Do you know Qin Xiaoya? She is a virtual figure (虚拟人物) who plays a young role in Qinqiang Opera. The figure 【小题1】 many people’s attention since she finished her first show in an art festival.

In June 2023, the Ninth China Qinqiang Opera Arts Festival was 【小题2】 in Xi’an, Shaanxi. Qin Xiaoya first performed Qinqiang Opera with rock’n’roll. That 【小题3】 lots of young people and they all praised (称赞) “How creative it is!”

“To make 【小题4】 lively, we designed (设计) her 【小题5】 and actions according to real opera performers with 3D technology,” said Zhang Xi, one of the 【小题6】 in the design team of Qin Xiaoya. However, it is never easy to 【小题7】 such a figure. The role Qin Xiaoya plays has many expressions, and the figure has to show them exactly. “So 【小题8】 it comes to the figure’s painting design, model making and so on, excellent skills are required,” Zhang said.

As we see, the design of Qin Xiaoya is successful. But Zhang and his team are still working hard to make the virtual figure 【小题9】 than before. They hope to make her a 【小题10】 for Qinqiang Opera art, and she is expected to talk with people online about the art some day.

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist, so he 【小题1】 a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo.

The 【小题2】 important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very 【小题3】, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called Daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back 【小题4】 photos from all round the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains.

In about 1840, photography was 【小题5】. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to 【小题6】 a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were 【小题7】 because they were very lifelike.

Photography also became a kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just 【小题8】 of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.