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Runners and Cyclists Use GPS Mapping to Make Art

Fitness apps and the power of live satellite tracking have allowed runners, cyclists and others to draw hearts, animals, birthday wishes — and even homages to Vermeer — across their local landscapes.

In 1665, Johannes Vermeer dabbed (轻涂) the last drop of paint onto a canvas (帆布) in his Dutch studio,     1     (complete) his masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” On an April day 357 years later, Janine Strong slowed her bike to stop, paused her fitness app, and watched as the snaking line of her cycling route     2     (draw) the shape of Vermeer’s masterpiece over the streets of Brooklyn.

Ms. Strong creates     3     has come to be known as “GPS art” — a practice     4     uses the Global Positioning System mapping capabilities of modern phone apps like Strava to create digital drawings using an athlete’s route across the landscape.     5     of biking on a straight path or in circles around a park, Ms. Strong plans her rides in the shapes of birthday cakes, stars, birds, lions — and the occasional Vermeer.

The hobby has grown with the widespread availability of satellite tracking for use by ordinary people, in fitness apps like Nike Run Club or MapMyRide. It is now a popularity on Strava often     6     (refer) to as “Strava art.”

Strava art has existed since that app’s release in 2009, but it experienced a sudden increase in use during the pandemic (疫情). According to Michael Joseph, a senior communications manager at the company, more than three billion activities     7     (upload) to Strava since the beginning of 2020.

To complete her digital vision of “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” Ms. Strong biked almost 50 miles around southern Brooklyn, carefully checking Strava     8     (make) sure that each turn, circle, and straightaway was achieving the iconic earring and head covering of Vermeer’s original. “I always have a big smile on my face     9     it works out and I upload it and it’s done,” she said. “It’s a far     10     (satisfying) feeling.”

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The Book of Songs, also known as Shi Jing, is the     1     (old) existing collection of Chinese poetry. It includes more than 300 works     2     (date) back from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period.

Believed to have been compiled by Confucius, the poems cover     3     wide range of themes, including battles, farming, education, marriage, animals and plants, all of which have had a lasting impact     4     Chinese civilization.

Three years ago, when Chinese musician Fang Jinlong read Shi Jing, he was interested in the stories     5     (tell) through the poems. Because he couldn’t     6     (complete) understand the ancient Chinese language used, he turned to experts whose elaboration (阐述) further attracted him to explore the poems. Then he decided to portray the poems with musical language by inviting composer Ma Jiuyue     7     (create) an album.

Titled Music and the Book of Songs, the album     8     (release) on Jan 18, featuring 10 original songs composed by Ma. They were performed by Fang. The 10 songs are based on 10 poems from Shi Jing, including Swallows     9     sends farewell messages to friends.

In his 50s, Fang became a viral star after he gave a 12-minute     10     (perform) at the New Year’s Eve concert on Dec 31, 2019, live-streamed by video-sharing platform Bilibili.

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Peking Opera has always had an excellent reputation as the “National Opera”. When the opera troupes of Anhui entered Beijing, they were mixed with the Kunqiang and Hubei opera troupes,     1     (eventual) becoming the perfect example of Chinese culture. In the two centuries that followed, theaters began to flourish all over China. Among them, the Mei school of art     2     (create) by Mr. Mei Lanfang has never faded.     3     (it) influence spread far and wide, and even became famous overseas.

Born into a family of famous actors, Mei Lanfang’s performance style was elegant and beautiful, appearing reserved but actually full of complexity. The Mei Lanfang art school he founded     4     (be) totally different from the previous Peking Opera style of having the laosheng (an aged male role) as the main focus. He created a new era by     5     (divide) the main focus equally between the laosheng role and the dan role,     6     was imitated by others in the opera world. On stage,     7     Mei presented were artistic creations full of Oriental elegance. And     8     a cultural ambassador, he visited Japan, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries many times,     9     (demonstrate) the unique value of Chinese opera in the world’s great houses of art. He made positive     10     (contribute) to exchanges and mutual learning between the Chinese and foreign civilizations.