Every culture in the world celebrates festivals. Festivals around the world not only have     1     wide range of origins but also have different customs. The harvest festival,     2     takes place after all the crops have been gathered in, can be found in almost every culture. People celebrate it     3     (show) their gratitude to the year’s supply of food. But the     4     (celebrate) vary from country to country.

In ancient Egypt, it     5     (feature) a parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports during springtime. During the Mid－Autumn Festival in China, families gather to admire the     6     (shine) moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.

Customs change with the     7     (develop) of modern society. In China, many big cities     8     (give) up the custom of lighting firecrackers in order to avoid air pollution. Nowadays, businesses take advantage of the celebrations and make festivals commercial. Although some are     9     it, others believe the increase in spending is good for the economy and public happiness.

Festivals reflect people’s wishes, beliefs, faiths and attitudes towards life. If you study festivals     10     (careful), you may be surprised to find that different cultures actually have a lot in common after all.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely     1     (regard) as China’s Valentine’s Day. But do you know the origin of the festival? Legend has it     2     the Weaver Girl met and fell in love with a cowherd. The Jade Emperor strongly objected     3     the couple’s union and forcibly separated them by the Milky Way, leaving them     4     (tear) apart by the galaxy and only allowing them to meet once a year.     5     that, the distance could not stop their love for one another and they look forward to meeting once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

However, with the development of high speed railways, the tragedy of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl could not happen in modern China. A ride between Beijing and Shanghai on the high-speed rail only takes four hours. The convenience and     6     (efficient) of modern travel have shortened the “galactic distance” between couples. On Qixi, more and more young people     7     (go) on dates and exchanging gifts to express their affection. Long queues are also often formed at the gate of the Civil Affairs Bureau     8     couples rush to register for marriage when love is in the air. This is because Qixi carries     9     (it) a symbolic meaning: choose your own love and remain     10     (faith) to life.

"Made in China" is having its moment now and it's a fashionable one. The story of Chinese fashion           1    ( begin) in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, both Chinese sneaker brands( 品牌 ), suddenly attracted international attention. Last   year,   Li   Ning was at the New York Fashion Week in September.

The latest Chinese brands are no longer selling       2    (them) on the basis ( 基 础 ) of   their cheapness. They set a good example in exploring the effect of Chinese aesthetics (美学)     3    Western fashion and can go forward to head with foreign brands.

Western culture is not so     4    (attract) as it used to be to China’s   young generation.   China's young people are now     5    (confidence) about their own culture than the past generations. "They have a       6    (prefer) for Chinese cultural elements( 元 素 )," Jin Qu, vice president of YOHO,     7    unusual clothing shopping website in China, said at a cultural festival in November.

In fact, a lot of celebrities in the West now have an interest in Chinese cultural elements   in   fashion.   US   singer   Rihanna,   for   example,   wore   a   shiny   and              8    (extreme) graceful yellow gown ( 礼 服 ) to   the 2015 Met Gala to   match the gala's   theme   “China: Through the Looking Glass”，     9    was from Chinese designer Guo Pei. The Chinese want to     take the place of the words “Made in China” with “         10    ( design) in China”.

A video series named Escape from the British Museum was released on Wednesday, sparking a lot of discussion in China’s social media recently.     1     (direct) by two Chinese vloggers, the three-episode series tells the story of     2     a Chinese cultural relic escapes from the British Museum and finds     3     (it) way back to China.

In     4     video series, a female vlogger plays the role of an ancient Chinese jade teapot, while her male partner is a journalist     5     helps the artifact return to China.

The videos     6     (inspire) by a netizen who suggested making a video about Chinese cultural relics returning home from the UK. The duo went to the UK in June and spent three months     7     (shoot) the video. They said the story is based on documented     8     (fact) and aims to draw attention to the Chinese cultural relics held abroad.

    9     (current), the museum has a total of 23,000 Chinese relics, while about 2,000 Chinese relics are     10     display. It appears to have struck a chord in China after first being released by independent vloggers on Douyin, China’s equivalent to TikTok.