At 3 p.m. on October 16, 1964, a massive mushroom cloud rose over the Lop Nur Desert in China, marking the successful detonation of the country’s first atomic bomb. This bomb was affectionately named “Miss Qiu” 下午 3 點1964年10月16日，中國羅布泊沙漠上空升起巨大的蘑菇雲，標誌著中國第一顆原子彈爆炸成功。這顆炸彈被親切地命名為”邱小姐.”

The name came about because Chinese scientists thought the tangled web of cables on the control panel for the nuclear test looked like braids, leading them to code name the panel “dressing table.” Naturally, they imagined that anyone using such a “dressing table” should be an elegant lady. Additionally, due to the bomb’s spherical design, the term for “sphere” in Chinese sounds the same as the surname “Qiu,” which solidified the choice of name for this significant milestone in China’s nuclear history. 這個名字的由來是因為中國科學家認為核試驗控制面板上錯綜複雜的電纜網看起來像辮子，因此他們將面板代號為“梳妝台”。自然地，他們想像使用這樣的「梳妝台」的人都應該是一位優雅的女士。此外，由於炸彈的球形設計，中文中的“球”一詞與“丘”姓氏發音相同，這鞏固了中國核歷史上這一重要里程碑的名字選擇.