Zibo city in Shandong province has gone viral on Chinese social media since late February for its local barbecue specialty, and the local government takes the opportunity 【小题1】 (promote) tourism and spending.

On March 31 the Jinan bureau of China Railway 【小题2】 (add) a weekend special round-trip “barbecue tour” train between Jinan and Zibo. The latest promotion gives visitors a free 【小题3】 (admit) to 10 scenic spots in the city with their train tickets as long as their final destination is Zibo.

Barbecue is popular in China, but Zibo’s barbecue differs 【小题4】 three ways-it’s made on a stove, and is served with flatbread (小饼) and dressings (蘸料). The skewers (烤串) are 70-80 percent cooked before they are brought to the table, on 【小题5】 diners can finish cooking them on their own stoves, leading to 【小题6】 sense of participation. Diners are served flatbreads and other dressings at the table so they are able to assemble 【小题7】 (they) own barbecue parcels, in much the same way Peking duck is eaten.

The barbecue 【小题8】 (unexpected) went viral after a group of college students shot videos of themselves 【小题9】 (enjoy) a meal and posted them on social media in late February. Since then, many people, mostly the young, 【小题10】 (attract) to the city from all over the country to try the dish.

The tea that 【小题1】 (delight)the world for thousands of years has finally received global 【小题2】 (recognize) as a shared cultural treasure of mankind.

Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China, including tea gardens, picking of tea leaves, the processing, drinking and sharing of tea, 【小题3】 (add) to UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity last month.

In China, traditional tea processing techniques are 【小题4】 (close) related to geographical location and natural environment, 【小题5】 results in a distribution range between 18°－37°N and 94°－122°E, that is, the provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui and other areas in South China. Associated social practices, however, are spread throughout the country 【小题6】 shared by many ethnic groups.

Over 2,000 tea 【小题7】 (variety), mainly in six categories—green, black yellow, oolong, white and dark—are grown in China. A lot of key processing skills are involved before it is ready for service.

The ancient Silk Road and trade routes brought tea to the whole world. 【小题8】 (serve) on different occasions and used as an important tool for communication, tea is everywhere on the globe today. “Practices of greeting guests 【小题9】 tea and building good relationships within families and neighbors through tea-related activities are shared among many ethnic groups, and provide 【小题10】 sense of belonging, ” tea culture researchers said.

In much of Asia, especially the “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, 【小题1】Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic,animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might 【小题2】(make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal 【小题3】(create) special designs.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, 【小题4】(use) twigs(树枝) to remove it. Over time, as 【小题5】 population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which 【小题6】(gradual) turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, 【小题7】 lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the 【小题8】(develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and being too 【小题9】(violence) for use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat 【小题10】 their hands.