Over the past decade, as the cradle (发源地) of Chinese civilization, Henan Province has been working hard     1    (promote) traditional Chinese culture, and years of painstaking work     2    (result) in great successes.

A successful example is Night Banquet in Tang Dynasty Palace, a show     3     was presented during last year’s Spring Festival holiday. Taking inspiration from the museum’s pottery figurines (陶俑), female performers dressed in Tang Dynasty costumes and wearing traditional makeup performed a series of dances. The show was part of Chinese Festivals, a television program series     4    (produce) by the Henan Broadcasting System.

The station also produced a related web series and variety show (综艺节目) to attract young viewers. “With     5    (create) content and cutting-edge technology, our programs satisfy the aesthetic (审美的) and emotional needs of Generation Z,” said one of the chief directors Xu Na. “When traditional culture becomes     6     hit, it means the younger generation need these kinds of cultural offerings. We present traditional culture     7     an innovative way that touches their hearts.”

Millennium City Park, which was styled on traditional architecture showed in the masterpiece Along the River During the Qingming Festival, puts on 70     8    (performance) a day showing daily life in the Song period, causing visitors to feel like they’ve traveled back in time to when the painting     9    (make). While preserving traditional Chinese culture, Henan is telling     10    (it) cultural story with great innovation.

Located in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province,     1     old Huizhou-style house is now known for its elegant cross-cultural design with a British garden, a fireplace and a bar counter.

The house     2     (own) by British citizen Edward Gawne and his wife Liao Minxin, a native of Jiangxi. “There are trees, bridges, flowing water and beautiful Huizhou-style houses in Wuyuan. This is     3     I imagined traditional Chinese culture would look like,” says Gawne.

When     4     (buy) in 2015, the 200-year-old house was out of repair. The couple determined to transform it into a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) (民宿). After nearly two years of renovation (翻修) with the help of international designers and architects, their Chinese-English-style B&B started operations.

“About 90 percent of our guests are foreigners,     5     can enjoy the beauty of Chinese traditional villages and learn about the culture and local customs,” Liao says.

So far Wuyuan County     6     (introduce) a considerable number of measures for managing the B&B industry. It     7     (regular) releases detailed information on the deserted historical buildings     8     (find) “adopters”. And the local housing department examines adopters’ renovation and decoration plans to protect the     9     (origin) style and structure of the buildings. “Apart from protecting old architecture, the lifestyles of people living in them in the past should also be kept,” says the director of the housing department.

Now in Wuyuan, there are over 800 high-quality B&Bs. The development in B&B construction has provided job     10     (opportunity) for more than 20,000 people and promoted the local tourism industry.

Hearing the news that the Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft was about to return to the Earth, Pan Xue, a Miao ethnic group girl born after 1995, decided to make     1     outer space-themed artwork to express her     2     (appreciate) and respect for Chinese astronauts.

    3     most people of her age have left to pursue a life in big cities, Pan     4     (study) related techniques in her hometown in Guizhou province since graduation. To make a good artwork, Pan devoted a lot of time     5     studying the material. After many trials and processes, a suitable cloth     6     (choose), on which she drew over 1,000 stars. Then she used several silver bars to make branches, and silver sheets     7     (make) about 100 hanging stars. It took her about five days to complete the artwork, a small tree     8     (decorate) with all the silver stars hanging from it.

“It’s called a longevity tree in Qiandongnan,     9     implication of hope matches China’s boosting space industry.” she said. Pan felt     10     (pride) to make a “starry sky” with their ethnic group’s special handicraft, hoping it would help present Chinese ethnic culture to the world.