It’s common to see a barista (咖啡师) create coffee art, 【小题1】 it’s a whole different ball game doing the same thing with tea. Han Zheming, a forty-year-old Shanghai resident has managed to perfect the skill, 【小题2】 (create) tea art in cups, or dian cha (点茶) in Chinese, which used to be a routine during the Song Dynasty. He 【小题3】 (use) tea and spoons to create nearly 200 patterns based on ancient paintings to date.

Chinese tea culture started to enjoy 【小题4】 (popular) during the Tang Dynasty and boomed throughout the Song Dynasty, 【小题5】 tea had become a necessity for almost everyone, from nobles and scholars 【小题6】 common people, just like other essential items, such as rice, oil and salt.

【小题7】 (total) different from the method of brewing tea during the Tang period, in the Song Dynasty, the popular way of having tea was through dian cha. The process begins with hot water 【小题8】 (pour) over fine powdered tea creating a paste, and then more hot water 【小题9】 (add) slowly as the tea is constantly stirred (搅动) by hand with a bamboo stick.

The action of pouring hot water over fine powdered tea is called dian, hence the name dian cha, which was listed as 【小题10】 intangible cultural heritage of Runzhou district, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, in 2019.

Time capsule is a container 【小题1】 (store) some objects chosen as being typical of the present time, buried for discovery in the future. But what was inside a 132-year-old time capsule? Just follow us to learn more.

A 132-year-old time capsule was found in Utah. It was first buried in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1887, after 【小题2】 (put) together by a school committee. When that school was pulled down in 1959, the time capsule was uncovered. Inside there was kind of a little bit of everything: photographs, a student autograph book, and newspapers. 【小题3】 the folded newspapers appeared to be in good condition, it was not possible to tell the dates. There were even small items like a button, ribbons and a pebble. “The capsule tells the story of early education in Utah, but it also goes 【小题4】 (deep), in showing the ways people want 【小题5】   and their work to be remembered. I think that's what time capsules are about. Those who buried the time capsule thought it 【小题6】 show their real life to people one day. It's a way of keeping the memory of 【小题7】 they felt really matters.” said Alan Barnett, the local government archivist who led the public unveiling.

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A total of 12 areas across China have been required to innovate, protect and develop 【小题1】 copyright of Chinese folk cultures as an national pilot program. The pilot consists 【小题2】 four provinces, including Jiangsu and Sichuan, as well as eight cities, including Weifang and Huangshan. The program 【小题3】(carry) out during last year’s International Copyright Forum, 【小题4】 was held in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.

Folklore is an important treasure of Chinese civilization, so it is essential to strengthen the 【小题5】(protect), promotion and spread of folk cultures. The move is not only a requirement for promoting the creative transformation of traditional cultures, but also a key way to enhance the country’s cultural soft power and improve 【小题6】(it) cultural self-confidence and self-growth.

While 【小题7】(give) full play to advantages of local folk resources and clarifying the current situation of the country’s folk customs, the pilot areas will enhance public awareness of protecting the copyright of folk cultures 【小题8】 promote copyright innovation, application, management and services.

At the opening ceremony, Zhang Jianchun, vice-minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called for greater efforts to fully advance high-quality development and 【小题9】(active) encourage creation through copyright. “Copyright protection is a guarantee, so we’d like 【小题10】(increase) exchanges and cooperation with the world,” he said.