The sponge skeleton incarnates as a "beauty needle", the mangrove forest hides a dreamy small world, and the fishbone painting can also shock people's hearts. Yesterday afternoon, an annual cross-border event in the field of marine culture, "70.8 Talk: Talk on Marine Science, Humanities and Arts", was held at the Chinatown Cinema.
Wang Chuanchao, director of the Institute of Anthropology of Xiamen University, led more than 200 on-site audiences to appreciate the development and evolution of ancient humans living by the sea and migrating along the coast. Chen Ming, a doctor of pharmacy at the University of Jena in Germany, introduced the value mining of "bee sponge bone needles" while encouraging young people to dare to innovate and be good at discovery.
The children at the scene loved the keynote speech of Liu Yi, the youngest winner in the history of the British Wheatley Award and director general of the China Mangrove Conservation Alliance, "Between the Tides" - the hermit crab lined up to replace the shell is very "frugal", the big-eyed crab pinches the frame without pinching the eyes and talks about "martial virtue", and the sea cucumber in distress will spit out the internal organs and escape...
Fishbone painter Lin Hanbing brought "Sea Soul Fishbone Painting" to attract a burst of amazement, and zhan Zhaoxia, a scholar at the Gulangyu Research Center of the Municipal Academy of Social Sciences, shared the "Story of 'Xiamen' and made everyone proud. At the end of the forum, Professor Shi Dalin and Professor You Weiwei of Xiamen University and Zhuo Chuanwei, General Manager of Sina Xiamen, presented awards to the students of the 70.8 Ocean Media Training Camp.
Co-sponsored by the 70.8 Marine Media Laboratory, the State Key Laboratory of Offshore Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University) and Sina Xiamen, the event is one of the important cultural activities of Xiamen International Ocean Week 2020. The event was broadcast live and recorded on Sina Weibo and Tencent. At 9:50 this morning, netizens can also participate in the Xiamen University Cloud Marine Science Open Day online, follow the science network red anchor "Ocean Bald Essence Alliance", visit the abalone farm, and appreciate the charm of plankton.
【Business Card】
70.8 Ocean Media Lab
The 70.8 Ocean Media Lab was established in November 2019 by the Faculty of Geosciences of Xiamen University and Sina Xiamen, named after the fact that the ocean area accounts for 70.8% of the Earth's area. The laboratory aims to innovate the mode of marine science communication, cultivate new marine science popularization talents, help transform marine scientific and technological achievements, integrate science and communication, and enhance public marine awareness. (Reporters Liu Shaomin and Wu Erting)
Source: Xiamen Daily
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