Colorful lanterns are lighting up China's night sky, as activities begin across the country to celebrate Lantern Festival today.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (date) back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), the Lantern Festival is held on the 15th day of the first lunar month {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(mark) the first full moon of the lunar new year.

    You Guoqing, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} folk custom expert in Tianjin, said the Lantern Festival was about going out for a colorful celebration rather than a family get-together. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}watching lanterns, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is also a day to appreciate the full moon, solve lantern riddles, watch art {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(performance) and eat tang yuan.

    The festival was once also a time for romantic encounters. In feudal times, young women were not allowed to go out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(free), but Lantern Festival was an exception, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} young men and women could meet up.

    Some aspects of the festival, such as its romantic atmosphere, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fade), but people {#blank#}10{#/blank#} see the Lantern Festival as a day to rejoice and a chance to wish for happiness.

    We all know that exercise is good for your health. But some kinds of exercise may be better than others. Running for example, may help to protect us {#blank#}1{#/blank#}heart disease and other health problems. Running also may help you live {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(long).

    Recently, researchers studied more than 55,000 adults. About one-fourth of the adults reported running{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(regular). The study found these runners were considerably less likely than non-runners{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(die)of any form of disease, including heart disease.

    D. C. Lee and the other researchers found that speed,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (distant)and how often one runs made little difference in{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(reduce)the risk of death. The runners in the study averaged between 10 and 16 kilometers per hour. Mr. Lee says slower runners, and those who only ran once{#blank#}7{#/blank#}twice a week, were helped nearly as much as those who ran faster and further.

    The researchers note that their study{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(base) on the participants' answering questions over the years. The study lacked complete information on {#blank#}9{#/blank#}these men and women ate and other facts about their lifestyles.

Researchers say this missing information could have affected the results. Still they hope their findings will motivate healthy adults to start running, a bit, down the road to live{#blank#}10{#/blank#}longer life.

    Birth order, whether you are an older, middle or younger child in your family, affects career path as well as personality, a new research shows.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (reach)their conclusions, researchers studied many successful people from different career groups. One of the most important{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (discover) is that middle children are more likely to become CEOs than other children. Among them{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. The reason could be that they are more{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (competition) and flexible to fight for attention from the parents,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}makes them fit for high-flying roles.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} is claimed that consideration of others and high levels of management are required.

    Interestingly, they found the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(major) of astronauts are eldest children, the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (one) born children in the family. While youngest children were found to be more likely to have careers in classical music, because they are{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(possible) more sensitive and romantic. As for only children, the study suggests they are more likely to become artists due {#blank#}10{#/blank#}their personality of doing things perfectly and maturely.

    There were many great philosophers in ancient China. Confucius stressed the significance of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (kind), duty and order in society, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ideas influenced Chinese society for over 2, 000 years.

    Mencius was a student of Confucius's ideas. His teachings were similar to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of Confucius. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (bring) up by his mother and had an important position in the government of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} state. He believed man is good, that people would be good if government was kind, and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people were more important than rulers. Mencius wrote a book {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) The Book of Mencius in his last years.

    Mozi was also an {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (influence) thinker, whose beliefs were similar to Confucius's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} some ways. Born into a poor family, he became famous for his unusual clothes and behaviour. Because he considered that government was most important, he spent many years {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (try) to find a state where people would follow his teaching. He believed all men were equal.

It was raining lightly when I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn't care. A few hours {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, I'd been at home in Hong Kong, with {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain.

I'd skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourists seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are pictured by artists in so many Chinese {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(painting). Instead, I'd head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away {#blank#}6{#/blank#} car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

Yangshuo {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(be) really beautiful. A study of travelers {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(regular) arranges quick getaways here for people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong.