China has named the nation's first Mars rover (火星车) ZhuRong. For all of us, Zhu Rong is a well-suited name.
In an ancient Chinese story, Zhu Rong had the face of a man and the body of an animal. H rode on two dragons. When he had a big fight with Gong Gong, the god of water, Zhu Rong won. But after the fight, the human world came into complete darkness. Then he brought fire from heaven (天国) to the world.
"Zhu Rong is regarded as the earliest god of fire in traditional Chinese culture, a space official said. "The first Mars rover was named Zhu Rong. The name symbolizes (象征) light and hope for space exploration (探索) in our country, and means to guide humans to continue exploration. "
After leaving the earth last summer, Zhu Rong circled Mars for several months and landed on it in May. In recent years, our country has sent up the world's first quantum satellite (量子卫星) , and Chang'e-4 has made a soft landing on the moon. We have made great progress in space technology and will soon start building our own space station.
