The Water-Splashing Festival (泼水节) is a traditional festival for the Dai people in Yunnan Province,     1     marks the official New Year celebration for over one million Dai people living in China.     2     (hold) during the sixth month of the Dai calendar, it usually lasts three or four days.

For the Dai people in Yunnan province, water is a symbol     3     goodness and the most valuable thing. During the festival, both men and women enjoy     4     (them) in the game of water-splashing. They are armed with buckets of water to make each other     5     (complete) wet, wishing all good luck and happiness to happen to them.

During the festival, the door of every house     6     (decorate) with colorful pieces of paper. All the     7     (villager) wear their unique clothes. Mutton and beef are served with delicious rice cakes, rice noodles, and rice wine. The festival is celebrated with     8     variety of activities, including singing and dancing, firework displays and boat racing. Dai People will also invite people to celebrate the festival from other ethnic minorities (少数民族) and tourists     9     (come) from afar (从远处) to celebrate the festival.

The Water Splash Festival is the Dai people’s respect to water, music, dance and food. It is also a     10     (culture) bridge between China and Southeast Asian countries that share the same festive culture of the water-splashing.

2 . Events and festivals in Italy are some of the main draws to this historic country. The traditions, culture, and incredible art all come together to provide some of the biggest and best events in the world.

In 2024, the Carnival of Viareggio will host six parades in February. What once started as a simple parade with carriages in 1873 has now turned into a large event, with thousands attending each year to catch a glimpse of the famous allegorical papier mäché floats that tower above the promenade.

The 2024 Venice Carnival is bound to be one of the best yet. The theme is travel and discovery with a celebration of Marco Polo on the 700th anniversary of his death. Originating from Venice, the 2024 Venice Carnival is all about celebrating one of its most famed travellers. The iconic Italian celebrations take place between January 27th and February 13th with a host of fantastic feasts, sensational celebrations, passionate parades, and captivating costumes, transporting you to another world.

The Palio di Siena is a historic horse race where ten horses, each representing a different Siena neighbourhood race around Piazza del Campo. There are two races each year, on July2nd, the Palio di Provenzano, and on August 16th, the Palio dell’Assunta, While the races only last less than two minutes, it is the electric energy, prominent parades, and exciting celebrations leading up to the races that have kept this Italian event alive since the 1600s.

Each year between June and September, the Arena di Verona, a 1st-century Roman amphitheatre, boasts a true celebration of the art of opera with various performances. The2024 Verona Opera Festival takes place from June 8th through September 7th, providing visitors ample opportunity to see some of the most famous operas in the world in the country it originated.

A concert     1     (feature ) ancient China's Tang Dynasty poems was held in Philadelphia, on Friday night January 6 to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.

Echoes of Ancient Tang Poems, the 1.5-hour-long concert attracted more than 2,000audience and brought the Tang Dynasty to life with ancient poems reinterpreted by young international    2     (composer).

    3     concert, presented jointly by Suzhou International Young Artist Festival and the Philadelphia Orchestra, was also held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the orchestra’s historic 1973 tour of China.

Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping,     4     made remarks before the show, said, “The Philadelphia Orchestra     5     (become) one of the most popular foreign orchestras in China since the ensemble’s (乐团) trip to China. The stories between the Philadelphia Orchestra and     6     (it) Chinese partners showed that people to people exchange is a constant driving force for China-U. S. relations.”

    7     (found) in 1900, the orchestra was the first U S orchestra to perform in China Since then, it has     8     (frequent) visited the Asian country, serving     9     a bridge for bilateral cultural, educational and people-to-people exchanges. “The concert was marvelous, ”said Jennifer Lin, a local documentary director told Xinhua after the show. “The poetry was     10     (impress) .The singing was beautiful , and the orchestra was fantastic ”

China Media Group (CMG) announced the official theme and logo (标识) for the 2024 Spring Festival Gala (春晚) on Saturday ahead of the upcoming Year of the Drago n in February 2024.

The logo of the Spring Festival Gala, which gets tons of attention annually,     1    (use) the character “議”, meaning “the soaring of the dragons,”     2    the main visual symbol. The chosen character     3    (vivid) shows the thriving 1.4 billion Chinese people, as the dragon has developed into a     4    (spirit) symbol for the Chinese people over thousands of years.

    5    (Inspire) by an ancient Chinese calligraphy style, seal script (篆书), the design is serious, balanced and upright,     6    (highlight) a cultural atmosphere that is grand and energetic.

Created by Gu Yongjiang, the logo     7     (design) for China’s lunar exploration program, the logo for the gala is also styled with a metallic, golden color which looks like a chip — bridging     8    past and the present to the future from an ancient Chinese character to cutting edge modern technology.

The Spring Festival Gala, the forms of     9    performances involve songs, dances, crosstalks, operas and folk arts, etc,     10     (be) an essential part of the many Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations since 1983.