Peking Opera     1     (consider) as a national treasure in China, which dates back to over 200 years ago. The early Qing Dynasty saw the great     2     (develop) of this opera. It arose in the late 18^th century and became     3     (full) developed and recognized by the mid-19^th century. It is     4     form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime(哑剧), dance and acrobatics(杂技).

Peking Opera comes     5     four local operas, Hui Opera in Anhui, Han Opera in Hubei, Kun Opera in Jiangsu and Qingqiang in Shangxi. It has drawn the merits of these local operas and created its own style.

Speech, song, dance and combat     6     (be) the four classic performing arts in Peking Opera,     7     are also the basic skills for performers and are usually trained since the performers are very young. There are many roles in Peking Opera, mainly Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Chou, each of which has     8     own costume(服装) and mask-paintings.

Many audiences from different     9     (country) think that it is the     10     (large) and most influential kind of opera in China and the influence is incomparable in China.

In 2020, a 63-year-old Chinese grandpa attracted millions of viewers online with his     1     (tradition) Chinese carpentry skills. The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen, well known as “Grandpa Amu” online, has been called modern Lu Ban due     2     his vast knowledge of carpentry.

His first video,     3     showed him making a fantastic wooden arch bridge, has gained more than 42 million views since it was posted. When     4     (build) the arch bridge, Grandpa Amu followed an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (榫卯) technique, which means no nails or glue are involved in     5     whole process.

Grandpa Amu also made several wooden toys for     6     (he) grandson, using the same technique. Among all the toys, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy were his grandson’s     7     (favorite) and won viewers’ praise.

In 2022, during the Qatar World Cup, Grandpa Amu posted a video in which he created a wooden football. “A block of wood is     8     (eventual) transformed into a football. Genius,” one viewer commented under the video.

By the end of 2023, Grandpa Amu     9     (attract) over 1.2 million fans on social media. However, he insisted, “I am not a super star     10     just an ordinary farmer.”