On this day, 73 years ago, on May 8, 1952 (April 15, 1952 in the lunar calendar), Mount Everest was renamed. On May 8, 1952, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Central People's Government and the General Administration of Publishing jointly officially announced that "Mount Everest" was renamed "Mount Everest". Mount Everest, the world's highest peak located on the border between my country and Nepal, was discovered by the Indian Survey Director (British) in the mid-19th century and named it "Mount Everest"(also known as "Mount Everest"). But as early as 1717, 135 years before the discovery of Efir, my country's Qing government had discovered this peak when it sent people to map and map, and named the peak "Everest"(meaning "Virgin Mary") the local Tibetan people named it "The water") marked on the printed map. The notice issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Administration of Publishing of China on the name recognition of Mount Everest was based on the original Qing Dynasty surveying and mapping images reviewed by Chinese geographer Wang Juhou at the Palace Museum, which proved that the direction of Mount Everest was clear and accurate and was indeed the world's largest peak. Original name.