On this day 120 years ago, on March 25, 1905 (February 20, 1905 lunar calendar), Jules Verne, the father of modern science fiction, passed away. Jules Verne, the father of modern science fiction, was a famous French science fiction and adventure writer in the 19th century. Jules Verne was known as the "father of modern science fiction" and wrote famous science fiction novels such as "20,000 Miles Under the Sea" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Born in Nantes on February 8, 1828, Verne went to Paris in 1848 to study law and wrote short stories and plays. From 1863, he began to publish science fiction adventure novels, which became famous under the general name "Strange Wanderings in the Known and Unknown Worlds". In 1848, he went to Paris to study law and wrote short stories and plays. From 1863, he began to publish science fiction adventure novels, which rose to fame under the general name "A Strange Wandering in the Known and Unknown Worlds". Representative as a trilogy: "Sons and Daughters of Captain Grant", "Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea" and "Mysterious Island". Verne wrote a total of sixty-six novels and short story collections, as well as several screenplays, a volume of "French Geography" and a six-volume "The Great Traveler and the Great Travel History". The main works are also "Five Weeks on a Balloon", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Mysterious Island", "Black Indies", "The Passed Peninsula", "Around the Earth in Eighty Days" and other more than 20 full-length science fiction adventures. He was also a teacher to many inventors, and Verne wrote his science fiction in such detail and accuracy that many academic societies sometimes took weeks to calculate the numbers listed in his books. Not only that, Verne's novels are full of science, and many science fiction things are now a reality. Verne's later years were not very happy, and his creation dwindled and entered a period of weakness. His "The Castle of the Carpathians" has a certain autobiographical character, showing the hidden side of life. On March 17, 1905, Verne suffered from hemiplegia, and his diabetes worsened. He died on the 25th. On March 28, 1905, the funeral was held, and the world paid tribute to the great science fiction writer. Jules Verne's funeral