The global campaign of naming China's first Mars rover(火星车) kicked off in July,2020. Netizens at home and abroad (invite) to vote for their favourite among 10 candidates. Finally. Zhurong toned the list, and the name was announced on the Space Day of China, falls on April 24.
Zhurong is a good of fire in ancient Chinese mythology (神话). And in Chinese, "Mars" is "Huoxing". Therefore the name "Zhurong" is suitable for the rover, starting its journey(explore) the red planet.
Of course, in the Chinese culture, Zhurong is not just the name of a mythical figure. (literal), Zhu means wish Rong (meaning cooperation) reflects China's vision of the peaceful use of space the building of a community with a shared future for humanity. The name is another example Chinese traditional culture of exploring nature and the universe after China has named spacecraft, ( include) Tiangong, Tianwen, Chang'e, Yutu, Shenzhou, Wukong and Beidou and so on.
It must be accepted that China(begin) to have the dream of flying to the sky since ancient times. So naming these spacecraft not only shows China's cultural(confident)but also lights the flame of China's planetary exploration, making Feitian, the dancing figure on the wall of Dunhuang Mural(壁画), no longer a(man) fantasy.
