A recent short video series Escape from the British Museum, 【小题1】tells the story of how a Chinese cultural relic escapes from the British Museum and finds its way back to China, 【小题2】 (take) the Chinese Internet with its touching narrative and creative storytelling.

Directed by two Chinese vloggers, the three-episode series, spanning just under 10 minutes each, talks about the personification of a Chinese jade teapot, which escapes from the British Museum and embarks on (开启) a hard journey 【小题3】 (reunite) with her family in China.The female vlogger who plays the role of the jade teapot comes across a Chinese journalist in London where she believes to be her long-lost family and asks him to take her back home.

The vloggers wrote in 【小题4】post that this work is a promise, a testament to the passion of independent content creators, a result of the agreement among young 【小题5】 (individual), a display of steady dedication regardless of costs. And above all, it represents the 【小题6】 (determine) within Chinese to prove 【小题7】 (they). Just as the vloggers have expressed, they want their voices 【小题8】 (hear) through this video in this fast-paced information age. It also demonstrates that the content of short videos can be more than just humorous. It can be 【小题9】 (profound) inspiring. The series not only entertains but also touches on a powerful message - the importance of cultural heritage 【小题10】 the longing for repatriation.

Zanhua Wei, known as “the garden on the head”, is a kind of flower headwear 【小题1】 (wear) by local women in Xunpu, a fishing village in Quanzhou, Fujian Province.

The production of it needs to go through multiple 【小题2】 (process), including cutting, laying, inlaying, coloring and so on. Main materials for making hair-pinned flowers are metal wires, jewelry stones and colored pearls, 【小题3】 (delicate) combined to form a variety of flower patterns.

Opinions vary about the origin of Zanhua Wei, with some saying 【小题4】 originated from the custom of Central Asian women wearing flowers and was brought back through the maritime Silk Road during the Song and Yuan dynasties, 【小题5】 Quanzhou served as one of the few leading trading ports on the southeastern coast of China. The ships carried spices and all kinds of 【小题6】 (value) goods to Quanzhou for trade, notably countless jewelry stones and pearls.

In 2008, the custom【小题7】 (include) in the national intangible cultural heritage list. Besides【小题8】 (use) as hair accessories (配饰), head-pinned flowers play 【小题9】 undeniable role in traditional Chinese culture. Zanhua Wei carries the emotions and memories of the fisherman’s family, reflecting the diligence and simplicity of Xunpu, as well as the【小题10】 (expect) for a better life.

The guzheng is one of the 【小题1】(popular) instruments in China. It has 【小题2】 history of more than 2,500 years. The earliest records of the guzheng 【小题3】(find) in the Warring States Period (战国时期). The musical instrument later became a 【小题4】(wide) played instrument in China and found 【小题5】(it) way to other countries.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the guzheng and a number of other traditional Chinese instruments experienced a major overhaul (改造) to expand their sound range and improve their expressiveness. The redesign of the guzheng was led by Professor Wang Xunzhi from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. 【小题6】 the help of his students, he recorded a large number of traditional guzheng music. Wang spent a few years 【小题7】(design) the new guzheng and completed it in 1958.

The new instrument 【小题8】 is commonly used today, is 160 centimeters long and has 21 strings (弦). The most important change is the new set of strings that are made of steel coated with nylon. This allows the instrument 【小题9】(produce) a greater sound similar to that of a piano. Most guzheng 【小题10】(performer) use this kind today.