There are all kinds of 【小题1】(celebrate) throughout the world. Festivals of the dead are held to honor the dead or to make the ancestors 【小题2】(satisfy). Festivals can also be held to honor famous people. For example in China, the Dragon-Boat Festival honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan.

Among all the festivals, the most 【小题3】(energy) and important one is Chinese New Year, also 【小题4】(call) Spring Festival, which has more than 4,000 years of history. Being one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is 【小题5】grandest and most important festival for Chinese people. Most employees in China have 【小题6】least seven days off work, including three days’ legal holiday, 【小题7】students take one month absence from school.In the past people 【小题8】(observe) the Spring Festival to fight against the monster Nian liking to eat children and domestic animals. The monster was afraid of red color and loud sound. Therefore, people decorated their houses in red and let off fireworks to scare it away. The Spring Festival is the time 【小题9】(make) everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring 【小题10】(unhappy) to other people.

China is known as a state of etiquette (礼仪) and ceremonies. Take the example of an interesting story. Once upon a time, a man went on a long tour 【小题1】 (visit) his friend with a swan as a gift. But it escaped from the cage on the way and in his effort to catch it, he caught nothing but a feather. When his friend received this unexpected gift—the swan feather, he was 【小题2】 (deep) moved by the sincerity (真诚). Later, the saying “the gift is nothing much, but it is the thought 【小题3】 counts,” was spread far and wide.

Gifts are regarded as an important part to show politeness in China. 【小题4】 is appropriate to give gifts on 【小题5】 (occasion) such as festivals and birthdays. If you are invited 【小题6】 a family party, small gifts like wine, tea or candies are welcomed. Also fruit, cookies, and flowers are a safe 【小题7】 (choose).

Chinese used to cup one hand in the other before the chest as a salute (致敬). This tradition, nowadays seldom 【小题8】 (follow) except in the Spring Festival, has a history of more than 2000 years. Shaking hands, which should be firm and brief but not too strong, 【小题9】 (consider) formal greeting behavior in China.

If you follow the usual rules of etiquette in China, there is no need to worry about the cultural barriers, for the warm and friendly Chinese will try their best to respect your customs when 【小题10】 (communicate).

The Twenty-four Solar Terms shows the relationships between the universe, seasons, climate and agriculture,【小题1】 is a unique creation by Chinese ancestors. In the early development of agriculture people began to explore rules of nature since agricultural 【小题2】 (produce) was highly subject to seasonal changes. As the east Asian traditional lunar calendar is a “lunisolar(日与月的)calendar”, 【小题3】 is, it’s developed according to the running and operation of the sun or the moon, it can not【小题4】 (full) reflect the circle of the sun.【小题5】, China is an agricultural society and we have to strictly know the circumstance about the sun operation. With farming completely carried 【小题6】according to the sun, our ancient ancestors added a separate calendar 【小题7】 (reflect) the sun cycle. Thus, the Twenty-four Solar Terms that can indicate the changes of seasons and climate 【小题8】 (come) into being, and it was used to guide sowing, harvest and other agricultural 【小题9】 (activity). Up to now, it 【小题10】 (function) as an essential tool to guide farming in China.