What comes to mind when you think of Chinese kung fu? For Laurence J. Brahm, a US filmmaker who recently completed his     1     (late) work Searching for Kung Fu, the first thing     2     springs to mind is the concept of non-violence.

The official Chinese name for kung fu is wushu. As Brahm explained, if you break down the character “wu”, it     3     (consist) of two characters: one is “ge”, meaning dagger-axe (戈); the other is “zhi”, meaning stopping. So, the meaning of kung fu is not the “art of fighting”. On the contrary, he said, kung fu is the art of stopping fighting, the art of non-violence.

In making his film, Brahm looked into different forms of kung fu widely    4     (practice) in China, interviewing many masters and scholars. Kung fu practitioners salute with ‘baoquan’, literally meaning ‘fist wrapping’, which shows two things at least. One is that you have a fist, but you’re also not using it. And then you’re showing ‘I have no hidden weapons’. It’s trust,” he said.

“Kung fu masters will avoid     5     (fight) at all costs. Although you know how to use force, you are the last one     6     (use) force, because you know the outcome of this thing.” “Kung fu, in my eyes, is     7     mirror of Chinese culture,” Brahm said. “It reminds you why China adopts a policy of not wanting to have conflict with other countries.”

Brahm believes that today’s world     8     (urgent) needs to restart equal exchanges between countries,     9     that culture and sports, such as kung fu, can serve     10     a great channel and platform.

The 2021 (22nd) Hainan Island Carnival kicked off in Haikou, capital city of Hainan province, on Dec 10, 2021.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will continue to support Hainan in     1    (deepen) reform and opening up, support Hainan’s aim to become an international tourism consumption center, and provide     2    (assistant) for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port.

The festival     3    (joint) organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People’s Government of Hainan province     4    (become) a vital platform in the past 20 years for Hainan to increase cooperation and exchanges in the fields of tourism, culture and sports     5     the world. This session of Hainan Island Carnival digs deep into all the possible “joyful elements” and fully displays the rich and unique tourism and     6    (culture) resources of Hainan so as to engage both tourists and residents to actively participate and interact in building Hainan Island into     7     joyful destination for visitors around the world.

Apart from the opening ceremony, a series of exciting activities     8    (schedule) to be held during the festival. In terms of tourism, resources of fine scenic spots, rural tourism, and shopping tourism are fully integrated. Seven thematic tourism routes will be launched     9    (attract) more visitors to travel to Hainan,     10     will stimulate tourism consumption and facilitate the construction of an international tourism consumption center.