(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 arranges research documents at his home near Faxing Temple in Zhangzi County, north China's Shanxi Province, March 12, 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 th

Digital tech plays key role in protecting Great Wall in China's Gansu

STORY: Digital tech plays key role in protecting Great Wall in China's Gansu DATELINE: June 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the digitally restored Great Wall 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG YU'OU, Manager of digital cultural restoration department, Silk Road Infoport Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A technical team in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, has digitally restored three ancient military strongholds along the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). With the help of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System and advanced technologies such as dynamic modeling and augmented reality, the Great Wall relics and the people's life of more than 400 years ago have been restored. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG YU'OU, Manager of digital cultural restoration department, Silk Road Infoport Co., Ltd. "After the research of ancient documents and fieldwork at the sites of the ruins, we have finished the (digital) restoration of three ancient military

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.