Whenever celebrations or major events take place, people in Wenxi County, Shanxi Province take out huamo to entertain     1    (guest) for promising outcomes in the future.

These flour and flower-shaped buns, or huamo, can date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties,     2    (know) for its elegant design and innovative conception. It is closely related to local customs and    3    (wide) used in festivals, weddings, birthdays and many other occasions. In addition, huamo     4    (get) to the high-end market as a business gift in the past decade, since it can be made into artwork     5    can last for seven or eight years.

Making huamo is     6     ancient cultural tradition in China. The way     7    (make) it is handed down from generation to generation. When making huamo, women     8    (concentrate) on their artistic creation let their rich imagination run freely in the artistic world, and leave behind fantastic works of huamo, each with its own special characteristics. Wenxi flower-shaped buns present     9    (vary) forms, and reflect Wenxi working women’s deep folk art knowledge in their daily life over the long course of history.     10     the development of the times, the art of huamo, which has always been the pride of local rural households, is increasingly popular across the whole country.

China’s traditional tea-making techniques and their associated social practices     1     (success) became UNESCO’s latest world intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) on November 29, 2022.

Up to now, in addition     2     the common six categories of tea, other varieties like flower-scented teas and more than 2,000 tea products     3     (develop). Because of changes that occurred in the long history, the tea-making process     4     (compose) of numerous challenges has become rather complicated today.

    5     (speak) of the reasons why the application succeeded, Zheng Changling, a research fellow at the Chinese National Academy of Arts,     6     (believe) it is mainly due to the long and great history of Chinese tea culture,     7     travelled along the ancient Tea Horse Road to reach as far as West Asia and East Africa.

    8     application can further help improve tea’s influence globally. It will not only promote more respect for cultural diversity and human creativity but also will encourage people     9     (pursue) healthier lifestyles by integrating tea culture into their daily lives.

Wang Yongjian, head of the Chinese delegation to the UNESCO session, expects that they will apply for more of the intangible cultural heritage     10     (project) with Chinese characteristics in an effort to spread Chinese culture.

The Laba Festival     1     (observe) on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar (阴历的) month is a traditional Chinese holiday. La in Chinese is the name of the 12th lunar month and ba     2     (mean) eight.

There are several     3     (story) about the origin of this festival and it’s difficult for us to tell which one is true. But today what we do know is     4     this festival began as a way to honour ancestors. It was also a time for the ancient Chinese     5     (pray) to heaven and earth that there would be a good harvest.

The majority of Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating Laba porridge during the Laba Festival.     6     (general), the porridge contains eight ingredients, including some beans, peanuts and rice. Laba porridge is the     7     (important) part of the festival traditionally. Also,     8     is important that family members eat the porridge together.

Another custom is soaking(泡) Laba garlic, which is particularly popular     9     northern China. Garlic is soaked in vinegar for twenty days starting from Laba festival. Then the garlic and vinegar     10     (use) alongside Chinese dumplings around Chinese new year.