As winter comes, hands and feet can easily get cold. Thick gloves might be a good
There is no
Emperor Yangdi from the Sui Dynasty visited Jiangsu in winter. Due to the bitter cold, the local official asked craftsmen to make a small warmer for
Made of bronze or ceramics (陶器), ancient hand warmers had
Inside a hand warmer, simple coals were mixed with some flowers,
Foreign guests from
Xi’an, capital city of Shaanxi, served as the capital of 13 dynasties in Chinese history, which in total
People call Shaanxi History Museum “Bright Pearl in Ancient Capital and Precious Treasure of China”, for it is an art palace
The basic halls in the museum are divided into three exhibition halls
While
In ancient times, all roads
Surrounded by mountains, Sichuan, called Shu in ancient times, was known for its inaccessibility. That became widely known partly due to a line from Chinese poet Li Bai,
When builders approached the Mingyue Gorge in Guangyuan, they found
The Sword Gate Pass, a towering V-shaped mountain pass—the one that gave rise
Dumpling is a Chinese cuisine. Actually, the tradition of eating dumplings during winter solstice has its
It is said that dumplings were invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a
Thereafter, every winter solstice Zhang Zhongjing made “cold dispelling dumpling soup” in order to prevent and cure ailments
Afterwards, Zhang Zhongjing died on the day of winter solstice.
In AD 79, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in southern Italy,
Researchers, Danilo Campanaro and Giacomo Landeschi, from Lund University in Sweden, used data that were collected by drones to create
Zu Chongzhi was one of the greatest mathematicians (数学家) in ancient China. From a young age, Zu was
Zu was best known for his calculation of pi (π). According to the record, he did all the work
Zu was successful not only in math, but also in astronomy. He worked out that a year should be 365.24281481 days long and created the Daming Calendar. However, government officials at that time did not agree
The way of life in Juxi village in Zhejiang Province shows a hidden link to Confucius, even though the villagers have respected their
A village called Juxi
It is recorded that in 1130, a member of Confucius’ 48th generation, Kong Duangong, looked for
Liu Yilan is director of public education at the Art Museum of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. When she
“We went to the Confucius temple
Along with her team, Liu paid a visit
It comes as some surprise to discover that, in previous centuries, this pretty simple backwater was one of the main
The Great Silk Route, or Silk Road, was the fabled overland supply chain famously
In an ancient world without trains or planes,
These would usually seek overnight
Despite
10 . The now world-famous Lumière brothers, Auguste Lumière and Louis Lumière, were born in Besançon, eastern France, near the border with Switzerland. They grew up immersed in the dazzling potential of photography, pursuing the family passion for developing images.
Their father Charles-Antoine set up a small factory producing photographic plates, and the looming threat of bankruptcy (破产) in 1882 was just the sort of pressure needed to inspire the world’s greatest invention. It was these two boys who invented the machines necessary to automate their father’s plate production, known as the new photo plate “etiquettes bleue”, and saved the family business from sinking.
When their father eventually retired one decade later in 1892, the brothers decided to focus on creating moving pictures. The original cinématographe (电影机) was made by Léon Guillaume Bouly on 12 February 1892, but the brothers made their own more efficient version three years later on 13 February 1895.
One of their techniques for making film more efficient included film perforations (穿孔), which helped pass the film through the camera and projector with greater ease. The first-ever footage (片段) to be recorded using their new invention was recorded on 19 March 1895, a short film that showed workers leaving the Lumière factory in which the brothers worked.
The first public screening of their movies came a few months later in December 1895, and they used their invention of the cinématographe to show 10 movie-clips of about 50 seconds each.
Of course, there was Thomas Edison’s “peepshow” kinetoscope that existed before the French Lumière Brothers invented cinema. But the difference was, Edison’s “peepshow” did not allow simultaneous viewing, whereas the Lumière Brothers invented entertainment that could be enjoyed by the masses and all at once. And cinema has never been the same ever since.
1. Which of the following is credited to the Lumière Brothers?| A．The original idea of cinématographe. |
| B．The invention of photographic plates. |
| C．The invention of “peepshow” kinetoscope. |
| D．The automatic production of photographic plates. |
| A．Higher Efficiency. | B．Originality. | C．Automatic operation. | D．Low cost. |
| A．A family party. | B．Working staff. | C．A violent battle. | D．Moving objects. |
| A．It served a larger audience. | B．It presented clearer pictures. |
| C．It produced louder sounds. | D．It passed the film more easily. |
