A type of glazed pottery(釉陶)with the main colours of yellow, green and white was very popular in the Tang dynasty. It was later called tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty, or Tangsancai.

Tri-coloured glazed pottery was usually used as burial    1    (object). Those human and animal figures have smooth     2     graceful(优雅的)lines. The soldier figures have strong muscles and carry swords or arrows. The human figures stand quietly,     3    (look)natural and elegant. The animal figures are mainly of horses and camels.

Tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty was mostly produced in Xi’an, Luoyang and Yangzhou,     4     were important cities along the Silk Road. Camels were the major form of transport     5     the ancient trade route during the Tang dynasty. Seeing these glazed pottery artworks, we can imagine the travellers and camels making their hard journey across the desert, depending on one another for     6    (survive).

Tang people were open-minded     7    (accept)different cultures from all over the world. Foreign traders, officials, and artists travelled thousands of miles along the Silk Road to visit the Tang’s capital city Chang’an. The evidence of cultural integration can     8    (find)in tri-coloured glazed pottery of the Tang dynasty.

Tri-coloured glazed pottery is the     9    (high)point of Tang pottery and it developed     10    (successful)during the dynasty’s early and middle period.

Adapted from Jin Yucheng’s award-winning novel, Fan Hua, the Tv series Blossoms Shanghai takes audiences back to the 1990s Shanghai. Now crowds of people     1     (equip) with cameras are flocking to the area in search of nostalgia, as well as delicious food.

Shanghai’s Huanghe Road used to be home to over 100 restaurants, many of     2     served high-end food only accessible to the rich. But everything started to change in the late 1990s. The iconic neon (霓虹) signs     3    (tear) from the buildings. Fried snakes     4     special dish were also banned. The Asian     5    (finance) crisis in the late 1990s, the SARS pandemic in 2003, and the rise of other gourmet streets (美食街) subsequently resulted in many restaurants here     6    (close) down.

Since its launch on Dec 27, Blossoms Shanghai has sparked lively discussions on social media. Many of these discussions are related to the authentic description of old Shanghai, as well as the use and     7    (preserve) of the Shanghai dialect. Visitor numbers to the Fairmont Peace Hotel (和平饭店), another landmark in the TV series     8    (rise), too. The hotel recently has launched a new menu comprising several dishes featured in the TV series     9    (take) advantage of the fanfare (热议，宣传) surrounding the road. Other Shanghai classics, such as pork chops and rice cakes, have also been massively popular     10     delivery orders increasing by 300 percent on Meituan.