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Yesterday, in Youting Town, Dazu County, Liu Hanzhong, a farmer, tested an iron machine: a colorful flying dragon attached to a towering column. After being operated by a controller, the flying dragon climbed up from the bottom of the column and moved freely. Mouth Spitfire - "China Dragon Igniter" was successfully tested. Liu Hanzhong is 51 years old this year. Whenever he talks about the "Chinese dragon igniter", he is always excited to talk about the past 6 years ago: in 2001, when he learned about 2008 from TV When the 29th International Olympic Games was held in Beijing, I was so excited that I stayed up all night and kept saying to myself, "What should I do?" In the end, Liu Hanzhong decided to use the well-known Tonglianglong at home and abroad to make a dragon with a fire-breathing dragon's mouth to ignite the Olympic flame. "Because the most eye-catching thing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is the ignition device. This method can make ignition not only innovative, but also the most representative of Chinese folk culture." Lao Liu said. Dazu Rock Carvings Brings Inspiration for Researching Key Problems Since then, Liu Hanzhong has drawn fire-breathing dragons of various shapes and designs in his mind on drawings. When fascinated, Liu Hanzhong not only forgot to eat and sleep, but also stopped working at his auto repair shop. Neighbors heard that Liu Hanzhong, who only had a junior high school education, wanted to design a machine to light the torch for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and they all thought it was a fantasy. Gossip did not affect Liu Hanzhong's design. Over the past few years, he has designed more than 100 drawings, each of which has been repeatedly revised. At the end of the year, the technical problem of the dragon's mouth spitting fire was solved, but how to make the dragon fly to the Olympic flame platform dozens of meters high? Liu Hanzhong was in trouble. One day, Liu Hanzhong accompanied his relatives to visit the Dazu Rock Carvings, and when he learned that there was a statue of "Flying Dragons Surrounding the Pillar in Nanshan", he was suddenly inspired by it: if the flying dragon ascended to the holy fire platform along the pillar, wouldn't it be solved by lighting it? Liu Hanzhong I was so excited that I stayed up all night, and revised the design drawings overnight. The content of the design drawing, which cost nearly one million in debt, is as follows: Weld a column with a height of 28 meters and a diameter of 2.08 meters, and install multiple zip lines; make a flying dragon with a length of 20.8 meters and a diameter of 0.68 meters, and the flying dragon climbs up around the column. , spit fire to light the holy flame. However, some neighbors made fun of Liu Hanzhong: "If you don't do business all day long, can you think about some stupid things for dinner?" But Liu Hanzhong is very stubborn, and he can't pull back the things he looks for. However, for Liu Hanzhong and his wife, the price paid for their dreams was too high: as of the end of last year, more than 700,000 yuan of praise from Liu Jiagan's auto repairs was not only used to make "China Dragon Igniters", but also owed 20 yuan in debt. more than ten thousand yuan. The machine has been erected and dismantled many times, and there is no sign of success. At the end of last year, when Liu Hanzhong was testing the flying dragon, most of the pulleys were stuck in operation—the flying dragon did not fly. After inspection, Lao Liu believed that the reason was due to the different specifications of the components: thousands of pulleys, thousands of bolts and nuts, some bought from the city, and some from other places, with different sizes. The only solution is to replace the pulleys, bolts and nuts with uniform specifications. But this cost is about 40,000 yuan, and the Liu family has no money. "Husband, let's stop! Even if it is successful, the Olympic Organizing Committee doesn't necessarily want this machine to light the torch." His wife advised Liu Hanzhong. Liu Hanzhong responded by borrowing money from relatives and friends and selling the 100-kilogram pig at home. Hope to present the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Yesterday, the "China Dragon Igniter" finally entered the trial run stage. Liu Hanzhong pressed the controller, everyone held their breath, no one knew whether it would be successful this time. The flying dragon started, and everything was in line with the design. A colorful flying dragon climbed up the column... "6 years later, it finally succeeded!" Liu Hanzhong hugged his wife and cried with excitement. The eyes of the workers were also wet. Yesterday afternoon, Liu Hanzhong asked a friend to contact the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee to present a gift for next year's Olympic Games, "letting friends from all over the world know that Chinese folk art has infinite charm."