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Chinese traditional painting and dance are two important parts of the art world. But what about when t1． meet each other?

At present, a dance show called The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting 《只此青绿》 is on CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala. It becomes p2． very soon.

The show gets the i3． from the 900-year-old Chinese painting A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains《千里江山图》. It was made by Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng at the a4． of 18. The painting shows a Chinese blue-green landscape(风景画) —mountains between cloudless s5． and clean water.

The dance shows the Chinese traditional beauty of the painting. The dancers e6． have a different hairstyle, which looks like a mountain rock. The c7． that they wear are green and blue, which also show the mountains and rivers. W8． the dancers sway(摇摆) in their dresses, we seem to be looking at the moving mountains and rivers. Mountains and rivers are coming to l9． more than 1,000 years later!

Now more and more m10． shows are about Chinese traditional culture(文化) and win warm welcome. We hope more young people will be interested in it.

Love animals and STOP hurting them

In February 2021, Chen Kaiyin from Beijing paid 2, 000 yuan and “adopted（领养）” a red panda at Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo. The zoo would use the money to buy food for its animals and to pay for their medical care.

As for Chen, she could get a certificate（证书）and learn about the panda’s daily life online. She can go to the zoo for free. She can also have the chance to feed the animal and clean its living space.

Online adoption is one of the ways the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo gets help to get through hard times. More than 80 percent of the zoo’s income（收入）comes from visitors buying tickets. But visitor numbers went down greatly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The adoption has worked well with people’s warm support. About 150 animals have been adopted so far.

Many zoos have also faced the same kind of problems during the pandemic. However, some of them have come up with new ideas to raise money. For example, Shanghai Wildlife Park livestreams（网上直播）every day to show how the animals live. Millions of people watch them. Beijing Zoo has brought out ice creams in the shape（形状）of its animals. It also makes toys and Rubik’s cubes（魔方）with the image（形象）of tigers.

These new ways to raise money make people rethink what roles（角色）zoos play. Shen Zhijun, the head of the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, said modern zoos should no longer be places for visitors to just see animals. Zoos can also teach people how to protect animals. “Adoption” is one way for more people to join in and know more about animals. This helps with animal protection.

New Ways to Help Animals in Zoo

People were surprised to see a group of Yangtze finless porpoises（江豚）swimming in the Yangtze River on March 23, 2022. They jumped, hunted and played. The Yangtze finless porpoises have been on the list of animals in danger since 2013. In 2020, the government put a 10-year fishing ban（禁令）in place. Now the government’s environmental protection action is working.

Ocean is Singing

Ecuador（厄瓜多尔）takes action to protect the ocean. It provides “underwater highway” which helps animals travel in protected waters. And the government has also built a new reserve. The reserve is cut into two parts. If people catch fish in one part of the reserve, no fishing will be allowed（允许）in the other. That means “long line” fishing will never be allowed in the reserve.

The Coldest Post Office is Hiring

Four people are needed to work at the world’s coldest post office—Penguin（企鹅）Post Office. It is in Antarctica（南极洲）. The four people each have their own jobs, but they work together to help the tourists who come by boat. They should also watch wildlife, including counting penguins and collecting environmental information.