Yang Cheng is the inheritor (传承人) of tie-dye (扎染). He learned the skill 【小题1】 his mother in the 1980s.

To tie-dye, you first need 【小题2】 use threads (线) to tie your cloth together. Then you put the cloth into the dye. As the cloth is dyed, some parts become dark blue, while other parts have a lighter color.

At the same time, Yang has studied tie-dye in other countries, such as Japan, India 【小题3】 France. He once made two sets of tie-dyed wedding dresses. 【小题4】 took him two years to complete his work! He used almost all the skills of tie-dye.

More than 100,000 people 【小题5】 learned the skill so far. Now Yang teaches tie-dye in schools, communities and companies.

Some might worry that tie-dye will be replaced by machinery dyeing. But Yang said, “Machines can’t replace our creative hands.”

The character, Hua Mulan, introduces Chinese culture to the world in Disney’s 1998 cartoon movie 【小题1】 its new live-action (真人拍摄的) movie. She becomes a world star.

In the movie, Mulan dresses herself like a boy and takes 【小题2】 (she) father’s place to fight in the war. She wins the respect of the whole nation and turns into a great soldier.

According 【小题3】 Alex Xin, an art researcher at Peking University, Mulan in the western world has changed over the past twenty 【小题4】 (year), from a heroine in westerners’ eyes to an authentic (地道的) Chinese girl. “When you check the 1998 cartoon, Mulan was 【小题5】 (praise) as a fighter for women’s rights, but it missed the point, as the original (最初的) story was 【小题6】 (main) about traditional family value. I’m glad that the new film has 【小题7】 (reflect) this important point, showing that after twenty years. Westerners now have a better understanding of Chinese culture,” Alex Xin said.

As one of 【小题8】 oldest countries in the world, China has a long history and wonderful culture. Chinese culture 【小题9】 (be) deep and difficult for foreigners to understand. But by 【小题10】 (introduce) traditional Chinese culture in popular styles such as films, it is much easier for foreigners to understand China.

Over the past twenty years, Shi Yanchun has helped restore (修复) more than 1,000 cultural relics (文物) in Shanxi Province.

Born into a folk (民间的) art family in Liaoning Province in 1970, Shi is the fourth generation (一代人) of his family to work with painted clay sculptures (泥塑). He has shown an interest in traditional Chinese art s【小题1】 he was a child and learned from his grandfather, a famous painted clay sculpture folk artist. With hard work and talent (天赋), Shi made progress q【小题2】.

In 1990, Shi b【小题3】 to work on painted clay sculptures across the country. “During the process (过程), I had the c【小题4】 to learn more from local artists and workers. It helped improve my abilities,” Shi said.

In 1998, Shi and his father were invited to restore a painted sculpture at the Faxing Temple in Changzhi, Shanxi. To improve his understanding of the ancient artwork, Shi v【小题5】 lots of places with ancient sculptures. Finally, the father-and-son team’s work turned out to be a g【小题6】 success.

According to records, there are more than 2,000 painted temple sculptures in Changzhi that were made between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. “They are great t【小题7】 in China,” Shi said. To do more r【小题8】 on them, Shi decided to live in Changzhi in 2006. Over the following y【小题9】, he spent most of his time restoring sculptures and studying the ancient art and its skills. And in 2010, he set up the Shanxi Changzhi Painted Sculpture Art Research Institute. He also gave a lot of speeches across the country.

“I hope I can help s【小题10】 traditional Chinese culture to every corner of the world, as well as passing down the skills of restoring painted sculptures,” said Shi.