Sanxingdui,     1     is located in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, is     2     cultural relic from the Kingdom of Shu in ancient China. The excavation(挖掘) has lasted for nearly 100 years since the first     3     (discover) in the late 1920s.

It all     4     (begin) when a farmer discovered a jade ware pit(玉器凹坑) in the late 1920s,     5     (open) the door to an unknown culture, 3,000 and 5,000 years old. The site     6     (consider) one of the most significant ancient remains found in the 20th century.

During the 1980s and 1990s, large-scale continuous excavation was carried out at the site. In 1986, two sacrificial pits     7     (fill) with more than 1,000 treasures were discovered, surprising the world with the ancient Shu civilization buried underground for3, 000 years. From October 2019     8     August 2020, archaeologists (考古学家) found six new sacrificial pits in the site. From last September, the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute has joined hands with many     9     (nation) organizations and officially started the archaeological excavations. Major progress and new discoveries were uncovered at the conference in March.

Some archaeologists predict the     10     (new) unearthed artifacts from six pits might bring some new insights.

Each city has its own unique cultural symbol,    1    (break) the similarity of cities. The    2    (significance) cultural symbols such as Beijing’s Forbidden City, Hangzhou’s West Lake and suzhou’s gardens have helped form strong cultural confidence.

Qinhuangdao is focusing on fashion tourism. A first-class international tourist city needs wold tourist attractions, and Qinhuangdao seems    3     ( have ) some ,The Great Wall is world-class, and so    4     (be) the Beidaihe wetlands.

Qinhuangdao has successfully transferred the world’s unique cultural symbol，The Classic ofMountains and Seas，into the city’s cultural    5    ( develop). Qinhuangdao is the only city in China    6    (name) after an emperor’s imperial name.The West Port of Qinhuangdao is near the legendary place where Qin Shi Huang    7    ( seek ) immortality(永生) into the sea. At the West Port cruise terminal, the 350-meter-long giant murall The Illustrations of Mountains and Seas reaches far away by the waves of the Bohai Sea. It is presenting the ancient wonder of the book which is rich    8    myths and legends to foreign visitors and sending Eastern culture and philosophical thoughts to a wider stage.

A distinctive and unique city cultural symbol can improve recognition and identity,    9     will help to enhance the city’s attractiveness. With a cultural symbol, there is cultural confidence,and it is    10    deepest power a city has.

Stone lion is carved out of stone,     1     is the common ornament (装饰物) in Chinese traditional architecture, such as temples, bridges, gardens and so on. Lion indicates     2     (safe) and luck in China.

It is said that the lion     3     (introduce) into China in Han Dynasty from the Western Region. In Chinese culture, lion is     4     mythical (神话的) figure rather than real animal. After its introduction, lion gradually became the mascot outside the gate, for Chinese people think that lion can drive away the evil spirits. Another saying of why people take stone lion     5     the gate keeper is related to the pronunciation of stone lion (Shishi) in Chinese. Stone sounds like ‘Shi’ in Chinese with the meaning of solid, and the second ‘Shi’     6     (refer) to lion sounds similar to ‘Si’ which means ‘to think about’.

Stone lions have the obvious local     7     (feature). The lions from the South are     8     (vivid) with many sculptures than the lions from the northern China. The stone lion is carved     9     (base) on a kind of architectural ornament frequently used as the base for decent building.

    10     (general), the location of the stone lion is settled with female in the right side and male the left according to Chinese traditional Yin and Yang philosophy.

As for the origin of Duan Wu Festival there have been some    1    ( argue), but the one accepted by the people in general is related with Qu Yuan and    2    are the Duan Wu customs that have come down through history. When Qu Yuan threw     3    (him) into the river, people who     4     (learn) of it rushed their boats over, trying to save him, but he was nowhere to     5    (find). Dragon boat race is an    6    (extreme) attractive ceremony held on Duan Wu to show how the    7    (worry) boatmen in their desperate efforts tried to save him from being drowned. Every year the Dragon boat races held on the Milo River attract hundreds of thousands of people to watch.     8    the morning of Duan Wu, the local people, dressed in their best clothes, will carry the movable dragon heads and swarm to Qu Yuan Temple for a sacrifice to him and then stand along the river while dragon boats are pushed into the river one by one.     9    the race is about to begin, the dragon head is fixed to the boat, projected high over the water. There are 36 oarsmen in 18 pairs in     10     racing-boat’s crew. Each oar wears a bamboo hat with ornaments like birds and lowers, a Chinese - style shirt, a pair of trousers and a silk belt.