【推荐2】The Laba Festival is one of the most important     1     (tradition) festivals in China.     2     falls on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

At the Laba Festival, people usually cook Laba Congee. There are many     3     (story) about how people started eating congee during the festival. Among them, the story about Zhu Yuanzhang is the most famous one. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming dynasty, helped a rich man look     4     some cows when he was young. One day, because of Zhu's     5     (careless), a cow got hurt. The rich man was so angry     6     he locked Zhu in a small room. After some time, zhu felt so hungry that he started to look for food in the room.     7     (lucky), he found some rice, beans and other food in the corner. He cooked them by himself and had a good meal. That day was the eighth day of the last month. As a     8     (result), Zhu named it Laba Congee.

Another custom on Laba Festival is to make Laba garlic (蒜). It's really easy     9     (do) it. People put clean garlic into vinegar (醋) on that day. As the days go by, the garlic turns green and has a special flavor. Some people think nothing could be     10     (good) with it while eating dumplings.

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Hello, friends, welcome to Culture China. In today’s post, we’ll introduce     1     kind of national intangible cultural heritage (国家级非遗) that is called Tie-dye (扎染).

As is known to all, colorful clothes we wear these days     2     (make) by machines. But what did ancient people do if they wanted to wear something colorful? Tie-dye was a way     3     (do) this.

It’s believed that the skill of tie-dye     4     (be) around for more than 1,000 years since the Bai people in Yunnan first began to use tie-dye to dye their clothes. During the Tang (618—907) and Song (960—1279) Dynasties, this skill became so popular that people even gave tie-dyed clothes to the emperor     5     gifts.

             To tie-dye, you need     6     (tool) to tie your cloth together first and put it in dye (染料). As the cloth is folded, some parts become dark blue, while other parts have a much     7     (light) color.     8     you unfold the cloth, you’ll see beautiful patterns.

At Dior’s spring 2019 show, the famous     9     (Europe) designer Maria Grazia Chiuri surprised people with tie-dye dresses. Chiuri said, “    10     (it) creative process is a kind of unbelievable performance, right until the very end. It’s really a wonder. ”

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Where is Love? How can we find Love? Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and     1     (start) off. When he passed three streets, he saw     2     old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very     3     (hunger). The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again,     4     he gave her a coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.

They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it was dark, the boy decided     5     (leave). But before he left, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him the biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door, his mother     6     (surprise) by the look of joy on his face and asked     7     he was so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has     8     (beautiful) smile in the world.” At the same time, the old woman’s son was also surprised at his mother’s     9     (please) and asked why.

“I ate pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.”

If the world is full     10     love, we can enjoy a better life.