During this year’s Spring Festival holiday, the county of Tangyin in Henan province welcomed an increased number of tourists, many of     1    came to pay respects to Yue Fei, a Song Dynasty national hero.

The tourist surge was attributed to the success of Full River Red, a domestic film released during the holiday. By Jan 27, the last day of the holiday, the film    2    (generate) a huge total box office income of about 2.6 billion yuan, ranking first in the holiday box office chart. The historical drama, eponymous (同名的) with a well-known lyrical poem by Yue Fei, was directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou.    3    (it) plot centers around a series of events surrounding Yue’s death. Many viewers were moved to tears by the ending of the movie,    4    (feature) thousands of soldiers reciting the lyrical poem in concert     5    (passionate).

The film’s popularity aroused public admiration     6    Yue, who bravely fought battles against the Jin Dynasty and was celebrated for his    7    (loyal) and courage. One of the film’s    8    (intention) is to illustrate and highlight Yue Fei’s spirit. In     9    article posted on China’s leading film rating platform Douban, Chen Yu, the film’s screenwriter, wrote that Yue’s lyrical poem contains a kind of culture or emotion     10    (share) by all Chinese people.

A Lifelong Journey, an epic drama telling China’s great transformation in over half a century, has earned widespread applause.

The TV series consists of 58 episodes. It is adapted from a famous novel of the same name,     1     won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the country’s top honors for local writers.     2     (start) in the late 1960s, the story follows the ups and downs of three siblings in a working class family in northeastern China, striking a chord with viewers for its details     3     (vivid) bringing them back to old times.

Its author is regarded     4     a representative writer of the “educated youth literature”. He was originally unwilling     5     (sell) the adaptation copyright as he believed it would be difficult to bring the story to life on TV. He also     6     (praise) the cast featuring native actors from northeastern China. That instills a localized and distinctive flavor to the TV series, which is hard to be represented merely through literary     7     (describe) in a novel.

Li Lu, director and chief producer, said the novel has laid     8     solid foundation for the adaptation, with its     9     (success) building of a group of convincing characters. With popular TV series or movies, the stories that have inspired such screen works will, also benefit and see     10     (they) influence grow even further.