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In this sponsored episode, Christine Lising, Director of the Solutions Engineering Team at Shiji, shares practical insights on leveraging technology to enhance food and beverage operations in the hospitality industry.Learn more about Infrasys POS: The trusted POS for the world's top hotels.In this episode, we cover:(01:56) Christine's role at Shiji Group(03:19) Understanding client challenges(04:45) Key questions for identifying business problems(06:10) Evaluating the guest experience(09:09) Common themes in hospitality challenges(11:04) Overview of Shiji Group(12:40) Technology trends in hospitality(20:31) Adoption of mobile ordering(23:14) Case study: Streamlining food and beverage operations(26:33) Importance of making technology easy to use(30:44) Future-proofing technology solutions A few more resources: If you're new to Hospitality Daily, start here. You can send me a message here with questions, comments, or guest suggestions If you want to get my summary and actionable insights from each episode delivered to your inbox each day, subscribe here for free. Follow Hospitality Daily and join the conversation on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram. If you want to advertise on Hospitality Daily, here are the ways we can work together. If you found this episode interesting or helpful, send it to someone on your team so you can turn the ideas into action and benefit your business and the people you serve! Music for this show is produced by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

En el dinámico mundo de la hotelería, la reputación online y la gestión de datos se han convertido en pilares esenciales para mejorar la experiencia del huésped y, a su vez, incrementar los ingresos. En esta entrevista con Rafael Patiño, Chief Product Officer (CPO) de Shiji ReviewPro, exploramos cómo la inteligencia artificial (IA) está revolucionando estos aspectos clave, abordando desde las oportunidades inmediatas hasta las proyecciones más futuristas.

ജനങ്ങളുമായി ഏറ്റവും അടുത്തു നിൽക്കുന്ന ഗവണ്മെന്റ് സ്ഥാപനമായ കൃഷിഭവനിൽ നിന്ന് ലഭിക്കുന്ന സേവനങ്ങളെ കുറിച്ച് ജനങ്ങൾക്ക് പല സംശയങ്ങളും നിലനിൽക്കുണ്ട്ന് .പ്രൊജെക്ടുകളും ,സബ്സിഡികളും ഉൾപ്പെടുന്ന അത്തരം സംശയങ്ങൾക്കുള്ള നിവാരണവുമായ നിങ്ങളറിയാനിൽ കൂടെ ചേരുന്നത് ഏറ്റുമാനൂർ കൃഷി ഭവൻ AGRICULTURE ഓഫീസർ Smt.SHIJI MATHEW

Mabrian ha publicado un análisis sobre los 10 mercados con mejor conectividad aérea internacional para el primer semestre de 2024. Países como España, Francia, Italia, el Reino Unido y los Países Bajos han visto un crecimiento del 190% en la oferta de asientos aéreos hacia China. Este incremento coincide con la exención de visado por parte de China para los ciudadanos de estos países. El empleo turístico ha crecido un 4,9% en febrero respecto a febrero de 2023, rozando los 2,6 millones de afiliados a la Seguridad Social, con un aumento de empleados asalariados del 5,8% interanual, según ha explicado el ministro de Industria y Turismo, Jordi Hereu. El Corte Inglés se prepara para el regreso definitivo del turismo asiático, integrando Alipay+ en sus métodos de pago en todos sus centros en España. Esta plataforma, utilizada por 1.500 millones de usuarios, soporta los principales monederos digitales de países como China, Corea, Tailandia, Filipinas e Indonesia. Shiji ha publicado el Informe de Referencia sobre la Experiencia del Huésped 2023, que analiza el rendimiento hotelero y las tendencias de satisfacción de los huéspedes durante el año. Destaca un incremento del 2,8% en menciones positivas a nivel global y una subida de 0,9 puntos en el Global Review Index (GRI), evidenciando la recuperación del sector. Aena ha batido un récord histórico de pasajeros en un mes de febrero al alcanzar los 19,22 millones en el total de sus aeropuertos, lo que representa un incremento del 15,7% con respecto al mismo mes del año anterior. La patronal hotelera Hosbec ha destacado que las Fallas se "imponen" como fiesta de interés turístico internacional y elevan la ocupación hotelera al 79% durante el fin de semana en Valencia, del 15 al 17 de marzo.

#customerloyalty #customerexperience #zoho #shiji In the dynamic world of hospitality, creating and maintaining customer relationships and loyalty is both an art and a science. In this exclusive CXOTalk interview, Michael Krigsman sits down with Sergio Teixeira, director of global operations at the Shiji Group, a company at the forefront of redefining customer experiences in the hospitality industry.Key themes of this conversation include:► Digital Transformation in Hospitality: Teixeira explains important shifts in the industry, especially post-pandemic, and how technology has become essential to transforming the entire guest experience.► Data-Driven Decision Making: The conversation explores how Shiji leverages data and analytics tools like Zoho to anticipate customer needs, understand patterns, and enhance efficiency across various segments of the hospitality industry.► Human-Centric Approach: Despite the heavy reliance on technology, Teixeira emphasizes the vital importance of empathy, collaboration, and a human touch in both understanding customers and shaping how the company provides service.With a global presence and local touch, Shiji provides software solutions across the hospitality industry, from high-end restaurants to golf courses. Technology underlies their commitment to guests and delivering products and services.Read the full transcript: https://www.cxotalk.com/episode/how-to-build-customer-loyalty-and-retention-with-zoho-and-shiji-groupWatch this conversation to learn about digital transformation in the hospitality industry, the art of scaling, and the critical role data plays in shaping the guest experience. Whether you're in hospitality or any customer-centric industry, this conversation offers valuable lessons on forging meaningful connections and adapting to change.Sergio Teixeira is a Global CRM Manager of Shiji Group.

Neil James is Chief Operating Officer at Shiji ReviewPro, and in this episode, shares insights from their recent research on global guest satisfaction. Follow Neil on LinkedInRead the research: Guest Experience Benchmark Q1 2023The man behind the operations for 60,000+ hotels worldwide [HotelOperations.com]What did you think about this episode? Join the Hospitality Daily community on LinkedIn and share your thoughts. If you care about hospitality, check out the Masters of Moments podcast where Jake Wurzak interviews top leaders in hospitality. His conversations with Bashar Wali and Matt Marquis are a great place to start, but also check out his solo episodes such as how he underwrites investment deals and a deep dive into GP fees you know about. Music by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands

“The essence of family literacy is that parents are supported as the first teachers of their children.” Family Literacy is the idea that long after diapers and baby steps, our children have so much to learn by watching, observing, and collaborating with trusted adults at home, particularly when it comes to building a strong foundation for reading with confidence. On this episode, we dive deeper into this idea and share the how and why of building and sustain robust family literacy practices. Joining us on this journey are Lauren Bardwell, Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning Solutions at NWEA, and Shiji Mathew, Senior ELA Content Specialist at NWEA.

Are ghost stories real? And why do people write and read ghost stories in early medieval China? Prof. Robert Ford Campany, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair of Humanities, from department of East Asian Studies at Vanderbilt University will shed light on a distinctive Chinese narrative genre called "zhiguai"(志怪) or Chinese strange writings. Prof. Campany is among the first group of scholars to systematically trace, study and theorize this Chinese narrative genre.Recommended readings:Robert Ford Campany, A Garden of Marvels: Tales of Wonder from Early Medieval China, University of Hawaii Press, 2015. (primary text)—Signs from the Unseen Realm: Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China, University of Hawaii Press, 2012.—To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents, University of California Press, 2002.—Strange Writing: Anomaly Accounts in Early Medieval China, State University of New York Press, 1996.Judith T. Zeitlin, "xiaoshuo" in Franco Marretti ed. The Novel, Vol.1 For aficionados of Classical Chinese language: 中國古代志怪小說選一中國古代志怪小說選二This episode is able to be delivered to you in high quality because of Prof. Campany's generous donation to the show.This podcast is sponsored by Riverside, the most efficient platform for video recording and editing for podcasters.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

小額贊助支持本節目： https://pay.firstory.me/user/ckpn6ychi2iii0882y4jgrcz8 留言告訴我你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/ckpn6ychi2iii0882y4jgrcz8/comments 純網路銀行一切服務都透過網路完成，可以節省掉實體銀行的店租、ATM 、行員、水電費、維護費之類的成本，進而提供更優惠的存款及貸款利率,促進金融產業邁向4.0 休閒食品大廠聯華食（1231）昨（27）日舉行股東會，今年度營運將推動三大方針，分別為掌握跨界新品需求、其次開拓海外市場，第三整合供應全流程管理；隨著疫情升溫，在家用餐的人變多，買鮮食回家吃數量增加，鮮食也是聯華食主力產品，隨著銷售量攀升，全年營收、獲利跟著受惠。 聯華食指出，去年雖受到疫情干擾，台灣雖然進入三級警戒造成短暫動盪，受惠於疫苗接種率攀升，全球經濟漸回穩，政府的振興方案，國內民眾對於鮮食需求量增加，聯華食去年業績表現出色，繳出稅後純益8.14億元，每股稅後盈餘4.03元的佳績，股東會通過配發現金股利1.5元，同時配發股票股利1.1元，昨天也舉行董事改選，董事席次異動不大。聯華食品旗下有兩大重要營收來源，休閒類占營收比重50.2%，鮮食類占49.8%。其中，知名的零食包括可樂果、萬歲牌、元本山等休閒類的銷售量為1159萬箱；聯華食的「鮮食」布局，也一直是法人看重的推升營收成長的重要動能，主要代替超商代工御便當、三明治、飯糰、壽司、涼麵等，至於鮮食類則目標為1.7億個。 考量市場商機，聯華食提出三大策略搶攻市場商機，在成長策略的部分，積極提升品牌市占率並開發新市場，希望創造高成長績效，運用APS先進排程系統，達成產銷協調最佳化 Telegram,理財STB https://t.me/stbstock11 Lianhuashi (1231), a major snack food manufacturer, held a shareholders' meeting yesterday (27th). This year's operations will promote three major policies, namely, grasping the demand for cross-border new products, secondly developing overseas markets, and thirdly integrating the whole process of supply management; As the epidemic heats up, more people eat at home, and the number of people who buy fresh food to eat at home increases. Fresh food is also the main product of Lianhua Foods. With the increase in sales, the annual revenue and profit will benefit. Lianhua Foods pointed out that despite being disturbed by the epidemic last year, although Taiwan entered the level 3 alert and caused temporary turmoil, thanks to the rising vaccination rate, the global economy has gradually stabilized, and the government's revitalization plan, the domestic demand for fresh food has increased. Shiji performed well last year, with a net profit of 814 million yuan after paying taxes and a profit of 4.03 yuan per share after tax. The shareholders' meeting passed a cash dividend of 1.5 yuan and a stock dividend of 1.1 yuan. Yesterday, the director election was also held. The seats didn't change much. Lianhua Foods has two major sources of revenue. The leisure category accounts for 50.2% of the revenue, and the fresh food category accounts for 49.8%. Among them, the sales volume of well-known snacks including cola nuts, Long live brand, Yuanbenshan and other leisure categories was 11.59 million boxes; Lianhuashi's "fresh food" layout has always been an important driving force for the growth of revenue that is valued by legal entities. It mainly replaces the supermarket OEM for bento, sandwiches, rice balls, sushi, cold noodles, etc. As for fresh food, the target is 170 million. Considering the market opportunities, Lianhuashi proposed three strategies to seize market opportunities. In the growth strategy, we actively increased the market share of the brand and developed new markets, hoping to create high growth performance, using the APS advanced scheduling system to achieve the best coordination between production and sales. optimization Powered by Firstory Hosting

Many may still remember the 2002 martial art film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li. The name is Hero  and it is based on the historical event of Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the first emperor of China, King of Qin in 227 BC. The original story is explicitly detailed in the Records of The Grand Historian, also known by its Chinese name Shiji(史記). A monumental history of ancient China and the world, it was completed around 94 BC by the Western Han Dynasty official Sima Qian after having been started by his father, Sima Tan, Grand Astrologer to the imperial court. In this episode, we will explore the historical as well as literary values of the Records of the Grand Historian, which is a foundational text in Eastern civilization. Readings:Burton Waston, trans. Records of The Grand Historianfor aficionados in classical Chinese: Shiji(史記)Nicola Di Cosmo, Ancient China and its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History This podcast is sponsored by Riverside, the most efficient platform for video recording and editing for podcasters.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Donneur de voix : Ahikar | Durée : 36min | Genre : Correspondance Sima Qian 司馬遷 (145 avant notre ère – vers 86 avant notre ère), le grand historien de la Chine, auteur des Mémoires historiques (Shiji), retrace dans cette lettre les raisons de sa condamnation par l'empereur à la castration, ainsi que les raisons qui [...]

Today, we dig back into a podcast recorded several years before but never before aired. The topic is Nie Zheng (聂政), a story in the biography of the assassins, in Sima Qian's Shiji. The story may be one of the early predecessors to Kung Fu film and literature.

Die Felsentor-Praxisperiode 2021 stand unter dem Motto "Stille". Verschiedene unserer Lehrenden haben dazu Vorträge gehalten, die wir hier veröffentlichen. Unsere Tanto Pia erzählt in diesem Vortrag u.a. die Geschichte "Shiji nimmt ihren Hut nicht ab" aus dem Buch "Das verborgene Licht". Nähere Infos zum Buch gibt es https://www.orellfuessli.ch/shop/home/artikeldetails/ID44948793.html (hier). Nähere Infos zu Pia findest du https://zenbogenschiessen.de/lehrerin_pia_anrakugen_oesterle/ (hier). Support this podcast

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Early Korea; the Shiji (太史公書; 사기); The Han Dynasty (漢朝; 한조); The Yan Kingdom (연나라; 燕國); The Xiongnu (흉노; 匈奴)

TravelgateX launched a free control panel that allows monitoring of the coronavirus impact on the travel industry. According to Lastminute, travelers will start booking again in May/June, with levels back to normal in July and August, and Shiji published an interesting chart on how Chinese market is picking up reservations since the beginning of the epidemic.The Greek Ministry of Tourism announced all hotels (with the exception of seasonal ones) will be forced to shut down until April 30.Tripadvisor is trying to sell five of its vacation rental brands: FlipKey, VacationHomeRentals, Holiday Lettings, Housetrip, and Niumba.Bill Gates stated he is leaving Microsoft’s board to dedicate more time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Heather Simon, an Expedia’ former employee, stated that “Barry Diller failed Expedia [and] ignored the problems until he decided the only option left was the nuclear one.”Facebook and Twitter took down several accounts connected to the same farm responsible for interfering in the infamous 2016 Trump election.Egyptian tourism entrepreneur Hamed El Chiaty, that already owns Travco Group, bought a 3.4% stake in the TUI Group.Cloudbeds raised $82M in a Series C minority investment led by Viking Global Investors. SiteMinder launched Insights, a suite of monitoring and reporting tools, providing hoteliers a single place to access data on market trends, business performance, and guests’ behavior.

The most controversial news of the week went almost entirely unnoticed, covered under a plethora of COVID-19 articles: Donald Trump issued an order to block the sale of the cloud-based suite of hotel management solutions, StayNTouch, to Chinese Goliath, Shiji, on the ground of “national security.” Still on Oracle. Moving to the cloud made the company extremely agile. The downside is that Oracle today needs a fraction of the human workforce it used to, so it is planning to cut 1,300 jobs in Europe, mainly in the Dublin, Amsterdam, and Malaga offices, in order “to adapt the spending of the company to the revenue situation.”In 2019, Expedia Group and Booking Holdings spent over $11B on marketing. Even though today is more a competitor than a partner, most of this budget went straight to Google. According to eMarketer, travel ads accounted for about 10.9% of total search ad spend in 2019 on Google, generating $10.7B out of the $98B total search-related Alphabet revenue.Tech.According to the AI-fueled advertising platform, AdsHotel, campaigns for Italian hotels showed a decrease of about 60% in clicks. UK, Spain, and Germany are decreasing approx 20%, while no significant reduction in clicks is registered on the US domestic market. Interestingly, conversion even increased.ReviewPro launched Guest Experience Automation™, an “AI-powered solution for hotels that seamlessly provides the correct information to improve the guest experience while reducing costs and increasing efficiency. “I was the first knowledge worker whose job was threatened by a machine,” said chess GrandMaster, and personal hero of mine, Garry Kasparov. 23 years after he was defeated by IBM’s Deep(er) Blue, Kasparov came back to New York to discuss AI with the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Meliá Hotels International is pioneering the adoption of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) technology n the hospitality industry, automatizing most repetitive processes that, so far, had to be performed manually by humans. The company is implementing RPA in several areas, from Credit and Insurance to HR.Amazon opened Amazon Go Grocery, its first cashier-less grocery store. The grocery industry is worth $800B, so it’s a very interesting one for Bezos. How does it work? You enter the store by scanning your app, then cameras and sensors record what you take from the shelves. When you leave, you’re charged on your Amazon account.Hotel.“The ability of hotel companies to remove (or at least reduce) the transactional friction from the guest experience relies in large part on the capacity to make payments as “invisible” as possible,” wrote James Montague, Shiji Group, on an interesting piece on payments accessible here.ITB launched its virtual convention platform. You can access the on-demand videos here, or watch my session here below:Welcome to Digital., your weekly recap of the best travel news of the week: day in, day out. Everything you need to know about hotel distribution, digital economy, travel, tourism, hospitality, startups, market stocks, reports, staff movements, industry events, innovation, and more. Hosted by best-selling author, journalist, futurist, founder of Travel Singularity, toy collector and retired punk rocker, Simone Puorto.

Henry Woodman's international travel promotion career spans over 30 years beginning in television and film production. Since 1984, as co-founder of WoodMark productions, Henry traveled the globe producing and directing travel videos for tourist boards, airlines and destination marketing offices. In 1997 he founded World Travelvision (WTV), a leading content provider for Internet Travel and Tourism. WTV pioneered and perfected Digital Brochures and Virtual Reality 360° Panoramic Photography. In 2004, Woodman founded ICE Portal (ICE) which evolved intothe leading hospitality technology platform to manage and distribute hotel visuals.Client list includes major international hotel chains such as Hilton, Wyndham, Hyatt, Accor, Choice Hotels and Best Western. ICE delivers hotel visuals to 1000s of online travel distribution channels, like Expedia and Booking.com In 2019, ICE Portal was acquired by Alibaba backed Shiji and Woodman will continue at the helm for two more years.  Woodman is a member of the Strategic Forum (S. FL and NYC), a member and Accelerator business coach and Mentor with EO (Entrepreneurs Organization).      FREE "7.5 Steps to Achieving Extraordinary Goals" eBook: http://michaelaltshuler.com/download-e-book/ Facebook:http://facebook.com/MichaelAltshulerBiz Twitter: http://twitter.com/maltshulerbiz Please SUBSCRIBE and leave a review!

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Today is a Shiji festival day. Salus decides to use it to follow Aneti — both to have a feel for the latter's routine and to see if Aneti slips up.

The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, is located in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province of China. This mausoleum was constructed over 38 years, from 246 to 208 BC, and is situated underneath a 76-meter-tall tomb mound shaped like a truncated pyramid. The layout of the mausoleum is modeled on the Qin capital Xianyang, divided into inner and outer cities. The circumference of the inner city is 2.5 km (1.55 miles) and the outer is 6.3 km (3.9 miles). The tomb is located in the southwest of the inner city and faces east. The main tomb chamber housing the coffin and burial artifacts is the core of the architectural complex of the mausoleum.The tomb itself has not yet been excavated. Archaeological explorations currently concentrate on various sites of the extensive necropolis surrounding the tomb, including the Terracotta Army to the east of the tomb mound.[2] The Terracotta Army served as a garrison to the mausoleum and has yet to be completely excavated.Work on the mausoleum began soon after Emperor Qin ascended the throne in 246 BC when he was still aged 13, although its full-scale construction only started after he had conquered the six other major states and unified China in 221 BC. The source of the account of the construction of the mausoleum and its description came from Sima Qian in chapter six of his Records of the Grand Historian, which contains the biography of Qin Shi Huang.In the ninth month, the First Emperor was interred at Mount Li. When the First Emperor first came to the throne, the digging and preparation work began at Mount Li. Later, when he had unified his empire, 700,000 men were sent there from all over his empire. They dug through three layers of groundwater, and poured in bronze for the outer coffin. Palaces and scenic towers for a hundred officials were constructed, and the tomb was filled with rare artifacts and wonderful treasure. Craftsmen were ordered to make crossbows and arrows primed to shoot at anyone who enters the tomb. Mercury was used to simulate the hundred rivers, the Yangtze and Yellow River, and the great sea, and set to flow mechanically. Above were representation of the heavenly constellations, below, the features of the land. Candles were made from fat of "man-fish", which is calculated to burn and not extinguish for a long time. The Second Emperor said: "It would be inappropriate for the concubines of the late emperor who have no sons to be out free", ordered that they should accompany the dead, and a great many died. After the burial, it was suggested that it would be a serious breach if the craftsmen who constructed the mechanical devices and knew of its treasures were to divulge those secrets. Therefore, after the funeral ceremonies had completed and the treasures hidden away, the inner passageway was blocked, and the outer gate lowered, immediately trapping all the workers and craftsmen inside. None could escape. Trees and vegetations were then planted on the tomb mound such that it resembles a hill.— Sima Qian, Shiji, Chapter 6.Some scholars believe that the claim of having "dug through three layers of groundwater" to be figurative. It is also uncertain what the "man-fish" in the text refers to, interpretation of the term varies from whale to walrus and other aquatic animals such as giant salamander. Before the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was completed, a peasant rebellion broke out during the late Qin dynasty. Zhang Han redeployed all the 700,000-people building the mausoleum to suppress the rebellion, so the construction of the mausoleum ceased. After Xiang Yu entered Xianyang, he is said to have looted the tomb. Afterwards, it is said that a shepherd unintentionally burnt down the underground palace of the mausoleum. The story goes that he went into a cave of the mausoleum, dug by Xiang Yu, to look for his sheep with a torch in his hand, and a fire was started, burning away all the remaining tomb structures. No solid evidence of this has been

The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, is located in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province of China. This mausoleum was constructed over 38 years, from 246 to 208 BC, and is situated underneath a 76-meter-tall tomb mound shaped like a truncated pyramid. The layout of the mausoleum is modeled on the Qin capital Xianyang, divided into inner and outer cities. The circumference of the inner city is 2.5 km (1.55 miles) and the outer is 6.3 km (3.9 miles). The tomb is located in the southwest of the inner city and faces east. The main tomb chamber housing the coffin and burial artifacts is the core of the architectural complex of the mausoleum. The tomb itself has not yet been excavated. Archaeological explorations currently concentrate on various sites of the extensive necropolis surrounding the tomb, including the Terracotta Army to the east of the tomb mound.[2] The Terracotta Army served as a garrison to the mausoleum and has yet to be completely excavated. Work on the mausoleum began soon after Emperor Qin ascended the throne in 246 BC when he was still aged 13, although its full-scale construction only started after he had conquered the six other major states and unified China in 221 BC. The source of the account of the construction of the mausoleum and its description came from Sima Qian in chapter six of his Records of the Grand Historian, which contains the biography of Qin Shi Huang. In the ninth month, the First Emperor was interred at Mount Li. When the First Emperor first came to the throne, the digging and preparation work began at Mount Li. Later, when he had unified his empire, 700,000 men were sent there from all over his empire. They dug through three layers of groundwater, and poured in bronze for the outer coffin. Palaces and scenic towers for a hundred officials were constructed, and the tomb was filled with rare artifacts and wonderful treasure. Craftsmen were ordered to make crossbows and arrows primed to shoot at anyone who enters the tomb. Mercury was used to simulate the hundred rivers, the Yangtze and Yellow River, and the great sea, and set to flow mechanically. Above were representation of the heavenly constellations, below, the features of the land. Candles were made from fat of "man-fish", which is calculated to burn and not extinguish for a long time. The Second Emperor said: "It would be inappropriate for the concubines of the late emperor who have no sons to be out free", ordered that they should accompany the dead, and a great many died. After the burial, it was suggested that it would be a serious breach if the craftsmen who constructed the mechanical devices and knew of its treasures were to divulge those secrets. Therefore, after the funeral ceremonies had completed and the treasures hidden away, the inner passageway was blocked, and the outer gate lowered, immediately trapping all the workers and craftsmen inside. None could escape. Trees and vegetations were then planted on the tomb mound such that it resembles a hill. — Sima Qian, Shiji, Chapter 6. Some scholars believe that the claim of having "dug through three layers of groundwater" to be figurative. It is also uncertain what the "man-fish" in the text refers to, interpretation of the term varies from whale to walrus and other aquatic animals such as giant salamander. Before the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor was completed, a peasant rebellion broke out during the late Qin dynasty. Zhang Han redeployed all the 700,000-people building the mausoleum to suppress the rebellion, so the construction of the mausoleum ceased. After Xiang Yu entered Xianyang, he is said to have looted the tomb. Afterwards, it is said that a shepherd unintentionally burnt down the underground palace of the mausoleum. The story goes that he went into a cave of the mausoleum, dug by Xiang Yu, to look for his sheep with a torch in his hand, and a fire was started, burning away all the remaining tomb structures. No solid evidence of this has been

Salus figures out one of the muffled sentences le overheard in Shiji and meets Karatau Meiyenesi, who claims to know Salus' grandmother very well. But Karatau Meiyenesi has red, nuamė-like eyes — just like Deisurås and Okiyot.

Today is the summer solstice, 1 Poråkol. Salus attends the first day of the Water Festival with other Narahji in Galasu before le meets up with Aneti and learns how the Shiji celebrate the holiday.