To celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, 【小题1】 underwater dance performance titled Pray was aired on Henan TV on the first day of the holiday. The video features the goddess of Luo River—a 【小题2】(beauty)and elegant character depicted by poet Cao Zhi during the Three Kingdoms period. Her story has been the inspiration for countless contemporary artists, who have portrayed the goddess through various art forms, 【小题3】 movies and dance dramas. The reason why the video, which runs for around two minutes, 【小题4】(create)such an impression and generated such a wave of publicity, is that it was shot underwater. The 【小题5】(dance)He Haohao, a former synchronized swimmer(花样游泳运动员), recreated the elegance of this ancient Chinese goddess.

It is not the first time that Henan TV Station has gained attention with 【小题6】(it)charming videos highlighting traditional Chinese culture. On Feb 13, a dance piece, titled A Tang Dynasty Banquet, was staged during a gala 【小题7】(mark)the Spring Festival, and has since gone viral on social media.

As director Guo Jiyong said, he, along with his team, spent 26 hours over three days underwater 【小题8】(film)the video. “The purpose behind all of my work is to help people see 【小题9】beautiful Chinese culture genuinely is. Presenting it underwater in this way 【小题10】(offer)a fresh perspective, ”Guo says.

There are many benefits of singing in a choir. They range from the social: having the opportunity 【小题1】 (make) new friends, to the physical benefits of learning to breathe 【小题2】(proper). Research has also shown that young people 【小题3】 sing in choirs do better in their studies and have 【小题4】 tendency to be healthier.

But the first question you should ask 【小题5】(you) if you are considering joining a choir is “can you sing in tune?” It might seem obvious, but unless you can, there is little point in 【小题6】(seek) out a choir because you’ll only get rejected. Every choir you apply to join is going to audition (面试) you. Don’t worry if you can read music; that can be taught later. If you 【小题7】(accept), you’ll find choir practices to be hard work, but great fun, because they’re social events as much 【小题8】 music training. You 【小题9】 (learn) to read music and how to sing with confidence. Your voice and technique will develop, probably quite quickly with proper 【小题10】(instruct), and you may just end up wondering why you didn’t do this years ago.

Dream of the Red Chamber, 【小题1】 impressive masterpiece in Chinese literature, 【小题2】 (stage) Jas an original ballet show by the National Ballet of China(NBC) this coming Friday, according to the troupe at a media event.

Considered as one of the four great classical 【小题3】 (novel) of Chinese literature, the Dream of the Red Chamber, through the perspective of Jia Baoyu, narrates a story about the fall of his large wealthy family and 【小题4】 (he) complex relationship with Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai. It shows the beauty of women and complicated ancient Chinese society from all angles, 【小题5】 has a far-reaching influence and world-renowned reputation.

The ballet dance drama will present this Chinese classic novels through a romantic Western-style narration, 【小题6】 (offer) a visual feast with carefully designed winter snow stage setting and the costumes of the characters. By integrating Chinese silk into the ballet skirts, the designer Yang Donglin commits himself 【小题7】 achieving a “combination of Eastern and Western aesthetics (美学)”.

“You can imagine 【小题8】 appealing it is to see the use of Western ballet to tell a classic Chinese story,” chief choreographer Tong Ruirui told the Global Times on Thursday.

“NBC has done 【小题9】 (remarkable) in adapting this wonderful classic into a ballet. It`ll definitely help the story gain much 【小题10】 (wide) recognition around the world,” commented Zhang Qingsban, President of Chinese Society of Dream of the Red Chamber.