A letter to tomorrow
"The Hikvision technologies provide assurance for our conservation work, and also relieve the pressure on our conservators," said Chen. "This is critical because the Lanxi Bridge and others like it are, in a sense, letters from our ancestors to the future," he says. "By integrating Hikvision's fire prevention technology with traditional Chinese craftsmanship, we have ensured that these messages—first conveyed in 1574— are well-preserved and will be passed on to future generations."
As night falls, Wang still patrols on the bridge. However, his footsteps are echoed with the green signal lights of the detector under the bridge eaves. This time, he is truly not alone—the Lanxi Bridge he has protected for three decades is now under the watchful care by Hikvision's advanced technologies.
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