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The world's oldest profession. What is it? Wait! Before you answer, look at this object in the red circle. It's a ceramic amphora, the ancient equivalent of a shipping container. Its discovery among hundreds of others off the coast of Israel means the world's oldest profession might be the supply chain. Ha. I knew it! This discovery is part of the cargo from the oldest ocean-going ship ever found, which is over 3,000 years old. This sunken ship changes our understanding of ancient mariner abilities because it's the first ancient wreck located at a position with no line of sight to any landmass. The discovery also means the scale of multinational trade in the ancient world was more significant than we thought. So, if you work in the supply chain and someone asks what you do at a BBQ, tell them you work in the world's oldest profession. ⛵🏺 Much more about this rare shipwreck: https://bit.ly/RareWreck --- #SupplyChain

Detail inside a Tainan temple, Taiwan

𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 ‘𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺’.... The river vapor from Jilin’s Songhua river meeting the cold air creates beautiful rimes on the hanging willow trees along the river. Thousands of tourists visit Jilin City in the Norther province of the same name during winter to witness the breathtaking views of the trees with rime along the river bank. It is especially abundant at the beginning of winter when the river water is still warm but the frosty winter air fast approaching. A few weeks of true fairyland before the river has become frozen and the water cooled down. Though the rime remains well into the wintertime. Jilin City 吉林市 is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. With a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants, the city has an ancient history of importance and turbulence in Manchuria (the north-east part of China) since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The city has cold, dry winters (January mean temperature −15.4 °C) and rather hot, humid summers (July averages 23.3 °C). The city is the closest major Chinese city to Russia’s Vladivostok, a drive of about 600km and have considerable mutual influence of commerce and culture near the border. The city co-hosted the Asian Winter Games in 2007, together with Changchun, the capital of Jilin province.   #china #china2023 #wintertime #jilin #chinesesociety #chineseculture #chinesehistory

Detail inside a Tainan temple. Taiwan

China's Chang'e-6 to return to earth with collected samples from moon’s far side #latest #vanakkammalaysia #China #Chang'e-6 #return #earth #collected #samples #moon #far #side #trendingnewsmalaysia #malaysiatamilnews #fyp #vmnews #foryoupage

𝙄 𝙇𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙈𝙮 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 (𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚) 𝙄𝙣 𝙎𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 With the current APEC Leaders' meeting being held at San Francisco, I think it is interesting to visit its Chinese name as it is unique. This is because it is common for the Chinese to call it 旧金山 (Jiu Jin Shan) lit. old gold mountain than the transliterated name 三藩市 (San Fan Shi). When referring to names of countries and cities, you will find that transliterated names are preferred like New York which is 纽约 (Niu Yue) as I think it is helpful as foreigners could pick up what you mean when you are trying to strike up a conversation. Actually one misconception I find on the internet is that some people think that Chinese are admirers of the US given that its Chinese name is 美国 lit. beautiful country. This is incorrect as 美国 is an abbreviation of the full name 美利坚合众国 and 美利坚 (Mei Li JIan) is the transliteration of America and 合众国 is the literal translation of "United States". You might have noticed that "A" sound is missing in the transliteration but actually in the unequal Treaty of Wanghia (望厦条约) signed in 1844, US was known as 亚美理驾洲大合众国 and 亚美理驾 (Ya Mei Li Jia) is actually a complete transliterated name than 美利坚. A copy of the treaty is attached in the comments. As for #旧金山, the gold mountain refers to the gold mine and with the California gold rush that began in 1848, it attracted mainly Chinese from Guangdong region to seek a better life for himself and his family by working at the gold mines, and we know these are risky jobs. But if San Francisco is "old" gold mountain, then what is the "new" gold mountain? Indeed 新金山 (new gold mountain) refers to the discovery of gold mines in Melbourne from 1950s onwards which attracted Chinese workers too. 🔗#david_tbk_china ➽ #China posts #chinesehistory #sanfrancisco

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Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie.

Under the bright starry sky of Chinese civilization. Kunlun Mountain is like a dazzling star, telling the story and mystery of thousands of years. #KaiyiX7 sails to this ancient and sacred land with a confident attitude, ready to write a new legend on the top of Kunlun. #Kaiyi#KeepYoungKeepFun##KaiyiKunlunAdventure