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When Singaporean Tong Weiqiang watched Hong Kong Wuxia dramas more than 10 years ago, he was impressed by the exciting plots and the traditional clothes. He even organized some activities to introduce local people to Hanfu, the traditional Chinese clothing, and set up the Singapore Han Cultural Society in 2012 to attract more fans.

Tong said he became interested in traditional culture from an early age through classic novels such as Dream of the Red Chamber and Journey to the West and so on. When he grew up, he read Wuxia novels by writers such as Jin Yong, Gu Long and Liang Yusheng,and has remained a fan of the type. “Many people in our cultural society first learned about Hanfu from these costume dramas(古装剧),” he said.

In recent years, with the increased popularity of Chinese culture such as dramas and online literature(文学), wuxia-related works have started to get popular with overseas people again,including those in Southeast Asia.

Set up in 2017, Funstory. ai Company is a platform that uses Artificial intelligence (AI) for digital publishing overseas. It helps develop the international dissemination(传播) of Chinese literary works. It has helped more than 100 Chinese online literature companies to bring nearly 10,000 novels to some 50 international platforms such as Kindle and Google Books.

Tong Ye, CEO of Funstory. ai Company, said half the novels on the fun platform of his company are Xuanhuan and Xianxia books. He added, “Whether in Southeast Asia or North America, a large number of fans are following this kind of works. Besides, China’s cultural products have made a difference to more people in the world in recent years.”

With a huge fan base, online literature has become a pioneer for Chinese cultural and entertainment content. reaching overseas people. In the meanwhile, we can see that Chinese culture opens its wings across the world.

【推荐3】“The red walls and green tiles (瓦) set each other off beautifully. It’s so Beijing,” said Lin. He was enjoying a city walk along the Beijing Central Axis (中轴线).

The Beijing Central Axis is a straight north-south line. It is from the Bell Tower and Drum Tower to the Yongding Gate, about 7.8 kilometers from north to south. Many cultural and historic buildings are here, including the Palace Museum, Tian’anmen Square. The Beijing Central Axis has seen the rise and fall of dynasties (朝代) since the 13th century.

In ancient times, the Beijing Central Axis joined royal (皇家的) palaces and market places for common people. Though time changes many things, the Beijing Central Axis has left a special feeling with many Chinese people.

The Bell and Drum Towers were used to keep time once. Today they see the daily cultural activities of local people. A teacher named Lu Zhou says that when he walks around the Bell and Drum Towers, he can find peace in the busy city life.

A number of visitors from other parts of the world have been surprised by the Beijing Central Axis. Marco Polo (1254∼1324) wrote in The Travels of Marco Polo (《马可·波罗游记》): “Up and down the city there are beautiful palaces ... and fine houses in great numbers.” These western records have given people around the world a taste of its history.

It’s necessary for us to have enough sleep. But some people like staying up late to watch TV. Some play and don’t go to bed until 11:00 or 12:00 p.m. All these can cause lack(缺乏) of sleep.

The next day, they would feel sleepy(困倦的) when they work. And they even don’t feel like eating anything. It can also make them ill in bed.

Sometimes it’s not easy for some people to fall asleep(睡着的). If you want to sleep easily(容易地) at night, you had better do more exercise during the day. For example, playing basketball or table tennis can help you fall asleep quickly. You’d better not drink coffee before going to bed. Follow my advice, enjoy a good night.

【推荐3】New Names

When you get a pet, the first thing you might do is to give it name. The name should be one you’ll remember. It might also describe the pet. For example, if you get a brown puppy, you might call her Honey.

When a new product is invented, people need to give it a name, too.     1     Sometimes people make up new words for a new invention. Sometimes they use older words and combine them in new ways.

Lots of electronic products are invented every year, so new computer words are invented all the time.     2     The word Internet was invented in the 1980s to describe the system that links computer networks around the world. Originally, it was called the internetwork.

The World Wide Web (the Web) is a huge collection of documents that you can access (存取) through the Internet.     3     Browser (浏览器) is a good name for this software application because you use it to browse, or look around, on the Web.

Two words were invented to describe Internet journals: blog and vlog. Blog is a form of web log.     4     Blogs contain words and sometimes pictures, while vlogs contain videos.

Another new computer word is e-mail, which is a shortened form of electronic mail. You get your e-mail in a mailbox.     5     Before e-mail, mailboxes were simply boxes where people put paper letters inside to be delivered by letter carriers.

The next time you see a new invention, look carefully at its name. Do you see any words or words parts you know? By looking for familiar words, you can often guess what an invention does.