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Every year, on January 5th, the city of Harbin in northeast China changes into a winter wonderland. Tourists from all around the world come to visit this w    1     ice and snow festival.

The festival started in 1963 and began as a winter party. The festival often lasts for one m    2    . However, if the weather stays cold and dry, it will go on for a few more days. Temperatures are u    3     very cold. They can go down to -17℃.

Ice sculptors (雕塑家) use different tools to carve the hard ice and snow. These sculptors display t    4     works in two main areas. “Sun Island” has huge snow sculptures of people and animals. “Ice and snow World” has sculptures of buildings. At night, these buildings light up with colorful lights.

Visitors can do a lot of other activities, such as skiing and ice sliding. They can also go s    5     in the icy waters of Songhua River.

Birth celebrations in ancient China include a lot of customs and traditions. Officially formed in Zhou Dynasty and spread from the rich     1     the poor, people would hold celebrations for a newborn on the birthday, one month, a hundred days, and one-year-old birthday.

Today, a full month and a hundred days of celebrations, besides birthdays, are still     2     (common) held in China. Draw Lots (抓周) or One-Year-old Catch, in Chinese named Zhua Zhou, is an     3     (importance) activity. Formed no later than Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Draw Lots celebration has been believed to show the baby’s future, personality     4     hobby.

On the newborn’s one-year-old birthday, after showering and putting new clothes on the baby, the parents would put him or her in the Draw Lots place, a big room with Draw Lots objects set in     5     circle. Those objects should usually have similar sizes and should be things     6     the baby has never played with or never seen before to ensure it’s fair. Then, the baby will be put in the middle     7     (see) which one he or she would catch.

Typical Draw Lots objects include books, pens, money, food, rulers, instruments, toys, painting     8     (brush) and sports goods, and some parents also add modern things like a smartphone. After this celebration, a dinner is usually held to celebrate the baby’s     9     (one) birthday, when some people would let the baby taste a little bit of grown-ups’ food, representing the taste of life. Till then, the whole celebration process of a newborn is really     10     (finish).

You asked me about the Dragon Boat Festival. Now let me tell you something about it.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival we Chinese     1     (celebrate) for over 2, 000 years. It’s one of the three most important lunar (阴历) festivals in China, along with the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival takes place on the     2     (ten) of June this year.

Over the years, many stories have been told about the     3     (begin) of this festival. Among them,     4     (famous) one is about Qu Yuan, a well-known scholar (学者) in ancient China. He not only wrote good poems but also gave     5     (suggest) to the king. The king didn’t like him     6     he devoted (献身) himself to his country. This great person drowned (溺水) himself in the Miluo River on the 5th day of the 5th Chinese lunar month because his Chu State fell to Qin State. Local people tried to save him or find his body, but they didn’t find him     7     (success). Qu Yuan was later considered as     8     national hero. To remember him, every fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people beat drums and go boat racing on the river as they once did     9     (keep) fish away from his body.

Dragon boat racing is one of the most important customs Chinese people practice to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. This activity     10     (hold) widely in China’s southern and southeastern areas where there are lots of rivers and lakes.

Lots of love,

Wendy