As costume drama A Dream of Splendor     1     (attract) many audiences this summer, the way the heroine Zhao Pan’er makes tea also garnered (获得) much attention. Heytea,     2     Chinese boutique teahouse chain,     3     (recent) launched new flavored tea drinks     4     (base) on the recipe from TV show.

China, home of most of the world’s tea, also     5     (have)a series of customs     6     (concern) tea making and tea choice according to the seasons.

The most recommended one is green tea, for its character is “cold” in traditional Chinese medical theories,     7     (suit) to soothe the restlessness caused by hot summer.

Apart     8     it, Chinese green tea has many family members with beautiful and     9     (poem) names, such as Yunwu,     10     literally means cold and mist.

After     1     80-minute drive northwest of downtown, Beijing, a village pops up. It houses a shadow puppetry troupe (皮影戏剧团) and Beijing Long zaitian Shadow Puppet Theater.

Shadow puppetry is seen     2     the prequel (先行篇) to film and animation in China. Besides performances     3     (create) by light and shadow, performers must master     4     (vary) skills as the plays combine painting, carving, opera and literature. But due to low revenue and a small market, young people are unwilling     5     (learn) shadow puppetry.

However, this particular troupe stands out from the crowd. Average performer age is only 25. Moreover, over the years, it has trained 300 performers, many of     6     are under 1.4 m in     7     (high). In 2021, the team created Winter Olympics-themed shadow puppets. The troupe also staged different plays     8     (introduce) ice and snow sports through fairy tales.

“    9     (fortunate), we have these people. They     10     (devote) to the inheritance of shadow puppetry for over a decade,” said Wang Xi, inheritor of Beijing Western School Shadow Puppetry.

A small village in Yunnan Province is     1     (wide) known as the Dai paper factory. There are nets for     2     (dry) paper all over the village and inside villagers’ houses. Dai paper     3     (make) for over 800 years there up to now.

One of the best papermakers is Yan, who was already interested in Dai paper at an early age.     4     the guidance of his grandparents at 16, Yan was quickly able to complete     5     production independently.

Unlike ordinary papermaking where trees need to be cut down, Dai paper is environmentally friendly. This is     6    its raw material is the recyclable bark of a kind of trees unique to the area. Dai paper’ production process is still used today. In a workshop, Yan demonstrated 11 different papermaking     7     (process) to us.

Although Dai paper carries the culture and     8     (believe) of the Dai people, the crafting of it is faced with great challenges.     9     (address) the problems, Yan improved Dai’s papermaking technology, thus saving production time and reducing labor costs. And then he     10     (start) teaching the villagers his new papermaking process for free.

Liangzhu Museum displays various burial objects found in the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ruins have gained worldwide recognition     1     evidence for the existence of at least 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.

When Zhang Han set foot inside Liangzhu Museum, the 10-year-old embarked on a tour that took him back more than 5,000 years. Wearing the smart glasses, Zhang     2     (present) with virtual images of relics. Augmented reality glasses feature among a string of measures taken by the museum to give visitors a more vivid experience of Liangzhu civilization, while     3     (help) them gain a better appreciation of Chinese culture.

Tourists can also visit the official website of Liangzhu Museum to enjoy a virtual tour. With     4     click of the mouse, they can gain access to exhibition halls that they may never be able to visit     5     (physical).

    6     (advance) technologies are increasingly playing a major role in Chinese museums. In the northwestern Chinese city of Dunhuang,     7     is known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mogao Grottoes, the “digital Dunhuang project” has made extensive use of digitalization. By the end of 2021, it     8     (complete) the digital collection of 268 grottoes, the image processing of 164 grottoes, and so on.

The     9     (protect) and revival of Dunhuang’s ancient culture is not an isolated case in China. The Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi province also have 3D “digital archives”, which allow precious cultural relics and historical archives     10     (preserve) permanently.

The use of chopsticks has been     1     big part of Chinese food culture for centuries. When cooking food or picking it up, a pair of chopsticks always comes for use.

So how did chopsticks come into being? It’s said that Dayu, a legendary ruler of ancient China    2     helped his people fight floods, invented them. In those days, people    3     (eat) only with their hands. But Dayu was busy preparing for flood control work and often had his meals in the wild. Mostly, he hurried to deal    4     unexpected accidents and didn’t want to wait to eat. The meat    5     (cook) in the pot was too hot to pick up with his hands. So one day Dayu picked up some twigs(细枝)     6     (help) him hold the meat. Later, the twigs    7     (gradual) became the chopsticks we know today.

But of course, this is just a story. The    8     (early) chopsticks archaeologists(考古学家) have found so far are more than 3,000 years,     9     (date) back to the Shang Dynasty. The six bronze chopsticks were found in Yinxu, one of China’s oldest archaeological    10     (site) in Anyang, Henan Province.

With exotic Silk-Road themed music performed by musicians from the China National Traditional Orchestra, a grand art exhibition titled Silk Road: Artists’ Rendezvous kicked off     1     the afternoon of Aug 15 at the National Art Museum of China.

    2    (attract) about 40 foreign diplomats and representatives from several international organizations, the exhibit presents over 190 works by artists from 112 countries in the Belt and Road Initiative. The exhibit also     3     (include) an interactive, immersive unit where visitors may click a mouse or use     4     (they) fingers on a touch screen to change digital versions of the artwork.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism     5     (invite) influential artists from Europe, Africa, America, Oceania and Asia for field trips, residency programs and workshops across China over the last decade. Drawing inspiration from their China experiences, these artists have created a wide     6     (various) of works, including oil paintings, traditional Chinese ink paintings, sculptures and mixed media.

“The Silk Road was important over the centuries. It carried not only silk but also knowledge and cultures,” said Shahbaz Khan,     7     is the director of UNESCO Beijing, at the opening ceremony.

The Silk Road is     8     invaluable world heritage to be celebrated for reminding the world of the importance of cultural diversity and cross-cultural communication, Khan said, adding “cultural and artistic creations, no matter their specific     9     (form), are all conducive to innovation and sustainable development in a country”.

Khan suggested that the exhibit     10     (bring) to countries in the Belt and Road Initiative.