Duilian is traditional Chinese couplets, also known as yinglian or duizi. According to the usage, it can be    1    (general) classified into Spring Festival couplets, wedding couplets, trade couplets, social couplets and entertaining or    2    (humor) couplets. The traditional couplets vary greatly in     3    (long). The shortest one contains one or two characters, and the longest one contains several hundred characters, usually    4    (find) on ancient Chinese buildings. A couplet must have the following features:    5     number of characters of one line is equal to that of the other line and both lines have the same sense groups.

A couplet writer may show his feelings by means of    6    (describe) the scenery or express his wishes in his works. Whatever he wants to convey, the writer is expected to be good     7    . Chinese and summarization to produce a couplet     8    .is excellent in both language and content.

Chinese couplets are widely kept both in modern cities and rural areas of China. With the cultural exchanges among different countries all over the world, they also     9    (begin) to spread to Vietnam, Japan, and Singapore in the 20th century. As a result, the custom of putting up Spring Festival couplets     10    (observe) in these countries at present as well.

In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea,     1     Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Over time,     2     the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly.

China’s Tea Villages

In most Chinese tea villages, March is the time of year in which locals start to pick and process tea. The     1    (usual) quiet villages suddenly become busy centers of activity, as people take out special tools and prepare     2    tea processing. In some villages, local residents hold traditional ceremonies,     3    (thank) heaven for its blessing. The price of tea     4    (pick) in March is extremely high because     5    is fresh, tender and contains multiple trace elements.

China     6    (be) famous for tea production since ancient times. Of the goods transported and traded along     7    Old Silk Road linking China to the Middle East and Europe, the importance of tea was matched only by silk. China produces Oolong, black, green, white, yellow     8    dark (post-fermented) tea. The Oolong, green and black     9    (vary) are most notable for their high quality.

Most of China s tea villages are found in remote mountainous areas in the country’s south and southwest,     10    the beautiful scenery is often hidden under clouds.