Are you familiar with pop star Jay Chou’s Blue &White Porcelain? Its original lines, just 【小题1】 the composer Fang Wenshan described, were inspired by Ru porcelain (汝瓷).

Ranked best among famous kinds during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Ru porcelain is known for its unique pale blue glaze (釉). Oceans 【小题2】 Ru porcelain flooded onto the market around the year of 1100, but the 【小题3】 (exist) of Ru ware now is actually rare. Thanks to the efforts of Ru porcelain inheritors, people can now appreciate it 【小题4】 (close) at hand than before.

Born in Ruzhou, Henan province, Li Chao has spent a decade 【小题5】 (better) crafting skills. Ru porcelain goes through 72 steps, the【小题6】 (one) of which is knead (揉) mud. Any small errors could lead to disaster, said the 41-year-old inheritor. He then stressed that a Ru porcelain inheritor must be patient enough. Every item of artwork 【小题7】 (full) deserves our admiration.

Techniques of making Ru porcelain will 【小题8】 (lose) with senior inheritors gradually passing away. So, 【小题9】 Li spares no effort in doing is introducing it to wider masses. 【小题10】 (achieve) this goal, he creatively uses Ru porcelain in making daily ware popular among young people. Now he’s aiming to expand the market by introducing it to the whole world.

The Art of Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam (新疆维吾尔木卡姆艺术) is a 【小题1】(represent) name of various kinds of Muqam in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (自治区), 【小题2】 was declared one of the UNESCO Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2005.

Muqam, 【小题3】(recognise) as the mother of Uyghur music, is not only 【小题4】 artistic creation with a long history, but also a record of 【小题5】(communicate) between China and the regions to the west of it in history. It can be found in 19 countries and regions in Central, South, and West Asia, and North Africa, which is 【小题6】(particular) due to Xinjiang’s central location along the Silk Road.

In Muqam ensembles (乐团), the lead instruments, called satar, are made from local materials and vary in form. The dancing skills involve unique steps, rhythms, and formations as well as 【小题7】(figure) such as flower-picking-by-mouth, bowl-carrying-on-head, and imitation of animals in solo dances.

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, every possible means 【小题8】(use) to preserve the Twelve Muqam by the Chinese government. About 20 study centres have been set up 【小题9】(train) professional researchers on Muqam. Moreover, the government has introduced Muqam 【小题10】 the national artistic education system.

Four ancient Chinese irrigation (灌溉) sites have been honored as World Heritage Irrigation Structures, 【小题1】has brought the total number of irrigation projects in China on the list to 23.

Tianbao Weir (堰), one of the newly 【小题2】 (award) projects, is situated in Fujian Province. With a history of over 1, 200 years, the weir is the 【小题3】 (old) existing water project specifically aimed at stopping saltwater and storing freshwater.

Longshou Canal and Ancient Luohe River Irrigation District in Shaanxi Province is said to be the first underground canal in China’s history. The canal is a major branch of the Yellow River, 【小题4】 (provide) irrigation for local farms in the face of 【小题5】 (dry) and water shortage.

The Weirs of Baishaxi Stream Project in east China’s Zhejiang Province is made 【小题6】of 36 weirs, 21 of which still offer irrigation water. The project covers 45 kilometers of the Baishaxi Stream and has a total water level drop of 168 meters.

Sangyuanwei Polder Embankment (堤) System 【小题7】 (locate) in south China’s Guangdong Province, which was first built 【小题8】the 10th century. The embankment extends for 64.8 km and the system provides irrigation, drainage canals and water 【小题9】 (pathway).

The ancient irrigation projects are treasures of the development of Chinese water culture 【小题10】of great value for the development of Irrigation agriculture in China.