Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known     1    Qingming Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday that falls on April 4th or 5th each year. It is a time     2     families gather together to pay respects to their ancestors, by cleaning their tombs, offering food, burning incense, and performing other rituals.

The holiday has a long history,    3     (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Tomb-Sweeping Day is now     4     public holiday in China, and many people take time off from work     5     (visit) their ancestral graves.

During the holiday, families will     6     (typical) bring offerings such as fruit, flowers, and other food items to the gravesite. They will also burn incense and paper money, and may perform a variety of     7     (ceremony).

In recent years, Tomb-Sweeping Day     8    (become) a more commercialized holiday, with many companies offering products and services     9     (relate) to tomb-sweeping, such as online tomb-sweeping platforms, and other products.

Despite these changes, Tomb-Sweeping Day remains an important     10     (culture) holiday in China, and a time for families to come together to remember and honor their ancestors.

Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry,     1    (create) in the Western Han Dynasty. With the earliest text record dating to 1,900 years ago, shadow play provided     2     pioneering means of entertainment, its venues ranging from palaces to markets.

It is a folk play    3     artists operate the puppets made of animal skin or cardboard with illumination behind a white curtain.     4    (control) through sticks and strings, puppets can do various movements vividly. Shadow puppets have their own     5    (characteristic), but the production procedures of shadow puppets are     6     (most) the same. Performances are accompanied by musicians playing drums and stringed instruments,     7    (add) strong local flavor to the play.

Shadow play was included in national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. Since then, it     8    (win) many awards at home and abroad. With the development of modern audio-visual media, shadow play is not as popular as before.     9     thanks to the application of artistic factors, the art remains a highly    10    (value) cultural heritage in Chinese art field.

Lion Dance, a folk show acted by people     1     (wrap) around in lion costume, is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. It may also be performed     2     important occasions such as business opening events, special celebrations or wedding     3     (ceremony), or may be used, as we know,     4     (entertain) special guests by the Chinese communities.

There are usually two performers in a lion dance, one handling the lion’s head while     5     other playing the body and tail.     6     impresses audience most are all kinds of lions’ movements conducted to the music played by gongs and drums.

With the Chinese migrating abroad, lion dance is famous all over the world,     7     (particular) in Southeast Asian countries; Each country and region, however, has their own dancing styles, of     8     the most well-known is Southern Lion Dance that originated from Guangdong Province. In Hongkong, ever since the 1980s when Chinese classic and martial arts movies enjoyed great     9     (popular), kong fu movies including Jet Li’s “Huang Feihong”     10     (reach) a large audience and attracted movie lovers all around the world, whatever their races or ages.

Chinese netizens are passionately discussing the “Kong Yiji mindset,”     1     term inspired by an influential figure in modern Chinese literature and used to refer to college     2     (graduate) who consider themselves above manual labor.

    3    (set) a few years after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the story starts with Kong Yiji being ridiculed by the working-class customers in the tavern he frequents for continuing to wear his long scholar’s gown, even though he never passed the imperial exam     4     could have landed him a decent job back in the past.

As The Paper, a Chinese media company based in Shanghai, writes, “Kong Yiji would rather steal than do     5     he considers a menial job(粗活)just to make money. This is relatable in the eyes of some, who think their academic qualifications didn’t lead to the job they wanted or deserved.”

The related term, “Kong Yiji mindset,” refers to those who see Kong in     6     (they) as they face the pressures of a job market that can’t keep up with the record-breaking number of college graduates. Kong is a     7     (sympathy) figure to some recent college graduates whose reality is not living up to expectations.

Some netizens are concerned that education itself may one day be seen as superfluous (多余的). “When we were young, we     8     (tell) to study hard, and when we grew up, we would become astronauts and scientists,” a Weibo user commented. “Now it has become study hard to screw screws, to be a cleaner, to collect junk. It’s not that I look down on those professions—every profession is respectable—     9     it is strange that the wind is blowing in this direction.”

In recent years, China has been pushing to expand vocational education as a means to solve the surplus of college graduates. However, the transition remains challenging as the prejudices     10    blue-collar jobs lingers.

Art lovers in New Zealand     1     (enjoy) 2, 000 books from China and   more than 200 paintings from both countries at a China-themed book exhibition in Waipa on Sept. 15.

As one of a series of activities     2     (mark) the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic(外交的) ties between China and New Zealand, the book exhibition included 217 pieces of artwork     3     have been collected from 40 cities in China. There were also 15 paintings from New Zealand.

Dandi Wang, curator(馆长) of the exhibition and president of Prime Media New Zealand, said the exhibition included more than 2, 000 English language books with     4     (theme) ranging from political theory, medical information to Chinese     5     (tradition) cultural practices.

Dave Bromwich, former president of the New Zealand China Friendship Society, who has visited China more than 50 times, said the exhibition represented “a very good insight into Chinese culture”. He encouraged New Zealanders to pick up     6     book and start to understand it.

Ye Su, minister-counselor of the Chinese embassy in New Zealand, said he was       7     (deep) impressed by the works     8     display. Ye said that he believed the wide variety of books at the exhibition would enable more New Zealanders to better understand China, which will help enhance understanding between the two countries.

The exhibition also included a range of children's books and a     9     (collect) of poems. It's expected that the books     10     (donate)to local libraries and schools and the paintings will be given to local children's hospitals.

Tea is a healthy drink. Drinking tea in China could be considered as an art and to help people achieve a sense of calm and renewed energy. It is also     1     way to enjoy life better.

Stories     2     are about the discovery of tea are different depending on the people who you ask, but we know that Chinese people have been drinking tea since Shennong, 5,000 years ago. Usually, tea     3     (believe) to be medicinal, and is so central to     4     (day) life that an old Chinese saying includes tea in a list of seven important contents to be gathered each morning, along with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy and vinegar.

Tea serves three primary     5     (purpose) traditionally in Chinese society: to show status, to bring people together and to improve wellness.

Drinking tea together is a sign of respect. In ancient times, “tribute tea”(贡茶) was     6     (special) kept for and presented to the Emperor. Tea still has a place in the life of the average people. It is common     7     (give) guests a cup of tea to welcome them into the home. But tea is more than a key of social customs. It is meant to act     8     a medium through which people can become much     9     (close) to nature. Drinking tea out in nature will create a spiritual connection to the environment and make people feel     10     (relax).

With the International Conference on Food Loss and Waste closed on Saturday in Jinan, Shandong Province, the country has sent a signal to     1     world that China will deal with issues concerning food security by reducing loss and waste in agriculture. With the theme of reducing food loss and food waste and promoting     2     (globe) food security, the three-day event     3     (hold) both online and offline attracted more than 300 participants.

The current world grain production is about 2.8 billion tons a year. Therefore, the loss of only one percentage     4     (be) equal to the loss of 28 million tons of food. This can feed about 70 million people.

In recent years, China     5     (make) great progress in controlling loss and waste in food, with main efforts including upgrading facilities and     6     (equip). In Shandong Province, China’s major grain producer, the Sinograin (中粮集团) grain storage site is equipped with 4,500 high-definition cameras and 280,000 temperature sensors     7     (ensure) that the stock (储备) is in the best condition. Data shows that during China’s 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020) , about 13 million tons of food had been saved     8     (year) after production.

We cannot end hunger     9     we do not deal with the high levels of food loss and waste. Cooperation and innovations (创新) in business models, technologies and digital solutions could all contribute     10     reducing food loss and waste.

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony     1    (hold) at the National Stadium in Beijing on Feb 4th. The ceremony attracted the world’s attention and made history as Beijing became the first city ever     2    (host) both a summer and winter Olympic Games.

It started with a countdown of the 24 solar terms,     3    (delight) the whole audience, as the first of the 24 solar terms “Beginning of Spring”    4    (fall) on this very day this year. In the Parade of Nations, the cards with the names of participating     5    (country) on them were in the shape of a snowflake (雪花). Afterwards, those snowflakes were connected together into a     6    (large) flake to form the Olympic Torch (火炬),     7     perfectly explained the Chinese philosophy of “harmony in diversity ”and   “strength in unity”. Indicating     8     Olympic spirit of “Higher, faster, stronger and together, ” the torch lighting has always been the most breathtaking part of the opening ceremony. The small yet powerful flame of the Olympic Torch also conveyed the idea of a “greener” future     9     the aim of spreading “green” ideas and raising people’s     10    (aware) of low-carbon life.

Written during the Period of Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period (ca. 479 BC-221 BC), the book, the Analects (论语)    1    (consider) among the most representative works of Confucian thoughts, and still has     2     great influence on Chinese culture and East Asia.

The Analects was     3    (probable) written over a period of 30-50 years.     4    (start) during the Spring and Autumn Period, the work of     5    (collect) and organization of Confucian teachings was possibly completed during the Warring States Period.     6    , the exact date of publication     7     the complete work is unknown. In China, the work has been by many believed to have been written by Confucius     8    (he), but it has so far been unable to find a     9    (rely) source, partly because of the disastrous book burnt by the First Emperor Qin Shi-Huang in 213 BC.

The chapters are grouped by     10    (theme) of the Analects, but do not develop a structured discussion. Some scholars concluded’ that the book was not written by a single author, but is the collective work of several people.

Art is a way to beautify lifeless urban spaces. We’ve seen examples of street artists working to improve urban scenery — by using new     1     (equip), or creating fantastic wall paintings.

But these are only the beginning. For Italian artist Peeta, blank walls are more than a flat surface; they can be transformed     2     mind-blowing three-dimensional artworks that invite us to step in different urban spaces.

Born in Venice, Peeta got his start as     3     graffiti writer after being “excited” by wall paintings spotted on his trip to Barcelona. Peeta set to work studying art and product design at university, as well as involving     4     (he) in different street art activities. Since then, Peeta — a name coming from his childhood nickname —    5     (develop) his characteristic style of three-dimensional lettering.

Part of     6     makes his works so breathtaking is that they integrate with the urban environment     7     (harmonious) and at the same time create an extraordinary experience. When     8     (see) from a particular angle, Peeta’s large artworks often achieve the impossible, with walls and windows seeming to disappear. “Art in public spaces creates an     9     (include) and enjoyable environment for the citizens there every day,” says Peeta. “My attempt is to make public spaces not just somewhere pleasant and lovely     10     somewhere inspirational and able to excite people’s feelings and imagination.”