LiZiqi has made a name for    1    (her)in her videos that highlight a traditional Chinese way of life in the rural area of Sichuan Province. Her videos cover    2     (vary) crafts   related   to traditional culture,     3     (range) from making paper and ink to building her own bread kiln (窑) with blocks. Nothing seems impossible with Li’s hands as they work their magic to bring these things into existence.

Li,     4     was born in 1990, has lived with her grandparents in Mianyang, Sichuan, since the age of 6 after her father died. Life was difficult for her during her youth as she and her grandparents had little to live on. Li herself said that she was     5     (financial) supported to continue schooling. She started to work in the city at 14 and would not have returned to her childhood home but for her grandmother falling ill in 2012. After returning home, Li opened    6     online shop to   sell mostly food   products. To increase sales, she began making short films in 2016 about how these products    7     (create).

A Weibo user remarked, “ Li’s success lies    8     her passion for life.” Another one wrote, “Thank you for giving me an opportunity    9     (appreciate) the landscape in the countryside.” Li is not without criticism. Some people have expressed skepticism because it is unbelievable    10     she looks so perfect after a long day of work in the fields.

Mrs. Chaisura,     1     well-known businesswoman from Thailand, has won an international competition in flower arrangement in Japan. Mrs. Chaisura owns a flower shop in Bangkok. Her most famous     2     (creation) are fresh-cut flower arrangements done in a typical Japanese style. In the past several years, her business has developed     3     (significant). Last month, the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok sponsored an exhibition of her work, which won great     4     (popular).

Last week, Mrs. Chaisura traveled to Japan,     5     she took part in the 2023 International Ikebana (插花) Exhibition and Contest, along with over 200 contestants from sixteen other countries.     6     her surprise, she won first place. She is the first Thai citizen, and the first foreigner since 1957, to win No. 1 prize in the competition. Afterward, she thanked her teacher, with whom she had studied ikebana in Japan during the nineties. Rikka, the “upright style,” is deeply traditional. And recently it     7     (become) a hit.

Along with an impressive gold cup, Mrs. Chaisura won a cash prize of 400,000 Yen. Her winning arrangement in the competition     8     (compose) of green orchids (兰花) and pine. After     9     (award) the prize, she told the reporter, “My favorite flower is the orchid, and I hope to include     10     (many) Thai flowers, especially Thai orchids, into my future ikebana arrangements.”