Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known 【小题1】Qingming Festival, is a traditional Chinese holiday that falls on April 4th or 5th each year. It is a time 【小题2】 families gather together to pay respects to their ancestors, by cleaning their tombs, offering food, burning incense, and performing other rituals.

The holiday has a long history,【小题3】 (date) back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Tomb-Sweeping Day is now 【小题4】 public holiday in China, and many people take time off from work 【小题5】 (visit) their ancestral graves.

During the holiday, families will 【小题6】 (typical) bring offerings such as fruit, flowers, and other food items to the gravesite. They will also burn incense and paper money, and may perform a variety of 【小题7】 (ceremony).

In recent years, Tomb-Sweeping Day 【小题8】(become) a more commercialized holiday, with many companies offering products and services 【小题9】 (relate) to tomb-sweeping, such as online tomb-sweeping platforms, and other products.

Despite these changes, Tomb-Sweeping Day remains an important 【小题10】 (culture) holiday in China, and a time for families to come together to remember and honor their ancestors.

Though festivals all over the world have a wide range of origins, they have something 【小题1】 common. Almost every culture has a harvest festival. For example, during the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, families get together 【小题2】 (admire) the shining moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes. Customs play a 【小题3】 (significance) role in festivals, but sometimes they can change over time. Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses 【小题4】 (take) advantage of the celebrations. All in all, festivals are important in our society. They help us understand where we 【小题5】 (come) from, who we are, and what to appreciate.

Nearly 800 new pupils of Lianhua Elementary School in Hefei, Anhui Province, are reported to have received a unique gift: an admission letter in【小题1】their names are written by teachers using Chinese writing brushes.【小题2】(similar), Shaanxi Normal University has been sending their freshmen calligraphy admission letters for eleven years. Several former professors in【小题3】70s spend about a week writing more than 4,500 admission letters every year.

It is believed in China that “The style is the man”, which【小题4】(mean) good handwriting can not only develop one’s temperament (气质), 【小题5】can also reflect one’s literacy and character. At present, 【小题6】(tradition) calligraphy has again become a compulsory lesson (必修课) in many Chinese primary and middle schools, which aims【小题7】(enhance) students’ cultural competence. At the same time, parents are attaching great【小题8】(important) to children’s calligraphy practice. It is fair to say that calligraphy is not left out in today’s fast-paced society; instead, its incomparable value is standing 【小题9】.

The charm of Chinese traditional culture【小题10】(represent) in calligraphy can always strike a chord(心弦) with writers and viewers. Do you have any interest in learning it?