A traditional Chinese dance performed underwater in Luoyang, Central China’s Henan Province,     1    (go) viral on social media during the Dragon Boat Festival. The show led to renewed passion among audiences for traditional Chinese. art and culture.

The     2    (impress) dance is named The Prayer, which was the opening performance of the gala by Henan Television Station on Saturday.

In the video on social media the underwater actress is seen dancing in colorful traditional Chinese costume. The short dance, which lasted less than two minutes, was seen as a     3    (combine) of contemporary art and traditional Chinese culture.

“The water made the costume even more gorgeous and the moves     4    (graceful)!” said one observer online. Netizens were left     5    (amaze) by both the beauty of the dancer and the     6    (create) involved in putting     7     the dance underwater.

The dance featured a character from     8    famous ancient Chinese painting Ode to Goddess Luo, the daughter of a sacred king character Fu Xi in a Chinese tale     9    drowned and then became a goddess.

“The moves were captured underwater at 4. 5 meters from the ground. The team spent a total of 26 hours under water    10    (complete) the shooting. The film team had to soak themselves in the water in each shooting session,”Chen Jia, director of the HNTV gala, said to local media.

In ancient times, the drum was    1    (wide) used in China such as in hunting and agricultural activities. The drum as a musical instrument    2    (begin) in the Zhou Dynasty. The cultural meaning of the drum is broad and profound,    3    the loud and great drum sound closely accompanies human beings.

From the original pottery (陶器) drums, earthen drums, leather drums, and metal drums,    4    a wide range of modern drums, the drum is one of the    5    (popular) musical instruments. It    6    (believe) that the earliest drums should be used by the ancient ancestors. And unearthed pottery drums proved that    7    (date) back to seven thousand years ago in the early Neolithic, pottery drums had already begun. Pottery drums are made of pottery clay into a drum frame(框架) and then covered with animal leather. In our country, the tradition of making pottery drums with tiles(瓦) as the frame had been followed for    8    long time. Then people used wood and other materials    9    (make) drums.

Nowadays, dozens of types of Chinese drums exist, including waist drums. The popularity of drum culture reflects the stability and    10    (develop). of Chinese society.

Zhang Chenliang is     1     influential vlogger (视频活记录者) with expert knowledge of animals and plants, having over 22 million followers on Douyin. His humorous     2     (express) has helped him become one of the most influential creators of the popular science content.

Zhang     3     (feel) a deep love for nature since he was a child. In 2011, while working as an intern (实习生) at Nature History magazine, he took charge of the magazine’s official account on Weibo. To make the account more     4     (attract), Zhang actively communicated with followers and answered their questions in a way     5     was both approachable and professional.

“There are many species in our country, but people don’t     6     (entire) know about them. I communicate a lot with fans, so I know what they want to know,” said Zhang.

In 2019, he opened his personal account on Douyin. From that time on, he was “addicted” to     7     (make) science about animals and plants popular, and has since built     8     many fans in the field. In March 2021, a team of 10 people     9    (organize). “We have opened a window for everyone     10     (understand) nature and science, so that the public can feel that science can be very interesting,” Zhang said.

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Last month, 28–year–old model Huang Qian decided to add baduanjin to her daily routine. At first, she saw videos of people practicing on social media     1     (platform). So she     2     (natural) associated it with the kind of exercise favored by the elderly because of slow movements. Nevertheless, now Huang enjoys practicing the exercise,     3     stretches and relaxes her whole body. Baduanjin, a form of qigong, is a set of traditional Chinese fitness exercises     4     (combine) physical movement with breathing and meditation. It     5     (date) back to the Song Dynasty(960–1279). Baduanjin uses breathing and concentration techniques     6     (improve) body and mind through eight well-designed sequences.     7     (compare) with other types of qigong exercise, such as tai chi and wuqinxi, baduanjin is more suited to beginners thanks to     8     (it) simple, gentle movements. Huang was also excited to find out that one of her favorite fitness influencers, German Pamela Reif,     9     (add) baduanjin to her workout videos already. The video has received more than 900,000 views, 49,000 likes and 24,000 reports since it was posted on Bilibili on Aug 8. Like many traditions, such as hanfu and music, baduanjin is receiving a growing     10     (recognize) from people of all ages and is making a return to daily life.