CHINA-SHANXI-YUNGANG GROTTOES-DOCTORS FOR RELICS (CN)

CHINA-SHANXI-YUNGANG GROTTOES-DOCTORS FOR RELICS (CN)

(240301) -- DATONG, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Han Yuehua, a staff member of the Yungang Grottoes Research Institute, removes dust from a relic item at a studio of the institute in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2024. Yungang Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site featuring over 50,000 stone Buddhist sculptures in Datong, was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It is considered a pinnacle of Chinese Buddhist art and represents the highest level of sculptural artistry in the world during the 5th century. The Yungang Grottoes Research Institute boasts a relics protection and restoration team mainly consisting of professionals in their 20s and 30s, who are trying their very best to keep these statues in their prime condition as long as possible. Dubbed doctors for relics, these young souls armed with modern technologies have gone beyond fundamental protection and restoration, and walked the extra mile to present these statues in a much more vivid way before tourists and learners

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in central China marks 40th founding anniversary

STORY: Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in central China marks 40th founding anniversary DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO YUEHUA, Local resident STORYLINE: Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in central China's Hubei Province celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding on Saturday. Standing as the only ethnic minority autonomous prefecture in Hubei Province, the autonomous prefecture has witnessed rapid economic development, leading to an improved quality of life for its residents. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LUO YUEHUA, Local resident "I'm a native of Enshi. There used to be lots of undeveloped areas and some abandoned factories, but now you can see that beautiful buildings were built everywhere, some of them are fascinating with traditional style. As a native, I'm really happy to see such changes." Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture's

Young woman scientist strives to make Chinese extra-terrestrial explorers smarter

STORY: Young woman scientist strives to make Chinese extra-terrestrial explorers smarter DATELINE: March 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:24 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zhejiang Lab 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI YUEHUA, Researcher, Zhejiang Lab 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI YUEHUA, Researcher, Zhejiang Lab 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI YUEHUA, Researcher, Zhejiang Lab STORYLINE: A post-90s woman scientist in east China's Zhejiang is working to make China's extraterrestrial exploration more intelligent with a group of young colleagues. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI YUEHUA, Researcher, Zhejiang Lab "We've developed some intelligence-sensing and intelligence-understanding algorithms to apply AI to the robot. So autonomous navigation can be more intelligent to conduct detection and sampling on objects of interest in the extraterrestrial environment." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI YUEHUA, Researcher, Zhejiang Lab "It doesn't happen all at once. It's very rare. Failure is a common thing. Ou

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yuehua dries newly-picked tea leaves at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yuehua picks fresh tea leaves near his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yuehua (L) processes tea leaves in a traditional way at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yuehua roasts tea leaves in a traditional way at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows tea farmers in cooperation with Zhang Yuehua picking fresh tea leaves at a tea garden in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yuehua dries newly-picked tea leaves at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(SichuanMosaics) CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-TEA MAKING-INHERITORS (CN)

(221201) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 31, 2022 shows Zhang Yuehua drying newly-picked tea leaves at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)