Fayuansi, or Fayuan Temple is     1     key Buddhist temple in the south of Beijing. It dates back more than a thousand years. Its     2     (surround) neighborhood is one of the few old hutong communities in the city,     3     has a rich historical and cultural value.

Many celebrities (名人) once lived or participated in events in this area, adding     4    its rich cultural     5    (significant). Chairman Mao Zedong once led an anti-warlord movement here in 1920 when he was young. The famous Indian poet Tagore and his Chinese friend Xu Zhimo     6    (visit) Fayuan Temple together in 1924.

However, the area’s out-of-date infrastructure (设施) has     7     (gradual) forced this community to make a change. So a new project aiming     8     (look) for solutions to renovating (修复) the Fayuansi area through sustainable development had been widely expected.

Fortunately, a well-rounded plan for the renovation of the Fayuansi area     9     (make) earlier this year. According to the plan, most of the historic architecture will be preserved, but the work will balance the local residents’ need for improved living standards, while attempting to maintain the     10    (origin) architecture.

Waking up at 7 am in the morning, 25­-year-­old Fan Yupei cleans up,     1     (water) flowers in the courtyard and then opens the door of her Jun porcelain production studio.

Life in her hometown of Shenhou is much slower and     2     (happy) for Fan, who used to work as a Jun porcelain saleswoman in Beijing for over five years. Jun porcelain was one of     3     top five Chinese porcelain styles in the Northern Song Dynasty (960－1127). It is famous for its change of colors when     4     (heat) in kilns (窑). Now the Jun porcelain production technique     5     (list) as a state­level intangible cultural heritage (国家级非物质文化遗产).

Shenhou is where Jun porcelain originated. In recent years, a series of measures has been carried out in Shenhou     6     (promote) Jun porcelain production. “There are a lot of tourists going to Shenhou every day. I have the confidence that Jun porcelain will gain greater     7     (popular) in the future,” Fan said.

Shenhou is not the only town in Henan that benefits     8     the combination of tourism and local culture. About 416 kilometers away from Shenhou, Tianpudawan, a Xin County village, most of     9     buildings are in the ancient Chinese style, is also harnessing its cultural. heritage to develop tourism. “I earn     10     (rough) 10, 000 yuan per month, which is about the same in the past when I worked in the shipbuilding company in South Korea,” a local villager said.

Wandering sounds, irregular rhythms and a carrier of gentle emotions. This is the musical language of guqin,     1     seven-string instrument created in ancient China.

The earliest piece of guqin in China     2     (date) back to the Zhou Dynasty.     3     (compose) of lacquered (喷漆的) wood and the strings of twisted silk, the body of a guqin looks quite simple,     4     unlike its seemingly simple appearance,     5     (make) a guqin is rather demanding. An outstanding piece can take anywhere from two to several decades to craft. It is a     6     (fantasy) achievement of art and time.

The tone of a guqin is quiet, spiritual and distant, with abundant empty notes in between, living up to listeners’     7     (expect) of amazing music. As the listener fills in the their empty minds, a connection is formed between music and man.

The guqin was favored by learned people in ancient China. The most famous guqin musician was Yu Boya     8     the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. As he played his guqin in the mountains, a woodcutter named Zhong Ziqi heard the     9     (extraordinary) amazing music and understood what Yu wanted to express. This deep understanding made them become close friends. This is the famous guqin masterpiece, High Mountains and Flowing Water,     10     story has been passed down through generations.

This graceful dialogue, travelling for thousands of years, is continuing to this day.