Di Di is a Chinese director and producer. Through the media company he     1     (found) a few years ago, the 29-year-old makes advertising and promotional     2     (video), including those for Tsinghua University.

With ten years of directing experience under his belt, you might think he     3     (happy) lives in the ivory tower of directing,     4     in fact, he has a very down-to-earth philosophy. “In today’s video-content-centered world, everyone has the ability to be a director and share people’s stories,” he said.

Di’s own somewhat accidental path to becoming a director serves as a perfect example. Majoring in journalism at Tsinghua, he got into     5     (make) films for a student association and then the university as a whole.

For the university’s 2020 promotional video, Di created a story of a group of students     6     aimed to launch their own satellite after facing a sudden setback before the launch date. “We have spent more than two years     7     this. Now with one month     8     (leave), no one knows how it will turn out. But before the dust settles, I want to go all out this time,” said the leader of the student team in the 8-minute-long video.

And in this attempt, Di also found     9     (inspire). “This video made me rethink my own career: Whether to continue working hard in the corporate world or stay true to     10     (me) and create more stories about Chinese young people,” he said.

As an epic which brings back to life some of the most iconic poets from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the highly anticipated animated movie Chang’an     1     (release) nationwide on July 8.

The film is the seventh production of Light Chaser Animation Studios, often     2     (refer) to as “China’s Pixar” because of its successes since its     3     (establish) in 2013. It gained an 8 out of 10 rating on the Chinese film and review website Douban,     4     (unusual) high for a Chinese animated movie.

With a runtime of 168 minutes — the     5    (long) of any Chinese animated movie to date Chang’an presents the decades-long friendship of Li Bai, and Gao Shi, his close friend and     6    renowned poet, during the dynasty’s transition from peak prosperity to the turmoil (动乱). It was caused by the rebellion led by An Lushan, once one of Emperor Xuanzong’s most favored     7    (general).

Xie Junwei,     8     co-directs the movie with Zou Jing, says that he has made multiple trips to Xi’an in search of inspiration during the creative process. He revealed that the sculptures and ancient paintings exhibited at the Shaanxi History Museum provided them     9     invaluable ideas for the film.

One audience said, “Every Chinese has a Tang dream, and this movie takes me back to the Great Tang Empire,    10    (inspire) me to feel ultimate idealism, romanticism and inclusiveness.”

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er gained the World Heritage Site status at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee,     1     (become) the first World Heritage Site related to tea.

The     2     (new) named heritage site, located in Lancang Lahu autonomous county in Pu’er, Yunnan province,     3     (comprise) five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, three protective barrier forests     4     nine ancient villages in the old tea forests.

The committee said the cultural landscape is an outstanding example of a sustainable land-use system     5     (base) on the combination of horizontal and vertical land-use patterns. “This land-use system permits the use of natural resources in the typically     6     (mountain) environment of Jingmai Mountain and represents an exceptional example of a human interaction by Blang and Dai     7     (people) with a challenging environment.”

Chen Yaohua, director of Peking University’s World Heritage Research Center, said the tea growing technique on the Jingmai Mountain is quite unique, particularly these years     8     large-scale terraced (阶梯状的) tea plantations play a dominant role in the world. It represents the ecological ethics (伦理) and     9     (wise) that can inspire sustainable development in the world today.

The local government of Pu’er and the Yunnan provincial authorities have released three laws and seven regulations focusing     10     the protection of the cultural landscape resources.

Wang De, who is a blacksmith by trade and an inheritor of the 500-year-old art of dashuhua that     1     (literal) means “creating tree flowers”,     2     (live) in Yuxian county of Zhangjiakou.

Wang and his assistants put     3     over a dozen dashuhua performances for villagers and tourists as part of Spring Festival celebrations each year. The folk artist hopes the revival of the tradition can bring more visitors to his hometown of Zhangjiakou.

Dashuhua is a traditional form of fireworks performance that takes place during certain festivals.     4     (create) molten iron fireworks, waste iron is melted to 1,600℃ and thrown against a cold wall. The mix bursts into sparks that look like glittering tree branches.

But the high-risk tradition is still only reserved for     5     brave. Due to the nature of the performance-handling superheated coal and molten iron, it’s easy for performers to suffer injuries. During a performance a few years ago, Wang suffered severe     6     (burn) on his leg and took two months to recover.

There are only four people     7     (leave) in China who have mastered the ancient practice, three of     8     are either middle-aged or elderly. Both Wang’s father and grandfather were blacksmiths. Wang said     9     was his responsibility to pass this craft on to the next generation. Otherwise, it will be lost.

The art of dashuhua requires extraordinary courage, skill and     10     (strong). Now, The molten iron fireworks performance has become a major tourist attraction.