History should not be forgotten!

1. The Book of Time: A Precious Record of History

History, like a heavy book, its pages are engraved with bits and pieces of human civilization. This history book not only records our glorious moments, but also witnesses our setbacks and failures. Every page is our foundation and a beacon for mankind to move forward. By studying history deeply, we can understand past decisions, choices and actions, thus better shaping our present and providing guidance for future decisions. History is a bridge to the future, and we should maintain respect and awe for it.

2. The danger of forgetting: the lessons of historical loss

However, the passage of time sometimes makes some historical events drift away and even be forgotten. This kind of forgetting is not harmless. The loss of history means the loss of valuable lessons and experiences. We draw wisdom from history and learn lessons from failure. Only by remembering history can we better avoid falling into the same mistake. Every country and every nation has a unique history. Only by inheriting and learning can we better understand our cultural identity and lay a solid foundation for future development.

3. Guardian of History: Authenticity and Responsibility

In the process of cherishing history, we must become the guardians of history. History should be true, not deliberately forgotten or tampered with. This requires everyone’s joint efforts, and it is our responsibility to maintain the authenticity of history. Only true history can be the source of our wisdom and guide us forward. We should try our best to protect the integrity of history, so that every historical event leaves a trace and cannot be forgotten. Through joint efforts, we can ensure that history will not be forgotten and become the driving force and guide for us to keep moving forward.

What painful memories, history is always strikingly similar, a few pictures see through history.

The ancients did not deceive me. This posture is really comfortable.

When I was a child after 1980, I was scolded by my parents for only watching TV;

When I was a child after 90, I was scolded by my parents and only knew how to play computer.

After 00, I am being scolded by my parents who only know how to play mobile phones;

I used to be addicted to smoking cigarettes, but now I am addicted to playing mobile phones.

I used to beg from passers-by on the roadside, but now I ask netizens for money in front of my mobile phone.

Watch less mobile phones and spend more time with your family. The scenery outside is actually beautiful.

In the past, friends’ parties were all about going to the smoking house, but now friends’ parties are all about taking a shower.

The couple used to smoke together, but now they watch it together.

History is always strikingly similar. In the past, wearing a yellow vest was a royal, but now wearing a yellow vest is a beautiful group.

I sent prisoners together in previous lives, and now I send people meals together.

I used to keep my knife, but now my bag is carried everywhere.

In the past, the Kingsguard was very arrogant when going out. Now, when it rains, you have to run. If you don’t run, you will have no money.

The only constant is that it used to serve people, and now it still serves people.

I used to stand on the side of the road with a stick and a bowl, but now I walk on the road with a mobile phone and a tube.

I guess your posture is like this now.

A few decades ago, a foreigner put forward a theory, "nipple music". It is to create a closed circle and trap the energy of ordinary people in it, so that they have no strength to think about themselves. And this circle is mobile phones and television.

Put down the phone and look up more.

Follow the footsteps of fashion trends

The latest trends of fashion brands

Fashion trends are always changing, and each season has different trends and popular elements.

The latest fashion trends show the innovative ability and forward-looking vision of brands. For example, in autumn and winter this year, many brands have launched turtle neck as their main item, because turtle neck can not only keep warm, but also show fashionable and generous temperament.

The second paragraph: collocation skills of popular elements

When wearing, the correct collocation can make you more fashionable and show your unique style.

When paired with turtle neck, you can choose a pair of slim jeans or a pair of popular wide-leg pants, which is in contrast with turtle neck and shows a fashionable and generous feeling.

In addition, it can be paired with a pair of fashionable boots or wild white shoes to enhance the overall fashion.

The third paragraph: the representative works of the brand

Fashion brands have been trying to launch representative works to bring new fashion experiences to consumers.

For example, brand X recently launched an innovative turtle neck with unique materials and tailoring, which is both warm and fashionable.

This turtle neck is not only suitable for middle-aged women to wear, but also suitable for young people to show their personality.

The fourth paragraph: the influence of brand in fashion.

The influence of a brand in the fashion world is determined by its strength, popularity and influence.

Brand X has won a good reputation in the fashion world with its innovative design and unique style, and attracted a large number of loyal consumers.

Turtle neck with brand X has become a hot item in fashion, and has been loved and sought after by many people.

The fifth paragraph: summary and thinking

Fashion trends change rapidly, and brands need to innovate constantly to meet the needs of consumers.

As a part of fashion trend, turtle neck can not only bring people a sense of fashion, but also keep warm, especially suitable for wearing in cold weather.

It is suggested that consumers choose turtle neck that suits their own style, and reasonably match other clothes to show their unique personality.

Finally, do you prefer fashion or keep your own personal style?

What do you think of the latest trends and popular elements of fashion brands?

Leave a message to share your thoughts!

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China Automobile Association: Automobile production and sales are expected to hit a record high this year, exceeding the forecast target.

China Automobile Association expects that the China auto market will usher in a perfect ending in 2023.

On December 11th, according to the data of China Automobile Industry Association, in November this year, the production and sales of automobiles were 3.093 million and 2.97 million respectively, up 7% and 4.1% from the previous month and 29.4% and 27.4% from the same period last year. In November, the performance of the automobile market continued to improve, exceeding expectations. The automobile output reached a record high and the sales volume was close to 3 million.

From the perspective of the whole year, from January to November, the production and sales of automobiles were 27.111 million and 26.938 million, respectively, up by 10% and 10.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2 and 1.7 percentage points higher than that in January-October.

According to the China Automobile Association, in November, the auto market continued to be hot. With the help of the "double 11" promotion and other consumer waves, the demand for car purchase was further released, and the market performance continued to improve and exceeded expectations. In the same month, the production and sales of automobiles increased year-on-year, passenger cars continued their good trend, commercial vehicles maintained rapid growth, and new energy vehicles and automobile exports led the growth of the industry.

The China Automobile Association believes that in the same month, the production and sales of automobiles increased year-on-year, and new energy vehicles and automobile exports played a strong supporting role. Specifically, in November, the domestic sales volume of automobiles was 2.488 million, up 5.2% from the previous month and 24.3% from the same period last year. Automobile exports reached 482,000 vehicles, down 1.1% month-on-month and up 46.3% year-on-year. From January to November, the domestic sales of automobiles reached 22.526 million, up 4.7% year-on-year; Automobile exports reached 4.412 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 58.4%.

As far as new energy vehicles are concerned, the domestic sales volume in November was 929,000, up 11.7% from the previous month and 33.9% from the same period last year. The export of new energy vehicles was 97,000 vehicles, a decrease of 21.8% from the previous month and a year-on-year increase of 1.6%. From January to November, the domestic sales volume of new energy vehicles was 7.212 million, a year-on-year increase of 31.7%; New energy vehicles exported 1.091 million vehicles, up 83.5% year-on-year.

In view of December, the China Automobile Association expects that with the continuous emergence of policy effects, auto shows and promotional activities in various places will continue to exert their strength, and in addition, enterprises will finish their sprint in the last month. It is expected that the auto market will continue to improve in December, reappearing the phenomenon of "tail-jumping" at the end of the year.According to the judgment of China Automobile Association, automobile production and sales are expected to hit a record high throughout the year, exceeding the expected annual forecast target.

In December, 2022, China Automobile Association predicted that the total automobile sales in China in 2023 would be 27.6 million, up 3% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of passenger cars was 23.8 million, the sales volume of commercial vehicles was 3.8 million and the sales volume of new energy vehicles was 9 million.

Smart cars compete for "upgrading", how to start?

Image source: Extreme Vietnam official

Near the end of the year, although the "Golden September and Silver 10" has ended, the competition among major car companies has not been resolved, but there are signs of a new round of price war.

At present, the industry has entered the year-end impulse stage, and in November, many brand car companies announced price reduction concessions. Extreme Yue 01 announced the price adjustment of the whole department, with a minimum starting price of 219,900 yuan, a further reduction of 5,000 yuan for new replacement users and a cash compensation of 30,000 yuan for users who have already picked up the car. And some of the best-selling models of BYD Dynasty Network and Ocean Network have also reduced their prices by 3000-18000 yuan. In addition, in November, brands such as Euler, Krypton, Ideality, Ai ‘an, and Lectra all launched cash discounts and various promotional items ranging from 5,000 to 40,000 yuan.

From the end of 2023, this only one month is a critical period for car companies, which is directly related to the achievement of their respective annual sales targets. At this point, the "price war" of car companies that almost ran through the whole year also came to the closing moment.

Along with the intensive push of new products by major car companies and the multi-party competition of price wars this year, there may be some deeper thinking for the whole industry besides feelings.

In the last year or two, apart from the price war, what should major car companies roll up? Or what is the core element of the enterprise’s survival and even its advantage in the increasingly fierce market competition?

At present, the competition of new energy vehicles is becoming more and more fierce, and intelligence has become a new position for major brands to compete for. In addition to traditional car manufacturers, Wei Xiaoli and other new forces to build cars, automobile brands backed by Internet giants such as Jiyue and Wenjie have also joined the battle.

In the past, under the traditional logic, the automobile industry often focused on volume design, volume configuration and volume cost performance. In this competitive environment, in order to compete for market share, automobile manufacturers often sell their cars at low prices. In the eyes of the industry, price war is not a sustainable competitive strategy, and enterprises need to consider more important competitive factors such as quality, technology and service to achieve long-term development goals.

Then, when the domestic auto market enters the intelligent "second half" competition, what should the auto companies roll up?

A price war that swept through the whole year has made major car companies play a "real fire" and have come up with housekeeping skills in order to seize more market share. However, to the surprise of most people, Huawei, which was relatively quiet in the first half of the year, began a concentrated outbreak in the second half of the year. No one expected that the new car-making force, originally represented by "Wei Xiaoli", will now be replaced by new car-making brands blessed by technology companies and become the focus of market attention.

From Huawei’s announcement of the independence of BU business, to the listing of Zhijie S7, to Yu Chengdong’s public invitation to Cyrus, Chery, Jianghuai, BAIC and FAW to join the new joint venture company. Although Huawei does not build cars, its every move will attract the attention of the entire automobile industry.

From the perspective of the industry, the leading intelligent driving and intelligent cockpit technology, coupled with excellent car definition and design, user experience building, and marketing and sales capabilities, will become the "strength puzzle" that major car companies will compete to complete.

Coincidentally, in the current car-making industry, there is also a company that has also assembled this "explosive configuration" early, that is, the extreme leap created by Geely and Baidu.

The two companies have leading strengths in the technology industry and the automobile industry respectively, and the more they can get sufficient resources from the two companies. Thanks to the blessing of these two companies, Baidu’s powerful AI capability has become a sharp weapon to break the circle of Extreme Yue 01, and it has also become the world’s first smart car with a large model "getting on the bus". "ERNIE Bot" has made SIMO’s IQ reach a new height.

According to Xia Yiping, CEO of Jidu and Extreme Yue, Extreme Yue 01 is the first "real" smart car in China, and the core of its intelligence is that it is the first car equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip in China. The 8295 chip brings the intelligent cabin voice interaction ability beyond the same level and the smoothness of the car comparable to that of the mobile phone, which is regarded as a "revolutionary change" by Xia Yiping, and the car finally has the confidence to fight head-on with the mobile phone.

Another selling point of Extreme Yue 01 is the intelligent driving system. Extreme Yue is the first automobile brand in China, and it is also the only smart car brand that adopts the "pure vision" intelligent driving scheme at present. As a "developer" of pure visual mode, Tesla’s domestic version of Model Y only provides high-speed intelligent assisted driving, while urban scenes and automatic parking are missing. The beta version of FSD has just entered the owner’s manual.

PPA, the core function of the high-order intelligent driving system carried by Extreme Yue 01, has run through the urban roads in Shanghai and achieved "zero takeover" in the whole process. The system has Baidu Apollo’s full set of advanced autopilot capabilities and security system empowerment. Baidu Apollo has always been regarded as one of the leading companies in autonomous driving technology in the industry.

Now, the results are finally reflected in the body of Extreme Yue 01. Empowered by Baidu Apollo, the intelligent driving system of Extreme Yue 01 applies the "pure vision" scheme of BEV (God’s perspective) +Transformer (a neural network model for processing sequence data). Based on dual NVIDIA DRIVE Orin chips, the AI computing power reaches 508 TOPS. Some insiders said that at present, in the competition of the first echelon in the field of smart driving, the main competitor of Baidu Apollo is Huawei.

All high-level intelligent capabilities are leading "out of the box". With the blessing of benchmarking intelligent capabilities, Extreme Yue 01 has also become a popular exhibition area at the Guangzhou Auto Show.

With the advent of the era of new energy vehicles, more and more family consumers began to focus on 200,000-300,000 high-end pure electric SUVs, which made the competition in this market segment more and more fierce. In the past, the main products in this price range were often immersed in the competition of comfortable configuration. Even if there are occasional models with "black technology" as the selling point, it is often the "lamp factory" like Audi that produces fancy lamps, or the engine technology of German and Japanese car companies has been improved.

Nowadays, independent brands have begun to focus on building high-end intelligent pure electric vehicles and launched an impact on the high-end market. Without exception, these models are full of scientific and technological content: high-computing chips, lidar, intelligent cockpit, etc. have almost become the standard of "high-end". The slogan "entry-level is high" has also been heard many times.

"Volume" is the key word of China automobile market in 2023. From competing product functions, to competing technology and iterative ability, the competition in the auto market has become fierce. Under such a market background, it is not easy for latecomers to break the game. The combination of car companies and technology companies will become a new trend to drive the development of the entire smart electric vehicle industry.

Just as the sale of domestic Tesla a few years ago led to the explosion of the new energy vehicle market. Nowadays, the smart car ecology blessed by Baidu, Huawei and other technology companies will play the role of Tesla’s "catfish" and drive the smart electric vehicle industry into a new game stage, which is undoubtedly at the forefront.

At the end of 2022, because the new energy car purchase subsidy will end in 2023, a considerable number of potential users chose to buy cars in advance before the year, in order to catch the last bus of subsidies.

However, what no one expected was that after entering 2023, Tesla’s price reduction directly plunged the price of new energy vehicles, and it was normal for new energy vehicles to offer a discount of 30,000 to 50,000. Now, car companies have started the mode of rushing sales at the end of the year. After last year’s "lesson", some consumers are cautious about the concessions given by car companies. It can be seen that a simple price war has been difficult to effectively stimulate users’ desire to buy a car.

In this context, how to grasp users’ core car purchase demands and give them sufficient "car purchase confidence" has gradually become the focus of a new round of game, and major car companies have begun to focus on car purchase rights.

In the past, when we bought a car, we paid more attention to the official selling price and the floor price given by dealers. With the rise of the direct sales model, it seems that only the officially announced model price is left for consumers who buy new energy vehicles. Under the background of the "rights war" of car companies, some cognitive "misunderstandings" have also emerged from the traditional perspective.

Take the Extreme Yue 01 listed last month as an example. The earliest official price of this car was 249,900. After seeing this price, many people seem to label the Extreme Yue 01 as not cost-effective. In fact, this single-dimensional algorithm not only ignores the software and hardware advantages of Extreme Yue 01 in terms of intelligent cabin and intelligent driving, but also ignores the small order rights of Extreme Yue 01 and the car purchase rights of 70,000 yuan. In fact, if all kinds of rights and interests are added up, the "intelligence-price ratio" of Jiyue 01 will remain highly competitive among competing products.

But Ji Yue is not satisfied with this. On November 30th, Extreme Yue announced the launch of a new pricing policy and rights: from now on, all models of Extreme Yue 01 (Extreme Yue 01 Max or Extreme Yue 01 Max Performance) will be purchased according to the latest price standard. In addition, the optional package of 100kWh ternary lithium battery offers a discount of 10,000 yuan (limited time), and the 720km battery life version of Extreme Yue 01 Max (that is, the optional 100kWh battery package) offers a maximum discount of 40,000 yuan.

Based on the new price policy and rights and interests, the price of the entry-level version of Extreme Yue 01 has been increased to 219,900 yuan. Compared with other models in the industry, such as Tucki G9, Aouita 11 (panoramic car viewing), Wenjie M7 and Tesla Model Y, the discount is at least 30,000 yuan.

For the old users who have picked up the car, Extreme Vietnam will give cash compensation of 30,000 yuan difference according to the latest model price. Immediately, the next step is to add 12 months of "pure vision" high-level intelligent driving ROBO Drive Max free subscription, lifetime vehicle/three-electricity warranty, lifetime free road rescue and many other rights and interests. Not only that, users who lock orders in 2023 can upgrade the U-shaped steering wheel for free, and receive UWB keys for free when picking up the car during the year.

Judging from the trend of the new energy vehicle market this year, the discount given by car companies for the year-end sales volume is indeed great, but to say how the specific effect is, it will eventually fall above the user’s demand.

At this point, although the brand of Extreme Yue was born soon, its response speed to the market is still very fast in controlling users’ thinking.

After the previous launch conference of Extreme Yue 01, the official received a lot of feedback from users, thinking that the optional package of Extreme Yue 01 was complicated and difficult to understand, and everyone did not approve of bundling the optional 21-inch wheels with the comfortable suit. Extremely aware of the important value of user feedback to new products and new rights and interests, Extreme Yue set up a special group overnight and completed the rights and interests adjustment plan the next day.

In fact, for the brand of new car-making power, it is difficult to "start" under the background of price war, and every penny should be spent on the cutting edge. For brands such as Jiyue, Wenjie and Zhijie, which have the empowerment of technology companies and occupy a certain opportunity in intelligent games, it is more necessary to grasp the needs of users while competing for technology.

Therefore, Xia Yiping constantly stressed on various occasions that technological development needs a process. As a product to be listed soon, it is impossible for Extreme Yue 01 to lead to a decline in the whole product experience because of too advanced technical iteration. Extreme Yue 01 will provide users with the best solution in intelligence, but it will not blindly pursue the application of cutting-edge technology and lose some product experience.

Since this year, the "price war" in the domestic auto market has gradually escalated. Tucki G6, Wenjie New M7, New Lantu FREE, 2024 Tucki X9, Lingke 08EM-P, Zhiji LS6 and Feifan R7, and so on, all have embarked on the road of low price when they go public.

Under the double pressure of price war and rights war, the test is not only the research and development and reserve of intelligent technology of car companies, but also the competition of "bearing capacity" of the whole enterprise.

For Ji Yue, "birth" does give Ji Yue a "pressure resistance" that is different from other new brands of car making. Geely Holding Group and Baidu Group, as strategic partners of the automotive robot project, are extremely powerful capital backing.

Based on the vast architecture of the world-leading SEA, Geely Holding Group gives full play to its competitive advantages in the fields of R&D, manufacturing and supply chain management, deeply integrates automotive intelligence and networking technology, and is responsible for manufacturing intelligent leading automotive robots. Baidu is the world’s leading AI model company, and also a leading enterprise in autonomous driving technology. It fully opens up the latest and most advanced AI technology capabilities such as intelligent cockpit, intelligent driving and ERNIE Bot, and empowers automobile robots.

Under the joint efforts of the two, compared with other new forces, it has got rid of the complicated links such as the construction of heavy-asset production plants, chassis development, and research and development of autonomous driving technology. It can bring users a smarter and more intimate product experience to the greatest extent under the innate advantages of mature vehicle architecture, top-notch car production line, high-quality supply chain system and Baidu AI technology.

Although, at present, the alliance between technology companies and automobile companies has not yet formed a certain road to success. But what is certain is that this powerful alliance composed of head car companies and technology companies will become the "darling" in the market competition for a long time to come, and will even have an impact on the development of the entire intelligent electric vehicle industry.

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This group of fashion blockbusters in Zhejiang is on fire! Models and behind-the-scenes teams were exposed, and netizens praised them.

How girly can an 88-year-old grandmother feel?

Recently, Huzhou, Zhejiang

A group of fashion blockbusters shot by grandma Wu Ziqiao.

Get praise from netizens

"What a foreign flavor, this is the most fashionable country grandma!"

Elegant tea in Republic of China style cheongsam

Put on sunglasses and turn into a cool "supermodel"

Wearing sunglasses is very cool.

Laughing in a rice field in a pink dress

The old man Wu Ziqiao in the photo is 88 years old this year.

I live in the rural area of South Taihu Lake New District in Huzhou.

This plan was put forward by Grandma Wu’s granddaughter-in-law.

The grandchildren in the family work together.

Be a makeup artist, a field worker and a photographer.

It took an afternoon.

In our own yard and rice fields at our doorstep.

Completed three groups of theme photo shooting.

Granddaughter-in-law Yu Jiabiao said

Grandma has a strong sense of camera.

A little instruction in an action will get her message.

"Grandma said she was embarrassed,

But physically honest,

I am particularly energetic when I change clothes and make up.

Very happy. "

In the eyes of granddaughter Zack Zhang,

Grandma is a "treasure girl"

Like to follow the fashion and have a young mind.

Grandchildren often take grandma Wu to experience new things.

Camping, drinking coffee and eating ice cream have all been tried.

Still often in the village with her old girlfriends

"Show off" the new things you experience

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Grandma Wu suffered a lot when she was young.

Widowed in his early years, he raised five children alone.

But always strong and optimistic.

Or the first batch of old party member who joined the party in the village.

Zack Zhang said that grandma is always very enthusiastic.

Even if you meet a strange young man running a business in the village.

Will take the initiative to invite people to have a potluck at home.

"Our grandmother to the world.

Always be warm and kind. "

Speaking of the past, Grandma Wu’s eyes are red.

But when it comes to life now,

Soon her eyes were full of smiles.

Grandma Wu’s family is now living under one roof for four generations.

There are more than a dozen people in a large family.

Every holiday, children and grandchildren will go back to their hometown to accompany her.

Family photos are hung on the walls of the house.

There are also photos of Grandma Wu’s trip.

Talking about the secret of longevity health care

Grandma Wu smiled brightly.

"Just be happy and in a good mood.

Don’t worry about everything. "

I wish grandma Wu happy every day!

Comprehensive: Zhejiang News, User Comments

Source: Hangzhou Daily

Can China Automobile Design Change the World? Geely automobile seizes the commanding heights of the industry

In the new era of electrified and intelligent automobiles, the international competitiveness and influence of China automobile enterprises are constantly improving. In order to promote the transformation from China manufacturing to China creation, China needs to create a brand-new design discourse system with its own characteristics.

On December 6th, the 10th Anniversary Forum of 2023 International Automobile Design and Geely Design was held in Shanghai. Dozens of influential figures covering production, learning, research and media were invited to attend and discuss with Geely how "good design has the power to change the world".

"Design is crucial. Design is not only an important reference standard for consumers to choose products, but also a key factor to determine product quality and the core competitiveness of Geely Automobile. " Yan Jiayue, CEO of Geely Automobile Group, said so.

According to reports, since its establishment in 2013, Geely Design has taken it as its responsibility to promote China’s independent automobile design in the new era. From "Damei China Car" to the rise of China’s independent design, to "Geely Yinhe" taking the lead in creating a new paradigm of China design in the era of smart electric. Geely constantly drives China automobile to climb the value peak again and again with its design, which affects the trend of automobile design in China and even the world.

Among them, Geely Yinhe E8 is the way out for Geely’s design-not compromising the existing conditions, constantly fighting against the entropy increase of design, and finding a beautiful order in the disorderly pattern.

Liu Ning, president of China Industrial Design Association, said: "We are very happy to see that it is an outstanding representative of an independent brand like Geely who is developing into a smart electric travel and energy service technology-based enterprise with global design competitiveness and influence, and constantly winning the recognition of the international community and global consumers."

Facing the opportunities and challenges of the times, China’s automobile design must change from single-point breakthrough to system capacity improvement. As Liu Ning said, "The design of new energy vehicles in China is not only the design of a single model, but also the design of the whole system, the whole value chain and the whole industrial chain".

If China’s automobile design wants to establish its own voice in the world, it needs to cooperate with all parties inside and outside the industry to participate in the promotion. The independent brand represented by Geely will promote the deep integration of Industry-University-Research, cultivate the future new force of China automobile design, and run out of the "acceleration" of independent training of talents.

In this forum, Geely Design, together with China Academy of Fine Arts, released the White Paper on China Automobile Design Discourse System (First Edition) in the field of automobile design in China, aiming at exploring the forward-looking thinking of China automobile design theory and system construction under the great changes. The release of this white paper has supplemented and improved the research system of automobile design in China, or it will become a landmark stop in the design history of automobile industry in China.

This year is the tenth year for Geely to explore the road of design. In the future, Geely Automobile will continue to contribute to the "good design" proposal of the world automobile development process and lead the industry to a new height in the development of the global automobile industry.

Fashion is superficial, but maybe it shouldn’t be so superficial.

Many people believe that the way they dress expresses their unique personality, but in fact, they are only highly in line with the sales needs and brand positioning of the capitalist fashion system. "

This passage comes from Enlightenment of Fashion. The authors of the book, Agnes Rocamora and Annike Mo Like, hit the nail on the head-her views are not new, but they are indeed in line with reality.

Like many things that look beautiful, the fashion industry seems to have made great strides in recent years and penetrated into the lives of most ordinary people, but this may not be the case. (Photo/vision china)

People are not only easy to get lost at crossroads, but also easy to lose their eyes in the process of pursuing fashion. Looking around, the elements of the trend are so crowded and similar. If the whole fashion industry had trampled presbyopia on the soles of their feet yesterday and thought it was a pedantic aristocratic class or a blind choice of the nouveau riche, presbyopia would have regained its crown overnight and become a symbol of elegance and eternity.

So, what are people chasing after?

Marx believes that fashion will become a symbol of a person’s social status whether it is artificial or not, and this symbolic meaning can be a means to create social identity and impression, and it can also "make people find their place in society".

Marx believes that fashion will become a symbol of a person’s social status whether it is artificial or not. /Figure ·unsplash

This thinker from Germany once lamented the importance of a coat to his academic research, and even played a decisive role. Otherwise, Das Kapital would be out of our reach. After all, "the reading room of the British Library is not accessible to anyone in a bad street, but a man without a coat is here".

Elegance is out of date.

Christian dior wrote in his notes: "Without elegance, women are left to blindly pursue fashion."

Now, elegance is not so important, it is just the core of the old world fashion circle. Nowadays, people put a lot of out-of-date fashion goods on their bodies and declare their taste with a bunch of repeated letters. When the navel dress is popular, it is hard not to see the belly button on the street; When the over-the-knee boots were hot, the knees disappeared without a trace.

Christian dior wrote in his notes: "Without elegance, women are left to blindly pursue fashion." /Figure ·unsplash

Like many things that look beautiful, the fashion industry seems to have made great strides in recent years and penetrated into the lives of most ordinary people, but this may not be the case.

Nada van den Berg, author of The Power of Fashion, believes that the last decade or more is a period when the fashion circle has become mediocre. On the one hand, some talented designers have died, some have lived in seclusion, some are at a low ebb, and some are hard to achieve much; On the other hand, due to the role of social media, a group of street designers with basically no connotation went out overnight.

This part of the designers intercepted individual factors in the master’s works and amplified them, which gave birth to a batch of explosions and directly affected the high-end fashion brands that were known for their classics and elegance in the past.

October 5, 2021, Paris, France, Paris Fashion Week 2022, Louis Vuitton brand show. (Photo/vision china)

Nada said that this phenomenon reached its climax with Virgil Abloh, the designer of Off-White, as the design director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, which caused great controversy. Although Virgil has passed away now, his influence on fashion is extremely profound, and it is hard to say whether this influence is good or bad.

For a long time, Virgil’s design ability has been questioned in the industry, and many designers who are trained in the class disdain him. Some people prefer to call him a "genius marketer" because he knows the aesthetics and needs of the public so well that he gives up an important principle as an artist, that is, leading.

In recent years, the fashion industry seems to have made great strides and penetrated into the lives of most ordinary people. /Figure ·unsplash

Obviously, Virgil chose to cater to the public, which also made Off-White one of the most famous street brands in the world. Along with it, there are also trend brands Vetements and Yeezy, three street brand giants, which have triggered many "earthquakes" in the fashion circle.

Before this, luxury brands and street trend brands were incompatible, but now, luxury goods have become "unrecognizable", and they no longer act as the leaders of ideological trends, but began to pursue these street brands. When Louis Vuitton chose a street brand founder to guide men’s clothing around the world, the trend of grassroots counterattack was revealed.

Virgil’s design concept was also questioned. In the speech of Harvard University School of Design in October 2017, Virgil talked about his secret of success: "Change the classic design by 3% and it will become my work." In fact, the "3 Percent Approach" is Virgil’s most important design guiding principle.

In the past, luxury brands and street fashion brands were incompatible, but now, luxury goods have become "unrecognizable". /Figure ·unsplash

On his design list, plagiarism has become a major factor, and he has been deeply involved in plagiarism for many times. The cooperative chair with IKEA looks like twins with the classic chair designed by American designer Paul McCobb; Virgil’s shoes designed for Louis Vuitton look like Air Jordan’s own son. In its Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2020 collection, it is difficult for people with good eyesight to tell the difference between the metal logo-linked blouse and the spring/summer women’s dress released by YSL” 2008 except that one letter is LV and the other letter is YSL.

In a broader sense, the current fashion is dominated by designers like Virgil. In them, fashion is short and perishable, and the transmission of symbols is vividly displayed.

Nada is obviously disappointed with this. She believes that by constantly creating explosions-although this partly reflects some characteristics of this era, the design without connotation will continue to repeat the story of popularity and disappearance, which will only kill their barren design concept and eventually lead to nothingness in the whole fashion industry.

Nada believes that by constantly creating explosions, it will eventually lead to the nothingness of the entire fashion industry. /Figure ·unsplash

Numéro’s reporter once asked karl lagerfeld which of Virgil, Jacquemus (founder of the eponymous fashion brand) and Jonathan Anderson (fashion director of Luo Yiwei) would choose to spend the time with him in the desert island. Lagerfeld’s answer is-I’d rather commit suicide.

Lagerfeld’s answer undoubtedly added a trace of sadness to the fashion circle of this era. Nada believes that we need talented designers like Rei Kawakubo, McQueen and Yves Saint-Laurent to create a new paradigm.

In the 1970s and 1990s, there were many masters in fashion. Under the background of social thoughts, philosophical thoughts and drastic political and economic changes, the fashion circle as a part of the cultural framework is full of stars. Those clothes that create a paradigm will never play with letters like today’s fashion clothes, or play some boring erotic edge balls, and there will be no terrible sight of thousands of clothes. At that time, it was the time to create masters of art, and now, it is the time to create marketing guru.

The 1970s and 1990s were the times to create masters of art, but now, it is the times to create marketing guru. /Figure ·unsplash

Supreme created money empire with seven letters and a red background, and artists rushed into the gold mine of street brands one after another. Together with online celebrity, stars, designers and crazy consumers, they created a consumption myth with endless co-branded money-this is Virgil’s favorite, and his nickname is "co-branded madman". When black and white stripes (Off-White signs) appear on Rimowa suitcase, this suitcase is not just Rimowa, and the extra money spent by consumers is used for the factory to buy black and white paint.

From bottom to top

Fashion is superficial, but maybe it shouldn’t be so superficial.

For more than a century, top-down has been corrected to bottom-up, that is, the more civilian, grassroots and street things are, the better. Of course, things in the upper class are good, but it’s best not to say them, which goes against the so-called political correctness law all over the world.

May 17th, 2021, Beijing, 2021 China International University Fashion Week, works exhibition of Beijing Union University Art College. (Photo/vision china)

But are street and civilian things really the best? What we need to distinguish is whether its goodness comes from itself or from our paranoia. On the other hand, nowadays, all the fashion brands have become identical multiple brothers, from the outline, color matching, letter arrangement to the selling price figures. What is the problem? This situation has also affected luxury brands. Compared with the past, the differences between Louis Vuitton, YSL and Gucci have narrowed dramatically.

All these phenomena point out that the cultural attribute of fashion is collapsing.

Today, the public is undoubtedly the aesthetic leader, designers cater to them, and capital is more open to the public’s preferences. But we have to understand that the aesthetic standard of the public is always based on another public. This kind of nature of being keen on convergence doesn’t even need a brain. People will brainwash themselves. If he wears it, she wears it, and they are all wearing it, then this thing must be good. But when the industry caters to this trend, the result is that the fashion circle may really need to be saved.

"Culture" with One Word and One Interpretation (Interpretation of Chinese Studies)

A picture represents a culture.

What is culture? Writing is "recording, expressing and commenting", while culture is "analysis, understanding and tolerance". The characteristics of culture are: history, content and story. Many philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, historians and linguists have been trying to define the concept of culture from the perspective of their respective disciplines. The above is a slightly official interpretation. I only interpret the word "culture" from a personal point of view or a biased point of view. Culture is root-seeking and positioning!

The second generation of grandparents and grandchildren read Disciples Rules.

Searching for roots means knowing where you come from.

As individuals, seeking roots means knowing who our ancestors are, and then we have some traditional clan genealogy. Who are our parents, grandparents and great-parents? I have been looking for it all the time. In the past, some people said that this person is well-rooted, well-born, and there are no unscrupulous people in the clan for three generations. He is a reliable person. What I am talking about here is his origin. Some big families have also formed their own clan culture. For example, Zeng Guofan once left a 16-character proverb: "If you are frugal, you will prosper, and if you are diligent, you will be healthy; Be diligent and frugal, and never be poor. " Manage the family by frugality.

Zeng GuofanI have always asked my family to live frugally and stay away from luxury. When he met aristocratic men in Beijing who were blindly extravagant, corrupt and profligate, he refused to let his children live in Beijing. His original wife has been leading her children to live in their hometown in the countryside, and the plaques of "Xiangfu" and "Houfu" are not allowed to hang outside the door. Zeng Guofan demanded that "we should be honest and frugal, and swear not to send any money to our families." My wife has no spare money at home, and cooks and textiles herself.

Diligent in learning. In addition to "frugality", Zeng Guofan’s other requirement for his children is "diligence". Zeng Guofan insisted on writing letters to his children, correcting poems for them and discussing various problems in his studies and life. He wrote to his son, Ceng Jize, asking him to dress neatly after getting up every day, to greet his uncle and uncle first, and then to clean all the houses before sitting down to study, practicing 1,000 words every day.

Zeng Guofan also urged his family to keep studying every day, and drew up a strict study plan for the whole family many times: "My family’s men are indispensable in reading, writing and writing. Women are indispensable for clothing, food, coarse (work) and fine (work). "

Attach importance to family education. Zeng Guofan had three sons and five daughters, and his youngest daughter, Ceng Jifen, lived to be 91 years old. In 1875, Ceng Jifen married Nie Jia in Hunan. Zeng Guofan stipulated that each daughter’s dowry should not exceed 200 taels of silver when she gets married, and there is also a homework list written by her father. Zeng Guofan wanted to train his daughter to be a diligent housewife. In fact, her daughter did better than her father expected.

A good clan culture can make a family flourish, as well as a nation. The nation is talking about history. China has a long history of 5,000 years. China people are honest, hardworking, brave, simple and intelligent, and there are many cultural classics handed down, such as the Book of Changes, the Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius and Mencius. All dynasties pay attention to cultural inheritance, and all dynasties pay attention to the compilation of historical books, such as Zi Zhi Tong Jian, which we are familiar with. For this inheritance that we should criticize, we should take what we have and give up, publicize it well, and abandon what does not meet the needs of contemporary society. China is also known as the country of etiquette, especially Confucius has always emphasized the rites of Zhou, and people pay attention to etiquette when they communicate with each other. The younger generation should salute when they see their elders, and the lower level should salute when they see their superiors. Confucius has always emphasized benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom, including the wisdom of the sages. If we don’t pay attention to inheritance and study, we won’t know our own culture. Then you don’t know your position.

As a country, it also needs cultural orientation, such as the 24-character socialist core values: prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, the rule of law, patriotism, professionalism, honesty and friendliness.

Culture is positioning.The Tang Priest has a classic sentence in Journey to the West: The poor monk Tang Xuanzang came from the Tang Dynasty in the east and went to the Western Heaven to worship the Buddha for Buddhist scriptures! This sentence illustrates the problem, always know.Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing? Where are you going? This is positioning.I’m Tang Xuanzang: I’m invited by the king of Tang to learn from the scriptures. My mission is to learn from the scriptures and constantly beat myself. I can’t complain about the superior king of Tang, the imperial court or bow to difficulties. At present, some Chinese people, as Chinese people, complain about the country all day, especially abroad, and forget who they are. Eating China’s water and food, instead of cursing the motherland and cursing mothers, such people are called unfilial descendants and forget their roots, but if they are also like this abroad, their nature will change, that is, the scum of the nation will become fake foreign devils. Especially in today’s epidemic, some clowns are jumping up and down and gossiping.

The word "filial piety" is from the old to the child, and the younger generation should honor the elders.

where i was from?The word "filial piety" is interpreted in Shuo Wen Jie Zi as being obedient to the old. Performance is inheritance, inheritance, and the premise of inheritance and inheritance is recognition, and recognition contains the meaning of respect and affirmation. Personally, we should recognize our parents, that is, respect and affirm their advantages, and our lives are subject to their parents, so we should know how to be grateful; The traditional genes of parents should be recognized, such as hard work, kindness and other good things, of course, they should be critically inherited and objectively evaluated, and they should be divided into two and not go to extremes. A family is like this, and so is a country and a nation. Don’t always scold your mother, you are not filial, and the luck of unfilial people is not much better! Because some genes in your parents come to an abrupt end on you, denying your ancestors, and your soul track has changed. . . . .

When it comes to filial piety, it means recognition first, and recognition at its peak means worship, and worship means reverence. China’s gods are all human beings, such as Fuxi, Guan Gong, Zhao Gongming, Yue Fei, etc. If we worship Guan Gong because of his loyalty, our fate will only change if we become such a person. Of course, more people pray for Guan Gong to protect and take care of themselves, because he has skill and he is a god, but the prerequisite for this kind of god to bless you is that you need it. We worship Guan Yu, and more importantly, we should straighten our mentality, learn to let go and become loyal people. When we worship a bodhisattva, we learn to be like a bodhisattva, learn to help others, and there is a saying that helping others is actually helping ourselves. The ancients paid attention to helping others and helping themselves. What kind of person you worship must be, so it will work, otherwise you can only be given a sentence: don’t burn incense at ordinary times, cram for the Buddha’s feet temporarily. Buddha can’t help you if you don’t do a good job in the early stage and worship Buddha temporarily.

Guan Gong pays attention to loyalty and righteousness.

Culture includes a lot of contents, too. Culture is condensed in the material and dissociated from the material. The history, geography, customs, traditional customs, lifestyle, literature and art, code of conduct, way of thinking and values of a country or nation that can be passed down are endless. Let’s stop here today! If you are not finished, please leave a message in the comments section!

Focus on nature-based cultural programs

The Forbidden City in Beijing is a world cultural heritage site. In 2022, on the east side of the Forbidden City, a small ecological green space began to be built against the wall. Covering an area of 150 square meters, the "Jianting Green Space" recorded a total of 37 species of designed planting plants, 42 species of autogenous plants and 29 species of animals.

The creation of biological living space is the field of urban ecology. In the high-density residential environment, the micro-green ecosystem of native plant communities is constructed to provide living space for birds, insects and other creatures. However, the most noteworthy phenomenon in the "Jianting Greenland" project is that the designers actively and massively integrated into cultural resources, corresponding to the principle of authenticity of world heritage, and logically and responsibly combined the "authenticity" of restored landscape with the "artistic conception" of garden construction. Ecological workers identify "plants" in the paintings in the Forbidden City, investigate the "patches" of native plants preserved in imperial gardens such as Yuanmingyuan within the scope of "three mountains and five gardens", and then combine the list of zonal plants in the literature of phytogeography and vegetation ecology-next, focus on corresponding reproduction. The content combination of "Jianting Green Space" goes further than the conventional and traditional idea of "garden flower border", adding native plant elements, and also meets the requirements of heritage sites for the inheritance of historical context and the new expectations for the protection of urban biodiversity.

So, is this a matter of "nature" or should it be attributed to the overall space of "culture"?

In recent years, the concept of "natural-based solutions" has played an important role in coping with global challenges such as climate change, disaster prevention and mitigation, food security, water security and ecosystem degradation. In 2021, the Ministry of Natural Resources of China and the World Conservation Union jointly published the Typical Case of China’s Practice of Nature-based Solutions, which involved the types of ecosystems such as nature, agriculture and cities and the main functions of national land space. Under the background of ecological civilization construction, the restoration means based on nature will gradually and profoundly affect the interpretation of the value of great sites, the continuation of the style of famous cities and even the reproduction of the authenticity of heritage parks.

If the "Jianting Greenland" project is simply summed up as a whimsical biodiversity practice and only focuses on "creating an interesting ecological landscape", it obviously underestimates the efforts and wisdom of all parties. "Jianting Greenland" is the crystallization of cultural heritage protection, natural restoration and public ecological concept, and it is a shining cultural spark in the "natural-based solution", which effectively extends the system path to the establishment of "natural-based cultural solution".

What objectives should be included in the "Nature-based Cultural Program"? One is to reflect the interaction between "nature" and "culture", especially to expand the position and function of natural science in cultural projects; The second is to understand and describe the wisdom and social progress of human beings in sustainable development from the perspective of "culture" of world heritage. This means a brand-new theoretical cross-system, and it is impossible to simply combine or pile up various fields. The knowledge structure and implementation steps of "cultural scheme based on nature" must come from practice test. Thus, the emergence of one "Arrow Pavilion Green Space" after another has a positive significance worthy of attention and encouragement.