It was my first time spending Spring Festival in China 【小题1】 my host family. Spring Festival is highly valued by every Chinese family. Preparations began a week before the festival. First, the house 【小题2】 (clean)from top to bottom. Next, the Chinese character Fu was attached upside down to our front door. The greatest excitement began the night before Spring Festival. Fireworks were being let off across the city, suddenly lighting up the night sky. We then sat together 【小题3】(enjoy) a big dinner, wishing everyone a happy new year.

Paper-making is 【小题1】 (traditional) believed to have been invented by Cai Lun during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Till today, the paper-making technology is recognized by the world for 【小题2】 (it) remarkable contribution in promoting the development of human civilization. Though paper-making is one watercolor of the four great 【小题3】 (invention) of our country, the development of high-end paper started late.

Shi Liming 【小题4】 is a paper-making craftsman in Baoding, Hebei province has been working on the development of high-quality domestic watercolor paper for more than three decades in the industry. Shi’s factory, the Baoding Huarong Paper Factory, 【小题5】 (build) in 1992 in Baoding. It makes products for both domestic markets 【小题6】 customers in more than forty countries.

【小题7】 factory mainly produces paper for watercolor, oil painting and industrial use, aimed at producing high-quality watercolor paper. While making the watercolor paper, Shi tries his best 【小题8】 (show) the excellence of Chinese art and craftsmanship.

Later, Shi set 【小题9】 the Baohong Art Museum to promote paper-related knowledge and artistic experience. The museum contains 【小题10】 (variety) exhibition areas for multiple functions, where visitors can experience making paper by hand and other interesting hand-on activities.

The Dragon-Head-Raising Festival falls on the second day of the second lunar month every year, with the dragon 【小题1】 (wake) up from its winter hibernation (冬眠) and after the day, rainfall increases.

Traditionally, the dragon is believed to live in the sky 【小题2】 he takes charge of bringing rain, which is an important factor in ancient agriculture society. There is an legend 【小题3】 one year a drought 【小题4】 (strike) a village. Blue Dragon, having compassion for people, gave them some rain without permission. To punish the Dragon, the Jade Emperor imprisoned it in a mountain and said he would never release it 【小题5】 gold beans bloomed. 【小题6】 clever villager found that com kernels (玉米) were golden like soy beans and more importantly, they could bloom when 【小题7】 (roast). Then the man led all the villagers to worship the Jade Emperor with bloomed corm kernels. To keep his word, the Jade Emperor had to release the Dragon on the second day of the second Chinese lunar month. Since then, the Dragon-Head-Raising Festival 【小题8】 (celebrate) in various ways in China to show 【小题9】 (admire) for the Dragon. The most famous tradition is getting a haircut, 【小题10】 (mean) getting rid of bad luck.