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然而行星似乎不怎么闪烁。由于距离地球较近，行星看起来像是会反射的球体，而不是一个光点。因此行星闪烁的效果不甚明显。这点有助于辨别你所看到的究竟是行星还是星星。
The planets, however, seem to twinkle less. They are much closer to the earth, so they appear as relatively broad reflective bodies rather than points of light. Because of this, the twinkling effect is very small. This is one way to tell whether you’re looking at a planet or a star.
(Source: wwenglish.com)
SHANGHAI, April 7 (Xinhua) — China’s only camelback truss bridge, Waibaidu, known as “Grandma’s Bridge” among Shanghai locals, had half of its span pulled onto a barge on Monday, destined for a shipyard and a thorough overhaul.
Built in 1907, the Waibaidu Bridge was the first steel truss bridge built in China and the only surviving example of camelback truss bridge in the country. Many movies depicting the dashing industrial boom in old Shanghai were shot here.
On Monday, the 52-meter northern half span of the bridge, weighing about 600 tonnes, was lifted up by 1.4 meters and moved onto the barge. The southern part had been removed in the same way on Sunday.
“The lifting movement was made by taking advantage of a high-tide on Suzhou Creek,” explained Mao Anji, a manager overseeing the Bund Refurbishment Project in Shanghai.
The bridge’s repair plan is aimed to preserve the original appearance of the weather-worn bridge, which is a part of efforts to restore the city’s famed waterfront under the Bund Refurbishment Project.
“The bridge’s steel portions were transported to shipyard to remove dust and repair damaged parts. The restored span will be reopened around March 2009,” said Mao
Traffic on the landmark bridge was closed on March 1, when workers started to remove electricity and cables that run through the bridge in preparations for the lift.
In preparation for the World Expo in 2010, Shanghai has budgeted 28.6 billion yuan (3.7 billion U.S. dollars) to transform the city. Outdated steel factories are being relocated and shabby buildings dismantled.
The city, which now has 150,000 foreign residents and receives 6 million foreign tourists annually, is expected to host 70 million tourists by 2010.
(Source: en.beijing2008.cn)
Roughly 2500 to 3000 years ago, Zhou people lived a poetic life as described in Zhouli (Ritual of Zhou Dynasty) and Shijing (The Book of Songs, China’s first ancient poems collections). The profile and the details of Zhou people, whether from archeological evidences or in people’s imagination, are intriguing and thought provoking. However, we do not know exactly the location of the dynasty’s capital and the tombs of its kings.
Robe and Bronze Dancer
Is Zhouyuan the site of the Western Zhou capital?
It was recorded in the literature that Zhouyuan, which is at the foot of Qi Shan, or Mountain Qi, is where Zhou people lived before they overthrew the Shang Dynasty (16-11th century BC). A large quantity of bronze wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed there since the Qing Dynasty has proved this point. Therefore, a lot of archeological researches to look for the Western Zhou capital have been carried out here since the 1930s.
In 1976, there was an important archeological finding in Zhouyuan. Archeologists found two large-scale building relics and excavated a large quantity of oracle bones. The more important finding appeared in December of that year, in which 103 pieces of bronze wares were found.
In 2003, archeologists had more harvest, when about 27 pieces of bronze wares in the cellar were unearthed in Yangjiacun Village, and later thousands of potteries in a Western Zhou workshop were unearthed. The pottery was made in different periods of the dynasty.
（Source: chinaculture.org）
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