The Confucius Museum covers an area of 57,000 square meters 【小题1】brings together nearly 700,000 cultural relics, which were once kept 【小题2】 (private) in the Confucius Family Mansion. The museum also 【小题3】 (serve) as a place to learn about traditional culture.

About a 30-minute drive away, Nishan Sacred Land, which 【小题4】(regard) as the birthplace of Confucius, is also promoting 【小题5】(deep) engagement with local culture through study tours 【小题6】(offer) visitors a richer experience. Visitors can write down Confucian classics, watch traditional performances and attend lectures 【小题7】 various aspects of Confucian culture.

The Confucius Institute has also rolled out a dozen cultural 【小题8】   (experience) such as seal cutting for visitors, in addition to offering an detailed display of the history behind the Confucian culture. Tourists can also go to Tai' an Old Street, 【小题9】they can get a taste of the local intangible heritage (非物质遗产).

These moves are all part of the government's efforts to use the local culture to boost 【小题10】 (it) tourism industry.

There is a popular Chinese saying-“Guilin’s landscape is the best under heaven”. A city in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Guilin is one of the most popular tourist 【小题1】 (destination) in the country.

In 2022, it 【小题2】 (attract) hordes of theater lovers with its inaugural Guilin Festival, which took place from Dec 10 to 18.

In its second year, the festival 【小题3】 (hold) from Oct 27 to Nov 5, both indoors and outdoors,【小题4】(feature) live performances and screening of theatrical productions from home and abroad.

The festival is co-organized by the Central Academy of Drama.【小题5】 the first time, the festival will offer a platform,【小题6】 was co-initiated by the Central Academy of Drama in 2015 and aims 【小题7】 (promote) cultural exchange and the development of theater education.

“In 2022, the Guilin Festival was 【小题8】 great success, attracting more than 10, 000 attendees from around the country and staging over 128 performances,” says Liu Xinglin, a professor at the Central Academy of Drama and the artistic 【小题9】 (direct) of Guilin Festival.

“This year, the festival will continue to serve as a platform for global artists to communicate,【小题10】 a destination for theater lovers to enjoy a diversity of programs.”

I’ve had my fair share of travelling around China, and a recent week-long trip to Guizhou was my first time to the province. I tried looking up the meaning and significance of the name Guizhou before the trip, 【小题1】 (basic)to have a reasonable idea of what was in store for me. But that was 【小题2】 hard task so I inquired from a Chinese colleague on the trip. From what she said, initially the province 【小题3】 (name)after a famous mountain called “Gui”, sort of noble in literal translation and “zhou”, which simply means province in Chinese. 【小题4】 (keep)that in mind I set out on a journey of discovery and 【小题5】 I found was mind-blowing, a photographer’s paradise. Generally 【小题6】 (describe)as a mountainous province in southwestern China, with Guiyang as 【小题7】 (it)capital, the province is truly one of nature’s best kept secrets. Compared to other leading 【小题8】 (province)in China, with regard 【小题9】 development, Guizhou has some catching-up to do. However, the province remains unique not only for its amazing landscape, 【小题10】 for the role it played in the political history of modern China and the role it is to play in the world.