【小题1】 February 10, the first day of the Year of the Dragon, the crowd in a public square in London burst into cheers. Sixteen dancers performed the Chaoshan Yingge dance, a traditional Chinese folk dance 【小题2】 (celebrate) Chinese New Year. In the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province, 【小题3】 the dance originated, people believe it brings good luck for new year. This performance 【小题4】 (attract) millions of tourists since 2023.

The glass harp(竖琴) is one of the most extraordinary instruments in the world. It doesn’t even appear to be 【小题1】instrument at first glance, and it isn’t actually a harp at all. Instead, it’s just a set of glasses on a table. The glasses are of different sizes and some are filled with water.

【小题2】(play) the glass harp, performers wet and rub their fingers along the tops of the glasses. Each glass will then produce a high 【小题3】 low sound, depending on its shape and how much water it 【小题4】 (contain). Many people think the sound 【小题5】 (create) is delightful, like music you would hear in heaven.

It’s a mystery who invented the glass harp. Some say it first appeared in China, while others say Persia, but it was in Europe 【小题6】 it became the most popular. By the 1700s European glass harp masters could play works【小题7】Mozart and Beethoven on the instrument. This love for glass harps didn’t last long, however, as people lost interest 【小题8】 a while.

Glass harps haven’t entirely disappeared, though. You can still find some street 【小题9】 (music) playing them to entertain large crowds. If you’re lucky enough to catch such a performance, sit back, relax, and enjoy the beautiful sounds of this 【小题10】 (usual) instrument.

Chinese singer-songwriter Liu Shuang was on a journey to Beijing when he received a message, 【小题1】 (say) that his song Mohe Ballroom had gone viral (走红). However, he didn’t take it 【小题2】 (serious) until he learned that footage of the song had been viewed more than 10 million times.

The song 【小题3】 (inspire) by Liu’s trip in 2019 to Mohe, Heilongjiang province, 【小题4】 he met an elderly man dancing alone in a ballroom.“I was curious and danced with him. We talked for 【小题5】 while during a break when I learned about his story,” said Liu, who later wrote an article 【小题6】 (title) Goodbye Evening Star, and posted it online.

The elderly man lost his wife and he has not remarried, so he often visited the old ballroom ad danced alone 【小题7】 (remember) the times he and his wife spent there.

Millions of people have been touched by the song and the story behind it. 【小题8】 (video) featuring elderly men dancing alone have appeared on social media platforms. The song’s huge 【小题9】 (popular)has also made Mohe an in-demand tourism destination. Visitors flood to the city to see the ballroom, in the hope 【小题10】 meeting the elderly man. Moreover,local residents have become curious about the ballroom,which they had never noticed before.