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[2026 南通市如皋市期末]Woodblock Painting(木版画) is an old form of Chinese art, going back thousands of years. The 1. e known examples came into being in the Song and Jin dynasties. Figures like generals Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong became 2. w accepted as door gods. As a unique and popular form of Chinese art, it is 3. c as a kind of Spring Festival mascot(吉祥物).
People often 4. h woodblock paintings at home during the Chinese New Year. For many Chinese, bright-coloured woodblock paintings, which are hung at 5. d, windows and walls for festival decoration, are quite time-limited. They started in a small town named Zhuxian in 6. c China's Henan Province. The term “New Year painting” first appeared in historical 7. r in the Qing Dynasty, in the time of Emperor Daoguang.
With bright colours, rounded and lovely images and festival themes, the 8. t paintings are used to express people's longing for a better life, filled with romantic and artistic imagination. However, it's not easy to make these woodblock paintings. Some New Year paintings 9. r a year of hard work by the artists, many of whom have given their entire lives to this traditional folk art. Yang Luoshu had a great passion 10. f the Chinese New Year woodblock paintings. Yang worked as a craftsman for nearly eighty years.
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[2026 南通市启东市期末改编]With the coming of Minor Cold, the coldest days of the year start. As a student who goes to school and back home in the cold, do you sometimes have a strong desire to eat some winter street snacks to keep yourself 1. a from the cold? To food lovers, the following street snacks might be 2. w mentioning. Probably, at the thought of them, your 3. m will water because they can satisfy your appetite in cold weather!
◆ Stewed pear with rock sugar It is indeed a popular winter drink in Chinese culture, which is also well 4. k for its medicinal value, especially to those who have a bad 5. c or a sore throat. To make it, you need to pick fresh pears and white rock sugar. After cutting pears into pieces, you need to boil them with rock sugar on the fire slowly 6. u the soup turns a little yellow. Make sure that it tastes 7. n too light nor too sweet—just right!
◆ Sugar-fried chestnuts They are popular in winter as well. The raw chestnuts are cooked in a big, round pot with sugar and sand over a stove(炉子). The 8. h from the stove makes the sugar melt(熔化) and then coat the chestnuts. Sugar-fried chestnuts are soft and warm, so they're a delicious treat in cold winter.
◆ Sugar-coated haws They're also called bingtanghulu in Chinese. According to traditional Chinese 9. m, the ice-sugar gourd made of hawthorn fruits is helpful to digestion(消化). Each tanghulu looks round, like a small red lantern. In Chinese culture, it is seen 10. a a symbol of reunion(团圆) during the Spring Festival.