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1. The the glory of the king system collapsed and reached the top of Weibo Hot Search.

On September 4th, a topic "the glory of the king collapsed" rushed to Weibo for hot search. The glory of the king official response, some players in qualifying, the peak race into the abnormal problem, the problem is being dealt with emergency positioning.

Although the official did not explain the specific reasons for the server abnormality, recently, the most stringent "anti-addiction" notice in history has just been issued. The notice requires strict restrictions on the online game time of minors, and can only provide one-hour service to minors from 20: 00 to 21: 00 on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays.

And "the glory of the king collapsed" is in the first weekend when major online game companies implement policies.

2. Apple’s first AR/VR chip exposure, low-key plus meta-universe.

On September 3rd, according to the exclusive report of The Information, Apple completed the research and development of chips such as System-on-Chip (SoC) last year, which has no built-in AI acceleration module. Apple chips have better performance than third-party SoC, including better wireless data transmission, compression, decompression and higher energy efficiency.

The report shows that SoC and two other Apple chips have reached what the semiconductor industry calls a milestone. The physical design of the chip has been completed and is ready for trial production. According to people familiar with the matter, TSMC is producing these three chips, and it is at least one year before mass production. This is a key stage in the development of this head display.

According to the previous news, its debut will be released as early as next year, but Apple may further postpone the release time.

3. Premier League Wolves acquired Chongqing QGhappy and entered the professional league in the glory of the king.

On September 5th, Fosun Sports, where the Premier League Wolves are located, officially announced the acquisition of the glory of the king Professional League (hereinafter referred to as KPL) club Chongqing QGhappy.

After the acquisition, Chongqing QGhappy will be renamed as Chongqing Wolves, and will continue to take Chongqing as the home of the team in the new season and fight with a brand-new attitude.

This announced that the Premier League Wolves officially entered KPL, and the Wolves became the first traditional football club to enter the world’s top mobile e-sports professional league.

4. South Korea’s "Partial Amendment to the Telecommunication Business Law" was passed, and Apple’s monopoly on commission has become a thing of the past.

The issue of Apple Store payment has been the focus of the industry in recent years, including the previous Epic vs Apple War.

On August 31, South Korea’s "Partial Amendment to the Telecommunication Business Law" was officially passed, and South Korea became the first country in the world to end the monopoly position of Apple and Google. According to the requirements of the Act, neither Google Play Store nor Apple AppStore can force developers to use the only payment system on the platform in the Korean market.

This means that developers will be able to use third-party payment, and the app store that has lasted for many years will be divided into 3: 7 models and take the lead in ending in the Korean market.

In addition, Japan, India and other countries have also indicated that they will further review the payment problem of Apple Store.

  • 2.1 Game list in domestic market

Chinese mainland market

Domestic market August 30, 2021 — On September 4th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, The Original God topped the list, and The Battle of the Golden Shovel temporarily occupied the third place in tencent games.

On August 31st, on the occasion of the first anniversary of "The Original God", Mihayou released a brand-new 2.1 version of "The Moon is under the sun". Including the new roles of "Thunder General, Coral Palace Heart Sea, and Jiutiao Luo", opening two new areas of "Qinglai Island and Haitang Island" and updating the fiend mission and legendary mission.

In addition, new weapons, fishing systems and new monsters have been put on the shelves.

Aside from the quality of products, The Original God has been successfully pushed out of the glory of the king on September 1st, and reached the top of the best-selling list of App Store games with its stable long-term content output, staged stacking of buff, and the amount of fluid absorbed by the first anniversary activities.

On the other hand, tencent games’s The Battle of the Golden Shovel has become the "third brother" of tencent games since it was launched on August 26th.

Recently, this work has been closely followed by the glory of the king and Peace Elite, and it has been firmly in Top5.

In terms of other products, Sanqi’s mutual entertainment "Douluo Mainland: Soul-to-Soul Match" and Netease’s game "Fantasy Westward Journey" performed steadily.

China Hong Kong market

China and Hongkong Market August 30, 2021 — On September 4th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, Ali’s games "The Three Kingdoms Strategic Edition", "The Original God" and "The Robbery of Heaven and Earth: The Return of the Dark City" topped the list.

As one of the heavyweight products of Ali Games, The Three Kingdoms Strategic Edition has been at the top of the local App Store game bestseller list since it landed in the Hong Kong market in January this year. In addition, the game was also a T1-level product in the strategy game market at that time.

Thanks to the first anniversary of the launch and version 2.1, the global release of Mihayou "The Original God" has also performed extremely well in the Hong Kong market this week. Temporarily remain in the best-selling list Top2.

In addition, Zi Long Games’ innovative placement of the RPG game "Robbery of Heaven and Earth: The Return of the Ghost Town" also topped the best-selling list of Hong Kong App Store games this week.

In addition to local products, the Marvel Comics IP adaptation MMORPG mobile game "Marvel Comics Future Revolution" launched by South Korea Netstone and Marvel Comics has also performed well in the Hong Kong market since it was launched on August 24. Japanese manufacturers’ products such as Zhilong Lost City, Baokemeng Master EX, Dragon Ball Z, and Football Teenager gathered in the Top10 of the best-selling list of App Store games in Hong Kong.

China Taiwan Province market

China Taiwan Province Market August 30, 2021 — On September 4th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, The Original God and Three Kingdoms Strategic Edition topped the list.

Similar to the Hong Kong market, Ali’s game "The Three Kingdoms Strategic Edition", Mikhail’s game "The Original God" and Zi Long’s game "The Robbery of Heaven and Earth: The Return of the Ghost Town" all performed well in the best-selling list of the App Store in Taiwan Province this week.

Sanqi Mutual Entertainment’s "Douluo Mainland: Soul-to-Soul Duel" is stable in the best-selling list Top5 this week. As far as performance is concerned, this work is a relatively successful mobile game adapted from Douluo Mainland IP on the market at present.

In addition, the company’s "Doomsday" and "Call me a big shopkeeper" two products, which mainly go to sea, also entered the Top10 of the App Store game list this week.

  • 2.2 List of Games in Major Overseas Markets

American market

American market August 30, 2021 — On September 4 th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, "The Original God" dominated the list.

Quality+global theme, coupled with the continuous and stable long-term content output, gives Mihayou the confidence to reach different cultural regions. Since September 1, the game has been on the best-selling list of App Store games in the United States for three consecutive days.

In addition, the only domestic game that entered the Top10 list this week is tencent games’s Call of Duty Mobile Games.

Japanese market

Japanese market August 30, 2021 — On September 4 th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, "Horse Racing Mother" topped the list.

In terms of domestic games going to sea in Japan, Mihayou’s Original God, music element Idol Dream Sacrifice, Netease’s game Wild Action and Fifth Personality entered the Top10 of the best-selling list.

Korean market

Korean market August 30, 2021 — On September 4th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, Odin: The Rise of Varhala still topped the list.

In terms of domestic South Korean games, Mihayou’s "The Original God" and Ali’s game "The History of the Three Kingdoms Strategic Edition" are on the Top2 of the best-selling list.

In addition, tencent games’s PUBG Mobile and Lilith’s Awakening of the Nations entered the Top10 list.

Indian market

Indian market August 30, 2021 — On September 4th, in the best-selling list of iOS games, PUBG MOBILE India Edition, SEA《Free Fire and tencent games’s Call of Duty Mobile Games launched a fierce competition around "India is the first brother to eat chicken mobile games".

Only from this week’s performance, the top two products ranked Top1 in the best-selling list, and basically remained within Top3. In contrast, the advantages of tencent games’s Call of Duty Mobile Games are not obvious. During the period, it ranked Top2 and dropped out of the Top10 list.

In fact, this is quite different from the performance of PUBG MOBILE India Edition. To some extent, in the same category, the products that enter the market first will definitely have the advantages of user base and usage habits.

Even if PUBG MOBILE India Edition has the support of "invisible hand", it is difficult to "cover the sky with one hand".

Data-Eye data shows that casual games occupy all the positions of Top10 in the buying list from August 30th to September 5th.

Compared with last week, although Beijing Zhanxin Power "Paradise 233" is still at the top of the buying list, the amount of materials released this week has dropped by 50% to 31,413 groups, compared with 68,993 groups in the same period last week.

In addition, from the perspective of product types, most products in the Top10 list are "leisure+online earning" types.

Since the State Press and Publication Administration released the game version number on July 22nd, no new version number information has been published recently.

According to competitive statistics, as of September 5, 2021, a total of 755 game version numbers were issued. Among them, there are 679 domestic game versions and 76 imported game versions.

Specifically, Tencent, Netease, ByteDance and Aauto Quicker were issued with version numbers in 2021, which were 13, 11, 2 and 3 respectively.

It is worth mentioning that on September 3, the State Council issued a notice on several measures to promote the reform and innovation of trade and investment facilitation in the Pilot Free Trade Zone, in which Article 16, "Piloting the territorial management of online games", pointed out that the Central Propaganda Department will be responsible for promoting the online game audit pilot work in the location of the eligible Pilot Free Trade Zone.

In fact, the idea of "launching a pilot project of territorial management of online games" has been put forward many times this year. For example, on April 8, the Ministry of Commerce of the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Opinions on Several Special Measures to Support the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port and Relax Market Access, and on April 21, the Ministry of Commerce issued the Overall Plan for the Comprehensive Pilot of Expanding and Opening up the Service Industry in Hainan Province, all of which advocated Hainan to deepen the pilot work of reviewing the content of local online games.

In addition, on April 21st, in the notice of the Ministry of Commerce on printing and distributing the "Overall Plan for the Comprehensive Pilot Project of Expanding and Opening up the Service Industry in Chongqing", it also mentioned "supporting Chongqing to actively create conditions to apply for the pilot project of reviewing the content of local online games".

Since 2018, the version number policy has been tightened in an all-round way, and the version number has been extremely strict. Hainan and Chongqing are expected to become new network audit pilots, and may be improved.

It must be pointed out that considering the recent "uninsured" incidents, Jinghe believes that the increase in pilot projects does not mean that the approval will be relaxed, or even stricter. For example, no new version number was issued in August 2021, which also explained some problems. 

Unresured correlation:

August 30th: The three-day and three-hour insurance policy was issued.
The State Press and Publication Administration issued the Notice on Further Strict Management to Effectively Prevent Minors from Indulging in Online Games. The contents of the notice are roughly divided into three parts: for game companies, the requirements for real-name registration and login of online game user accounts are strictly implemented; Strictly control the duration of providing game services to minors (only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays at 20: 20:00— 21:00)。

August 31st: Children’s game community should also be limited to 3 hours.

A number of official accounts of Baiao Family Interactive, the developer of Olastar and Obi Island mobile games and page games, announced that the anti-addiction system of mobile games and page games will be adjusted on September 1, and will only provide one-hour game service to minors from 20: 00 to 21: 00 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, and will not provide game service to users who are not registered and logged in by their real names in any form.

September 1st: Some e-sports events announced restrictions on the age of contestants.

The State Press and Publication Administration recently issued the Notice on Further Strict Management to Effectively Prevent Minors from Indulging in Online Games. Subsequently, some e-sports officials announced that they had begun to limit the age of the contestants. Among them, the PEL Peace Elite Professional League announced that it will carry out compliance work on the age of the contestants; KPL the glory of the king Professional League has made it clear that KPL and K-A players must be at least 18 years old before they can participate.

September 2nd: Hearthstone prohibits underage certified professional players.

Recently, the State Press and Publication Administration issued the Notice on Further Strict Management to Effectively Prevent Minors from Indulging in Online Games to solve the problem of minors’ overuse or even indulging in online games. Subsequently, major manufacturers have expressed their views, and now Netease has decided to prohibit minors from being certified as professional e-sports players of Hearthstone Legend.

September 4th: "the glory of the king" collapsed, ranking first in the hot search.

"the glory of the king collapsed" topped the hot search list in Weibo. Although the official did not explain the specific reasons for the server abnormality, recently, the most stringent "anti-addiction" notice in history has just been issued, demanding that the online game time of minors be strictly limited, and only one hour service can be provided to minors from 20: 00 to 21: 00 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. This is the first weekend for major online game companies to implement policies.

Industry trends: 

August 30th: The producer of "Rulong" is expected to join Netease.

According to Bloomberg News, Netease is in the final negotiations to poach the names of the producers of "Like a Dragon" series from Sega. According to people familiar with the matter, after Ming Yue changed jobs to Netease, he will set up his own team and develop new games. The two sides have not yet signed a final contract, and his responsibilities have not yet been finalized. Miyuki Kuniyama is a famous game producer in the Japanese game industry. The total sales volume of his series of "Rulong" games has exceeded 14 million.

August 31st: South Korea legislates to end Apple’s channel monopoly.

In the plenary vote of the National Assembly of South Korea, the Partial Amendment to the Telecommunication Business Law was passed with 180 votes in favor, 0 votes against and 8 abstentions. South Korea became the first country in the world to end the monopoly position of Apple and Google.

According to the requirements of the Act, neither Google Play Store nor Apple AppStore can force developers to use the only payment system on the platform in the Korean market. This means that developers will be able to use third-party payment, and the app store that has lasted for many years will be divided into 3: 7 models and take the lead in ending in the Korean market.

August 31: Netstone establishes Yuan Universe Company.

Netmarble F&C, a subsidiary of South Korean mobile game giant Netmarble, said on the 31st that its wholly-owned subsidiary "Metaverse Entertainment" was formally established. According to reports, "Metauniverse Entertainment" will devote itself to developing a virtual reality platform and operating virtual idols. The masterpieces of mobile games launched by Netstone in recent two years mainly include Seven Sins: The Battle of Light and Darkness and Sword Spirit Revolution.

August 31st: Robles invested 90 million dollars to expand.

The developer of Robles is planning to expand the company. In the latest quarterly financial report of Robles, the company plans to expand its headquarters in san mateo, California, with an expansion area of 123,000 square feet. The expansion project will cost about $90 million and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022.

August 31st: iQiyi launches VR All-in-One Adventure 3.

Iqiyi Adventure VR held an online new product release show with the theme of "Good Games, Free Play", and officially released its fun and beautiful new generation flagship VR masterpiece — — Adventure 3. The first 30 high-quality games are all open to the first owner for free, and the total value of the games exceeds 1700 yuan.

September 1st: The father of PUBG set up an independent game studio.

Brendan Greene, the creator of "Survival of the Jedi", announced that he has left Krafton, the parent company of Blue Hole. As the founder of Survival of the Jedi, PlayerUnknown in the full name of this book (Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds Player Unknown) is his screen name.

September 2: Lilith card new tour exposure.

Lilith officially announced that "Shenjue" has already made reservations on platforms such as bilibili and TapTap, and expressed the hope to present a brand-new popular fantasy IP for players through "Shenjue". "Shenjue" is an RPG mobile game developed by Lilith with the theme of urban mythology. In addition to combining urban and mythological themes, the game also incorporates the elements of trend and electronic sound, which is unique in terms of picture and music.

September 2nd: Hatsune Miku Mobile Games will be released in the morning and evening.

Hatsune Miku genuine authorized mobile game "World Plan Colorful Stage! Specially invited: Hatsune Miku (hereinafter referred to as "World Plan") officially announced that Lightyear, a subsidiary of ByteDance, will be responsible for the distribution in Asia except Japan.

September 2: Apple opens third-party payment for audio and video applications.

According to reports, Apple will allow third-party developers to connect their software to external websites, so that users can buy their paid services, which has solved the long-standing controversy surrounding the Apple App Store. These include audio and video, reading and other applications, and game applications are not among them for the time being.

September 3: Apple’s first AR/VR chip is exposed.

According to the exclusive report of The Information, Apple completed the research and development of chips such as System on Chip (SoC) last year, which has no built-in AI acceleration module. Apple chips have better performance than third-party SoC, including better wireless data transmission, compression, decompression and higher energy efficiency.

September 3: India or review Apple Store payment issues.

After South Korea, India’s antitrust authorities are also eyeing App Store’s in-app payment problem, that is, forcing developers to use their in-app purchase system. The Indian Competition Commission will review the case in the next few weeks and may order a wider investigation or deal with it in general.

September 3rd: JD.COM banned 87 console games.

JD.COM’s announcement of banning the sale of games has been widely circulated. There are as many as 87 games in the announcement, most of which are console games, among which there are many famous masterpieces such as Call of Duty series and Collection! Animal Forest Friends Association, FIFA19, etc.

September 3rd: Layabox wholly acquired FairyGUI, the largest third-party editor.
Recently, Layabox, the company owned by LayaAir engine, has completed the wholly-owned acquisition of Huagu Software. In the future, FairyGUI will still maintain independent operation and version maintenance. Gu Zhu (Xiao Yingtang), the founder of Huagu Software, joined Layabox and became the head of Layabox Guangzhou Branch, mainly responsible for the design and development of LayaAir engine 3.0 IDE. LayaAir engine, owned by the acquirer Layabox, accounts for 90% of the 3D engine of small game platform with its mature and leading 3D technology advantages.

Financial report dynamics:

August 30th: The revenue of Sanqi Entertainment H1 is 7.5 billion yuan.

Sanqi Entertainment released its financial report for the first half of 2021. The financial report shows that H1 Sanqi Entertainment achieved revenue of 7.539 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 5.63%; The total profit was 1.006 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 49.51%; The net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 854 million yuan, down 49.77% from the same period of last year. Among them, the company’s mobile game business revenue was 7.067 billion yuan, down 4.65% year-on-year.

August 30th: Google App Store earned $11.2 billion in 2019.

South Korea may ban Google and Apple from charging software developers commissions for in-app purchases, the first such containment measure in a major economy, which may damage the lucrative revenue sources of technology giants, Reuters reported. According to the report, the Legislative and Judicial Committee of South Korea’s Parliament is expected to approve an amendment to the Telecommunication Business Law known as the "Anti-Google Law" on Tuesday, prohibiting application store operators with dominant market positions from using certain payment systems.

August 30th: century huatong H1 game revenue is 6.2 billion yuan.

Century huatong released its financial report for the first half of 2021. The financial report shows that H1 century huatong achieved revenue of 7.31 billion yuan, down 5.9% year-on-year; The net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 2.45 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 52.88%. Among them, the proportion of Internet game revenue has reached 85.15%. During the reporting period, the company’s game business achieved operating income of 6.228 billion yuan, with a compound growth rate of 35.51% in three years.

August 31st: Netease game H1 revenue of 14.5 billion.

Netease announced its financial report for the second quarter of 2021. According to the financial report data, Netease Q2′ s total revenue was 20.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%. The net profit attributable to shareholders of the company was 3.54 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 21.9%; Under non-GAAP, the net profit attributable to shareholders of the company was 4.23 billion yuan. In terms of game business, Netease’s total game revenue in this quarter increased by 5% year-on-year to 14.53 billion yuan.

E-sports dynamics:

September 2nd: EDG won the LPL Summer Championship.

The 2021 LPL Summer Finals was held in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. EDG defeated FPX by 3:1 to win the Summer Finals, and finally successfully won the Silver Dragon Cup, and will compete in the 2021 League of Legends Global Finals S11 as the No.1 seed of LPL.

September 3rd: RNG Zero Letter WE entered S11.

In the first round of qualifiers in LPL Division of League of Legends Global Finals in 2021, RNG team defeated rival WE with a score of 3-0 and obtained the third seed qualification leading to the global finals.

September 5th: Premier League Wolves acquire Chongqing QGhappy.

Fosun Sports, where the Premier League Wolves are located, officially announced the acquisition of the glory of the king Professional League (hereinafter referred to as KPL) club Chongqing QGhappy. After the acquisition, Chongqing QGhappy will be renamed as Chongqing Wolves, and will continue to take Chongqing as the home of the team in the new season and fight with a brand-new attitude. This announced that the Premier League Wolves officially entered KPL, and the Wolves became the first traditional football club to enter the world’s top mobile e-sports professional league.

Start a new tour next week (9.6-9.12):

According to the statistics of hot money network, the only big factory game to be launched next week is Netease game Harry Potter: Magic Awakening.

This work is an RPG mobile game authorized by the original Harry Potter, developed and distributed by Netease Games.

In the game, the player plays a freshman in the School of Wizardry, enters Hogwarts College to study, and starts a mysterious adventure with other partners. Although the picture of the game is 3D, through the combination of filters, rendering and light and shadow, the whole picture has a retro picture book effect, which is very compatible with the magical theme of Harry Potter.

At present, Harry Potter: The Magic Awakens has more than 10 million reservations in official website, and the TapTap score is 7.1.

Year after year, is the Lantern Festival as you remember it?

  Reference message networkReported on February 19 Today is the rain in the solar terms in China, and it is also the last important festival in the Spring Festival customs — — Lantern Festival.

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  In June 2008, the Lantern Festival was selected as a national intangible cultural heritage. This traditional festival celebrated by China people has attracted worldwide attention.

  So, what is the China Lantern Festival in the eyes of foreign media? With this question, Xiao Bian put down the dumplings in his hand and opened the old newspaper of Reference News. While looking for foreign media reports on the Lantern Festival, he felt all kinds of changes and invariants in the development of the times … …

  In 2006, the online edition of The Times published an article entitled "Every household adheres to the ancient custom of eating Yuanxiao", which recorded the Lantern Festival time of a family in Beijing:

  "Wang wrapped in thick cotton-padded clothes and his mother stood in line for half an hour in the cold just to buy a bag of old brand Yuanxiao. The mother said: ‘ Such hard work is worth it. You have to eat Yuanxiao today, because it is a symbol of family reunion. ’”

  The word "stick to it" in the title of this article impressed Xiaobian. Why should we "stick to it" when eating Yuanxiao?

  Combined with the social background at that time, this problem is not difficult to understand. At that time, foreign festivals, commonly known as "foreign festivals", began to occupy a place in the lives of ordinary people in China, and even triggered a query that "traditional festivals are no match for foreign festivals".

  The most typical ones are Valentine’s Day and Lantern Festival. A "foreign festival", a traditional festival, is very close to each other every year: for example, the Lantern Festival is the second day of Valentine’s Day in 2003, and there is only one day between Lantern Festival and Valentine’s Day in 2006. The closeness of the two festivals made the topic of sticking to traditional festivals more prominent.

  For example, in an AFP article entitled "China people celebrate Valentine’s Day and Lantern Festival successively" in 2003, it was mentioned that China people celebrated Valentine’s Day with double joy this year, because people could celebrate the traditional Lantern Festival after Valentine’s Day at the same time.

  The media said that "since opening to the outside world, China has been more and more keen on Valentine’s Day". Although February 15th (Saturday) was the Lantern Festival that year, many people hung lanterns on the evening of 14th (Friday) to celebrate Valentine’s Day and Lantern Festival at the same time.

  After a lapse of three years, the Financial Times in 2006 also celebrated the "Foreign Festival" with "China in vogue"? It is reported that although China today is more confident and tolerant, not all China people are happy or optimistic about the fashion change of "foreign festivals" for young people. The newspaper mentioned a China person who rightly said: "Even if Valentine’s Day and Lantern Festival in the West are close this year, it can’t make ‘ Lover’s mood ’ Squeeze ‘ Celebrate the whole world and have fun with the people ’ The cultural connotation. "

  Today, 15 years later, when we look at the reports at that time, we may not feel so strongly about this topic. In Xiaobian’s view, even though China people have become accustomed to some "foreign festivals", their enthusiasm for traditional festivals such as the Lantern Festival has not diminished at all.

  Moreover, it has been proved that the traditional Lantern Festival custom has not faded with the progress of the times.

  In 2013, united press international reported that in Pingyao, Shanxi Province, every household hung red lanterns and set off fireworks to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

  Sarah brown, an Australian tourist, said, "We came to Pingyao from Beijing and felt the different atmosphere of the Lantern Festival. The atmosphere in Pingyao is more cheerful. It’s easy to get separated from friends in such a bustling street … … We feel the charm of the China Lunar New Year. "

  At that time, AFP reporters came to Nuanquan Town, Hebei Province, and recorded the local people’s way of ending the Lunar New Year with a unique "Da Shu Hua Show" performance.

  According to the report, this way of celebrating Lantern Festival, invented more than 300 years ago, is one of many ancient folk activities in China that have been restored in recent decades.

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On the evening of February 5, 2019, folk artists performed "Da Shu Hua Show" at the Asia-Pacific Temple Fair in zunhua city, Hebei Province. (Xinhua News Agency)

  AFP reporter recorded the process of the performance: the master who performed "Da Shu Hua Show" only "equipped" the straw hat and protective glasses. They scooped molten iron out of the bucket and splashed it on a brick wall. The iron flowers splashed on the brick wall, which was very spectacular.

  According to the report, this spectacular scene caused deafening cheers from the audience in Wenquan Town. Wenquan Town is only a few hours’ drive from Beijing. In order to promote the development of tourism, Wenquan Town resumed this folk activity with a history of hundreds of years.

  Of course, with the restoration of traditional folk customs, the way to celebrate the Lantern Festival is also changing in another way.

  In a report in 2017, the online reporter of Hong Kong Asia Times mentioned that when the Lantern Festival was held in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province in 2016, there was a beautiful electronic light show at the local Chinese Dinosaur Park, but it was not a traditional lantern, and of course there were no riddles.

  Spain’s Effie also noticed a new way to celebrate the Lantern Festival. The agency reported in 2016 that in order to celebrate the Lantern Festival, many people visited the Longqingxia Ice Lantern Art Festival in Yanqing District, Beijing. As one of the competition areas of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, many ice sculptures at the festival are sports-oriented.

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  Mr. Jiang, a tourist, came here with his family for the holiday. He said that although these ice sculptures are a little far from the traditional Lantern Festival celebration elements, he feels: "We should keep pace with the times, and these are very special." Mr. Jiang said: "Of course, this is not a traditional way to celebrate, but we like it very much, and the children are also very interested in ice sculptures", especially the ice sculptures with the theme of the 2020 Olympic Games.

  "With the development of economy and society, China people’s Chinese New Year activities are gradually changing to a more modern form." Effie commented.

  Of course, the Effie reporter also noticed that in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, not far from Beijing, the celebration activities are much more traditional. Besides singing and dancing in traditional costumes, there are also traditional folk activities such as walking on stilts.

  In short, Xiao Bian believes that both adhering to the traditional customs and exploring the modern ways of celebrating the Lantern Festival express China people’s persistence and love for the traditional festivals.

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As the Lantern Festival approaches in 2019, many activities such as Dragon Lantern Festival and Dragon Lantern Show are held in Guizhou Province to celebrate the Lantern Festival and the Spring Festival. (Xinhua News Agency)

The vision of mine to restore green hills becomes beautiful.

  In March this year, employees of Shizuishan City who participated in voluntary tree planting in spring were carrying saplings. Photo courtesy of Propaganda Department of Shizuishan Municipal Committee

  In March of this year, the newly planted saplings of the coal gangue residue platform stood upright in the Dagugou treatment area. Our reporter He Yuche photo

  Ma Lian beach area in Shizuishan section of Helan Mountain after treatment (photo taken in August 2022). Photo courtesy of Propaganda Department of Shizuishan Municipal Committee

  Editor’s Note: The integrated protection and restoration project of landscape forest, field, lake, grass and sand ("landscape project") is a landmark project to practice the concept of life community of landscape forest, field, lake and grass. Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", 44 "landscape projects" have been deployed and implemented in the important ecological barrier areas of "three districts and four belts". In December, 2022, "China Landscape Project" was selected as one of the first ten flagship projects of world ecological restoration by the United Nations. From now on, this edition will publish a series of reports on "Beautiful China Landscape Project" to show the exploration and achievements of integrated protection and restoration in various places.

  "Look, there is a rock sheep on the right!" When the vehicle drove into Helan Mountain, Ge Yihong suddenly shouted. Looking up, three gray rock sheep are drinking leisurely by the stream, and in the distance, Helan Mountain is covered with a layer of green.

  This is Shitanjing Street, Dawukou District, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, located in the hinterland of Helan Mountain. Ge Yihong, the 60-year-old stationmaster of street sanitation station, lives here all the year round.

  Helan Mountain is an important natural geographical dividing line and an important ecological barrier in northwest China, which is rich in coal and other resources. Since 1950s, large-scale disorderly mining has seriously damaged the mountain landform. In 2018, the pilot project of ecological protection and restoration of lake grass in the landscape forest field at the eastern foot of Helan Mountain in Ningxia was officially launched; In 2021, the comprehensive improvement of the ecological environment of Helan Mountain was jointly recommended by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the World Conservation Union as one of the 10 typical cases of ecological protection and restoration with China characteristics. Today, Ningxia has completed the comprehensive renovation of 214 points inside and outside Helanshan National Nature Reserve, with an area of over 405,000 mu.

  Mine management, shut down and quit coal and gravel enterprises.

  "In the past two years, the effectiveness of governance has gradually emerged. There have been new changes in the former Shikanjing mining area, and many animals that have lived in the mountains for a long time have gone down the mountain." Ge Yigong said, looking out from time to time. "You see, this ‘ Quack chicken ’ How beautiful! " Along the direction of the finger, I saw the stone pheasants with bright fur and round posture strolling in the grass in droves, and in the distance, the golden eagle with wide wingspan was hovering in the sky … …

  Ge Yihong was born, grew up and worked in the mining area. Different from the days when the mountains were quiet and natural and animals swarmed, the Helan Mountain used to be full of people and the sound of mining rumbled.

  Since 1950s, Helan Mountain has entered the stage of large-scale industrial mining. Mining enterprises blossom everywhere, and there are countless informal small coal mines. "At that time, it was also called Shikanjing District. At the most brilliant time, it was inhabited by more than 100,000 people. There were hospitals, shopping malls, schools and restaurants, including Helan Mountain ‘ Baili mining area ’ Known as. " Ge Yihong said.

  However, the large-scale exploitation of mineral resources has seriously damaged the mountain landscape, and some wild animals are on the verge of extinction due to the sharp compression of their habitats. There are about 50 coal enterprises scattered in the Dagugou area of the carboniferous well, including 5 large pits formed by open-pit mining and more than 10 continuous slag hills. Dust all over the sky and sewage cross-flow, which greatly destroyed the natural ecosystem of Helan Mountain.

  "In the past, there were coal washing plants everywhere. Black wastewater flowed in the ditch and the land was dyed black. Private mines cut off the whole mountain, and dug a large pit for quarrying, forming a gully with a depth of 100 meters. " Ge Yihong still remembers the scene of that year. "Red deer and rock sheep have never been seen. Wearing a shirt, it will be dyed black for a while, and residents are afraid to dry clothes outside. "

  With the progress of the central environmental protection inspector, in 2017, Ningxia began to vigorously rectify the ecological environment of Helan Mountain. Rujigou, Shitanjing and other mining areas closed all open-pit coal mines, 83 mining rights were all withdrawn, and 561 "scattered pollution" enterprises in the centralized coal processing zone at the foot of the mountain were also shut down and banned.

  After clearing the mine, cutting the slope and lowering the platform, a vigorous mine management began. "Following the Helan Mountain Clean-up and Renovation Command, everyone rushed to the slag platform piled up by abandoned coal gangue and transported it day and night." As the stationmaster of Shitanjing Street Sanitation Station, Ge Yihong participated in the whole process.

  Coal gangue was piled up into a waste platform with a height of nearly 100 meters by a mine car, and then cut into a "terraced field" in order to reduce the slope and prevent soil erosion. Subsequently, the mountain-high unclaimed slag pile was covered with loess nearly 50 cm thick, which gave the black slag mountain with a layer of "skin" that could retain green vitality. At the same time, "follow the mountain, follow the mountain, follow the mountain", restore the topography according to the shape, and reduce the safety hazards such as landslides and mudslides.

  During the treatment period, the resident population of Shitanjing decreased sharply, and Ge Yihong moved from the hinterland of Helan Mountain to Dawukou District at the foot of the mountain with the coal miners. Nowadays, standing at the top of the Dagugou governance area, new "mountains" have sprung up. "This is smoothing what was left behind ‘ Scar ’ Only by curing the mine can there be room for further greening. " Ge Yihong said.

  Planting trees, building greening projects and implementing ecological restoration.

  On both sides of the 302 provincial highway crossing Helan Mountain, drip irrigation pipes tightly wrap the towering slag platform like fishing nets. "This is to ensure the survival rate of seedlings. From spring to winter, water should be poured at least 10 times." Ge Yihong said. It was spring, and I saw that many bare land had been covered by all kinds of newly planted saplings.

  After the retreat and restoration of Helan Mountain mine, how to effectively plant trees and increase green has become the number one problem in Helan Mountain management.

  To plant trees, we should start with selecting suitable tree species. Since 2018, Shizuishan Ecological Protection Forest Farm has conducted a series of experiments in Helan Mountain through cooperation with Ningxia University and other scientific research institutes, and finally determined Caragana korshinskii, Salix psammophila, Elm, Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica and Robinia pseudoacacia as the main tree species. "Helan Mountain is a stone mountain with thin soil layer and difficult vegetation growth. Moreover, the annual rainfall here is only two or three hundred millimeters, but the evaporation is more than 10 times. Native plants that are cold-resistant, drought-resistant and salt-tolerant are the best choice. " Zhang Tingxie, director of Shizuishan Ecological Protection Forest Farm, said: "‘ Seabuckthorn, Caragana korshinskii and Prunus armeniaca on the top of the mountain wear hats, and two apricots are wrapped around the waist on the hillside ’ This is what we have summed up. "

  Although he has moved out of the mining area, he heard that there is a green restoration project. Ge Yihong returned to Shihanjing, joined the army of tree planting, and got busy in the Dagugou area with the heaviest restoration task.

  Waving steel drill and shovel, struggling to dig hard sand and gravel ground, digging out 80 cm square tree pits, and then righting, ridging, tamping and watering the seedlings. "Dig up the thin soil layer, and here is the coal gangue that can’t store water. If you want trees to survive, you have to cover them with moisture-retaining soil, nutrient soil and sealing soil, step on them layer by layer, and finally mention them slightly to make the roots of seedlings grow in the same direction. " This is known as the "three steps and one mention" trick, and Ge Yihong and the tree planters are well known. "Now, the survival rate of trees can reach 85%." Ge Yihong said.

  Planting trees in spring and autumn, watering in summer, controlling pests and diseases, and conducting fire inspections in winter, Ge Yihong "soaks" in Helan Mountain all year round. Nowadays, driving around the mountain along the ecological restoration area of Helan Mountain, you can see "green-planting people" digging holes to change soil, placing saplings and lifting water to irrigate … … "The apricot at the foot of the mountain was planted by us a few years ago. When the apricot blossoms are in full bloom, they are layered. This year, we intend to put this cinder mountain in green. " Zhang Tingxie said.

  Systematic improvement of governance results, integrated development of ecological culture and tourism.

  "Now there are less than 100 people left in Shitanjing Street. After the restoration of Helan Mountain is completed, my life will be idle." Ge Yihong, who returned to the Shitanjing, did not go down the mountain and stayed in the old mining area. However, it was not long before the days of "long years in the mountains", the Shitanjing became lively again.

  Since autumn and winter of 2021, Shizuishan City has mobilized 105 units, including party and government organs, enterprises and institutions, and units stationed in stone areas, to carry out greening activities in eight mine ecological environment management areas in Dalanggou District, Shitanjing Street, Helan Mountain along the 302 provincial highway. At present, it is the planting period, and many staff members are busy setting out, waving picks and shovels, and leveling the ground.

  "Through ‘ Green Planting in Pieces in Helan Mountain ’ Activities can plant 12,000 mu of trees a year. " Jia Zengjun, director of the Natural Resources Bureau of Shizuishan City, said: "More importantly, the task of slicing and planting has stimulated everyone’s enthusiasm and made everyone feel that the results of Helan Mountain governance are hard-won. Now the afforestation task is about to be completed. From the closure and rectification of the mining area to the ecological restoration of internal and external integration, and then to the improvement of the governance results system, Helan Mountain is being dressed in green. "

  Ecological improvement has made Helan Mountain, which once sold coal, have the possibility of diversified development.

  At 7: 35 every morning, the 7524 train leaves Yinchuan for Rujigou. This small train is called "Shitanjing Tourist", which connects in series with the former coal mining areas such as Dagugou, Baijigou and Rujigou. A 3-hour and 52-minute drive takes passengers deep into the hinterland of Helan Mountain to visit the passionate industrial years.

  "Eco-tourism+industrial film and television shooting base" is a new way explored in Shitanjing mining area. Since 2017, some old houses in Shitanjing have been repaired and old streets and alleys have been protected. After the establishment of the Shitanjing Industrial Tourism Town Exhibition Hall, Ge Yihong was hired as a commentator to receive visitors: "I didn’t expect the industrial relics left in the old mining area to become a unique advantage in developing tourism. In the past few days, I have received thousands of tourists, and many movies have come here to take pictures!"

  After several years of management, the ecological function of Helan Mountain has been steadily improved, and the goals of ecological corridor restoration and biodiversity improvement are gradually being implemented. This towering mountain range is witnessing the ecological vision of "green water and green mountains" becoming a beautiful life within reach.

New energy vehicles will have "exclusive ID cards"! Special number plates will be fully promoted.

  Cctv newsAccording to the latest statistics of the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, up to now, there are more than 1 million new energy vehicles in China. The Ministry of Public Security announced today that it will promote the application of special number plates for new energy vehicles nationwide.

New energy vehicle number plate "appearance"

New energy vehicle number plate "appearance"

  Since December 1, 2016, five cities in Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuxi, Jinan and Shenzhen have taken the lead in piloting the special number plates for new energy vehicles. At present, 76,000 special number plates for new energy vehicles have been issued in five pilot cities. According to the unified arrangement of the Ministry of Public Security, starting from November 2017, 10 cities in Baoding, Hebei, Changchun, Jilin, Fuzhou, Fujian, Qingdao, Henan, Zhengzhou, Zhongshan, Guangdong, Liuzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Sichuan and Kunming, Yunnan will be added with new license plates; In the first half of 2018, it was fully opened in all cities across the country.

  All newly registered new energy vehicles are issued with new license plates.

  After the new license plate is put into use, all new license plates will be issued to those who register and transfer new energy vehicles. Car owners can go directly to the public security traffic management department for registration, or pre-select the license plate number through the Internet traffic safety integrated service management platform or the "Traffic Management 12123" mobile APP, and then go to the public security traffic management department for registration. When selecting the number, you can choose one from 50 automatically by computer, or determine the number plate according to the coding rules.

  Voluntary renewal of new license plates for new energy vehicles.

  For new energy vehicles that have been registered before, the owner can choose to use the original number plate or renew a new number plate according to his own situation.

Wang Qiang, Deputy Director of Traffic Management Bureau of Ministry of Public Security.

Wang Qiang, Deputy Director of Traffic Management Bureau of Ministry of Public Security.

  Wang Qiang, Deputy Director of Traffic Management Bureau of Ministry of Public Security.We adopt the principle of voluntariness. You can choose to change the license plate, exchange it for a new license plate or get a license plate. You can go directly to the vehicle management office, or log on to our integrated Internet service platform. Here we provide an appointment network service. You can choose the online store to make an appointment and where to get the relevant renewal. However, those transferred from other places will be automatically given new energy license plates.

  For those who choose to continue to use ordinary car number plates, the public security traffic management department will also conduct differentiated management through the information system, which will not affect the owners’ enjoyment of preferential policies for traffic management of new energy vehicles.

  In order to facilitate the people to apply for and install new license plates, the public security traffic management department will add a green channel or special window for the registration of new energy vehicles, set up on-site production points for license plates, and provide free license plate installation services to meet the requirements of the people to the greatest extent. Local public security organs, together with relevant departments and units, have also done a good job in upgrading and adjusting related systems such as tax collection, insurance purchase, fine payment, vehicle inspection, highway charges and parking charges, and implemented differentiated convenience policies such as "unlimited access" for new energy vehicles.

  Special license plate style for new energy vehicles

  The special number plates for new energy vehicles are divided into small-scale new energy vehicles and large-scale new energy vehicles, in which the special number plates for small-scale new energy vehicles are gradually green and the special number plates for large-scale new energy vehicles are yellow-green double-color.

Special license plate style for new energy vehicles

Special license plate style for new energy vehicles

  Compared with the existing ordinary car number plate, the new energy car number plate is added with a special logo, and the overall logo is green, which means electric and new energy. The right side of the green circle is an electric plug pattern, and the color part on the left side is similar to the English letter "E".

  In terms of the number of license plates, the number of special license plates for new energy vehicles has been upgraded from 5 to 6, and the capacity of license plates has increased after upgrading, which can meet the arrangement needs of "using fewer letters and using more numbers".

  In order to better implement the national new energy vehicle industry development and differentiated management policy, the special number plates for new energy vehicles are managed in sections according to different vehicle types. Small new energy vehicles will use letters at the first place of the number plate, while the special number plate for large new energy vehicles will use letters at the last place. At present, the letters are D and F. D stands for pure electric new energy vehicles and F stands for non-pure electric new energy vehicles.

  In order to improve the anti-counterfeiting performance, the special number plate for new energy vehicles also uses anti-counterfeiting technologies such as two-dimensional bar code, anti-counterfeiting shading and laser pattern.

Wang Fang was reused, Xiaoding sent blessings, qi zhou finally appeared, women’s basketball team Long Hudou, Liaoning’s glorious history.

Recently, the news of China Basketball Association has been continuous. The National Team Construction Committee was set up by the Basketball Association, and Yao Ming served as the director of the Committee. Xiaoding blessed the men’s basketball team, but it was ridiculed by the fans. qi zhou was afraid of missing the preliminaries because many opponents infected COVID-19. WCBA had just carried out six rounds, but it had already come to an end. Guangdong’s 11 crowns were enviable, and Liaoning fans basked in the team’s 12 crowns.

On September 26th, Beijing time, the Chinese Basketball Association officially announced that it would set up the National Construction Committee in the near future, with Yao Ming as its director and Wang Fang as its executive director. Perhaps it was because of the poor performance of China football men’s national team in the top 12 that chinese basketball association made this decision quickly. This move by the Basketball Association is intended to promote the construction of the men’s national team, improve the overall strength of the national team and strengthen the players’ awareness of winning glory for the country. In fact, this is also related to the fact that China men’s basketball team missed the Olympic Games for the first time after 17 years.

Wang Fang was the leader of Liaoning Sports Bureau before, but now he is appointed as the executive director, which shows that chinese basketball association values Wang Fang highly. Wang Fang is the mother of Liaoning team player Zhang Zhenlin. As the superior leader of Liaoning team in last season’s playoffs, Wang Fang also accompanied the team throughout the playoffs. He witnessed the growth of the players. In this year’s National Games, Wang Fang also witnessed the Liaoning National Men’s Basketball Team defending this National Games gold medal, which shows that his support for basketball is real.

Ding Yan Yuhang, a Shandong player who hasn’t updated his personal social dynamics for a long time, recently updated his personal social media. He took a big photo of the China men’s basketball team participating in this World Cup qualifier, and gave his best wishes to his friends. Originally, this was a perfectly normal dynamic, but some fans thought that Ding Yanyuhang was rubbing against the popularity of China men’s basketball team. In fact, it was a bit unfair to Ding Yanyuhang. After all, Xiaoding’s wishes for the national team and friends were sincere, and fans should not be mixed with too much personal feelings.

For Ding Yan Yuhang, some fans also very much hope that he can return to the national team. It is also a great encouragement for Ding Yan Yuhang to see that Abdul Salamu, who has suffered serious injuries like him, has already returned to the national team. Du Feng has also given all players a chance. After all, it is the greatest honor for a player to play for the national team, and it is also a very confidence-boosting thing to have the opportunity to enter the national team after a serious injury.

Recently, there are a lot of news about China men’s basketball team, one of which makes the fans very worried. That is, when qi zhou participated in nbl preseason, many of their opponents were found to have COVID-19. qi zhou, as a close contact, is likely to be isolated and missed. However, recently, some media broke the news that qi zhou appeared in China men’s basketball team’s training abroad, which broke the previous rumor that qi zhou would miss the preliminaries. China men’s basketball team has been sent to the strongest team in the world, hoping that they can break into the final with all their might.

The second phase of the cba is about to start, and wcba has already gone through six rounds. Compared with the attention of CBA in China, there are few fans in wcba. Up to now, three teams in WCBA have maintained an unbeaten record this season, namely the defending champion Inner Mongolia team, Sichuan team and Shandong team. In the first six rounds, Inner Mongolia team beat their opponents by a big score, and their biggest competitor this season is Sichuan team, which is temporarily ranked third.

In fact, after seeing the lineups of the two teams, the fans were not surprised why the two teams competed for the championship. Together, the two teams gathered a total of 17 national players. The Inner Mongolia team gathered 9 national players including Li Yueru, Yang Liwei, Huang Sijing, Zhao Shuang, Zhang Ru, Pan Zhenqi, Ma Xueya, Wei Wei and Li Yifan, while the Sichuan team had Han Xu, Wu Di, Shao Ting, Li Meng, Sun Mengran, Li Shanshan and so on.

In today’s cba league, Guangdong men’s basketball team and Liaoning men’s basketball team are still the two strongest teams. Compared with the 11th championship of Guangdong men’s basketball team, Liaoning men’s basketball team has won the championship of cba league only once, but the runner-up has won many times, which has also been criticized by many fans. Liaoning fans who are very unconvinced listed the past record of Liaoning team, and the time goes back to the national basketball championship in 1985. As we all know, cba league only has a history of more than twenty years. Here

According to the statistics of the fans, since 1985, Liaoning men’s basketball team has won 12 championships in many competitions, such as the National Basketball Championship, the National Basketball League, the National North-South Championship, the National Games, the Asian Club Cup, cba, Extraordinary 12, etc. From this figure, it has indeed surpassed Guangdong’s 11 championships. In fact, just from the data point of view, it can’t explain too many problems. After all, the glory created by our predecessors has become.

I went to Shanghai to play, and I found three interesting phenomena!

1. There are many women in Shanghai.
After you go to Shanghai, you will find that Shanghai is actually a man and many women. In fact, this is normal. Because Shanghai is an international metropolis, many people strive for this field. Many of them did not expect Shanghai’s marriage, and most of them would eventually choose to go home. Many women in Shanghai are successful. This means that the eyes are also very high. Naturally, it is difficult for boys to go to their eyes. Drag it will become a woman.

2. Shanghai is not a monthly salary
In Shanghai, you will find it in fact, and almost other cities. Most young people also have two lines a day. For despair, in fact, most people are 170,000 people. This is not as good as those who want to pay. In the face of Shanghai’s house prices, prices, and life pressure, in fact, not only Shanghai, as long as it is a large city, no one is thinking about wages, and the pressure is not low.

3. Shanghai people are very interested
I will find it after going to Shanghai. People in Shanghai are really involved, not only business, but also in life. What they do is plan. Will you try this? What should this matter be? This is the same as businessmen who are underway or roadside health workers. This is the case, the case, the recent popular Shanghai Darphy on the Internet is. Because of Shanghai mosquitoes, she specially observed the habit of mosquito and engaged in the "mosquito net". According to the mosquito, the work of mosquitoes is carried out. When talking about this, she also smiled and said, "I played in the RT-MART supermarket for 13 years. Everyone called me." I have to say that the Shanghai people are really thoughtful.