Nowadays, more and more countries around the world are holding celebrations for Chinese Spring Festival. What's more, not only     1     (be) these attended and enjoyed by Chinese citizens     2     ( live) abroad, but by many other nationalities, too.

Shopping centres have been organising events and activities so as     3     ( celebrate ) Chinese Spring Festival for years, while concerts and other performances are also proving a big         4     ( succeed). Tickets for the 2017 Grand Chinese New Year Concert in St Petersburg sold     5     , with 90% of the audience local Russians. People are also discovering     6     fun of interacting with the celebrations, rather than simply watching     7     part of an audience. To celebrate the 2017 festival, over 1，000 Ghanaian junior high school students     8     (get) up on stage to perform Chinese songs and dances. Students in New York City, meanwhile, have since 2016 been able to enjoy an     9     (office) day's holiday for Chine Spring Festival.

It seems     10     Chinese Spring Festival is becoming a global celebration of joy and love.

Originated in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Kunqu Opera is said to be the mother of all Chinese operas and is one of the oldest forms of opera still    1    (exist)in China. This traditional art was named for its birthplace, Kunshan,    2    is near the city of Suzhou in today’s Jiangsu Province.

The development of Kunqu Opera went through several    3     (stage). In the early days, the songs were    4    (main) composed of long and short lines. In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),    5     (reform) by Wei Liangfu, Kunqu Opera became mild, smooth and    6     (attract). The performers attached great    7     (important) to clear recitation, correct singing and pure tunes. Meanwhile, the composers wrote the musical scores after working out the tunes, and the songs    8     (write) in seven-character or ten-character lines.

Kunqu Opera is acknowledged as    9    elegant opera. Carrying forward the tradition of ancient poetry and common speech, the art is also    10    very high literary value.

In 2001, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced Kunqu Opera as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of humanity.

Carrying the spirit of a nation, cultural relics and heritages are irreplaceable resources for a civilization. A great many Chinese relics     1    (become) more popular over the past 10 years and allowed people from around the world to know Chinese culture better.

Though most ancient figurines( 陶俑) are on display at museums, many young artists in China feel they deserve to be seen by a     2    (wide) audience than the limited number of people who visit museums.

In recent years, a large number of artists, dancers and TV    3    (direct) have used creative means to bring these figurines to life, thus expanding their audience and    4    (set) off a wave of discussion about Tang figurines and the pursuit of traditional Chinese     5     (beautiful).

As ancient instruments(乐器)     6    (play)together, a group of painted Tang figures gradually “walk out" from a museum and transform into Tang Dynasty court ladies with vivid expressions on their faces.

This scene is     7     beginning of Night Banquet in the Tang Dynasty Palace, a hit Chinese dance show     8     was performed during Henan TV’s Spring Festival Gala in 2021.

Once     9    (bury) in ancient tombs and now part of the collection at the Henan Museum, these figurines came     10     life for the first time in more than 1,000 years because of the show.