The Lantern Festival, falling in the first Chinese lunar month, is an important and traditional festival     1     (celebrate) by people nationwide. It is the first time that people     2    (see) the full moon in the lunar year. In ancient China, night is called Xiao and the first lunar month is called Yuan month, so this festival is also called the Yuanxiao Festival in China. It marks the end of the celebration of the Spring Festival and is also the first major festival for people     3    (observe) after Chinese New Year. 

Like the Spring Festival, on the Lantern Festival, all the family members go home     4     a reunion. In the evening, people usually watch beautiful lanterns, guess interesting and     5    (challenge) lantern riddles and perform wonderful dragon dances. In     6    (add), it is a custom for people to eat yuanxiao, a kind of sweet dumpling,     7     is round balls made of glutinous rice flour with     8    (vary) of fillings inside. In some places people sometimes put a coin into a certain one when making sweet dumplings. It is believed that the one who     9     (happen) to find and eat the sweet dumpling with a coin in     10     will have good luck for the whole year.

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation that makes Chinese Lunar New Year a state holiday. The move recognizes the diversity of cultures which Asian Americans have brought to California, the third     1     (large) state in the US.

The legislation lets any state employee take eight hours of vacation, annual leave or compensatory leave     2     (celebrate) Chinese New Year.

In a     3     (sign) letter, Newsom emphasized the diversity and cultural significance that Asian Americans represented in California and     4     (encourage) all Californians to participate in the festival.

Lunar New Year is celebrated by thousands of Asian and Pacific Islander Californians at community events that illustrate     5     state’s rich cultural history and commitment to racial, religious, and cultural diversity. Many jurisdictions (辖区) in California have already made Lunar New Year an     6     (office) school holiday.

Also on Friday, a ceremony     7     (hold) in San Francisco’s city hall to raise China’s national flag in celebration of the 73rd anniversary of the     8     (found) of the People’s Republic of China.

Zhang Jianmin, China’s consul general in San Francisco, raised the flag with Meron Foster, a senior officer at the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Protocol. Zhang expressed his gratitude     9     San Francisco’s “very genuine gesture of friendship” toward China,     10     he spoke to an audience of us elected representatives, business figures and community members.

The Spring Festival is     1     most important festival in China. It is meant     2     (celebrate) the beginning of a new year on the Chinese calendar.

During the Spring Festival, families gather together and enjoy the family reunion.     3     many people like best is setting off     4     (firework), which is a popular activity during the festival. Children are fond     5     the festival very much, when they can wear new clothes and have delicious food like dumplings, which are     6     (tradition) Chinese food. They can also get some money     7     was put in red envelopes from their parents for good luck.     8     (typical), people put up new couplets (对联) on the door for good fortune. The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days, during which people visit relatives and friends sending their Spring Festival greetings.

With more and more people     9     (enjoy) the Spring Festival around the world, it has become more popular. People hold the     10     (believe) that the Spring Festival has a rich cultural meaning and will be valued forever.

May 21st this year marks the first International Tea Day, which was named officially     1     the United Nations on November 27th, 2019. To celebrate     2     festival, a number of events took place at the Chinese Businessman Museum in Beijing on Thursday.

The chairman of the China Culture Promotion Society     3     (address) the opening ceremony. “As a main promoter of the International Tea Day, the birthplace of tea and the     4     (large) tea-producing country, China has a     5     (responsible)to work with other countries to promote the healthy development of the tea industry. It can help to build a community with a     6     (share) future for mankind,” he said.

The “First International Tea Day Tea Road Cooperative Initiative” issued (发布) at the ceremony calls for people working in the tea industry to come together to promote international cooperation     7     cultural exchanges. A four-year tea promotion —Tea Road Cooperative Plan — was also issued in accordance with the initiative.

    8     (strengthen)the connection with young people, the event included a number of public promotional activities on social media,     9     (invite) twenty-nine tea professionals from around the world to have thirty-six hours of uninterrupted live broadcasts.

The Chinese Ancient Tea Museum was officially unveiled (揭幕) at the ceremony, opening     10     (it)first exhibition: The Avenue of Truth — A Special Exhibition of Pu’er Tea.

There are    1    wide range of festivals across the world. Festival are held to honor some famous    2    (figure) or significant events,     3     (satisfy) the ancestors, and to express people’s gratitude to the God for bringing them a year of plenty. For example, in India, October 2nd is a national festival to honour Mahandas Gandhi. There is no escaping the fact    4    Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain, enjoys great status.     5    (tradition), in China, the Spring Festival, which    6    (celebrate) in January or February, is the    7    (energy) and important festival because it is a festival that looks forward    8    the coming of spring. Why are all these festivals everywhere? Because during the festivals, people can get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other,     9    (forget) all the daily struggle    10    troubles them.