You never know 【小题1】 romantic and talented Chinese people can be. The only 【小题2】 (survive) painting by the Northern Song Dynasty’s (960-1127) young genius artist Wang Ximeng, A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains, is probably the 【小题3】 (fine) example of Chinese blue-green landscape paintings. With bright mineral pigments, the painter paints a vast country landscape, an ideal world of perfect order and harmony that people dream of. Now, nearly 1,000 years later, Chinese musicians are doing 【小题4】 same thing as Wang, but this time through the art of music.

The 【小题5】 (music) interpretation (演绎) of the masterpiece A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains first appeared in Shanghai as the closing performance of the Music in the Summer Air concert 【小题6】 (give) by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra on Sunday. Following the concert, the performance began on Wednesday 【小题7】 Xi’an, Shaanxi Province.

“Just as Chinese painting aesthetics stress the relationship between artistic conception and the viewer’s mentality, the music 【小题8】 (create) can help people understand the landscape and the heaven and sky in 【小题9】 (we) hearts as well as the feelings toward nature and humanity in the form of music,” the piece’s composer Zhao Lin 【小题10】 (tell) the Global Times on Tuesday.

This symphony orchestra work showed the world of the splendid scroll painting.

With the worldwide celebration of the Chinese New Year, traditional Chinese cultural forms such as the Yingge Dance (Dance of Heroes) and dragon and lion dances have once again attracted widespread attention.

As the Chinese New Year is increasingly celebrated 【小题1】 (global), it has brought its traditional celebrations elsewhere and seen people of other countries join the festivities. This Spring Festival, a team of Yingge dancers from South China’s Guangdong Province 【小题2】 (invite) to the UK, bringing an exciting performance to London’s Burlington Arcade 【小题3】 (celebrate) the Chinese New Year.

Literally 【小题4】 (translate) as the “Songs of Heroes” dance, Yingge Dance is an old folk dance 【小题5】 originated from the Chaoshan area of South China’s Guangdong Province. Dressed in colorful costumes, performers wave wooden sticks in their hands while 【小题6】 (dance) in orderly formations to the music.

Based on the stories of the 108 【小题7】 (hero) of Liangshan Mountain from the classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh (《水浒传》), this is 【小题8】 folk art combining a variety of forms, from martial arts and Chinese operas to dance.

From a centuries-old art form to a magnum opus (杰作) of Chinese tradition worldwide, the 【小题9】 (popular) of Yingge Dance on the streets of London during the Spring Festival was a success 【小题10】 terms of traditional Chinese folk art sailing overseas.

Nowadays many singers and bands have little to do with good music. They know little about 【小题1】 good music means. What is the cause?

Most of these singers so far 【小题2】 (see) music as a “job” because it is a good source of making money. And if you have a good appearance and expensive clothes to show off at your concerts then your voice is not 【小题3】 important as it should be. The public will prefer to admire more the most interesting parts of your body and even forget that you are there 【小题4】 (show) your music skills, not your dancing, which is important too, but not at such 【小题5】 high level.

Therefore, many young girls on TV choose to wear the most provocative (挑逗性的) clothes to catch attention, 【小题6】 when it comes to 【小题7】 (sing), they are in a complete mess and one   doesn't need to have an ear 【小题8】 music to notice their lack   of talent.

However, the young generation should understand talent and a good voice matter more in their musical career.All the performances that have little to do with good music fail   【小题9】 (welcome) on stage. If a young man has a great voice and wants to become a 【小题10】 (success) singer, he should take some special courses in this area because they will help him improve singing abilities.