Free Republic

A centuries-old tomb uncovered in China reveals a stunning discovery that challenges everything we know about the Tang dynasty. Among the vibrant murals, a mysterious foreign figure stands out. A Panoramic View Of The Tomb. Photo courtesy of Jinyang Ancient City Research Institute | The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel ========================================================================= In 2018, construction work on a road in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, led to an unexpected archaeological discovery. Researchers uncovered a tomb from the Tang dynasty, dated to the year 736 AD, that contained detailed murals illustrating everyday life during that period. The tomb...

The government wants to destroy the mountain top "Heaven’s Gate". Perhaps a motorway will pass through the area. Great security measures to control thousands of faithful. The sanctuary was built in 1924. Every year, on September 15th, tens of thousands of pilgrims come from all over China.Taiyuan (AsiaNews) - Thousands of faithful came on pilgrimage to Dongergou, near Taiyuan (Shanxi), to the shrine of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, which is celebrated on September 15 in the Church. This year, in addition to reasons of faith, the faithful were further concerned...

BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- China has successfully test-fired its first four-stage solid-fuel launch vehicle capable of putting small satellites into space, a spokesperson for the developer said on Wednesday. The spokesperson for China Aerospace Science & Industry Corp (CASIC) said that the successful test on Sept. 16 at north China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center makes China the third country in the world capable of developing such rockets after the United States and Russia. The newly-developed rocket is capable of putting up to 100-kg satellites into orbit around the earth for resources exploration, environmental monitoring and survey, scientific experiments...

China launched the second in its Zi Yuan-2 (ZY-2) series of photo-reconnaissance satellites from the Tai Yuan centre on 27 October using a CZ-4B launch vehicle. The first ZY-2 satellite was launched on 1 September 2000. The approximately 1.5 tonnes ZY-2 satellite is the military version of the ZY-1/China Brazil Earth Resource Satellite (CBERS) platform that China developed jointly with Brazil for use as a civilian remote-sensing satellite. The ZY-1 version has an advertised operational lifetime of two years and it would be reasonable to assume that the military version has the same planned lifetime. The first ZY-2 satellite...