The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is one of the most important     1     (festival) celebrated in China and other East Asian countries. It falls     2     the 15th day of the 8th lunar month on the traditional Chinese calendar. On that night, the moon is     3    (bright) and fuller than any other night. Enjoying the beauty of the full moon on this day     4     (be) a long standing traditional Chinese custom for centuries.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a big day for Chinese people,     5    will go back home and have dinner with their families. The roundness of the full moon expresses people’s desire for a wholesome happy family. After the dinner, friends and family usually get together     6     (enjoy) the moonlight and moon-cakes.

Eating moon-cakes is     7     important custom during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Due to the different diet habits in different regions, moon-cakes vary in taste.     8     (general), traditional tastes include fillings of five kernel, egg yolk, jujube paste and bean paste. Now there are new tastes like ice cream and durian.

    9     the taste of moon-cakes is changing, the symbolic meaning of the full moon remains unchanged and the Chinese custom of eating moon-cake and     10     (long)for reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival will never fade away.

In Yimeng area of east China — situated Shandong Province, colorful clay whistles,     1     used to be the most popular toys for local children, are regaining attention as     2     typical symbol of local folk culture.

In the memory of many local people,traditional Yimeng clay whistles had simple and exaggerated style, ingenious appearance and bright color and     3     (wear)around necks of children with threads of five colors including red, yellow, blue, white and black     4     (pray) for good luck.

In Chuzhuang village in Linyi City of southeastern Shandong, clay whistles making boasts a history of more than 340 years. In the past, clay whistles made in Chuzhuang were once sold to provinces of Jiangsu and Hebei,     5     (provide) a major source of income for local villagers.

Similar     6     other folk arts in Shandong, color of clay whistles made in Chuzhuang is characterized by brightness, clarity and elegance. By combining     7     (common)used colors such as magenta, pink green, brownish yellow, sapphire blue and eggplant purple with black, the originally completely different colors become     8     (harmony).

Some of the fine Chuzhuang clay whistles     9     (collect) by many national museums andexperts around the world have won many national awards in China and are deemed as one of the important     10     (platform) for cultural exchange between China and foreign countries

Incense (香) is material that releases fragrant (芳香的)smoke when burnt. Yang Jinqing, an inheritor of Qingyuan traditional incense making, has a burning desire     1    (develop) popular fragrances. For decades, Yang has committed himself     2     the traditional incense craft in Qingyuan,     3     was named a national intangible cultural heritage by the State Council in June 2021.

The country boasts a profound incense history     4     (date) back to before the Qin Dynasty. The craft and its culture thrived during the Song Dynasty. It found wider     5     (popular) during the Ming and Qing dynasties when it was used to fend off diseases, insects, mosquitoes and preserve people’s health.

Qingyuan saw many incense workshops set up during the Song Dynasty, thanks to its close geographical location to abundant herbal resources     6    (hide) in the Taihang Mountains.

Nowadays, with the     7    (increasing) expanding market, more than 50,000 people     8    (engage) in the incense business in more than 500 local incense businesses.

Yang Jinqing has helped to establish an engineering center for herbal incense in Hubei that specializes in studying ancient recipes     9     developing new crafts based on the fragrance. “We might think incense culture is very elegant and, therefore, far away from us, but it is actually very close to our lives.” he says. “When drinking tea, playing chess, reading or writing,     10    (light) an incense stick can help calm the nerves and concentrate the mind.”

“I want future generations to appreciate the charm of China’s incense culture and craft.” he adds.