XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240319) -- BEIJING, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yufei opens the gate of Faxing Temple in Zhangzi County, north China's Shanxi Province, March 16, 2024. Faxing Temple, with a history of more than 1,000 years, is nestled on Cuiyun Mountain of Zhangzi County. In 1988, the temple was listed as a national key cultural relics protection site. Zhang Yufei, a cultural relics guardian, has worked at the temple since 1993 when he was 21. Zhang initially took on the temple's daily maintenance. He gradually took an interest in the research of the relics at the temple and began to learn cultural relics knowledge. With in-depth research, Zhang has published several monographs on the temple's relics and shared Shanxi's cultural heritage stories through a WeChat public account. In the past three decades, Zhang has received more than 500,000 visitors from home and abroad. "These cultural relics have become a part of my life," said Zhang. He hopes that more people can join in the cultural relics protectio

(ChineseToday)CHINA-SHANXI-ZHANGZI-FAXING TEMPLE-CULTURAL RELICS GUARDIAN (CN)

(ChineseToday)CHINA-SHANXI-ZHANGZI-FAXING TEMPLE-CULTURAL RELICS GUARDIAN (CN)

(240318) -- ZHANGZI, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yufei opens the gate of Faxing Temple in Zhangzi County, north China's Shanxi Province, March 16, 2024. Faxing Temple, with a history of more than 1,000 years, is nestled on Cuiyun Mountain of Zhangzi County. In 1988, the temple was listed as a national key cultural relics protection site. Zhang Yufei, a cultural relics guardian, has worked at the temple since 1993 when he was 21. Zhang initially took on the temple's daily maintenance. He gradually took an interest in the research of the relics at the temple and began to learn cultural relics knowledge. With in-depth research, Zhang has published several monographs on the temple's relics and shared Shanxi's cultural heritage stories through a WeChat public account. In the past three decades, Zhang has received more than 500,000 visitors from home and abroad. "These cultural relics have become a part of my life," said Zhang. He hopes that more people can join in the cultural relics protectio

China's response to COVID-19 resurgence "ideal": Ethiopian health expert

STORY: China's response to COVID-19 resurgence "ideal": Ethiopian health expert DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:44 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1 various of China's response to COVID-19 pandemic 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEBRATU MASSEBO, Ethiopia's National COVID-19 Response Task Force Coordinator 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MEBRATU MASSEBO, Ethiopia's National COVID-19 Response Task Force Coordinator STORYLINE: China is battling a new resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. A health expert in Ethiopia said the stringent measures China is taking to contain the pandemic can be recognized as an ideal response. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEBRATU MASSEBO, Ethiopia's National COVID-19 Response Task Force Coordinator "The way they are now currently responding as I followed from media and journalists is very much impressive. A very stringent measure if really applicable anywhere can mitigate the risk of the virus." China has adopted a dynamic zero-COVID approach, which provides maximum protectio