Zhaozhou Bridge, built in the Sui Dynasty with natural stones, is the oldest and best preserved stone arch bridge in the world. It has experienced 10 floods, 8 wars, and many earthquakes, but it still hasn't fallen down and remains intact as before.
The history of Guangzhou (214 B.C. - now), in the 2228 year history, no matter how Guangzhou developed, the city center of Guangzhou has never changed (roughly within today's Yuexiu District). In the world, there are only three cities in this mode of urban transformation: the other two are Rome, the capital of Italy, and Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt. It has been 2700 years since Rome and 2346 years since Alexander.
An incandescent bulb in the Sixth Fire Station in Livermore, California, USA, has been on since it was first put into use in 1901. The power supply stopped several times in the process, and went out briefly in 1976 and 2013. Its filament has been burning from 60 watts at the beginning to 4 watts now. It is still emitting light after 113 years.
The bronze sword unearthed from the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty is still as bright as new after sleeping for more than 2000 years. The surface of the sword is covered with a layer of 10 micrometer chromium salt compound. The method of oxidation treatment of chromium salt was invented and patented by Germany in 1937 and the United States in 1950. There is a bronze sword bent more than 45 degrees by the terracotta warriors in Pit 1 of the Terra Cotta Warriors. When the terracotta warriors are removed, the sword bounces straight in an instant, which is the "shape memory alloy" dreamed of in contemporary aerospace technology.
We often say that the four ancient civilizations are ancient Egypt (northeastern Africa and western Asia), ancient Babylon (western Asia), ancient India (southern Asia) and China (eastern Asia). Note: Do not add the word "ancient" before "China". Why? Because China is the only one of the four ancient civilizations that has not been interrupted and continues to this day. Today's China is ancient China, but today's India and Egypt have nothing to do with ancient India and Egypt, while the ancient Babylon was the first to die.
Egypt had declined before BC. By the time of the Ptolemy Dynasty (Europeans rather than the original Egyptians), almost no one could use ancient Egyptian characters. Today's Indians are descendants of Aryan people who moved in more than 1000 years BC. The original Harappa civilization has long died out, and the Aryan Sanskrit was once lost, which was interpreted by Westerners. Their history was also revealed by Western archaeology.
However, our Chinese civilization has not been interrupted since ancient times and has been continuing.
To this day, we speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, with various cultural customs inherited from ancient times. It can be said that our civilization will continue to be inherited in the future.
We hope that beautiful things will never wither, just like the standing rock on the majestic mountain. No matter how many years have passed, they are still there.
Whether as an individual or as an enterprise or a group, we do not mean that we have to make earth shaking contributions to the world, but at least we can make things better.
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