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ü Chinese Poetry Competition（中國詩詞大會）
For thousands of years,poetry has been the favorite type of literature for many in China. As ChinaHighlights website noted, 「Chinese literature is one of the major parts ofChina’s ancient traditions, and Chinese poetry is just like the best prize inthis famous culture’s literary treasure house.」
There were many famouspoets from different periods of timein Chinese history, and thousands of their poems are still read and appreciatedtoday. To remind people of those classic Chinese poems and to promote culturalheritage, CCTV has produced a TV show – Chinese Poetry Competition.
As the old saying goes:「One who is filled with knowledge always behaves with elegance.」
ü Tu Youyou（屠呦呦）
Tu Youyou is a Chinesepharmaceutical[medical] chemist and educator. She is best known for discoveringtwo kinds of Qinghaosu, used to treat a special disease, which has savedmillions of patients』 lives.
Besides, the treatmentbased on her discovery is regarded as a significant breakthrough in 20thcentury tropical medicine and an important health improvement for people oftropical developing countries in South Asia, Africa, and South America.
To our pride, Tu is thefirst Chinese Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine and the first femalecitizen of the People's Republic of China to receive a Nobel Prize in anycategory, as well as the first Chinese person to receive the Lasker Award.
ü Dream of the Red Chamber（紅樓夢）
Dream of the Red Chamber,also called The Story of the Stone, composed by Cao Xueqin, is one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. Long considered amasterpiece of Chinese literature, the novel is generallyacknowledged to be the pinnacle of Chinese fiction.
Red Chamber is believed tobe semi-autobiographical, mirroring the rise anddecline of author Cao Xueqin's own family and, by extension, of the QingDynasty. As the author details in the first chapter, it is intended to be amemorial to the damsels[girls] he knew in his youth: friends, relatives andservants.
The novel is remarkablenot only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but also forits precise and detailed observation of the life and social structures typicalof 18th-century Chinese society.
ü Peking opera（京劇）
Pekingopera, or Beijing opera, is a form of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized bythe mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qingdynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of thecultural treasures of China.
Therepertoire of Peking opera includes over 1,400 works, which are based onChinese history, folklore and, increasingly, contemporary life.
ü 『National Treasure』 BringsCelebrity Appeal to History（國家寶藏相關）
ACCTV history program that blends documentary and drama with elements of varietyshow in the hope of promoting the protection of prized cultural legacies hasbecome a hit since its debut earlier this month.
「NationalTreasure」 is the first Chinese TV program to take this mash-up approach. Itconsists of 10 episodes airing on Sundays on Channel Three of CCTV.
Eachepisode showcases three artifacts, each presented by a celebrity and an expertwho act as "national treasure keepers." The treasure keepers tell thestories behind the pieces and uncover the mysteries that surround them.
ü Van Gogh Museum（梵谷博物館）
TheVan Gogh Museum is an art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent Van Gogh andhis contemporaries in Amsterdam. The museum's collection is the largestcollection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world.
Themain exhibition chronicles the various phases of Van Gogh's artistic life. Oneof the most famous series of paintings are his self-portraits.
VanGogh's dozens of self-portraits are an important part of his oeuvre [allhis works] as a painter. Most probably, Van Gogh's self-portraits are depictingthe face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face,i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face.
ü Live-stream quizzes- China's latest online phenomenon（線上流媒體測試）
Peopleall over China are racking their brains to recall high school knowledge, asonline live streaming apps woo users with stunning cash prizes in quiz shows.Mobile apps offer prizes between 100,000 yuan ($15,500) and 5 million yuan fora live streaming quiz of 12 questions. Participants who give all the correctanswers split the jackpot.
Ina show, a host, often a household celebrity, presents questions, waiting untilparticipants give their answers. Each online contestant has 10 seconds toanswer a question, with each show taking around 30 minutes.
Thequestions derive from a wide range of topics such as traditional Chinese poems,basic mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology.
Live-streamedquiz shows came under spotlight after Wang Sicong, online celebrity and son ofWanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin, announced a prize on a quiz app calledChongdingdahui, translated as "race to the top," on Jan. 3. Otherapps Huajiao and Xigua quickly followed suit.
ü Sugar Figure Blowing Art（吹糖人）
Sugar people is atraditional Chinese form of folk art using hot, liquid sugar to createthree-dimensional figures. These fragile, plump figures have a distinctbrownish-yellow color, usually with yellow or green pigment added. Popularfigures include animals such as dragons, roosters and pigs.
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