The Year of the Rabbit fell, with Chinese New Year     1     (arrive) on January 22 in 2023.

After gathering countless audiences’ favorite     2     (option) and through systematic and informative big data research, the 2023 Spring Festival Gala official logo and mascot (吉祥物) image, “Tu Yuanyuan,” was born. It is the first intellectual property (知识产权) mascot     3     (develop) through big data analysis in the 40-year history of the Spring Festival Gala.

The overall image     4     (base) on the characteristics of the Chinese white rabbit and combines the aesthetic (审美的) style of gongbi,     5     careful realist technique in Chinese painting, and then completed using 3D modeling technology.

In Chinese culture, rabbits are quiet, smart and agile (敏捷的). Many Chinese idioms speak of these features. For example, people often say dongruo tuotu     6     (praise) people for moving     7     (quick). Jiaotu sanku means that a smart rabbit always has many holes,     8     makes it hard for people to find it. The rabbit also stands for the moon. People used to believe a rabbit was living on the moon. The rabbit is called the Jade Rabbit or the Moon Rabbit. It is the pet of the moon goddess Chang’e.

Rabbits can have a lot of babies in a short time. In this way, people in the past also saw the rabbit     9     a good sign. They believed     10     (have) more children could bring them good luck and happiness.

Texas, the second most populous US state, embraced Lunar New Year celebrations last month,     1     were more fabulously than ever before, in places ranging     2     public libraries to children’s museums, local bars and Asian restaurants in both big cities and some small towns.

Post Houston, a downtown entertainment and cultural center in the state’s largest city,     3    (host) a massive Lunar New Year festival on Sunday with eye-catching performances, a carnival-like Asian pop-up market    4    (feature) food vendors, games, crafts and other cultural activities, as well as a grand party in the night. Lion and dragon dances,     5     (accompany) by the booming, rhythmic beating of drums and gongs, whipped up a festive atmosphere, gaining thunderous applause and cheers from     6     crowd of more than 1, 000 spectators.

“We didn’t have a lot of activities in the past. But     7     (thankful), times are changing” said Brooks. “It is a great representation of the culture. . . It’s just a great way for people to accept it, respect it,     8     also embrace it.” Getting into the spirit of Lunar New Year, the woman said her hope for the Year of the Rabbit is “health, happiness, prosperity and peace for everyone, and     9    (equal) for everybody and every culture. It’s what everybody deserves     10    (have) in this world, in America and everywhere.”

Acupuncture, one of the most famous Chinese medical treatments, is increasingly well received among the world with solid evidence    1    it has a certain edge over western medicine.

    2    (date) back to the Stone Age, the magic needles    3    (measure) between 15 and 75 millimeters in length played a critical role in treating patients in the old past of China and over time, these needles     4    (change) in materials and shapes. While examining a patient, the acupuncturist looks at the patient’s skin and tongue, listening to the sound, smelling his breath, asking about his condition and feeling his pulse. According to    5    results of the check-up, the acupuncturist selects certain points on the body called acupuncture points. So far, more than 360 acupuncture points have been identified, each of     6    linked to a different part of the body. However,    7    acupuncture actually works is not clearly understood, and no agreement has been reached. But anyway, there really existed such a phenomenon    8    patients can restore health after being treated by the acupuncture, so    9    the uncertainty about its medical basis, these years it has been applied to treat a wide range of health problems and is preferred at home and abroad. In 2010, acupuncture was included in the UNESCO ICH. Today, it is recognized     10    a symbol of TCM and has come into widespread use.

Bing Dwen Dwen, a panda in an ice shell    1    (choose) as the official mascot for the Beijing2022 Winter Games back in 2019.

According to Cao Xue, the chief designer of Bing Dwen Dwen, the idea first came from a traditional Chinese snack bingtanghulu — fruit    2    (coat) in syrup (糖浆), which turned into the ice shell in his design. Later, Cao’s team decided to incorporate (结合) an animal or plant, finally    3    (settle) on a panda. “What else can    4    (well) represent China than our national treasure? ” said Cao. “We don’t need to explain anything to have it understood across different cultures.”    5    , there were already too many cartoon    6    (image) of pandas out there so the mascot needed to be    7    (total) unique and innovative. They visited Wolong Sichuan, to look for    8    (inspire). Cao then decided that it should be a baby panda    9    determined the body proportions (比例) of Bing Dwen Dwen — its body is of the same length    10    its head.