The video series Escape from the British Museum《逃出大英博物馆》released on Sunday has drawn online attention.

The video series, which 【小题1】 (direct) by two Chinese vloggers this summer, tells the story of a Chinese cultural relic escaping from the British Museum 【小题2】 looking for a way to return to its homeland. Viewers were 【小题3】 (extreme) moved by a scene where the little teapot exclaims “Such a big cabinet is shared only by two people” on 【小题4】 (arrive) at the place of the journalist and his friend.

The videos were encouraged by a netizen, who suggested making 【小题5】 film showing Chinese cultural relics returning home from overseas.

According to the two vloggers, they had consulted (查阅) a lot of information and went to the UK 【小题6】 (make) those videos. They said the plots (情节) were based on historic 【小题7】 (fact) and tried to focus attention 【小题8】 overseas Chinese cultural relics held abroad.

Data published by the UNSCEO shows that about 1.6 million Chinese cultural relics were stolen from China and collected by 47 museums around the world, among 【小题9】 the British Museum has the 【小题10】 (large) collection, at about 23,000 pieces. Many were stolen from the court of the Qing Dynasty during the Siege of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900.

In Sichuan province, we can often see folk artists producing 【小题1】 (painting) with liquid sugar in the parks. According to studies, sugar painting originated from the Ming Dynasty when sugar animals and figures 【小题2】 (create) in molds (模具). In the Qing Dynasty, it became 【小题3】 (popular) than before. The skills were improved and the patterns became various, most of 【小题4】 stood for good luck, such as fish, dragon and monkey. Later, the folk artists 【小题5】 (develop) this art by adding the skills of the Chinese shadow puppets and paper-cutting. The molds were also replaced 【小题6】 a small bronze spoon. As time passed by, the contemporary form of sugar 【小题7】 (gradual) evolved.

Although the number of sugar painters has reduced, due to its unique charm, a certain number of artists are making efforts 【小题8】 (protect) it by offering classes and applying for the National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Today, this art is getting support again, for it has been listed as 【小题9】 intangible cultural heritage by the Sichuan government. Besides, the sugar painting artists have gained growing recognition, 【小题10】 (make) them feel proud and excited.

The first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, is remembered for the many things he did during his rule. 【小题1】 221 and 210 B.C., he started the construction of the Great Wall. He built a large network of roads. He introduced 【小题2】 new writing system, currency and set of measurements. The emperor also ordered the construction of a huge army of life-sized terracotta soldiers. These, he hoped, would protect his tomb after 【小题3】(he) death.

Today, the soldiers in Xi’an’s terracotta museum are light brown, but they weren’t always this color. They began as an army of red, blue, yellow, green, white, and purple. 【小题4】(sad), most of the colors did not last to the present day. Before their discovery, the clay soldiers 【小题5】(protect) by being underground. When they were unearthed, however, the air caused the coating under the paint to fall of. The paint disappeared in less time than it takes to boil an egg, 【小题6】(take) with it important pieces of history.

New 【小题7】(technique) are now starting to reveal the army’s true colors. Recently, archaeologists 【小题8】 (discover) an area with more than a hundred soldiers, many of 【小题9】 still have their painted features, including black hair, pink faces, and black or brown eyes. Chinese and German researchers have developed a special liquid 【小题10】(help) preserve the soldiers’ colors. After they find a soldier or other artifact, archaeologists spray it with the liquid. They then cover it in plastic.