Li Shichuan, a young Chinese artist, has gained 【小题1】 (recognize) for his wonderful paintings of the lion dance created with marker pens. At the beginning of 2020, Li began sharing his artworks on social media platforms 【小题2】 started gaining popularity. Having a fondness for traditional Chinese culture, he decided【小题3】 (use) it as the theme for his artworks. His first traditional cultural-themed piece Awakened Lion gained millions of 【小题4】 (view) upon release, providing him【小题5】the confidence to continue creating new paintings. Over time, Li’s collection of lion-themed artworks has grown, 【小题6】 (attract) more attention and exhibition opportunities.

Using strikingly bright colors like blue, red and white, Li makes the traditional lion with its pair of round eyes look 【小题7】 (power) , lively and mysterious. Li’s paintings are detailed to the point 【小题8】the lion’s fur is clearly shown.

Today, the lion dance not only 【小题9】 (serve) as a form of entertainment but also connects Chinese people worldwide. Wherever there are Chinese communities, there will be the lion dance, symbolizing 【小题10】 spirit of self-reliance and perseverance.

Li Wen, a paper-cutting artist from Lingbi county, Suzhou city, east China’s Anhui Province, 【小题1】 (work) in the art industry for 17 years.

In 2005, Li was studying oil painting at Lingbi Normal School in Lingbi county when she saw wedding paper-cutting works stuck on the windows of her neighbor’s house and was 【小题2】(deep) impressed by the craft(手艺), as well as the lifelike images on 【小题3】 (they).

“I had never thought before that traditional arts and crafts could be so beautiful,” Li said. Since then, Li has wholeheartedly thrown herself into 【小题4】 (learn) the craft.

Li always brings scissors (剪刀)and paper【小题5】 her wherever she goes, and has created paper-cutting works under various 【小题6】(theme), including pictures of Zhong Kui, a god traditionally regarded as a vanquish er of ghost s and evil beings, local folk customs, plants and crops, among others.

Li’s excellent【小题7】 (able) and serious attitude towards the art has helped her go far. She has been awarded several honorary titles , including “Master in Arts and Crafs” of Suzhou city and an inheritor of Lingbi paper-cutting art, which is a city-level【小题8】(culture) heritage (遗产).

Li,【小题9】 is also a teacher at Lingbi Normal School, has given paper-cutting classes there to introduce 【小题10】 art form to more students.

Videos of 77-year-old Xu Xiuzhen, who speaks 11 different languages with foreigners while working at a scenic spot selling water, postcards and headdress flowers, have brought her instant fame. Xu’s village, 【小题1】 (locate) at the base of Moon Hill, is 【小题2】 popular scenic spot famed for a moon-shaped hole at the summit.

【小题3】 (support) her family, Xu, who dropped out of junior school in the third grade, began to learn different languages in order to attract more foreign customers. She has been working 【小题4】 a guide and vendor (小贩) in a county and resort town in Yangshuo since 1998, 【小题5】 the area became famous with foreign backpackers and organized tours. Over the past two decades, Xu 【小题6】 (teach) herself 11 foreign languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, German, Hebrew and Korean. In addition to making her 【小题7】 (extreme) popular, her linguistic prowess (超凡技术) has made 【小题8】 easier for her to communicate with foreign tourists. As a result, Xu has also become one of the 【小题9】 (busy) tour guides in Yangshuo. Her reputation draws a large crowd of tourists every day, especially foreign 【小题10】 (visit), who come to meet the multilingual guide out of admiration.