【推荐3】Space travel has arrived! Companies like SpaceX are already taking paying customers into space and Virgin Galactic is booking passengers for its first business flight for the summer of 2023. But space travel is available (可获得的) to a small group of people who are very rich. Now, a Japanese company plans on opening space up to ordinary people.

The company is planning on sending space viewing balloons that will make space travel available to people who are not wealthy or have no skills needed to fly a rocket (火箭). “It’s safe and money -saving for people,” Keisuke Iwaya, the CEO of the company, told reporters. “The idea is to make space travel for everyone.” he added.

While the balloons do not actually go into outer space, the capsule (太空舱) will fly higher than some planes and will give passengers a clear view of the universe (宇宙).

The company developed a capsule that can fit two people—a pilot and passenger—and a balloon that can fly to a height of 25 kilometers. It took 12 years to develop. Unlike rockets and hot air balloons, the reusable balloons will be lifted by helium (a very light gas). It will take two hours to rise and will stay there for an hour before beginning its going down. The capsule itself is 1.5 meters wide and has several windows that will allow passengers to view the earth below or the universe above.

Keisuke Iwaya worked together with the Japanese travel company JTB Corp to support the sales when the space capsule is ready to operate as a business. Applications are now being accepted until the end of August, 2023. The first five passengers will be announced in October. At this point, the price is out of reach at €167,000 but will be reduced to the tens of thousands of euros.

The first flights will leave once every week, weather permitting. While most future space travelers may dream about flying into space in a rocket, floating in a balloon capsule is a kinder and safer way to travel. Wish you a safe journey!

【推荐2】Situated in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, Wuyuan is located at the junction (交界) of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Anhui. Wuyuan has been known as “the hometown of book” and “the hometown of tea”. It is a famous cultural and eco-tourism county (县) in China, known as “China’s most beautiful countryside”.

Huizhou Culture is the soul of Wuyuan travel. Since the ancient times, Wuyuan has a culture and popular practice of literature. There are many great men born in Wuyuan, inclu-ding Zhu Xi, a learned scholar. From Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, Wuyuan had nurtured 2,665 officials, and 3,100 works. In addition, Wuyuan Museum has thousands of cultural collections, known as “the first library at Chinese county-level”. Folk cultural arts like Nuo dance, tea ceremony are bright and colorful. Historical remains of celebrities and ancient buildings of Hui style in Ming and Qing dynasties are all over the county.

Wuyuan has 16 provincial-level historical and cultural villages, 1 national-level historical and cultural village, 13 Chinese protection units of cultural relics, and 2 ancient villages on the list of candidates for election to the World Heritage Sites. Wuyuan County has a history of over 120 years.

Wuyuan has four distinct seasons and many foggy days. Days throughout the year are times to travel, but spring is the best season, especially in April. In spring, red rhododen-drons (杜鹃花) all over the mountains, green tea trees all over the hills, golden flowers, white walls and black tiles, all of them are harmoniously integrated (成为一体), forming the best picture in the world. In autumn, best seasonal sceneries appear in Huangling, Changxi and so on, among which, landscape of Sun Drying of Crops is one of the highlights of Huangling Scenic Area.

【推荐1】Following the tradition of wearing new clothes for the Chinese New Year, hanfu, or traditional Chinese clothing, has experienced substantial growth during the festive season. The horse face skirt is particularly popular for its combination of traditional and modern elements, especially among young Chinese.

During the Spring Festival, many performers and tourists in Luoyang, Henan Province, showcased the horse face skirts. Gorgeous hanfu shows in Caoxian County, Shandong Province, one of the major hanfu production bases in China, highlighted the elegance of the long tradition of Chinese clothing.

Consumers expressed their desire to promote traditional Chinese culture as hanfu styles become more common.

The sales of horse face skirts are booming, leading production enterprises to optimize processes to meet demand. With annual sales surpassing 7 billion yuan, the sales of new year’s clothes for the Year of the Dragon, primarily horse face skirts, exceeded 300 million yuan in Caoxian County.

Data from e-commerce platforms indicate a significant surge in the search volume for hanfu since January. Among the various hanfu styles, the horse face skirt has become the most popular item, with sales of many hot-selling items surpassing one million yuan.

Zhang Mingqiang, the general manager of Haining Xucun Mingji Fabric Factory, expressed both happiness and concern due to the steady stream of daily orders. He currently faces a pile of more than 30,000 orders for horse face skirts.

Expanding production capacity is a top priority for many local enterprises. Newly purchased fabric production equipment is being installed and commissioned by the fabric manufacturer and will be put into use after the Spring Festival holiday.

Additionally, local companies are making efforts to the production and development of more Chinese-style clothing fabrics. The new trend of Chinese-style fashion, led by horse face skirts, is gaining popularity among overseas consumers as well.

【推荐2】Two “stolen” notebooks written by Charles Darwin were anonymously(匿名地)returned to Cambridge University , nearly 22 years after they went mising.

The Cambridge University Library in Britain received a “gift” in early March.Someone left a pink gift bag near the building with a note: “Happy Easter, X. ” it read. In this case, “X” was in place of a person’s name. Inside the bag was the gift: teacher’s two small notebooks from the famous British naturalist Charles Darwin. He is credited with the theory of evolution which says living things change over large periods of time. One of the notebooks has a famous drawing in it called the “Tree of   Life“. Darwin made the drawing in 1837.

The university talked about the incident on Tuesday. Cambridge believes the notebooks were taken 20 years ago. They were first thought to be missing inside the building after they were taken to be photographed. But, after searching through 10 million books, maps and documents, the university reported the notebooks stolen to police in 2020.

British investigators notified(通知) police around the world, and a searchng, well, began. The notebooks are valued at millions of dollars. They were returned ,however, in good condition. Darwin’s notebooks contained writings about his famous trip around the world on the ship H.M.S.Beagle. The research led to his book on evolution called On the Origin of Species.

Cambridge University Librarian Jessica Gardner said she was relieved to see thefor books   notebooks. But she said her true feelings are profound and almost impossible to express with proper words. Gardner said the notebooks will go back into the Darwin Archive. The library is also home to the works by scientists Stephen Hawking and Isaac Newton. The notebooks will be on display later this year in a Darwin show at the library.

Local police said they are continuing to look into who may have taken the notebooks and asked for help from anyone who has information about the case.