Following Kuafu to chase the sun
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Kuafu chasing the sun is my favorite ancient Chinese myth. Kuafu vowed to catch the sun in the sky in order to save more and more people who might die from hot sun. Day after day, year after year, he raced with the sun, climbed many mountains, crossed the Yellow River and Weihe River. Finally he died halfway because of excessive fatigue.
Kuafu didn’t catch the sun, but his courage and persistence deserves to be praised from all later generations. More than 4,000 years later, scientists realized his dream. Kuafu could stand closest to the sun. Because China has launched a solar monitoring satellite program called the Kuafu Mission.
My grandfather is one of the space scientific research workers. In 1986, his research achievement on the practice of the Meridian Transit won the first prize of national Science and Technology Progress of that year. My grandfather told me that the Meridian transit, as a predecessor of GPS, was an American masterpiece of the 1950s. Without accessing the key technologies and data, he and his colleagues had to research it from zero. They stayed in the laboratory 12 hours a day for ten years. When they became successful, our country’s exploration in Meridian was still 30 years away from the international advanced level. In order to narrow the gap, aerospace researchers worked harder. Taking my grandfather as an example, he fought until he was 70 years old in his job! I think this is exactly the spirit of Kuafu!
Kuafu is not only the legendary figure in myth, but also the spirit in our real life. His chasing the sun reflects the Chinese persistent exploration of the universe and nature, as well as our desire and pursuit to change the environment and create a better future.
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