The Goddess of the Luo River comes alive in a video, which was shared by Henan TV Station on social media platform Sina Weibo. The ancient tale of romance is given    1    new setting (背景) and still provides attractive viewing for a modern audience. The tale is presented in    2    seems like slow motion. Not    3    (surprise), it became popular and has been viewed more than 20 million times.

The story of the Goddess of the Luo River has been the    4    (inspire) for countless contemporary artists, who have described the goddess of unmatched beauty through    5    (variety) art forms, like movies and dance dramas.

But the reason why the video,    6     runs for around two minutes and is titled Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess, created such an impression and has generated such a wave of publicity, is that it    7    (shoot) underwater. He Haohao plays the role of goddess. She masters not only her art but the technique of holding her breath as her lungs struggle to carry out    8    (they) function. All this is done    9    the most peaceful facial expression.

It’s not the first time that Henan TV Station has gained attention with its appealing videos    10    (highlight) traditional Chinese culture. On Feb 13th, a dance piece, titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, which is less than six minutes long, was staged during a gala aired on Henan TV Station to mark Spring Festival.

The TV series, A Li felong Journey,     1     (earn) widespread applause, becoming the most-watched TV series on State broadcaster China Media Group in the past five years.

A Li felong Journey,     2     (consist) of 58 episodes, is adapted from famous writer Liang Xiaosheng’s novel of the same name which won the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of the country’s top honors for local writers. Starting in     3     late 1960s, the story follows the ups and downs of three children in a working-class family in northeastern China, striking a chord (和弦) with viewers for its details     4     (vivid) bringing them back to old times. First     5     (publish) in December 2017, the novel shows a wide range of Chinese people from different     6     (walk) of life, from constructors to start-up founders, to examine the huge influence brought by the changes of Chinese society.

Tie Ning, chairwoman of the China Writers’ Association, said the great     7     (popular) of the TV series, A Li felong Journey, illustrates the “close bond”     8     literature and television. “While taking a look at history, we could see the mutual (相互的) influence of literature, film and television to boost and inspire each other,     9     has connected writers and filmmakers closely,” she added. With popular TV series or movies, the stories that have inspired such screen works will see their influence grow even     10     (far).

Experience China, a popular week-long holiday program, took place online for the first time starting   Monday. It     1    (organize) by the Confucius Institute in Frankfurt where the Chinese     language     and     some     Chinese     culture     are     taught.     Designed     for     German children     2    are interested in the Chinese language and culture, this year’s program has been simplified    3    (adapt )to children’s online attention span(持续时间) and habits. It has fewer events of dancing and martial arts,    4    more real-time video chat with Chinese youth   in   China.   The   Institute’s   online   classes   will   gradually   take    5    place of traditional ones in late March. Various after-class activities, such as attending reading clubs and Tai   Chi lessons, are    6    (access) to   its students.   “The   feedback on   our online   classes     7     (be) very good so far. We have no complaints about the sudden switch to online   classes,” Christina Werum-Wang,    8    (direct) of   the   Institute,   told   Xinhua. “Even     more,     most     people     are     very     happy     that     we       don’t     stop       classes,       and     they     are    9    (simple) grateful that the program goes so smoothly,” Werum-Wang added. “Whether some online events should be kept in the future is still    10    discussion.”

The Peppa Pig cartoon follows the life of a pig, Peppa, and her family as they go about    1     (they) day-to-day life in a fictional U. K. town made up of various animal families. Since the show first aired, there have been    2    total of 241 episodes (集) created as the show enjoyed     3     (increase) popularity.

Peppa’s very British accent is now apparently having a strong    4    (affect )on children from all over the world. Parents in the US are claiming that recently the popular children’s TV show Peppa Pig    5     (cause) their kids to start speaking in a British accent.

According to experts, though, American kids may have picked up a Britishism or two, but the claim that they’re developing a whole accent    6    (base) on a cartoon, is not entirely true. Typically, children develop the accent of the community around them.    7    , it’s possible that kids learn to mimic(模仿) individual words from the show, especially in cases    8    the child doesn’t know the word.

So while some American kids    9    (say) a few words or phrases in British English now, it’s quite    10    (likely) that they would be acquiring an entire second dialect from just watching a TV show.

The Palace Museum,     1     is also known as the Forbidden City, is a much-visited and much-photographed tourist attraction. This Chinese palace     2     a history of about 600 years receives millions of visits every year and lots of TV programs     3     (show) the place in recent years.

However, it still has secrets, and a new program     4     (design) to explore those unknown areas and the stories within is set to show the palace in a new light. The variety show, Shang Xin Le Gu Gong, broadcast its first episode (一集) on Beijing TV and online streaming media site, iQyi.com, on November 9, which won wide acceptance from audiences and     5     (think) highly of on Douban.com. “It brings many elements together, and everything in the show is     6     (perfect) matched and turns out amazing,” said     7     online user. “It brings me the thrill I felt when I stepped into the Palace Museum for the first time.”

In each one-hour-long episode, the actors and actresses switch between playing guides and historical figures     8     (include) emperors and royal family members of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). They explore areas that are still not     9     (access) to the public and the stories surrounding them. In the show, the actors and actresses are also joined by designers who will create     10     (product) based on what they see. The most popular ones, based on an online vote, are to be turned into souvenirs for sale.

“Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet”, a 58-minute film released recently on BBC introduces Du Fu to the Western world for the first time     1     the form of documentary. In the film, Michael Wood, one of BBC’s most popular hosts, visited     2     number of Chinese cities to retrace Du’s steps. The documentary invited a well-known British actor Ian McKellen,     3     played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies,     4     (read) 15 of Du’s poems that have been translated into English.

Born in 712, Du Fu lived through the violent fall of China’s brilliant Tang Dynasty. He had the desire to serve his country, but his life     5     (destroy) by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Of the many     6     (poem) he wrote, 500 have been preserved over the ages. For generations he     7     (be) the guardian of the moral conscience (良知) of the nation.

The documentary compared Du to Shakespeare to help audiences     8     (well) understand the poet’s great achievements in literature. It also highlighted Chinese poetry, noting that its 3000-year-old history makes     9     the oldest poetry in the world.

Even today, people     10     (suffer) under COVID-19 are still inspired by Du Fu’s poems.

Li Ziqi, who lives in a picturesque village of southwest China's Sichuan Province,     1    (make) a name for herself by making various Chinese dishes on YouTube since 2016. In her videos, she     2     (graceful) works as a farmer, impressing viewers with her understanding of food, nature and Chinese culture while showcasing the charm of Chinese culture in every detail of daily life. Her traditional food preparation craft and Chinese rural lifestyle have attracted 11. 1 million subscribers on YouTube.

Just like Li Ziqi, Grandpa Amu is also trying to spread unique Chinese techniques to the world.    3     63-year old Chinese grandpa's traditional carpentry skills are delighting tens of millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork without glue, screws (螺丝钉)or nails. His most popular video, which shows him making a fantastic arch bridge,    4    ( go) viral on the platform last month, gaining more than 42 million views. Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon（榫 卯）technique,     5     means no glue or nails are involved in the entire process of building the arch bridge. Grandpa Amu has also made several     6     ( wood) toys for his grandson using the same technique. Among all the items, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy are his grandson's     7     ( favorite ).

Grandpa Amu's son and daughter-in-law now work full time on his videos,     8    ( hope ) that the popularity would help local villagers     9     (well) sell their farm produce. Although the master carpenter has drawn over 1. 18 million subscribers so far on YouTube, Grandpa Amu insists that he is not an internet celebrity     10    just an ordinary farmer.

Du Fu is to Chinese literature what Shakespeare is to English Drama. "We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu. These poets create the very values by     1     poetry is judged," remarked Harvard Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu, China's Greatest Poet, a new BBC documentary that aired on April 7.

    2     (aim) at introducing the charm and beauty of traditional Chinese literature to viewers     3     the world, the documentary invited famous British actor Ian McKellen, who     4     (play) the Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings in 1999, to read 15 of Du's poems that have been translated into English.

The one-hour film traces the poet's life    5     (experience) in detail. Born in 712 AD, Du lived in the time governed by the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, which was marked by extraordinary prosperity. However, as the An Lushan Rebellion (安史之乱) in 755 AD     6     (complete) shocked the empire, Du Fu had to take his family on the road as refugees (难民)，and endured     7     (starve), poverty and other sufferings. Despite the ups and downs, the poet never stopped and about 1,500 poems     8     (pass) down over the ages.

In these poems, he expressed he was     9    (concern) for his country and people. Besides, the importance of     10     (celebrate) the simple joys of life was also emphasized.

A program called Everlasting Classics is becoming     1    (increase) popular. The program,     2     combines Chinese traditional poetry with music, was launched by China Central Television (CCTV) in 2018.

And it became a great hit soon after the program     3    (show) on CCTV 1. It was hosted by Sa Beining,     4     CCTV host loved by the audience, and the Appreciation Group in the group included Professor Kang Zen from Beijing Normal University, Dean of the China Conservatory of Music, Wang Liguang, the famous hostess Zeng Baoyi and the well-known singer Yu Chengqing. Together, they led the audience to interpret and appreciate many classic Chinese poems, enjoying the     5    (beautiful) that the poems brought to the audience. Moreover, the poems were adapted into songs, which were sung by famous singers, like Zhang Jie, Wang Yuan, etc,     6    (make) the program more spellbinding.

In Season 1 of the program, one of the     7    (attract) songs was Butterfly Lovers (《梁祝》). An 88-year-old pianist called Wu Yili played the music with the famous violinist Lv Siqing. The melodious music moved many of the audience     8     tears. In recent years, CCTV has produced many programs     9    (spread) traditional Chinese culture, including Chinese Poetry Competition     10     Everlasting Classics. Thanks to these programs, many people set off a craze for the study of Chinese culture.