Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art.

    Chinese paper cutting, or jianzhi, is a kind of folk art. It's a way to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} people's hope and feelings. It has a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of more than 1, 500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easy but it can be difficult. Red paper is usually used as red is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} with happiness in Chinese culture. The most {#blank#}4{#/blank#} pictures are flowers, animals, xi (喜) and fu (福). They are put on windows, doors, and walls {#blank#}5{#/blank#} symbols of wishes for good luck.

    Chinese clay art is well known and popular all over the country. Now many kids learn to make it in schools or even shopping {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. To make Chinese clay art, the clay is shaped by hand into things, such as cute children or {#blank#}7{#/blank#} characters from a Chinese fairy tale or historical story. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the things get dry in the air, they are fired at a very high heat and then polished and painted. It takes several weeks to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} everything. Although they look so small, they look very real. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinese people have for life and beauty.

    On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. I was feeling a little {#blank#}1{#/blank#} , as I was carrying our shopping bags of snacks. They were so heavy that I decided to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} some things. So I started to walk towards the litter bin {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I noticed a poor man held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} nearby bin and started looking through it.

    I suddenly felt very sorry because I was about to throw away with a new drink just because it was heavy.