Dedicated to documenting the stories about Shanghai’s Pudong New Area before its opening-up and development in the 1990s, the Pudong History Museum was 【小题1】 (official) opened in February.

In 2021, the museum 【小题2】 (experience) a major renovation (整修). Aside from the permanent showcase of Pudong’s history and culture, the museum is also presenting 【小题3】 (it) first temporary showcase that features couplet (对联) written 【小题4】 a local artist.

The opening exhibition shows several objects, including a collection of jade, artifacts with inscriptions of the pattern for longevity, and objects inset with gold, all of which 【小题5】 (dig) up from the tomb of Lu Shen in Pudong in 1969. It was the Lu family that gave Shanghai’s important financial center the name—Lujiazui.

Objects 【小题6】 (donate) by people are on show, too. One donor is Feng Jianzhong, 【小题7】 is the head of the collectors’ society in Pudong. Feng donated dozens of historical 【小题8】 (document) and objects that he gathered over the past decades. “I am 【小题9】 local and have deep feelings for my hometown. I think 【小题10】 (share) my collections is more meaningful than keeping them at home,” says Feng.

CONFUCIUS【小题1】has been known in China as Kung Tzu, is one of the most 【小题2】 (influence) philosophers.

Confucius was born in 551 B C. in the state of Lu, in the southern part of the present Shandong province in eastern China. He lived in 【小题3】 (poor) in his youth, but entered the government of Lu and by the time he was fifty, he 【小题4】(reach) high official rank. As a result of political intrigue (阴谋), however, he was soon forced 【小题5】 (resign) his position and go into exile (流亡). For the next thirteen years he traveled from state to state always 【小题6】 (hope) to find an opportunity to realize his ideal of political and social reform. Nowhere, however, did he succeed, and finally as an old man he returned to Lu, 【小题7】 he died three years later in 479 B.C.

【小题8】 is more significant and unique is that Confucius was China’s first private teacher. According to tradition, he had several thousand students, of whom several tens became famous 【小题9】 (thinker). Known【小题10】Confucianism, his ideas are best known through Confucian Analects, a collection of his sayings which was compiled by some of his followers.

Yellow Crane Tower, 【小题1】 is one of the most renowned towers in the southern area of the Yangtze River, has been located on the top of Snake Mountain for 【小题2】(century) with its highest point lifted into the sky, overlooking a large number of boats on the Yangtze River. White clouds float 【小题3】(gentle) around the tower.

Its cultural significance led to its 【小题4】(make) the symbol of Wuhan city. This excellent architecture 【小题5】(date) back to the Three Kingdoms Period. Due to the ideal location, it was built by Sun Quan, King of Wu, 【小题6】 a watchtower for his army.

During the Tang Dynasty (618— 907) , many popular poems 【小题7】(write) in praise of the tower. These poems endeared(使受喜爱) the tower to the people. It stands 51.4 meters high. The tower’s 【小题8】(appear) is the same regardless of the direction it is viewed from. The roof is covered by 100, 000 yellow glazed tiles(琉璃瓦). With yellow upturned eaves(屋檐), each floor seems to be designed 【小题9】 (look) like a yellow crane spreading its wings as if about to fly.

From the top of the tower, visitors are treated to a wonderful bird’s-eye view of the Yangtze River 【小题10】 the surrounding buildings of Wuhan.