It was a strange sight: a group of monks from the Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Chinese kung fu, walking through the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, producer of China's Long March carrier rockets.The abbot, Shi Yongxin, wearing a brown robe, led the delegation to explore the use of rocket technologies to protect the ancient books in the temple, whose history spans about 1,500 years. It is listed as a world cultural heritage site.The academy has developed an advanced book protection system based on aerospace technologies.This drew the interest of the Shaolin monks, who have many paper books that have been damaged by pests and mildew. The temple is located in the mountains of Henan province, where the environment is humid in summer and cold and dry in winter. It draws a large number of visitors every year. The combination of those conditions is unfavorable to the protection of books.At the center of the protection system is a sealed, waterproof, fireproof and insect-proof box.Fan Xinzhong, director of the structure office of the academy's department of tactical weapons, is responsible for the design. The box, Fan said, combines advanced aerospace technologies, such as rocket heat insulation, a honeycomb sandwich structure of a rocket fairing and the composite material used in a space capsule.Fellow researcher Shan Yijiao said the heat insulation material can keep the temperature inside the box below 60 C for an hour in a fire. The honeycomb sandwich structure enables the box to resist impact and compression, and to float on water.Lei Bao, designer of the box's lock, said spacecraft sealing technology was borrowed to make the box 100-percent waterproof and dustproof.Worms and insects cannot live inside the box, which has little oxygen. Humidity can be controlled through a monitoring system to prevent the growth of bacteria and mildew.The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology is planning systems for more libraries, museums, archives and temples to help protect cultural relics by using technologies gained from reaching for the stars.Xinhua debossed rubber wristbandscustom friendship braceletsmiscarriage awareness silicone braceletssilicone wrist bandscheap plastic bracelets
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. [Photo/Xinhua] The checkpoint of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in Zhuhai special economic zone in Guangdong province has granted a total of 226 visas upon arrival to foreigners and another 304 exit and entry travel documents to Hong Kong and Macao residents since it was put into service in late October. The landing visa service of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has played a role in promoting exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong, the window of the country's reform and opening-up, and the rest of the world and better served the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, said Sun Taiping, deputy director general of Guangdong Provincial Department of Public Security. Sun promised to further simplify the exit and entry procedures to foreigners and residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in the months to come. Wu Bin, a senior traffic police officer, said both Guangdong and Hong Kong are considering to issue more license plates to the vehicles from Hong Kong to operate on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Bridge and allow the vehicles which are now operating between Hong Kong and the mainland via other land ports in Guangdong province to use the Hong Kong-Zhuhai Bridge in the coming months. Both sides are now negotiating for increasing the number of vehicles that can operate on the bridge to meet the growing demand, but we have yet reached any agreement, he said. Currently Guangdong province has issued a total of 11,000 license plates to vehicles from Hong Kong to operate between Guangdong and Hong Kong through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, he added. personalized rubber braceletscustom charm braceletsrubber braceletsevent wristbandscustom wristbands<%2fcenter>
