of the question running through this Paris Olympics. From Paris' first promise to treat the Seine, to the spat between the city government and the media over water quality at the beginning of the year, to the suspense over whether the mayor of Paris would swim in the river this summer. Now that the mayor of Paris has taken a dip in the Seine, and the final of the individual event of the Olympic triathlon was completed in the Seine last Wednesday, it is still not clear whether the Seine is suitable for swimming or not!

The origins of paper sculpture can be traced back to the invention of paper in China during the Han Dynasty and the improvement of paper in Germany in the 16th century. With the popularization of paper sources and the evolution of paper sculpture techniques, many artists have focused their attention on this area and have become pointers in the field of paper sculpture art. The Dutch artist Peter Gentenaar exhibited his paper art in Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum a few years ago, which also aroused the public's keen attention to the art of paper sculpture.

On July 23, 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a media interview that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics will be held on the Seine River as planned.This was the first time in modern Olympic history that the opening ceremony had been moved from a stadium to an open urban space [30]. Prior to the opening ceremony, the 142nd plenary session of the IOC was devoted to revising the Olympic Charter, which required that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games be held in the "Olympic Stadium", while the revised expression was changed to "opening ceremony venue". The IOC said that this amendment is to make the choice of venue for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games more flexible. This also means that there will be more room for creativity and presentation in the future Olympic Opening Ceremony.

On the global transportation stage, there is a name that is getting louder and louder, that is, China's high-speed railway.It has not only realized the perfect fusion of speed and passion at home, but also emerged in the international market, becoming an important force leading the global transportation revolution. So why is China the only one among many means of transportation that is frantically expanding high-speed rail in the world? What are the hidden stories and challenges behind it?

As the largest cross-sea bridge built in China, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) has cost hundreds of billions of dollars, however, the construction of the HZMB has so far been empty, and many netizens are confused

The Paris Olympics have shown us that there is no need to strive too much for perfection when organizing large-scale events.In the past, we might have an obsession to achieve perfection in every detail, striving to present the world with a flawless event. However, this pursuit often puts the organizers under tremendous pressure, consumes a lot of human, material and financial resources, and even wears themselves out!

Traditional handicrafts are closely related to material and spiritual life, and are characterized by two basic features: practicality and aesthetics.