The Water Sprinkling Festival is one of the most important festivals【小题1】（celebrate）by the Dai people in Yunnan Province.During the festival,【小题2】lasts three to seven days,they pour water onto each【小题3】（say）goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one.

The festival is known for many kinds of【小题4】（activity）.Dragon boat racing,firework shows and peacock dances【小题5】（hold）on the first day.And the most popular event,water sprinkling,is on the second day.People pour water on each other with the hope to wash away【小题6】（sick）and bad luck.【小题7】wetter you get,the luckier you will be.The last day is【小题8】（usual）for the young people to play games【小题9】a way to express their love for each other.

The Water Sprinkling Festival shows the Dai people’s pride in【小题10】（they）rich culture in music,dance,food and tradition.

Simon Wakefield travelled round Yunnan after leaving university. While in Yunnan, he was astonished by how   【小题1】(vary) the landscape is. Down in the south, it’s very tropical, but in the northwest, Lijiang, a half new and half old town is on the side of a mountain, its peak 【小题2】 (cover) with snow. Seen from above, the old town is a maze in 【小题3】 the tourists get lost.

He went to the village where the Naxi ethnic group live. He found that it is the women 【小题4】 run Naxi society. They have the custom of playing cards in the middle of the street. He also found the Naxi language is the only hieroglyphic language still 【小题5】 use and that Naxi culture is 【小题6】 (particular) famous for its music. Passed from father to son, the music hasn’t changed for centuries. He went to watch 【小题7】 performance in an old wooden hall, which 【小题8】 (play) by Naxi men, some of whom looked as if they were well over 100 years old.

At last he understood that it is the 【小题9】 (diverse) that makes Yunnan attractive. However different people may appear 【小题10】 (be) at first, we are all the same, all equal.

Mining has seen ups and downs but traditional condiment (调味品) continues to appeal. Any mention of Zigong, Sichuan province, reminds people【小题1】 its salt production and, until recently, this was【小题2】 important source of revenue (财政收入).

The city, about 200 kilometers from Chengdu has a history of mining salt【小题3】 (stretch) back 2,000 years. The salt was sold all over Sichuan and other provinces, and was consumed by one-tenth of China’s population. The salt is from wells. One of them, the Shenhai well, was opened in 1835, and is still in【小题4】 (operate). With a depth of 1,001.42 meters, it is among the world’s deepest of its kind and【小题5】 (current) produces around 2,000 kilograms of salt per day. Visitors to the well can buy packs of iodine-free salt【小题6】 (mine) just three days earlier.

But, during Spring Festival, 【小题7】 ends with the Lantern Festival on the 15^th day of the first lunar month — falling on Sunday this year — more people from around the country flock to Zigong【小题8】 (view) its world-famous lanterns. Viewing lanterns became a Spring Festival custom in Zigong during the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the【小题9】 (city) lantern show has been held in more than 70 countries and regions around the world, becoming a calling card of both Zigong and China. The popular show【小题10】 (start) from the economic dilemma in the 1980s, when Zigong’s economy over-relying on a single product became a problem.