The tea     1     has delighted and fascinated the world for millennia has finally received top-level global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.    2    (Tradition) tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China were added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity    3    November 29th. Speaking of the reasons    4     the application succeeded, UNESCO said that China’s tea culture helps develop social practices, conventional skills and handmade products. Not only    5    (be) tea-related customs found across the country but also they influence the rest of the world in various fields. In China, there are over 40 vocational colleges and 80 universities that have set up majors in tea science or tea culture, contributing to over 3,000    6    (graduate) specializing in tea production and art every year, according to the ministry.

The successful application can     7    (far) help improve tea’s international influence and help in better protecting and handing down the techniques and associated tea culture. It will make this cultural heritage more visible to     8     public and help promote respect for cultural diversity and human creativity.

Wang Yongjian, head of the Chinese delegation to the UNESCO session, said that they will    9    (application) for more of the intangible cultural heritage projects with Chinese characteristics which show Chinese spirit     10    (promote) Chinese culture globally.

The dumpling is a traditional lucky food in China and enjoys worldwide popularity now. With a history of 1,800 years, it is not only    1    staple food of people in Northern China, but also an essential dish in various festivals, especially in Chinese New Year.

The classic fold of Chinese dumplings    2    (shape) like a silver ingot(锭)，a currency in ancient China. The belief is that the    3    dumplings you make and eat, the more money and wealth you will make for the New Year. Dumplings represent the changing or exchange of new time. By    4    (eat) the dumplings you are welcoming the new year and new fortunes.

    5    (usual), families will gather    6    Lunar New Year’s Eve to make dumplings together. Wheat flour wraps are filled with regional ingredients such as pork, shrimp, chicken, or    7    (vegetable). Sometimes dumplings are folded to look like small purse,    8    is another symbol of wealth. “They can be steamed, pan-fried, or deep-fried. If you want    9    (start) your own dumpling-making tradition,    10    (try) my Chinese Mushroom Pot stickers and Vegetable Tofu Dumplings,” said Chef Henry Lu of   Loosie’s Kitchen in Brooklyn, New York.

National holidays have traditionally provided a time for families to gather again in     1     (they) hometowns. However, in recent years, a new form of celebration, called “reversed celebration”, has appeared in China.

Reversed celebration is    2    common phenomenon in China recently. Instead of     3     (wait) for their children to return during festivals, parents travel to the city     4     their children live. The culture of overtime work has been everywhere. Many people work from nine in the morning     5     nine in the evening, six days per week. This busy schedule     6     (make) young people too tired to travel the long distance back to their hometown during festivals. What’s more, festivals are one of the    7     (busy) times of the year for many industries. Often more money    8     (award) to those who stay at work. Both are the reasons why many people choose    9     (work) during festivals.

Besides work pressure, there is another reason for the growing reversed celebration culture—the     10     (eager) among parents to travel. Parents who live far from their children can catch the chance to visit their children and gain a personal tour guide!

Wang Tao, founder and CEO of TAORAY WANG believes that beyond beauty, fashion is about absorbing and using social energy.   As one of     1     most accomplished designers in China, she brought this vision into contemporary fashion with her collection, taoray taoray.

The taoray taoray Spring Summer 2020     2     (show) for the first time on the world stage of New York Fashion Week     3     tradition met modernity. The     4     (inspire)came to fruition when taoray taoray’s design team was introduced to Yi embroidery (刺绣). The Yi ethnic group has thousands of years of history, and its splendid culture is valuable in Chinese society. Embroidery is a(n)     5     (remark) part of the culture, which is a symbol and treasure of Yi people's art and culture.

In order to create the collection, Wang and her team went to Chuxiong in Yunnan Province and     6     (dig) into the culture and history of Yi’s craftsmanship (技艺) to gain insight into the essence and symbolism of Yi embroidery.    7    (aim) to recall tradition, the design team applied the     8     (pattern), colors, and techniques of Yi's culture     9     their contemporary fashion design, including T-shirts, jackets, shirts and other essentials.

The taoray taoray collection     10    (be) a reflection on how the designers are preserving culture to remind people of the beauty of tradition in daily life!