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贵州省黔东南州从江县庆云中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期9月质量监测英语试卷
The Tiaohua Festival is a main festival of the Miao people in Anshun City in Guizhou Province. Each year,the Tiaohua Festival attracts international tourists from all over the world. In 2008,it was included into the second batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List(第二批国家级非物质文化遗产名录). It is usually celebrated in the first lunar month every year.
To decide the exact date of the festival,organizers have to think about many things,like lucky animal days(e. g. the tiger and dragon days are powerful,but the snake and pig days need to be avoided at all costs) and lucky numbers(e. g. "8" means rich but "4" means death). Organizers also need to make sure the date doesn't fall on the festival days of other communities. In this way,people from nearby villages can take part in the festival.
Singing and dancing are the main activities of the Tiaohua Festival. During the festival,the Miao people wear their traditional clothes and silver accessories(配饰). The most important part of the festival is the chance for young people to meet possible marriage partners—men play a musical instrument and women dance to the music in the flower area. If a man plays well,listeners will cheer for him and he can win a woman's admiration. Then they may get married if everything goes well. Other activities include competitions of climbing a flowerdecorated pole and the martial art.
Have you ever tried traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)?It's becoming popular among young people. According to the results of a 2023 survey by China Youth Daily,93. 3 percent of the young people said they had tried different kinds of TCM treatment methods such as tuina.
"Many young people in their 20s come to me for neck and back pains which are usually connected with the elderly,"said Ma Huifang,a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,who is also a TCM doctor. "I have noticed such diseases becoming more common among a younger age group. "When faced with the choice between Western medicine and TCM,young people often prefer TCM because it does work for these diseases,according to Ma. "One of TCM's main advantages is that it can provide a more proper and personalized medical method for different patients,"Ma added.
TCM has a growing influence on young people's lives,too. Many of them not only add TCM practices into their daily lives,but also learn TCM skills to treat themselves and others.
| I took a three﹣month training course on acupuncture and tuina. You wouldn't believe I overcame my sleeping problem with traditional methods. I also made some changes to my lifestyle according to the Five Elements Theory(五行说). |
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TCM is becoming popular in different countries around the world. Jia Kejie is a TCM doctor in Switzerland. Jia said that about a total of 5,000 people have come to her clinic(诊所) and received TCM treatment since it opened in 2002. Many international students come to China to study TCM as well. A report published in April 2023 said that the total number of international students studying TCM in China was 8,187 in 2020.
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