Cao Zhi, a prince of the state of Cao Wei, 【小题1】(fall) in love with an official’s daughter. However, she married his brother, Cao Pi, and the prince became disappointed. Later, he composed an 【小题2】(emotion) poem about the love between the goddess and mortal. In the poem, he praises the nymph (女神) 【小题3】 her beauty.

“Gazing at her from afar,

She shines like the sun 【小题4】(rise) above the rosy mists (迷雾) of dawn;

Observing her close by,

She is as bright as a lotus emerging from clear ripples (涟漪).”

In the 4th century, Gu Kaizhi, a Chinese artist, 【小题5】(move) by the story. He illustrated the poem and created 【小题6】 we call the Nymph of the Luo River.   Unfortunately, the original 4th painting was lost. However, artists made several copies of it, 【小题7】(probable) during the Song dynasty. The painting is in 【小题8】 form of a long scroll (卷轴), which describes the plot in sections. Let's unfold the scroll and find out about this beautiful story.

In the beginning, Cao Zhi travels with a group of attendants and has to cross the Luo River. Here, Gu Kaizhi gives full play to his artistic 【小题9】(imagine). Through clever composition and application of vivid colors, he describes the meeting between Cao Zhi and the nymph, Fu Fei. She flows lightly and stops when she wants to go. 【小题10】(attract) by her charm, Cao loses his heart to Fu Fei.

In the long history of China, many things are more 【小题1】 (advance) than the rest of the world and liquor(酒) is one of them. In China, liquor brewed (酿造) from cereal grain has always been in the dominant position and liquor brewed from fruits accounts 【小题2】a small proportion only. Therefore, to explore the origin of liquor is 【小题3】 (main) to explore the origin of liquor brewed from cereal grain.

The history of liquor 【小题4】 (date) back to the Shanggu period. In Shiji Yinbenji (Historical Records), there was some record about liquor:“King Zhou made a liquor pool and 【小题5】 (hang) meat like a forest, drinking all night long. ”In Shi Jing (The Book of Songs), there were some poems about liquor: “October is the time 【小题6】 ( harvest) the grain to make liquor and people use the liquor to celebrate the longevity of 【小题7】senior”. Those records indicated that liquor had a history of at least five thousand years.

According to some archaeological evidence, there were dedicated liquor tools among the Neolithic(新石器时代) potteries unearthed in modern times, 【小题8】showed that liquor brewing was rather popular in primitive society. After the Xia and Shang 【小题9】 (dynasty), there were more and more liquor-drinking vessels, 【小题10】 (indicate) that liquor drinking was prevalent at that time.

The silk industry in Sichuan is one of the original points of Chinese silk culture. Sichuan brocade (蜀锦) originated from the Spring and Autumn period, and fully developed in the Han and Tang 【小题1】 (dynasty). It has a history of more than 2, 000 years and had a far-reaching influence 【小题2】 traditional Chinese silk production. Sichuan brocade features light shades 【小题3】 (integrate) in an elegant and care free style, which shows Han Chinese characteristics and local traditions.

Sichuan brocade is one of China’s four most famous branches of brocade, the others 【小题4】 (be) Yun brocade in Nanjing, Song brocade in Suzhou and Zhuang brocade in Guangxi. With its 【小题5】 (attract) designs and bright, clear colors that follow the style of Chinese-ink paintings, Sichuan brocade was put on the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006.

Silk 【小题6】 (produce) in Sichuan Province since ancient times and Chengdu was the starting point of the southern Silk Road. Sichuan brocade is made with local silk and colored silk threads, 【小题7】 are the raw materials. Special embroidery (刺绣) skills are used 【小题8】 (turn) brocade into quilt covers, pillowcases, clothes and shoes.

【小题9】 subjects of the Sichuan brocade are rich and varied. Some come from legends, myths, historical stories, and others come from landscape, figures, flowers, birds and animals, 【小题10】 (especial) the beasts that symbolize fortune and long life.