The city of Tianshui, in Northwest China’s Gansu Province, is experiencing a tourism boom     1    (fuel)by its signature dish, the malatang hotpot.     2    (feature)a mix of vegetables, meats and seafood boiled in a peppery soup, it has become an unexpected Internet hit, drawing visitors from across China. Tianshui     3    (welcome)7.54 million tourists since the start of last month, generating tourism profit of 4.37 billion yuan.

A photo of a     4    (visible)exhausted Haiying Malatang staff member went viral online, causing a heated discussion     5     increasing its popularity. According to Ha Haiying, the owner of the restaurant, it is the flavor and affordability     6     contribute to Tianshui malatang’s success.

However, the     7    (spice)delight isn’t the only draw. The increase in malatang     8    (consume)has led to a corresponding rise invisitors to Tianshui’s key attractions, including the Maijishan Grottoes(石窟),     9     UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a temple dedicated to Fuxi.

Tianshui’s local government is taking steps to solidify its position     10     a tourist destination, such as producing convenient seasoning packets so that visitors can recreate the genuine Tianshui malatang at home.

Atule’er village in southwest China’s Sichuan province, known     1     a “cliff village”, has become an Internet-famous tourist attraction.

In the past, villagers used handmade ladders     2     (climb) the cliff when they returned from the outside. According to locals, about eight people died on the “road” while there were more people who fell and     3     (injure). Among those who climbed the high handmade ladders almost every day were 15village children     4     attend the primary school on the lower mountain. Life was     5     (extreme) hard for the village’s 84 needy households.

Chen Jie, a photographer and a     6     (journal), released the report, A Village on a Cliff on May 24, 2016, which revealed the unsafe situation. This aroused concern from the     7     (centre) government and the local government. At the end of 2016, the local government invested over one million yuan in building a 2,556-step and nearly 3-km-long steel ladder,     8     (improve) the travel conditions for locals significantly. Since then, the “cliff village”     9     (witness) steady improvement in its infrastructure (基础设施).

After being covered by5G signals, Atuleer village has become more widely known through live-streaming shows and seen a growing number of tourists. Even the steel ladder becomes     10     must-see tourist spot. In the future, the “cliff village” will become more famous with the help of the government.

Lhasa, the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau, has been the administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century. If you’ve ever had the chance     1     (visit) it, there are many places you.     2     (simple) cannot miss. The Jokhang Temple is like the ultimate hotspot for pilgrims (朝圣者),     3     total must to see. It stands as one of the most appealing sites in Tibet as it     4     (house) the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha that’s more than 2, 500 years old, with tons of people     5     (look) around. The temple surroundings have become quite commercialized over the years.

The Barkhor Street,     6     all high tech has been used to create a good atmosphere, is a popular place for     7     (local) and now for tourists. The local crew teamed up with the brainiacs from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and built this wireless street lamp network. No more     8     (mess) wires ruining your view so now you can become completely involved in the scenery     9     anything that turns your attention away.

You can find many surrounding sites attractive and get almost everything here: beautiful objects, a constant stream of tourists and some seriously passionate pilgrims. All this is     10     makes this place a magical one-of-a-kind destination.

Piyingxi, or Chinese shadow puppetry is a traditional opera art among Chinese people. According to historical records, shadow puppetry originated     1     Western Han Dynasty and became popular in Ming & Qing.

Shadow puppetry is an art with a perfect     2     (combine) of light, image, sound and color. In lamp light, the shadow puppet looks crystalline (似水晶的) and graceful, with the cut-out parts brighter than     3     rest.

The performers hold joysticks in their hands that they grab, grind, roll, and press     4     (create) flowing motions, which is exactly     5     the ancient called “a million soldiers in two hands.” In addition to images, performers tell their stories in the locally popular tone with musicians     6     (play) instruments in the background.

The coloring is also an     7     (amaze) step in making a shadow figure. The favorite colors are the pure ones, most of     8     are red, green and black in practice, as yellow is the original color of the skins, and the light leaked through the cut-outs is     9     (natural) white.

The harmonious co-existence of sounds, colors, light and shadow     10     (make) shadow puppetry a colorful addition to people’s leisure time.

It was in 2019,     1     Zakirova came to Shanghai to study, that she discovered a local park filled with elderly people     2     (dance) in the early morning. No one judges the dancers for a misstep or for not keeping up with the rhythm. They simply dance and enjoy the moment. Usually,     3     (experience) dancers lead, while newcomers observe, learn, and eventually join in.     4     (occasion), she’d also join and dance with the Chinese. In her opinion, this public activity ignores age and background, offering     5     effective method to handle the loneliness and physical inactivity that often goes hand in hand with aging. It is a heartwarming proof to the openness and liveliness of modern Chinese society: older people and retired people gather, not just     6     (exercise), but to socialize and form new connections.

By the time she came to China, Zakirova     7     (take) part in various dances, including traditional Uzbek dances and various other cultural dances. On campus, she taught students from other corners of the world Uzbek dances in exchange     8     the learning of dances from their traditions. Outside the university, she often found     9     (she) wandering into parks watching the public square dances.

These two worlds — the public dancing in China and the Uzbek dance tradition — have shaped her life and brought her boundless joy.

Dancing, whether in China     10     Uzbekistan, serves as a reminder that the joy of dance goes beyond borders, languages, and backgrounds.

Anyone visiting Tibet and exploring its culture would visit the temples to view the colorful and educational Tibetan Thangka (唐卡) paintings. They are traditionally painted on either cotton or silk, with     1     (loose) woven cotton being the most common. The paintings usually show religious scenes, as indicated by their name, Thangka,     2     (mean) “recorded message” in Tibetan.

The Tibetan Thangka is     3     art form that originated in Nepal and was brought to Tibet later. The Thangka paintings were developed over the centuries from the early murals (壁画) that can be seen in     4     is titled “Library Caves”, such as the Ajanta Caves in India and the Mogao Caves in China.

The Mogao Caves were previously a storage place of many Tibetan paintings on cloth, including the earliest surviving Thangka dated to be from around 780-848 AD     5     the region was under Tibetan rule. Historians note that between the 14th and 15th century, Tibetan paintings     6     (integrate) many elements from the Chinese murals.

The Thangka painting is not a flat creation but consists of a painted picture panel, over which a fabric is mounted, and then over which     7     (lay) a cover, usually silk. It is the nature of     8     (delicate) that makes Thangkas prefer dry places     9     (prevent) the quality of the silk from being affected by wetness. When they are not in use, they remain rolled up, with coverings on the back and front to protect the painting.     10     (keep) in this way helps Thangkas last for a very long time.