Lantern festivals add magic to     1     (celebrate) and their designs are deeply inspired by traditional culture. Shortly after organizing the lantern carnival in Hong Kong on Sept 24, Wan Songtao and his team hurried back to their hometown of Zigong in Sichuan province, where another grand lantern show was on the cards.

“The older I grow, the more     2     (attach) I become to lantern making” the 54 year old craftsman tells China Daily Early in     3     morning, Wan went to inspect work at Chinese Lantern World,     4     on Sept 27 was transformed into an ocean of light and color by massive lanterns in the shape of humans, flowers, animals and buildings, made to celebrate both the Mid Autumn Festival     5     the National Day.

“For this lantern fair, we derived inspiration from ancient Chinese poems,” Wan says, adding that Tianshang Gongque (the moon palace), a centerpiece as well as one of 21 core lantern installations ( 装 置) at the fair,     6     (inspire) by Su   Dongpo’s The Mid-Autumn Festival. The installation, which was composed of 19 palace style     7     (structure), stretched 270 meters and     8     (rise) high into the sky, drawing visitors’ eyes up to a “full moon”, a round LED screen showing Chang’e, goddess of the moon, flying toward her palace.

The eight-day holiday attracted over 210,000 visitors from around China to Zigong, a city which is     9     (remote) situated in the southwest of China but is home     10     one of the world’s best lantern shows.

On the morning of Sept. 28th, 2022, grand memorial ceremonies were held around China to speak well of Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher, politician and    1    (educate) who lived during the 6th-5th centuries BC. In the great philosopher’s hometown Qufu, hundreds of    2    (participant) took part in a ceremony in the morning at the Temple of Confucius, including local senior officials, foreign envoys (使节), scholars    3    Confucius’ descendants (后裔).

Built to commemorate (纪念) and offer sacrifices to Confucius in 478 BC, the Temple of Confucius    4    (rebuild) multiple times over the centuries. The temple is the model for all the Confucius temples throughout East and Southeast Asia,    5    (particular) in terms of design and style. Since 1994, the Temple of Confucius has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site — The Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu.

Together    6    the Confucius Memorial Ceremony, the International Confucius Cultural Festival was launched with the international Nishan Forum,    7    is a space to discuss culture and civilization, as well as a Confucius Culture Week for Chinese and foreign students.

    8    (found) in 1989, the International Confucius Cultural Festival is one of the    9    (large) nationally and internationally supported tourism festivals mixing culture, tourism, scholarly and scientific research with the aim of    10    (promote) ancient Chinese culture.

5 . What do you do during the Spring Festival? Here is something about two students.

He Jian is thirteen years old. He lives with his parents in the city. He likes traditional Chinese festivals and the Spring Festival is his favorite. During the Spring Festival, he often visits his grandparents by bus. They live in a small village and they love He Jian very much. Every time He Jian gets to the village, his grandparents always get many traditional food ready, such as jiaozi and Niangao. He Jian likes niangao very much. This year he also met his cousin Ma Bin in his grandparents’ home. They were happy to play winter games.

Zheng Min is in Grade 7 and she’s twelve years old. She lives in Shanghai with her parents and grandparents. Her grandparents were teachers and collected many stories about the city. They often tell them to Zheng Min when she is free. During the Spring Festival this year, Zheng Min heard some stories about food in Shanghai when she ate out with her parents and grandparents. She wrote them on the computer and sent an email to her friend in New York.

7 . Tibetan New Year, aka Losar, is the most important festival in Tibet and is celebrated for 15 days, typically falling in February or March. It is a time of renewal and optimism, marking the start of the Tibetan lunar calendar.    1    

·Decoration

It is a common custom that houses are adorned with bright and colorful banners and prayer flags, while the streets are lined with lanterns and colorful decorations.    2    

·Offerings

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Apart from music and dance, Tibetans indulge in rich and delicious dinners with their family and friends. Traditional dishes such as momos and Tibetan butter tea are served.

Closing Ceremonies

The Losar celebrations end with the Chunga Choepa ceremony, a religious offering service to worship the local gods.    4    This is followed by the service of throwing Tsampa into the air as a symbol of letting go of the past year and embracing new beginnings.

The customs of Tibetan New Year are deeply carved in the culture and traditions of the Tibetan folks.     5    And the customs and traditions associated with this festival reflect the rich history and heritage of this fascinating culture.