Rising up in the countryside of Jiangxi Province, Mount Lushan was once one of the famous cultural     1     (center) of ancient China. In fact, its historical importance meant that it     2     (honor) as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996.

Located about 20 kilometres south of Jiujiang City, it runs eastwards to the Mufu Mountains. Dahanyang Peak, the highest peak of Mount Lushan,     3     (rise) 1, 474 metres above sea level. To the north, it offers    4     (impress) views of the Yangtze River, while to, the south it overlooks Poyang Lake.

As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, a well-known Taoist leader,     5     (name) Zhang Daoling travelled to the mountain. During the Jin Dynasty, the Donglin Temple was built on the mountain by a person called Huiyuan. From then on, many temples began coming up across the mountain, until there were over 300 of them.

However, Mount Lushan didn’t become truly famous until the Song Dynasty. During that time, it was rebuilt by Zhu Xi,    6    was the founder of Neo-Confucianism (理学). Due    7     his efforts, this place became one of the Four Great Academies of China. By the 19th century, it had become into an     8     (extreme) large place, with its own temples, study halls, and libraries. Overtime, countless writers and artists have sung the mountain’s praises,    9     (leave) over 900 works of art.

Nowadays, with its beautiful l views and famous temples, the mountain range is     10     popular tourist attraction.

Standing on the top story of Basantapur Palace in Nepal, Yuan Mengxi is having a hard time relating today’s reality with    1    she saw seven years ago.

The palace complex,     2    (locate) in the middle of Durbar Square in the country’s capital Kathmandu, was badly damaged in    3    massive earthquake in April 2015. The 9-storeyed       palace, a tourist landmark, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

The palace not only has great    4     (history) significance, but is also an architectural feat (功绩). “ You can see the whole place from here, and everything is beautiful and    5    order,” says Yuan, a 33-year-old originally from Zhengzhou, the capital of Central China’s Henan province. She is     6     (current) working for the Beijing-based Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage and is in charge of a team sent    7     (rebuild) the palace.

She says she was in shock    8     (see) the city after the quake at the time. Heritage buildings in Durbar Square    9     (destroy), with wooden statues buried and spread over a wide area.“ Kathmandu Valley was still covered in the dust from the quake,” she recalls.

After the earthquake, both the Chinese and Nepali governments agreed to launch a project    10     (aim) at restoring the nine-storeyed Basantapur Palace complex.