Print is a medium for mass communication, which has enabled 【小题1】 (artist) to be known and familiar 【小题2】 a wider audience.

The Prints-A Riot of Colors, an exhibition 【小题3】 (feature) some 130 prints created by generations of Chinese artists, the oldest one of 【小题4】 dates back to the 1930s, opened on Monday at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing. An online auction (拍卖) of most of the showpieces held by China Guardian Auctions is running with the exhibition.

【小题5】 (divide) into five sections, the long-running show is aimed 【小题6】 (offer) art collectors and the general public alike an opportunity to learn about China’s modern, contemporary print art and 【小题7】 (far) explore the market value of prints, according to Liu Zehui, the person in charge of the show.

In 1931, the famous writer and social activist Lu Xun 【小题8】 (support) the New Woodcut Movement in Shanghai. He promoted the modern woodcut, which was popular in the West but still 【小题9】 essential Chinese form whose techniques reached maturity during the Tang Dynasty, as the most 【小题10】 (access) and efficient vehicle for circulating new revolutionary thought among the masses.

What will you think of when hearing the word “kung fu”? The answer for most people may be Shaolin monks, Bruce Lee or Kung Fu Panda. 【小题1】 for Laurence J. Brahm, an American documentary filmmaker, the first thing that 【小题2】 (spring) to mind is the concept of non-violence.

In the movie, Brahm digs into the principles and values in this Chinese cultural legacy (遗产), 【小题3】 dates back thousands of years but keeps 【小题4】 (it) enormous influence and attraction to this day.

After four days of wonderful performances, the 7th China Quanzhou International Puppet Festival 【小题1】 (come) to an end on December 12 in 2023 in Quanzhou, south China’s Fujian Province. The festival, 【小题2】 was held in the hometown of Chinese string (线) puppetry (木偶制作艺术), showed the high-level skills of Quanzhou’s puppetry artists, leaving audiences 【小题3】 (amaze).

In China, string puppetry is 【小题4】 important form of traditional theater that originated in Quanzhou during the Han Dynasty. 【小题5】 (actual), having been passed down over thousands of years, more than 700 traditional plays about folk beliefs and customs have been protected.

Each puppet is equipped with 8 to 16 strings, while more complex performances may require up to 36 strings. The strings 【小题6】 (divide) into several groups according to human movements, and all the actions are controlled by the hands of the puppetry artists.

To master string puppetry, skilled 【小题7】 (way) to perform puppets are not enough. Puppeteers also need to have rich life experiences 【小题8】 (understand) the emotional world of the characters to help bring the puppets to life.

On May 20, 2006, Quanzhou string puppetry was added 【小题9】 the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list (非物质文化遗产名录).

As the hometown of string puppetry, Quanzhou was also the first city in China to hold an international puppet festival and succeeded in 【小题10】 (host) six sessions in 1986, 1990, 2000, 2015, 2017 and 2019.