📅 On This Day: September 25

September 25, 1881: Writer Lu Xun is born. On 25 September 1881, Lu Xun was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. With stories like The True Story of Ah Q, written in everyday language, he opened the way for modern Chinese literature.

🎂 Writer Lu Xun is born (1881)

It is said that after being scolded for being late to school, he carved the character 早 ('early') into his desk, and you can visit that schoolroom, Sanwei Study, in Shaoxing.

Where: Shaoxing, Zhejiang

Nearby on the globe: West Lake & Leifeng Pagoda, Hangzhou → 🌍 Open the 3D globe

✨ More events on this day

1513 🧭 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean in 1513, the first European to see it from the Americas.
1890 🌿 Sequoia National Park was created in California in 1890 to protect giant sequoia trees, including General Sherman, the largest tree on Earth by volume.
1956 💡 TAT-1, the first telephone cable laid across the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, began working in 1956, letting people in Europe and North America talk clearly.

🧠 Question of the day

What does the character Lu Xun carved mean?

Early
Hungry
Sleepy

Show the answer

Answer: Early

🎂 Landmarks that opened on September 25

Sydney Tower Eyeopened 1981

Questions

What happened on September 25?

September 25, 1881: Writer Lu Xun is born. It happened in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

Which landmarks opened on September 25?

Sydney Tower Eye (opened 1981).

In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Xun_Native_Place