The minority of Red Yao is one of the ethnic minorities in China, living in north of Guilin. Guangxi Region, especially on Longji Rice Terraces(梯田). One of the     1    (big)Yao festivals is the Clothes Drying Festival, which falls     2     the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. In practice, women lay out all their traditional costumes under the sun. This serves the double purposes of disinfection and allowing the ladies to show off     3     they have. If it rains, they will spread their costumes indoors,     4    (leave)the door open.

That day, local Yao people took their clothes outside their house to dry and seek fortune. Later,     5    (dress)in their treasured costumes, they showcased how to make traditional clothes, performed group weddings and gave other unique performances as a way     6    (attract)tourists.

Yao people in the area     7    (observe)the festival for centuries. Tradition has it that the celebration ceremony is held between the famous terraced rice     8    (field)in this area.

The celebration continues into night     9     reaches its height when the people light up their doorways under the starry sky. In addition, fireworks are set off.

The celebration varies     10    (slight)from place to place. In Guiping County nearby, Yao people stand in squares waving their hands to the sun and express their admiration at dusk.

We have something in the UK     1     (call) Boxing Day, which     2     (be) an odd name, so let us explain what Boxing Day actually is! It is celebrated on 26th December,     3     day after Christmas Day, and it’s a continuation of the Christmas festivities.

The history of the day is deeply rooted in our social class structure. In the past, servants or tradesmen that     4     (work) for wealthy families would receive a Christmas box     5     their employers which contained gifts. The box was a way of     6     (say) thanks for working throughout the year. Often the holiday was seen as Christmas Day for the working men     7     would be serving the rich on the 25th and could not celebrate Christmas with family     8     (member) until the following day. But nowadays the     9     (traditional) of the gift box no longer exists. Now it’s celebrated as a shopping holiday or one     10     (usual) spends in front of the television eating loads of leftover food. Boxing Day is a bank holiday throughout the UK, which also marks the day when the sales start.