Ang Lee shares 30 years of directing.

Journal no 27556 on June 26th, 2022.period

In the final analysis, when I choose a theme, it touches me in a certain place, and it is very cinematic, not the story of words or novels, nor the development of characters, nor the elaboration of relationships.

Ang Lee

Director Ang Lee accepted an interview with TVBS Master Lecture Hall after the Golden Horse Film Festival last year, and shared his 30-year mental journey and his views on the future development of film and television around the "dream of human science and technology film", and also encouraged the younger generation who are enthusiastic about film to let go and create a new generation.

The following is the complete video (long time, recommended collection):

01

Choose a script instead of reading a story

Moment is the soul

Ang Lee thinks that the most important thing in a script is not the story, but whether there is a "Moment" in the story that can move people.

Ang Lee wrote his first three scripts in his film career. He laughed and said that he wrote his own scripts at that time in order to win the script award. However, since The Wedding Banquet became famous, the scripts flew like snowflakes. Ang Lee said that he didn’t have a certain film type or content, but there are usually some elements that can impress him: "Lust, Caution tells existentialism through good girls and bad girls; "Ice Storm" is a reverse statement of rationality and sensibility, which I like very much. "

In addition, Ang Lee said that many people think that making a movie means telling a story, but he thinks that a movie is actually not a story, but a feeling that will be moving at a certain moment, like a dream. For example, he said: "In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Yu Jiaolong, played by Zhang Ziyi, finally jumped into the fog from Wudang Mountain, and there was a feeling of freedom and relief."

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

As for whether you are worried that what you feel can’t be recognized? Li Anxiao said that he is usually afraid after finishing, hesitant before taking it, and even self-doubt, but he thinks: "Art is more valuable because it can bravely face what we are confused and unclear. This is called art!"

02

Flip movie specifications with technology

Self-disclosure "I am a low-tech person"

Ang Lee shot Gemini Man in 2019, with 3D/4K/120 frames, and used 500 visual effects personnel to create a young version of Will Smith, which thoroughly transformed advanced technology into art, but Ang Lee said that he was actually a "Low Tech" person.

"I am a very Low Tech person. Give me your iPhone. I won’t use anything other than making a phone call." Speaking of his own weakness, director Ang Lee smiled with relief, but Ang Lee was not worried at all, because he knew that the professional should be handed over to the professional. The film "Gemini Man" was presented with high technology, but it was not the first time that Ang Lee applied high technology to the film. In 2016, Ang Lee had already broken through the film history, and clearly described everyone’s face in the film with the revolutionary specifications of 4K/120 frames at that time. "My eyes saw something. If there is a better way, I will ask those who know science and technology to help you. I will tell him and he will help me develop it. Therefore, I have a lot of ideas now. What I want to do is something at the forefront of science and technology, but my own knowledge and my sexual orientation are very backward. "

Gemini Man.

"I don’t know about the sufferings of the people. If I knew it was so difficult, I might not ask for it, but I kept pushing him (the technician). As long as he didn’t say that he wanted to jump off a building, sometimes he was forced to do something that could not be done. You made it. In fact, I think to put it bluntly, the movie is a virtual thing." Although he is at the forefront of science and technology, Ang Lee understands that the whole film industry seems to have encountered a bottleneck. "In fact, our progress is very slow. I think it has been many years slower than it should have happened, that is, everyone refuses to move forward. This phenomenon, I think this is a place that puzzles me."

Ang Lee understands that this is because movies have a set of laws, and this law follows the habits of the audience. "I think that if we all use virtual words now, at least in our perception, it is not acceptable, unless you are doing things like Avatar and Superhero, that is, everyone knows that you are a virtual world." Ang Lee said that different film types have different traditions, and films have to be convinced if they want to sell well.

Gemini Man.

"You will know that I am watching a romantic movie now, how can I appreciate it? It has a rule over there, and action movies have some types. This is a habit, and you are not convinced. You can mix, but you can’t mess around, shoot like life, it won’t Work. " However, Ang Lee is convinced that even if a movie needs a very real scene, investing in technology can still convince the audience that the movie should be smarter. "Many movie restrictions can be broken. If it’s digital, if you nail a board to get it, it’s actually smarter, that is, how to preview, Pretend that something happens, you Stage it, and after you get it out, the audience can believe that you can be involved in the story with you, and you can do it anyway. "

03

Only by making movies can you feel really alive.

"I didn’t want to say, I don’t make a movie to do, have tried! Then you just don’t shoot for a year. If you don’t shoot for two years, it will be very uncomfortable, feel bored, and then you can’t say it, and then your mind has been thinking about the movie. " Ang Lee recalled his long life as a filmmaker. There were two points in time when he thought about his persistence. The first point was when he couldn’t make a movie.

Pushing hands

"When I couldn’t make a movie at that time, I thought about what I was doing. Then I really won’t do anything. There was pressure from family and economy. What would I want to do at that time? At that time, I just wanted to make a movie. Why didn’t I have a chance? Just give me a chance. " Ang Lee recalled that when he was filming the first movie Pushing Hands, he was very bitter. He had to rely on himself for everything, and it was the first time that he had his own insistence.

"And when Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was finished, I was in poor health, and I was really exhausted. At that time, I would feel that I had said enough, but I didn’t know what to do after stopping for three months. There is a new thing that can be thrown and forgotten. It seems that it is the same as a woman giving birth to a child. It is painful to forget it after a while and then (born). " Ang Lee said with a smile that at this age, there is no need to insist on this matter. "I will even tell young people that you have other choices and you’d better do something else. It’s really not practical. Then they won’t listen. It doesn’t matter if you insist on it."

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

04

Making a movie is like giving birth to a child, just forget about the labor pain.

Now I want to shoot until I am 300 years old.

Ang Lee exposed himself twice, and after insisting, he had the idea of letting go of the directing barrel.

The first time was when I filmed Pushing Hands. At that time, my wife was ill and the baby was born with a hard life. But at that time, I tried to get through it because I was unwilling. "I finally realized after filming, and I want to say that I can go back to the shore."

The second time, when filming Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee revealed his physical condition after filming and convinced himself that "enough is enough", but after three months’ rest, he still kept thinking about making a movie. Ang Lee described making a movie as like giving birth to a child. "When I was born, I said I would never give birth again, and then I had another one soon after.".

However, even though there is no special insistence on the screenplay at present, Ang Lee said that there are still too many things he wants to shoot. He laughed and said that he hopes to live to be 300 years old because he still owes too many people things. "The theme is endless. Our generation pursues self-worth and belonging, but how to dream in this generation is their topic."

Black technology or commercial gimmick? You need to know more about artificial meat.

  What is vegetarian meat?

  Or vegetable meat, that is, it is made by using vegetable protein raw materials, mainly soybean protein, wheat protein, pea protein, etc., and adding plant hemoglobin synthesized by yeast.

  What is artificial meat?

  Refers to vegetable protein meat and clean meat, also known as vegetarian meat and test-tube meat.

  In fact, artificial meat has long been used. The well-known lunch meat, ham sausage, etc. are all filled with soybean protein and are all processed from soybean meal.

  What is test tube meat?

  Myoblasts or totipotent stem cells isolated from animals are cultured in nutrient solution to promote them to form muscle-like tissues, which are similar in appearance and taste to traditional meat.

  Zhang Bo, a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that researchers in the United States and the Netherlands have made breakthroughs in the research of this product, which is called clean meat or test-tube meat.

  Recently, the new word artificial meat has come into public view.

  What exactly is artificial meat? Will the future go to the people’s table?

  Why study artificial meat?

  The main solution is not the food problem.

  Many people in the industry said in an interview that artificial meat is only a convenient expression for the public to understand. Strictly speaking, the so-called artificial meat refers to vegetable protein meat and clean meat, and some are also called vegetarian meat and test-tube meat.

  Among the top ten breakthrough technologies in the world in 2019 published by MIT Technology Review, the artificial meat burger was selected together with the new wave of nuclear energy and customized cancer vaccine.

  "This confirms the technical breakthrough of replacing meat with plant raw materials." Xue Yan, secretary-general of China Botanical Food Industry Alliance, said that with the concern for the environment and the pursuit of their own health, people hope to replace animals with plant raw materials, which can not only meet the taste demand, but also reduce the impact of food industry on the natural ecological environment and reduce energy consumption.

  Li Jian, an associate professor at the College of Food Science, Beijing Technology and Business University, believes that the rise of artificial meat is behind the changes in human eating and consumption patterns, and it is also a sign of the rise of the alternative food market. Consumers’ understanding and acceptance of artificial meat and the rationality of food prices will be the key to whether this technology can have a future market.

  "Objectively speaking, at this stage, synthetic foods such as artificial meat mainly solve not food problems, but more cultural problems and social health needs." David Parry, CEO and director of American Indigo Agriculture, said.

  What does artificial meat taste like now?

  It is still difficult to simulate the taste of real meat.

  The reporter searched artificial meat in China HowNet and found many academic articles. Among them, the article "Commercialization Technology of Artificial Meat Mass Production" points out that the market acceptance of related products is still very low, and the fundamental reason is that artificial meat products can not realistically simulate the quality of real meat at this stage. In order to produce artificial meat products that meet the needs of the public, it is necessary to carry out a series of commercial processing and reshaping treatment of artificial meat products. For the color problem of meat, the biosynthesis of heme and hemoglobin from different sources is being studied at home and abroad, but it has not yet reached the conditions for mass production.

  Many researchers believe that it is difficult to simulate the taste of real meat at present. "We can make beef patties with vegetable protein, but it is difficult to make steaks, braised pork and braised ribs. How to simulate the taste of real meat is one of the key points of current scientific research. " Kai Zhong, deputy director of Kexin Food and Nutrition Information Exchange Center, said.

  Zhang Bo believes that "the nutritional components of plant protein and animal protein are different, and how to extract nutrients to ensure the nutritional components of artificial meat is also the focus of current research and development."

  Is there any artificial meat in the market?

  Immature products are more like commercial gimmicks

  In the future, will artificial meat really go to the people’s table and become a substitute for meat?

  Optimistic people in the industry believe that in the long run, consumers pay more attention to eating healthier after solving the problem of eating enough. Artificial meat contains higher protein and lower fat, which is a good source food in protein. With people’s attention to nutrition and health, vegetarian vegetable meat has a certain market base and consumer groups.

  However, most experts say that it is still difficult to replace meat with artificial meat on a large scale.

  The reporter found that at present, artificial meat is more like a commercial gimmick. Rui Liu, an associate researcher at the Institute of Food and Nutrition Development of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that to develop plant meat with similar senses to real meat products, the production technology requires higher requirements. For clean meat cultured with animal cells or tissues, it simulates the physiological environment in vivo, and makes isolated cells or tissues survive, grow and maintain their structure under aseptic, moderate and rich nutritional conditions. At present, there are no mature products on the market, and it is unknown whether consumers can accept them or not, and the market prospect is also unknown.

  In addition, the high cost is an important reason that restricts the commercialization of artificial meat. "Although the current cost has been greatly reduced compared with a few years ago, it is still much higher than traditional meat." Xue Yan said.

  Li Jian said that the future development of plant meat is still promising, but plant protein has some fishy smell, which seriously affects the quality of plant meat and needs to be overcome.

  The development of artificial meat in the future is still inseparable from the adjustment and change of the diet structure and eating habits of the founding people.

  Diner reaction

  Eel, kebab, Wuxi chop, sweet and sour fillet … … In some elegant vegetarian restaurants in Beijing, the vegetable meat made of vegetable protein and mushrooms can be cooked, not only the appearance can be confused, but also the taste is very similar.

  Mr. He, a Beijing resident who frequents vegetarian restaurants, said that vegetarian dishes feel healthier and have been addicted to eating meat.

  Market supply

  Outside the venue of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA, the beef burger on the fast food truck is not an ordinary beef burger. The beef smell people smell actually comes from artificial meat. The new beef burger released by American Impossible Foods Company is completely free of cholesterol, animal hormones and antibiotics. Compared with the traditional beef burger, it has lower calories and belongs to plant meat.

The word-of-mouth box office of "Abominable" has a double harvest, and the story is set in China.

  Last weekend, there were only two new films in the North American film market, and Abominable, released by Universal Pictures, took $20.85 million at the weekend box office, ranking first in the box office list.

  Abominable, jointly produced by American DreamWorks under Universal Pictures and Oriental DreamWorks under Chinese Culture, tells a touching story of a group of friends who crossed half of China and went through hardships to escort the legendary Himalayan snow monster home. It is worth mentioning that this film is the first animated feature film set in contemporary China and released worldwide. At present, the media reputation and audience feedback are excellent.

  Abominable’s $20.85 million first weekend box office fully reflected the market’s desire for long-lost family movies, and also made it the best original animated feature film (non-sequel, series and derivative works) so far this year. At the same time, Abominable is also the third original work that won the weekend box office list in 2019 after We and Good Boys — — Yes, all three works are distributed by Universal Pictures. In Hollywood, where remakes and series of works have become popular, Universal Pictures has become the mainstay of original power.

"Abominable" stills

  However, the production cost of "Abominable" reached $75 million, and I’m afraid it’s not enough to rely on the North American box office. How much the film can finally earn mainly depends on the performance of the film in China’s National Day file — — The film will be shown in China on October 1st, the National Day.

  In addition, after the film was released, many media, including The New York Times, wrote articles affirming the candidate for the original voice actor of Abominable. Chloe Bennet, a Chinese-American mixed-race born in Chicago, is responsible for dubbing the leading actor Xiaoyi, and many other dubbing actors, including Zhou Caiqin, have Chinese backgrounds. This is undoubtedly an improvement in Hollywood, where "whitewashing" is a common practice. Jill Culton, the director, said: "I never thought that white actors would represent the role of Chinese. After all, this time we are going to present a different culture from ourselves. At this time, as directors, we must be extra careful."

Judy poster

  Another new film released last weekend is the biographical film Judy, starring René e Renée Zellweger, which tells the tragic life of the legendary Hollywood superstar Judy Garland. René E Zellweger’s wonderful performance in the film has won her great popularity, and she is expected to hit the best actress Oscar statuette with this film. Judy was only shown in 461 theaters last weekend, which was not a big one, and finally won the weekend box office of $3.09 million, ranking seventh in the list.

  In fact, there was another new film scheduled to premiere last weekend, that is, The Hunt by Universal Pictures. The film, starring Hilary Swank and Emma Roberts, is based on the classic short story The Most Dangerous Game, and tells the horror story that twelve strangers are inexplicably hunted by a group of elites. On August 3rd and 4th this year, two large-scale shootings occurred in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, which killed more than 30 people. Under this background, Hunting, which was being promoted all over the United States at that time, announced that it would withdraw its original release plan and suspend various publicity activities.

  The novel "The Most Dangerous Game" was published in 1924, and there have been more than a dozen film and television works remake here in history. However, this adaptation is said to have incorporated many current social realities in the United States. Once the trailer came out, it attracted many speculations from the left and right factions in the United States, and even President Trump of the United States criticized "Hunting" for fanning the flames and creating contradictions, which eventually forced Universal Pictures to withdraw it from the schedule last weekend.

  September 27-September 29 North American weekend box office list

  1. Abominable, 20.85 million dollars.

  2. Downton Abbey is $14.5 million.

  3. "The dancer" is $11.47 million.

  4. "The Clown Comes Back to Soul 2" is $10.4 million.

  5. Ad Astra 10.14 million dollars.

  6. "First Blood 5" 8.57 million US dollars

  7. Judy is $3.09 million.

  8. Good Boys, $2.01 million

  9. The Lion King is $1.6 million.

  10. The Fall of Angels is $1.53 million.

  Reporter Cheng Xiaojun

It’s spring for Yu Huanshui and Longling Mystery Cave to explode fine short plays.


Special feature of 1905 film network "Is the play fast? Shouldn’t this be a normal rhythm? " When Guo Jingfei was interviewed by a group of media, he heard the comments of netizens on his new drama "I am Yu Huanshui", which was "short in length and fast in pace", and responded inexplicably.


There are only 12 episodes of "I am Yu Huanshui", which was premiered last Monday and ushered in the pre-on-demand finale on April 14th. This kind of rhythm really makes the audience accustomed to "chasing drama and running" shine.


The drama series got a good score of 8.4 points/53,000 people in Douban, which became the highest score in the opening year of domestic drama. "Short and pithy" is the key word of "Yu Huanshui".


"Yu Huanshui" can be "through to the finale" after a week’s release.


Coincidentally, there are only 18 episodes, 22 episodes and 12 episodes of Longling Cave, Imperfect She and detective chinatown, which have been released recently. In the future, there will be a number of "short plays" such as White Moonlight, Cloister Pavilion, Double Exploration, Silent Truth and Dear Freud.


In February this year, the State Administration of Radio and Television issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of the Creation and Production of TV dramas on the Internet", which mentioned that the shooting and production of TV dramas advocated no more than 40 episodes and encouraged the creation of short dramas within 30 episodes.


Under the double addition of policy guidance and market demand, does the popularity of "Yu Huanshui" mean that domestic network short plays have ushered in a "new era of development"?


Short duration, not short quality.

The new trend of network short play


The concept of "short play" mainly involves two levels: one is "the length of time", and the single episode is within 15 minutes; Second, "the number of episodes is small". Domestic online dramas usually take 12 episodes as the baseline, which is the lower limit of the number of episodes of many platform cooperation dramas, and the upper limit is generally not more than 30 episodes.


Depending on the characteristics of the network platform, short drama and seasonal broadcast have always been the main modes of online drama. However, unlike the early "family workshop" online drama, the development of online short drama in recent years has shown an obvious "boutique" trend.


Traditional film and television companies have entered the game. I am Yu Huanshui, jointly produced by Noon Sunshine and Iqiyi, brings together the "golden team" at noon: Hou Hongliang is the producer, screenwriter Wang Sanmao and Lei Zi have written Everything is Fine, and director Sun Molong has directed Parents’ Love.


Behind Longling Cave, Wanda Pictures is one of the producers. "Imperfect She" is a collaboration between Penguin Film and Dongshen Film. The earlier Oriental Wall Street was jointly produced by Tencent and FOSS. The entry of traditional film and television companies into the online drama market, especially the short drama market, will boost the upgrading of quality and volume.


At the same time, more and more "movie café s" are testing water network short plays. From Han Sanping’s early Crime Without a Certificate, starring Qin Hao, to the recent Imperfect She, which is composed of Zhou Xun, Kara Wai and Angie Chiu, and then to Guan Hu’s Longling Cave.


In the future, Liao Fan (Silent Truth), Duan Long (Double Detective), Wang Qianyuan (Sisyphus), Song Jia (White Moonlight) and other famous actors will also enter the show. Short plays and longer plays emphasize the so-called "film texture", and this "cross-border" will undoubtedly add to this.

"White Moonlight" stars Song Jia.


Wang Xiaohui, chief content officer of Aiqiyi, once summed up the characteristics of online short plays: "It’s either short or good, but short plays are easy to make fine." Short plays should attract audiences, shape characters and unfold plots within a limited space, which puts higher demands on writers, directors and actors.


In the first six episodes of "I am Yu Huanshui", the protagonist experienced high-energy plots such as car crash, cancer and organ trafficking, and completed the roller coaster experience from the bottom to the bottom, and then rebounded, which could not be finished in 30 episodes of traditional drama. A bitter but true image of "social animals" has also jumped onto the screen.


The audience can’t help but comment: "It would be great if all the plays were finished in 12 episodes."


At present, most of the domestic online short plays are suspense and crime themes. With the appearance of works such as Imperfect She with female theme and I am Yu Huanshui with absurd realism style, the short play market presents a trend of more diversified theme types and increasingly "high-quality".


Advantages and challenges

Will short plays become mainstream?


Although Qingpingle, which was broadcast almost at the same time as I am Yu Huanshui, was produced by midday sunshine, it suffered different fate in online word of mouth.


Because of the volume of 69 episodes and slow narrative rhythm, netizens sent the director "Kaizhou Zhang" to a hot search. Although the overall production of the series is excellent, the score is still around 8 points, but the rhythm of "Qingpingle" is not in line with the viewing habits of the online students.


According to the official data of iQiyi, the abandonment rate of long dramas is rising rapidly, reaching 56% in the first quarter of 2018. At the same time, the novelty rate of the last episode of short dramas with less than 24 episodes reached 20%, and that of long dramas with more than 45 episodes was only 6%. Users are more likely to pay for high-quality short plays.


A Le, who is engaged in the development of online drama, told Xiao Dianjun that the current audience is "getting impatient". They usually brush Tik Tok, Aauto Quicker and bilibili, and the video will be scratched if it fails to attract his attention for 3 seconds. This habit will naturally be brought to the process of watching the drama, so the requirement put forward by the platform is often a word "fast".


In February this year, the Notice issued by the State Administration of Radio and Television clearly pointed out that it was resolutely opposed to artificial "water injection" and lengthening the number of episodes, and short drama creation within 30 episodes was encouraged. From January to November, 2019, the average number of recorded TV dramas has dropped from 40 episodes in the same period last year to 38 episodes, and the total number of episodes has dropped by 27%. The creation of short plays with "concentration is the essence" is both a policy orientation and a market demand.


At the 7th China Internet Audio-visual Conference held last year, Wang Xiaohui predicted that "short plays will reach a phenomenal peak in the next three years." Platforms such as Youaiteng have also accelerated the layout of online short plays.


On February 25th this year, Youku released the "White Paper on Youku Short Play Cooperation", which fully opened the cooperation of short play content, and provided partners with a series of services such as content distribution, joint marketing and commercialization realization through Youku content open platform.


Content demand of Youku short play


White Moonlight, co-produced by Youku and Wuyuan Culture, starring Yu Entai and Song Jia, and Cloister Pavilion, adapted from Keigo Higashino’s novel, are highly anticipated.


Iqiyi has created strong genre short plays for users through two theaters: Love Youth Theater and Strange Suspense Theater, and produced many dramas such as Hancheng, Ferry of Soul, The Best of Us, Little Master and Slow Down. In the future, there will be Silent Truth starring Liao Fan and White, and Very Witness starring Song Yang.


Tencent, Oriental Wall Street, Longling Cave and Imperfect She are all jointly produced by Penguin Film and Television. Tencent video also launched the "hot pot drama" incentive plan in conjunction with hot pot video. Short plays such as "Double Detective" starring Duan Long and "Skyscraper" directed by Chen Zhengdao will also meet the audience soon.


Skyscraper (16 episodes) directed by Chen Zhengdao, Zhaoren Xu and Wu Zhongtian is highly anticipated.


While the prospect is bright, the network short play market is also facing many challenges.


First of all, although short plays are not low in cost, the pursuit of "quality" and "film sense" often means higher investment. As a producer and chief screenwriter, Chen Sicheng once revealed that the production cost of a single episode of the online drama "detective chinatown" exceeded 10 million yuan. The rough estimate cost of Oriental Wall Street is more than 32 million RMB.


In contrast to the high investment, it is a relatively short period, and it is difficult for short plays with more than 10 episodes to play the "long tail effect". Without joint investment with the platform side, according to the current mode of buying dramas mainly based on the number of episodes, the profit space of producers is limited. The short broadcast cycle also poses a challenge to publicity and marketing, and it is not easy to gradually ferment word of mouth.


In addition, the audience in China have not fully adapted to the rhythm of short plays and the mode of weekly shifts, and the habit of watching plays needs to be gradually cultivated. For example, many viewers reflected in the barrage of "I am Yu Huanshui" that 12 episodes are not enough to watch, and it takes too long to wait for a week to update.


In the long run, the combination of long and short dramas will still be the development direction of the online drama market for a long time to come. As pointed out in the Notice of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, "the number of episodes of TV plays depends on the content." The number of episodes is not the standard to judge the quality of dramas, but the right way to create online dramas is to refuse to inject water, reduce the quantity and increase the quality, and deepen the content.


Guo Jingfei’s words in the interview are very thought-provoking: "Many people watch TV dramas at twice the speed. Why should we torture the audience like this? Cut all the things that should be cut well. Isn’t this respect for the audience? "


There are always stars to open the way, and there are always you who come to pay tribute to the "pineapple goddess" for us.

  More than four years ago, Chen Ruru, a post-80s youth, did not expect to become friends with Li Xiaojun, a post-60s youth, nor did he expect to become friends with Liu Zhijia, an IT man 2,600km away. They have different identities, such as entrepreneurial youth in the 18th-line small town, department-level cadres in provincial organs and institutions, and co-founders of Beijing Internet enterprises. It is hard to imagine that such three people will have a deep intersection in the future.

  But everything is logical. They gathered from Beijing and Guangzhou at the southernmost tip of the mainland of the motherland for the common cause — — "Xuwen pineapple", familiar with each other.Spring after spring, they meet in the "pineapple sea".

  A lofty friendship is often achieved by a common cause.On September 18th, Chen Ruyue and "pineapple sisters" Wu Jianlian and Wang Xiaoying traveled 600 kilometers from Xuwen to Guangzhou to visit Li Xiaojun who retired gloriously this month. They called her "pineapple goddess". On this trip, they paid tribute to Li Xiaojun on behalf of 150,000 Xuwen pineapple farmers — —"There are always stars to open the way, and there are always you coming for us."

Chen Ruyue (first from right) and pineapple sister (second from left) pay tribute to Li Xiaojun (second from right) on behalf of Xu Wen's pineapple farmers. He Yufeng photo

Chen Ruyue (first from right) and pineapple sister (second from left) pay tribute to Li Xiaojun (second from right) on behalf of Xu Wen’s pineapple farmers. He Yufeng photo

The flower balls made of small pineapples are the wishes of fruit farmers.

The flower balls made of small pineapples are the wishes of fruit farmers.

  In those days,The "12221" task force is like a "sea-breaking" person who leads the "pineapple sea" fruit farmers to the big market. Xiaojun ’ It has gathered into an army of rural revitalization. "Looking back, Li Xiaojun was gratified. The Xuwen Pineapple Working Group, which she first led, brought the concept, practice and resources of "12221", and now it has formed a cross-regional and cross-industry agricultural product market cooperation team, leaving a team that can’t be taken away.Compared with more than four years ago, Xuwen pineapple practitioners are now confident and striding forward.

  Common goals create affectionate connections.

  Xuwen, located at the southernmost tip of mainland China, has the most magnificent pineapple planting landscape belt in China. Whenever the pineapple is harvested, the "pineapple sea" always welcomes a group of different people.They set foot on red soil and shuttled through the fields to plan the future for Xuwen pineapple.They came from different units, including government cadres, university experts, media reporters and entrepreneurs. Li Xiaojun, then deputy director of Guangdong Agricultural Exhibition Hall, was the "leader" of this group of people.

There are always stars to clear the way, and there are always you coming for us. — — Pay tribute to the pineapple goddess of love

There are always stars to clear the way, and there are always you coming for us. — — Pay tribute to the pineapple goddess of love

  The hour hand is set back to 2018. On this magnificent red land, golden pineapples rot in the fields and nobody cares. The whole industry was shrouded in the shadow of slow sales for three consecutive years, and the majority of fruit farmers gradually lost confidence. "earn a little this year and get in next year; Earn a little next year and take it in the next year. " Chen Ruru said.

  Facing the expectation of 150,000 pineapple growers, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs did not hesitate to set up a working group quickly. Taking Xuwen pineapple as the experimental field, it started the "12221" market system construction of Guangdong agricultural products.

In February 2019, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs set up a special working group on Xuwen pineapple to conduct in-depth research, and put forward a framework for the construction of Xuwen pineapple marketing system, which was refined to form "12221".

In February 2019, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs set up a special working group on Xuwen pineapple to conduct in-depth research, and put forward a framework for the construction of Xuwen pineapple marketing system, which was refined to form "12221".

  At that time, Chen Ruyue was full of confusion and confusion. A conference in the spring of 2019 changed his course. It was the first pineapple production and marketing docking conference organized by the working group led by Li Xiaojun. Chen Ruyue stood on the stage of the conference, promoted her new pineapple varieties, met a group of high-quality buyers, and successfully exported her own pineapples to Russia, Japan and other countries. "As a builder, witness and beneficiary, Xuwen pineapple has come to this day, and its value has doubled and sold overseas. It is very difficult and remarkable!" Chen Ruru said with emotion.

  As a core member of the working group, Huang Haiyang, then a media reporter, planned the Xuwen pineapple production and marketing docking conference in 2019. He said that on the day of the event, more than 500 buyers came, far exceeding expectations. Many buyers called the day before the event to inquire, but they had to refuse due to the limitation of the venue. On the day of the event, the purchase volume of pineapples exceeded 120 million Jin, accounting for more than 1/5 of the total output of that year. "From that day on, I knew Xuwen pineapple would sell well. Because the confidence of farmers has recovered, buyers and consumers have re-recognized Xuwen pineapple. " Huang Haiyang said.

  In 2019, Xuwen’s "12221" marketing was a great test, and the total output value of pineapple reached 1.5 billion yuan, an increase of 53% compared with 980 million yuan in 2018. Subsequently, the output value of Xuwen pineapple climbed year after year. This year, the output of Xuwen pineapple is about 796,000 tons, the output value is about 2.5 billion yuan, and the average purchase price is about 1.5 yuan/kg."In the past five years, Xuwen’s pineapple output has increased from more than 500,000 tons to more than 700,000 tons, and the price of the field head has increased from a few cents to the highest 3 yuan, and the per capita GDP has increased from 23,748 yuan to 33,676 yuan."Luo Hongxia, secretary of Xuwen County Party Committee, said that this is the most vivid portrayal of the joy in the hearts of peasant brothers.

The farmer brothers are happy in their hearts. Photo by Lin Peng

The farmer brothers are happy in their hearts. Photo by Lin Peng

  Once hesitant fruit farmers regain their confidence in planting.Peng Decan’s pineapple planting area has been expanded from 80 mu to 300 mu. "In previous years, Xuwen’s rent was 1,300 yuan/mu, but now everyone ‘ Grab land ’ Planting pineapples, the land rent rose to 2700 yuan/mu this year. There is hope in the industry, and everyone’s enthusiasm for planting pineapples is getting higher and higher. " Chen Ruyue said to everyone.

  There are also ideas that change."From not understanding at all, many farmers’ agents and brokers now know that they should open their mobile phones to see big data in the market, do a good job in the supply chain of the base, strengthen quality control, and establish a brand to go out." Liu Zhijia, a special member of the working group and co-founder of an acre of land, said that all this was finally reflected in the continuous increase in the income of practitioners.

  The power of gaining support and persistence.

  If you are determined to be firm, you will not be sharp, and success will not be fast for a long time."The continuous increase of fruit farmers’ income is due to our continuous participation ‘ 12221’ The biggest motivation. "Yvonne Wang, a member of the working group and then the Guangdong Agricultural and Rural Short Video Production and Promotion Center, said.

  This is precisely the vitality of "12221". It is precisely because it can link agriculture with agriculture and increase farmers’ income that new units, departments and social forces are willing to join.There are more and more friends in the working group.

Xu Wen pineapple "12221" working group representatives went to the pineapple sea for investigation.

Xu Wen pineapple "12221" working group representatives went to the pineapple sea for investigation.

  In the spring of 2019, "12221" was born in Xuwen.After winning the first season, just as everyone was full of confidence and ready for a big fight next year, the sudden COVID-19 epidemic in 2020 disrupted everything. The fruit farmers who just tasted the "sweetness" suddenly felt cold. In mid-February, Liu Zhijia risked the epidemic and went retrograde from Beijing to Xuwen.

  Together with the spring, there was a working group led by Li Xiaojun.When the whole country was still isolated at home, they set off retrograde and went to Xuwen from Guangzhou and Beijing. The traditional offline marketing model was cut off, which forced Xuwen pineapple to get an electric shock marketing. At that time, the working group raced against time to start the "Xuwen Pineapple Online Purchasing Through Train" and completed 11 tasks in just a few days. In just over a month, the price of pineapple has gradually increased from 0.6 yuan/kg at the end of January to 2.6-3 yuan/kg. In 2020, the output value of Xuwen pineapple reached 1.68 billion yuan, an increase of 12% over 2019.

  Subsequently, the new online marketing method of "12221" agricultural product market system was copied to many agricultural products such as litchi, abalone, oyster, lion goose and grapefruit, thus opening the prelude to cultivating Guangdong’s "new infrastructure" for digital agriculture. Yvonne Wang, as an advocate of short video marketing, saw the Guangdong brand agricultural products "out of the circle" one after another.

"Pineapple Sister" Wang Xiaoying sent a pineapple to express her gratitude.

"Pineapple Sister" Wang Xiaoying sent a pineapple to express her gratitude.

  After 1995, Wang Xiaoying changed from the anchor of local TV station to "pineapple sister", and the county magistrate broadcasted the goods, the pineapple high-speed train, the pineapple micro-variety live broadcast, and the Xuwen pineapple national 11-city tasting meeting & HELIP; … There is always her beautiful figure. "It turns out that agriculture can play like this." Wang Xiaoying said that many farmers have built Xiaoyanglou, and the tractor road in the field has become a rainbow road."Xuwen pineapple is not only the rich fruit of the villagers, but also a kind of spiritual wealth."

  Wu Jianlian, the "Pineapple Sister" and the president of Xuwen Pineapple Industry Association, also changed from questioning and worrying at the beginning to completely trusting the working group. In the past five years, she followed the working group around major cities in East China, North China and Northwest China, either selling pineapples in the producing area or exploring sales in major wholesale markets across the country to expand the sales radius. With the development of online marketing and the increase of sales channels, many purchases are made directly in the pineapple field, but the pineapple trading market in Qujie Town is slowly "idle".

  As a developer of agricultural big data, Liu Zhijia describes himself with three changes in thinking, "from simple sales thinking to industrial thinking, from technology to sales thinking to supply chain thinking, from relying solely on market actions to coordinating all social forces to jointly promote sales."

  Establishing the concept of market and expanding the market, the members of the task force feel a deep sense of gain after several years of "crossing the sea".Yvonne Wang said that he has transformed from an organization cadre to a business cadre, especially one who is familiar with Internet marketing and digital agriculture.

  Today’s Xuwen pineapple sales are no longer just "waving flags and shouting" by the working group or several industry leaders. The team of "amphibious new farmers" who can plant and sell pineapples has been growing and has become a new force in the revitalization of Xuwen pineapple industry.

The team of Haixin farmers in pineapple has been growing and has become a new force in the revitalization of Xuwen pineapple village.

The team of Haixin farmers in pineapple has been growing and has become a new force in the revitalization of Xuwen pineapple village.

  Doing the right thing has its own logic.

  The iron camp is a flowing soldier, and the great cause will not stop.

  A set of theories, a team and a mechanism promote the organic linkage of industry, market, science and technology and culture, and promote the high-quality development of agriculture.

  The development of rural industries has its objective laws and cannot be achieved overnight.Only by maintaining a certain strength, working hard for a long time, and carrying out a blueprint to the end can we continue to develop healthily.At present, Xuwen pineapple industry still has many shortcomings. If the quality needs to be continuously improved, the development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries is unbalanced and the output value is not high enough. Luo Hongxia, secretary of Xuwen County Party Committee, has a clear understanding of this. She said that Xuwen pineapple is exploring and thinking. "The journey is long, only struggle. Adjust measures to local conditions, give play to advantages, make the pineapple industry stronger and better, strive to build a pineapple industry belt with world influence and competitiveness, make Xuwen pineapple a model with specimen significance for rural revitalization, and promote the demonstration to drive the high-quality development of characteristic rural industries to achieve greater results. "

Xuwen pineapple sea. Chen Bei running photo

Xuwen pineapple sea. Chen Bei running photo

  The original pineapple team members, as well as the first batch of local party and government cadres who participated in the "12221" work, have changed their positions and posts.In the past, the "working group" with only a few people has evolved into a "12221" team, and hundreds of institutions have participated in this work in recent years.Liu Yicun and Yvonne Wang continued to promote "12221" in the grass-roots work in cities and counties.The "working group" no longer only focuses on the pineapple industry.Since the beginning of this year, Zhaoqing, Shaoguan and other agricultural cities have promoted the construction of the "12221" market system, and "Father’s love is like orchid" has become popular, and Sihui orchids have officially come out of the circle; Lechang’s "golden plum" lights up the "small waist" … …

  What will Xuwen pineapple industry look like in five years?This year, xuwen county launched the "Ten Measures to Promote the Development of Pineapple Processing Industry in xuwen county" and other supporting policies, which helped the pineapple industry to "strengthen the chain, extend the chain and make up the chain". From single fresh fruit to diversified products, fresh-cut small pineapples are booming in the market, and pineapple prefabricated dishes such as grilled fish and shrimp are constantly being produced.

Pineapple grilled fish sold well in the market after listing.

Pineapple grilled fish sold well in the market after listing.

  More and more people from different industries have joined Xuwen pineapple industry.Some of them aim at "one production" and make a fuss about production standards and quality improvement; Some people aim at "secondary production", promote scientific and technological innovation, introduce deep processing projects and extend the industrial chain; Some people aim at the "three industries" and accelerate the deep integration of agricultural tourism, industry and culture. Among them are growers, grassroots cadres who have been rooted in rural areas for a long time, new farmers who have returned home to start businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, buyers and cultural practitioners. They introduced more capital and scientific and technological strength, opened up and operated more new tracks, and pushed Xuwen pineapple industry forward to the project of 10 billion output value.

  When the personnel are exhausted, it is natural to see them, but they work hard and wait for a bumper harvest. Nowadays, in Xuwen, fruit farmers are busy planting pineapples; Wu Jianlian took fruit farmers to Shanghai to participate in the exhibition these days; The Xuwen pineapple "12221" working group and his friends are preparing for the next spring of "pineapple sea".

  One thing, a group of people, one heart, fight together, and you will win.

  "The sea of pineapples" is full of spring.

  [Coordination] Yan Liang Zhang Lu Mai Qianming

  [Author] Chloe Wang Dong Yu Huang Chuxuan

Don’t be greedy for summer fruits, be careful to pay a painful price! Look at the correct way to open the fruit

  Editor’s note:It is said that summer is fruity, and every touch of sweetness is a gift from nature. I want to enjoy it. Unexpectedly, sweet fruit will also be an allergen. Come and see the correct way to open summer fruits!

  grape

  Recently, a father in Guilin, Guangxi released a video, saying that his son was allergic to eating grapes and got a "sausage mouth". Knowing that eggs are allergic, milk is allergic, peanuts are allergic, and seafood is allergic, I didn’t expect grapes in the right season to join in the fun! In fact, grape allergy is nothing unusual. On-line consultation with doctors about "eating grapes tickles all over" and "eating grapes with pimples all over your face", who is not "a bitter tear"!

  Experts say

  Allergy refers to an abnormal immune response produced by the human body after the external allergen enters the human body. Allergic reactions are most often induced by food, drugs and insect bites, and symptoms will appear in a short time.

  Nowadays, there are not a few people who are allergic to fruits, but most of them have mild allergic reaction symptoms, and the discomfort of oral numbness or edema of oral mucosa and lips usually disappears in an hour or two. There are more than 20,000 allergens in human body, and everyone’s constitution is different. As long as some people with special physique eat grapes, they will have allergic symptoms, which is also a normal physiological reaction.

  mango

  The protein content of mango is selected among fruits, and it is born with allergic potential.

  Immature mangoes have a bad temper, while ripe mangoes taste good and are not easy to cause allergies! If the way you eat mango is "washing your face", it is recommended to take care of it.

  Experts say

  Most of the allergies after eating mangoes are "mango dermatitis". The typical performance is that the lips are swollen, and dense small red rashes will appear around the lips and on the skin that comes into contact with mango juice.

  Allergic people and children with delicate skin should eat ripe mangoes. It’s best not to peel it and chew it, so it’s easy to eat all over your face.

  The correct way to open mango is to cut it into small pieces and send it directly into your mouth with a toothpick, or to make fruit sauce and juice and drink it through a straw to minimize the close contact between skin and mango. If mango causes skin allergy, wash it with water immediately, and see a doctor if the symptoms are serious.

  pineapple

  Allergy, pineapple feelings are complicated. There is really a disease called pineapple allergy. On the incidence, pineapple can’t get away from it. Just look at the allergy clinic when pineapple goes on the market in summer.

  Probably because the sweet and sour taste of pineapple is too popular, even though it is cumbersome and troublesome to handle, many people have contributed infinite wisdom in the field of "eating pineapple".

  In order to keep your lips safe, pineapple meat is soaked in salt water. Squeeze a pineapple juice and it will be full of blood in an instant. But none of this can stop pineapples from making waves. In the matter of enjoying pineapple, people with allergies have to say bitterly that pineapple is troublesome and difficult to do!

  Experts say

  Pineapple is also a tropical fruit that can easily cause allergies. Pineapple contains bromelain, which can increase the permeability of gastrointestinal mucosa, and protein, a macromolecule in gastrointestinal tract, can penetrate into the blood, causing allergic reaction.

  If children eat pineapple, they should stop eating it immediately if there are symptoms such as itchy skin, flushing, numbness of mouth and tongue and itchy throat. Timely treatment can be restored within two or three days. If you still want to try pineapple,It is suggested that fresh pineapple should be sliced and soaked in salt water. Or cooked, high temperature can destroy bromelain and prevent allergies. Therefore, put the fruit in the microwave oven for 30 seconds, which is a "clever trick" to deal with fruit allergy.

  Tips and suggestions

  The allergen of fruit is not necessarily only in the skin, but also in the pulp and even the stone. Moreover, the causes of allergies caused by fruits vary widely, mostly from the ingredients of fruits themselves, and trace pesticides and other substances in the process of production, storage and preservation are not excluded. Nowadays, there are not a few people who are allergic to fruit. Fortunately, most people have mild symptoms of fruit allergic reaction. If you have ever had an uncomfortable reaction to eating a certain fruit, you should pay special attention when eating this fruit in the future. The most effective way to deal with fruit allergy is to avoid allergens.

  Tips:Small coup of fruit preservation

  Save separately:

  Many fruits will release a lot of ethylene in the process of ripening, such as apples, bananas, papaya, etc. If they are placed together with other fruits, they will accelerate the ripening of other fruits, and then they will easily rot and deteriorate. There are also bad fruits, which also release a lot of ethylene and need to be taken out of the fruit pile immediately to avoid contact with other fruits.

  Don’t wash off the pectin:

  The surface of fruit is protected by natural pectin, which can prevent water loss and microbial invasion. If you put the fruit in the refrigerator, you don’t need to clean it before putting it in the refrigerator, because pectin is easy to wash off during the cleaning process. Store the fruits in different categories, and put the easily damaged fruits in the fresh-keeping box to avoid being squeezed in the refrigerator.

  Exhaust oxygen:

  Fruits such as mangosteen, grapes and raisins are easily oxidized and rotted. Therefore, when preserving this kind of fruit, it is necessary not only to refrigerate at low temperature, but also to exhaust the oxygen as much as possible to prevent the fruit from oxidative damage. After putting mangosteen, grapes, raisins and other fruits into the fresh-keeping bag, pay attention to gently press the air inside first and then put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. You also need to pay attention to picking out the broken fruit and throwing it away, so as not to affect other intact fruits.

  Three points for attention when eating iced fruits.

  Note 1:

  Eating time is particular. Try not to eat chilled fruit when you are just full or on an empty stomach. You can eat it after 1 ~ 2 hours after meals.

  Note 2:

  It is advisable not to eat too much each time, so as not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort. For example, don’t eat more than 500 grams of watermelon at a time, about 15 grapes, no more than 1 peach and 10 ~ 15 strawberries.

  Note 3:

  If watermelons are not eaten all at once, the surface should be cut off before eating next time after being chilled, and other fruits stored in the refrigerator should be washed again before eating. (People’s Health Network is integrated from Health China and Xinhuanet)

Putting Spring into a Schoolbag Hengyang County: Spring starts in an orderly way.

Hunan Daily New Hunan Client February 27th (Reporter Chen Hongfei correspondent Zou Jian, Chen Shuxia and Chen Li) "After a pleasant winter vacation, following the footsteps of spring, we returned to the place where we dreamed of taking off, which opened the prelude of the new semester …" On February 27th, all the teachers and students of Hengyang Experimental School gathered together to hold the opening ceremony of spring 2024.
When registering for the new semester, 456 schools in Hengyang County, Chuanshan’s hometown, started school, and 102,894 primary and secondary school students returned to school.
At the beginning of the new semester, Hengyang county has given teachers and students the "first lesson of school" around safety education, patriotism education and traditional culture education, and guided them to start their study and life in the new semester with a brand-new look and full enthusiasm.
On the first day of school, all schools (parks) carry out theme activities in combination with the actual situation to create a strong atmosphere for the start of the new semester.
In Guanshi town, the rock is small, and the campus in the morning is very lively. Parents come to school with their children, and their faces are filled with the expectation and joy of the new semester. The teachers warmly welcomed every student and smiled to guide parents to scan the code to pay. A little girl, encouraged by her teacher, completed the registration procedure by herself.
Student registration
When the bell rang, the children sat in the classroom, and the head teacher came into the classroom with a smile, bringing the children a message for the new semester. The school specially sent flowers to each class, symbolizing a new starting point and new hope for the new semester.
With the footsteps of spring, Hengyang experimental school ushered in the first day of school in spring. The students returned to the campus bathed in the morning light, accompanied by a brisk pace, bringing back crisp greetings, neat footprints and warm smiles to the campus in early spring.
Warm campus
In order to welcome the students back to school, the class teachers of each class carefully decorate the classroom, distribute new books, draw exquisite blackboard newspapers, and carefully prepare unique opening gifts, so that the classroom is warm in spring.
In the classrooms of Hongyang Middle School in Hengyang County, teachers connect the excellent Chinese traditional cultures with the "dragon culture" as a guide, telling students about the beautiful meaning, cultural emotion and spiritual strength carried by the classic symbol "dragon", leading students to feel the charm of traditional culture, enhance cultural self-confidence, stimulate patriotic enthusiasm, and do a good job of "inheriting the dragon".
Students receive new books and read them carefully.
"There is an idiom called’ Long Xing Hu Hu’, and I want to popularize dragon culture for students and understand the traditional culture of China". Liu Caixia, a teacher of Hongyang Middle School, said that this year, the class she teaches is facing the senior high school entrance examination, and I hope that the children will take the senior high school entrance examination in Long Xing and get the best results.
At the same time, the teacher also led the students to watch the movie "I am a mountain" based on the true story of Zhang Guimei. When all the teachers and students saw the story of President Zhang resolutely choosing to stay in Dashan, promoting the establishment of the first free high school for girls in China, and leading more than 100 girls in Dashan to "break free from shackles and break out of the mountains", they were all moved, inspiring themselves to chase the light of example and unite their efforts.
After the registration, students leave school together.
According to reports, Hengyang County follows the physical and mental characteristics and growth laws of teenagers, and comprehensively educates students from the aspects of campus fire safety and campus fraud prevention, and welcomes the new semester with colorful "the first lesson of school".
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Welcome to China Lunar New Year, many countries issue stamps of Year of the Ox and Zodiac.

  CCTV News:With the arrival of the Year of the Ox, many overseas countries and regions issued the 2021 Year of the Ox Zodiac stamps.

  Let’s start with Japan, a neighboring country in Asia. On October 29th, 2020, Japan Post issued a set of two stamps for the Year of the Ox in 2021, which were the works of Kawasaki Juquan, a Japanese native toy painter. This set of stamps continues the design style of the Year of the Rat Zodiac stamps, with the theme of clay cow toys in Shiga Prefecture and clay cow ornaments in Nagano Zenkokuji Temple, which looks quite childlike.

  On December 1, 2020, South Korea’s postal department issued two stamps of the Year of the Ox, with a cute and playful cow blinking. It carries a blessing bag symbolizing good luck and wealth; The other is a pair of mother and son cows. Mother is looking down at the calf lovingly. Korea Post hopes that everyone can be bathed in the glory of family in the Year of the Ox.

  The Zodiac stamps issued by New Zealand Post in Oceania contain a set of four stamps of the Lunar New Year of the Ox and a souvenir sheet. This set of Zodiac stamps has a strong Chinese New Year painting style. Of the four stamps, two are red and two are blue, and four different scenes are created with classic New Year dolls and cows as elements. The colors are red and blue, just like a group of "Chinese New Year pictures", symbolizing happiness, wealth, freedom and peace.

  The Year of the Ox stamp issued by Liechtenstein Post is based on China Red, which symbolizes good luck. The whole page is in the shape of a golden bull, which sets off the atmosphere of welcoming the Spring Festival. The paper-cut zodiac cow on the stamp looks ahead, surrounded by blooming flowers, and seems to be praying for good weather in the coming year.

  The lunar New Year of the Ox stamp issued by France Post contains two sheetlets. The stamp depicts a boy with plum blossoms riding on the back of a bull with big red flowers. The other picture shows a big bull with its head held high, full of energy.

  On December 8, 2020, the United Kingdom issued the first edition of personalized stamps for the Year of the Ox, with 20 stamps printed on the fireworks stamps. Among them, the main ticket is designed with fireworks, while the auxiliary ticket is composed of the zodiac design with five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and photos of China New Year celebrations and Chinatown decorations in five British cities, namely, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Swansea, London and Belfast.

  The United Nations Postal Service issued a personalized edition for the Year of the Ox in China. On the left is the blue emblem of the United Nations, and on the right is a lively and lovely calf. It is understood that in May, 2010, the United Nations Postal Administration first issued a stamp featuring the China Zodiac, and this year’s "Niu Piao" just made up 12 Zodiacs.

  In addition, countries such as the United States, Singapore, Australia and Armenia have also issued stamps on the Year of the Ox. Although each square inch has its own merits, the cows on the stamps of Chinese Zodiac in various countries are full of festive atmosphere, which fully expresses the deep blessings of countries all over the world for the Year of the Ox in China, and also fully reflects the world’s concern for China culture. At the same time, the spread of Chinese culture and the blending of cultures of all ethnic groups in the world have also been reflected and promoted through this small stamp.

Tragedy of teenagers drowning in summer wild swimming is frequent. Experts urge to build a water safety net.

  □ Our reporter Zhao Li

  □ Our trainee reporter Sun Tianjiao

  "All four boys drowned, and the cries of their families resounded through the whole mountain forest."

  Lao Yang, the captain of a blue sky rescue team in Jiangxi, still remembers a teenager drowning accident. That summer vacation, several primary school students went to play by the reservoir far away from the city. One of them accidentally slipped while washing his hands by the reservoir. The other three rushed to pull him, but they didn’t pull him, and all four fell into the water. Lao Yang and others rushed to the scene after receiving the report, which was close to 12 o’clock in the middle of the night.

  The tragedy of teenagers drowning in summer has been staged frequently in recent years. According to the statistics of public reports, the reporter of "Rule of Law Daily" found that there have been dozens of drowning incidents among teenagers since June this year.

  According to the data released by China CDC in 2021, drowning is the first killer of accidental death of primary and secondary school students. Every year, more than 80% of young people drown in open water.

  A number of industry insiders interviewed by reporters analyzed that the water temperature in these waters is usually lower than one meter, and people are prone to cramping and losing control in the water. In addition, aquatic plants, garbage bags, ropes and branches at the bottom of the water are all "invisible killers". Once people are entangled, it is difficult to get away and lead to drowning. It is suggested to speed up the construction of an all-round and multi-angle drowning prevention mechanism and work together to build a "safety net" in waters.

  Wild swimming has hidden risks

  Frequent drowning accidents

  On July 7, a child drowning accident occurred in the urban area of Hezuo City, Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province, and five people had no vital signs after being rescued. On July 4, several teenagers in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province were swimming by the river, and the two lost contact in drowning; On July 3, a 10-year-old boy from Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province fell into the water and unfortunately drowned … …

  In just one week, several incidents of drowning and drowning of teenagers occurred in many places, which was distressing.

  It is worth noting that the reporter found out that most of these drowning incidents occurred in open waters in the wild, and some even occurred in waters where swimming was explicitly prohibited.

  Su Shaojun, head of the search and rescue team of Shanxi Blue Sky Rescue Team, has participated in two drowning rescue operations this year, all of which resulted in the drowning of teenagers swimming in waters where swimming is prohibited. In his view, some teenagers are "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" and have blind confidence in their swimming level. Even if parents repeatedly tell them to pay attention to safety, they should go against their parents out of rebellious psychology. In addition, there is a lack of awareness of the risk of unknown waters, which is equivalent to the still water of swimming pools. When encountering unexpected situations after launching, people panic and increase the risk of drowning.

  Sun Minjie, deputy head of the Water Rescue Team of Shanxi Blue Sky Rescue Team, has participated in hundreds of water rescue operations. According to him, if there is drowning, 95% of the drowning people have lost their vital signs when rescuers arrive at the scene, and there are few survivors. "The probability of drowning people living is very small."

  "Ordinary people will basically lose consciousness when they are in the water for more than 10 minutes, and the falling point often occurs in some unknown rivers and lakes in the suburbs. It will take some time for rescuers to get to the scene. Fortunately, drowning was successfully rescued within 5 minutes, but there is still a 70% probability of irreversible brain damage. " Wang Yue, captain of Binhe Road Fire Rescue Station of Taiyuan City Fire Rescue Detachment, Shanxi Province, told the reporter that his team successfully rescued the drowning people only twice, or because they happened to be practicing in the nearby waters, and someone rescued them in time after calling the police.

  A number of interviewed industry insiders said that swimming in unknown waters may also encounter whirlpool, which requires superb swimming skills to break free, but most young people who swim wild have not received professional training. In addition, the soil condition on the shore of the water area without control is complicated, and a large number of pedestrians will easily fall into the water after forming soft bunkers, while the water temperature below one meter in the wild waters is low, which will easily lead to the drowning person cramping and losing control of his body. Moreover, the underwater situation of wild waters is unknown, and aquatic plants, garbage bags, ropes and branches are all "invisible killers", so it is difficult for drowning people to break free once they are entangled.

  Su Shaojun was deeply impressed by a rescue. A primary school class organized students and parents to attend a bonfire party by the reservoir, during which a football fell into the reservoir, and a student went into the water to pick it up, but it happened to be at the reservoir dam. The reservoir on the mountain was releasing water, and the water flow was extremely fast. As soon as the student got into the water, it was immediately washed away, and the sediment, weeds and other debris at the bottom of the water entangled it and could not surface. Rescuers use sonar to detect underwater, but sonar only displays pictures of debris when it encounters aquatic plants and other debris during detection, which is extremely difficult to search and rescue. Finally, the students who died were salvaged ashore on the 8 th day.

  Multi-measures to prevent drowning

  Be wary of managing blind spots

  The danger of drowning and the extremely low survival rate make it very important to prevent wild swimming and launching without permission. In recent years, in order to prevent drowning in summer, not only warning signs have been set up, but also propaganda and patrol supervision have been strengthened, and early warning and reward systems have been introduced one after another.

  For example, education department of guangxi collated the data of drowning incidents in the whole region for many years, established a database of drowning risk points for primary and middle school students in Guangxi, formed a warning map of drowning risk points for primary and middle school students in Guangxi, and announced it to the public.

  The Education and Sports Bureau of Meishan City, Sichuan Province issued the system of "Early Warning Reward for Private Launching". If it is verified, 100 yuan, the first early warning person, will be given a prepaid phone fee reward. All the primary school students involved in the early warning who are verified to be true will be disqualified and included in the comprehensive quality evaluation files of primary and secondary school students.

  According to Kou Liping, a professor at the School of Public Security of the People’s Public Security University of China and director of the Public Security Emergency Police Teaching and Research Section, the greatest significance of linking prevention of drowning with rewards and punishments is to mobilize the whole society to participate in the prevention of juvenile drowning through rewards, so as to form a general environment for the whole society to jointly prevent juvenile drowning, strengthen supervision on the social level of juvenile safety, and weave a dense social prevention and control network.

  "The drowning prevention education for young people is also advancing with the times." Su Shaojun said that in the past, people were always reminded to pay attention to prevention, not to go to the water and not to swim in the wild. Now they have joined the education and training on the knowledge of calling for help and rescue. In addition, a content is specially added for teenagers, that is, if a companion falls into the water, don’t panic or be afraid, reduce the risk to a controllable range, call the police in time, and don’t run home and miss the rescue opportunity for fear of being severely criticized.

  However, while taking measures to strengthen prevention, rescuers and experts are also concerned about the blind spot of adolescent drowning prevention and control.

  Su Shaojun, for example, said that when the waters are wide and long, even if more managers are added, the phenomenon of swimming in the forbidden waters cannot be eliminated. Managers can only advise and have no right to forcibly stop or expel them. And some remote waters just put up warning signs, which can’t play a strong binding role. Many schools also do not have the ability to train swimming skills.

  In addition, he is also concerned that parental supervision, as a key link to prevent children from drowning, is often "off the chain", and there is a certain gap between the "pay attention to safety" that parents often exhort and the "pay attention to safety" that children can understand and accept. In fact, it is difficult for children to fully realize where the danger is.

  Kou Liping also pointed out that at present, the level of youth safety education is generally weak, schools, society and families have not formed an effective and intuitive publicity and education system, and many safety education are superficial and formal. In addition, the lack of safe hydrophilic environment and summer conditions, and the lack of summer entertainment activities that can attract young people have also caused many young people to choose wild swimming and have an accident.

  Close combination of plugging and dredging

  Prevent drowning

  So, how should we build an all-round and multi-angle drowning prevention mechanism?

  According to Chen Meng, a member of china law society Administrative Law Research Association and director of the Professional Committee of Administrative Law and Administrative Procedure Law of Beijing Lawyers Association, preventing teenagers from drowning depends on both "blocking" and "dredging". "Sparse" should focus on the causes of drowning, and take corresponding measures from four aspects: family education, school education, lack of social management responsibility and government administrative planning’s lack of attention to the construction of safe waters in economically underdeveloped areas along the Yangtze River, rivers and seas.

  "Parents or other guardians of minors should enhance the legal responsibilities of guardians and raise their awareness of outdoor safety protection. The school’s safety education class can’t be a mere formality. It should be equipped with professional swimming coaches to teach students life safety rescue knowledge and swimming skills. " Chen Meng said.

  Chen Meng also mentioned that residents’ committees and villagers’ committees should assist the relevant government departments to supervise the care entrusted by minors. If they find that the entrusted person lacks care ability and is lazy in performing care duties, they should report to the relevant government departments in time and inform the parents or other guardians of minors to help and urge the entrusted person to perform care duties. At the same time, people’s governments at all levels should create conditions to establish and improve venues and facilities suitable for minors’ cultural life.

  Kou Liping suggested establishing a systematic youth safety education system, scientifically evaluating the risks that teenagers may face, introducing standards for safety education for minors, and exploring safety education methods that meet the psychological and behavioral characteristics of teenagers. We will promote the summer planning of teenagers with multiple interactions among family, school and society, so as to ensure that the summer vacation is arranged and safe.

  Regarding the protection measures for water areas, Kou Liping believes that physical defense is mainly used to prevent teenagers from entering the water unattended or slipping into the water due to playing near the water, such as setting isolation railings, buffer belts and warning signs. It is also possible to conduct full coverage prevention and control, real-time monitoring and dynamic early warning of the waters through personnel patrols and drone patrols, so as to prevent young people from entering the waters at the first time.

  If an accident does happen, accidentally falling into the water or drowning while swimming, Wang Yue said, first of all, try to stay calm and try to make your face face up; Don’t stretch your hands and arms to the top of your head, because it is easier to cause your body to fall down with your arms up, just put them on your sides. Keep a stable breathing frequency, shallow breathing and deep breathing, so as to increase your buoyancy and wait for rescue.

  "We should tell minors not to organize rescue by themselves when they find their companions falling into the water, because they don’t have the rescue ability, and don’t take the hand-in-hand rescue method. Once this step-by-step rescue method fails, it is easy for everyone to fall. Seek the help of the adults around you for the first time and call the police in time." Wang Yue said.

From 8: 00 on September 22, you can check the results of the 2023 law exam.

  Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 21st (Reporter Bai Yang) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Justice on the 21st that the results of the objective examination of national unified legal professional qualification in 2023 will be announced on September 22nd. Candidates can check their scores through official website of the Ministry of Justice, WeChat official account of WeChat of the Ministry of Justice and WeChat official account of Pufa WeChat of China from 8: 00 on the 22nd, and log in to official website of the Ministry of Justice to print their own scores notice.

  According to the announcement issued by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Justice, in consultation with the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and other departments, has determined the qualified score line of the national unified legal professional qualification objective examination in 2023. The national unified qualified score line is 180 points. The relaxed regional qualified score line is divided into three grades, of which Xizang Autonomous Region relaxes the qualified score line to 140 points; Tibet-related counties in Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and Gansu provinces, four prefectures in southern Xinjiang, Liangshan Prefecture in Sichuan, Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan and Linxia Prefecture in Gansu, as well as the national rural revitalization key help counties, relaxed the qualified score line to 150 points; Other provisions of the relaxation area to relax the qualified score is 160 points.

  Those who retain valid scores in the objective test in 2022 and those who pass the objective test in 2023 should log in to the official website of the Ministry of Justice within the prescribed time limit to confirm their participation in the subjective test and pay the examination fee. Those who take the subjective examination can log in to official website of the Ministry of Justice from October 10th to 14th, 2023 and print the admission ticket by themselves. The subjective test time is October 15, 2023, and the test time is 240 minutes.