For the first time in the history of Peking Opera，four women performed a piece in the China National Peking Opera Company(CNPOC)productions    1    May 27^th at Shanghai’s Majestic Theater. The Peking Opera performance was one of the 51    2    ( produce)showed at the 12^th China Art Festival in Shang-hai. The CNPOC brought together three stories    3    (base)on events (luring the Red Array’s Long March.“They are stories about the    4       (brave)of the Red Army during the Long March，”says Song Chen，head of the CNPOC.“In the play，you can see    5    these soldiers do to sacrifice themselves to help others. People will be    6    (deep)touched by their faith and devotion.”

One of the stories is about three women soldiers    7    (stay)for a night at a farmer’s home in a village. They sleep in the home of a local woman named Xu Jiexiu，and feel sorry for her poor living conditions. When they leave the next morning, a soldier uses a pair of scissors    8       (cut)up the only quilt she has，leaving half of it for the village woman.

Peking Opera styles    9    (develop)over hundreds of years，    10    creates a wide range of roles each featuring distinctive methods of performance and singing styles.

Which is the most significant classical Chinese painting? According to Paul Denlinger, who     1     ( come) to China many times when young, it should be Qingming Shanghe Tu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival. This    2    ( create) dates back to the Northern Song dynasty.

This painting is important    3     several reasons. First, up until this time, almost all Chinese     4     ( painting) were landscapes, which did not feature people at all or had only a few people.     5    ( two) , this is the first scroll (卷轴)painting to describe both Chinese urban and suburban life during the period in the capital, Bianjing ( now Kaifeng, in Henan province). Third, the painting is highly detailed,     6    ( feature ) shops of all kinds and different economic activities in and out of the city. People are able to see the Chinese technologies of the time, which helps them     7    great deal in understanding     8    the Chinese lived.

The Beijing Palace Museum keeps the    9    ( origin) Song painting and one of its famous copies—the Qing version     10    ( hold) in the M National Palace Museum” in Taipei.

For the first time in 94 years, the Palace Museum has extended its opening hours, allowing the public to celebrate the Lantern Festival at night in the ancient palace.

About 3,000 lucky visitors received free tickets from the government, among     1     was Zhang Zhifu, a 77-year-old public security volunteer. It’s a mark of gratitude for her volunteer work. “It is       2     (true) an honor to be granted this special privilege,” Zhang said.

To guarantee the     3     (safe) of the palace, festival organizers     4     (plan) this year’s Lantern Festival event used LED lights rather than traditional paper lanterns and red candles. It’s a fascinating event for visitors to absorb     5     (they) in the festive atmosphere in the museum. Discussion of the   Palace Museum’s new look lit up social media following Tuesday’s display.

Since he became director of the Palace Museum, Shan Jixiang     6     (bring) many changes to the world’s     7     (large) royal complex (建筑群). Once in a speech the 64-year-old director shared his idea about how to make traditional     8     (treasure) come alive again. “     9     matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are     10     people’s daily lives,” he said.