Tang suit(唐装) is an expression    1    (come) out of the overseas Chinese people. The Tang Empire is so famous in the world that foreigners call the overseas Chinese people “the Tang people”.

Tang suit, which has    2    (it) origin in a kind of Manchu clothing, has some characteristics. The Mandarin collar with front opening is    3    traditional Chinese clothes style. The hand-made Chinese knots are used as buttons and    4    (decorate). Another characteristic is the fabric,    5    usually is a traditional cloth such as a kind of silk. Adding the western cutting method as well as shoulder pads(肩垫)    6    (make) the clothes fit better. It is    7    (wide) recognized that this kind of clothing later had a great influence    8    the traditional clothing in many Asian countries such as the Kimono in Japan and Hanbok in Korea.

In 2001 in APEC the Tang suit was worn by leaders from different countries, attracting many foreigners    9    (wear) it. Since then, this kind of clothing    10    (regard) as Chinese Tang suit and has enjoyed a great popularity in China and abroad.

Wearing hanfu,     1    traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group, has experienced a fashion revival(复兴) among young Chinese people in recent years, with more than 2 million    2    (consumer) of the domestic hanfu market,     3    is worth around 1.09 billion yuan, CCTV reported.

As the number of people    4    (adopt) the ancient style of dress in modern times is expected    5    (grow), stores involved in the renting of hanfu are being set up across China. From April to August last year, the number of stores for renting hanfu in Beijing    6    (rise) to more than 20 from the original four.

The hanfu market has experienced a boom in both high-end customized clothing brands and more    7    (afford) options. Statistics coming    8    a domestic e-commerce(国内电商) platform showed that hanfu priced at 100-300 yuan took more than 60 percent market share last year, while those priced over 500 yuan accounted for more than 30 percent. Last year, there were more than 2 million    9    (extreme) keen admirers of hanfu in China, according to a report by HanFu Information, a piece of data    10    (provide) for the platform. The average age of the admirers is 21, and some 88 percent of them are female.

China has embraced Western fashion and futuristic designs in the past few decades, but a growing number of young people are now looking to the past for fashion advice. If you look closely around your city, you might spot hanfu, the traditional and     1    (attract) clothing of the Han ethnic group.

In a     2    (recent) published report by online shopping platform Tmall, more than 2 million hanfu outfits were sold in 2018.     3     number of hanfu buyers increased by 92 percent    4    (compare) to 2017. But why has this traditional clothing become trendy among young Chinese people? For some of them,     5    (wear) hanfu is a way for them to escape the troubles of real life, so it’s a costume for relaxation and     6    (amuse). Modern clothing, on the other hand,     7    (represent) the identity people need to show every day. Hanfu and modern clothing help to release the different     8    (aspect) in them. Other youngsters like hanfu because of the culture behind it. They regard it     9     a way to reconnect with traditions. What’s behind hanfu is inheritance(继承) of the Chinese civilization,     10     is probably why some fans have started to bring the traditional clothing abroad.

Acupuncture (针灸) is a traditional Chinese medical practice of treating     1    (variety) physical and mental conditions. It gained respect and interest in the United States after New York Times journalist James Reston     2    (visit) China with President Nixon and needed an operation. Chinese doctors used acupuncture on Reston after operation.

    3    (surprise), his recovery was quick. Curious about this, Reston was allowed to watch surgery on patients     4     received acupuncture for anesthesia (麻醉). Patients talked with their doctors during the operation and then walked back to their rooms     5     their own.

The effectiveness of acupuncture left Reston such a deep     6    (impress) that he wrote a front-page article in the New York Times about his operation upon returning to the United States. “A leading medical specialist     7    (send) by Premier Chou En-lai removed my appendix(阑尾). I was conscious in     8     whole process.”

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) began to sponsor some of their top     9    (physician)to visit China to investigate acupuncture and its possible functions in western medicine. With years going by, acupuncture has earned     10    (it) a great reputation across the world with magical effect.

A teahouse is a special house which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments(茶点). Its function varies widely    1    (depend)on the culture. In China, a teahouse is a place     2    people gather to enjoy tea, chat and socialize. It    3    (consider) as a symbol of Chinese tea culture and people’s leisure lives.

Chinese teahouses enjoy a long-standing history. They developed from tea     4    (stand) in the Western JIN Dynasty, took shape in the Tang Dynasty, developed     5    (gradual) in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties and became booming in modern times.

In the Song Dynasty, teahouses spread all over the cities and villages, at a rate comparable with that of restaurants. The owners preferred to decorate their teahouses     6    paintings of celebrities or rare and precious plants     7    (attract) customers. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number of teahouses went beyond that of restaurants, gaining much     8     (wide) popularity and becoming more famous. Later, the acculturation(文化植入)of western culture forced traditional Chinese teahouses to take on    9     new look.

Since reform and opening-up, with the rapid development of the economy and evident improvement of people’s living standards, teahouses    10    (flower) in China.