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    Several countries in Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year in their own way. But dragon and lion dances in Chinatowns all over the world have helped to make China's New Year the most famous. These days growing {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(number) of people who are not of Chinese origin are joining in. In Tokyo window cleaners dress up like the animals of the Chinese Shengxiao. America, Canada and New Zealand have published memorial stamps for the year of the rooster. Last year New York City made the Lunar New Year {#blank#}2{#/blank#}school holiday for the first time.

    The spread of the Spring Festival is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(part) due to recent immigration from China: 9.5 million Chinese people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(move) abroad since 1978, many of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}are far richer than earlier waves of immigrants.

    Aware {#blank#}6{#/blank#}China's growing economic and political influence, foreign leaders have noticed the occasion. Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, has given a video address, a tradition {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(start) in 2014 by her predecessor (前任) . This year's World Economic Forum in Davos was held a week earlier than usual {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(avoid) conflicting with China's New Year.

    China hopes the festival will promote  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(it) cultural “soft power” abroad. It may give the Chinese people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(satisfy) to see foreigners enjoy such festivities.

    The word Nushu literally means "women's writing" in Chinese: As the name suggests, Nushu is created and specially used by women.

    Often {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（call） "the world's only surviving characters for women", these slim words were developed from standard written Chinese. In the old days, Nushu {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（teach）by elderly women to girls at home because female children weren't allowed {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（attend）formal school. During gatherings in villages, women used the characters to write poems or song lyrics to express their emotions {#blank#}4{#/blank#} were hidden from men. The words were full {#blank#}5{#/blank#} encouragement and positive energy, and showed an uncommon open-mindedness among women at that time.

    Ji Xianlin once said that Nushu is a feminist（女权主义者）symbol. "It's {#blank#}6{#/blank#} unique writing system created by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（talent）women who were deprived（剥夺）of the right to education," he wrote in an article. "It has significance in various {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（field）and represents Chinese people's strong spirit."

    Nushu was made as a national cultural heritage in 2006. However, it is not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（wide）used in daily life today. In fact, it is a dying language. Now linguists are taking action to prevent this incredible cultural heritage from {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（disappear）.

    China is known as the Kingdom of Bamboo. More than 400 species of bamboo, one third of all known species in the world, grow in China. China {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(lead) the world in the amount of area planted with bamboo, the number of bamboo trees and the amount of bamboo wood{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (produce) every year.

    The oldest bamboo{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(article) in China were unearthed from the remains of a primitive society that existed some 7,000 years ago in{#blank#}4{#/blank#} is now Hemudu, Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province. As early as the Shang Dynasty, Chinese people used the bamboo for making weapons ,，such as bows and arrows. Before paper{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(invent), strips of bamboo were the most important writing medium, more widely used than silk, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they were cheaper, resistant to corrosion (腐蚀)，and more abundant. Bamboo has thus played an important part in the spread and development of traditional Chinese culture.

    Bamboo was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(close) connected with the daily lives of people in ancient China. Su Dongpo, a literary giant of the Song Dynasty, said that people could not live{#blank#}8{#/blank#}bamboo, and people of the time used bamboo {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(make) paper, hats, shoes and so on. At that time, as today, bamboo shoots were eaten as a popular dish because of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) crispness and fresh, sweet taste. Bamboo shoots also contain vitamins, sugar, fat, and protein.

Many cities have live music in their parks during the summer. But there's a park in Denmark

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} people can hear music all year round — not on a stage but among the trees.

As part of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}art project for public in Aalborg, trees in the Park of Music host the music once  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(perform) by musicians at the nearby cultural center. It all started in the 1980s when the city asked visiting musicians to plant a tree {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a memorial (纪念物) of their excellent and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(forget) performances.

Since then, over 80 trees {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(plant) by musicians worldwide. In 2012, some of the trees became playable! It works like this. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (simple) press the button (按钮）on the plaque (匾牌)bearing a musician's name next to the tree, and people  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(hear)a piece of the musician's music.

All kinds of music from  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(artist) like Sting can be heard. The trees are "played" about 300,000 times a year, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(show) the popularity of the art project.