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ture. It’s also a wellpreserved old town with features of ethnic minorities. The construction work of the old town was started from the Southern Song Dynasty about 800 years from now. Not only does Lijiang boast a long history, but also it boasts many ethnic minorities who make up over a half of the total population in the region. With the booming of Lijiang tourism, the old town of Lijiang is receiving a growing number of tourists from home and abroad. In December 1997, the old town succeeded in applying to be named a World Cultural Heritage Site, filling the gap of lacking a noted historical and cultural city in China on the World Cultural Heritage List.Unit 5 when work is a pleasure1O 2F 3L 4C 5K 6 H 7 I 8N 9E 10M中國是茶葉的故鄉(xiāng),也是茶文化的發(fā)源地。隨著麗江旅游業(yè)的發(fā)展,到麗江古城觀光游覽的中外游客日益增多。麗江古城始建于南宋,距今約有800年的歷史。Ink and wash painting, one of the unique traditional art forms of China, is representative of Chinese painting. It began around the time of the Tang Dynasty, and then prospered in the Song and Yuan dynasties. With a history of over one thousand years, it has experienced constant development, improvement and perfection. The tools and materials used to create ink and wash painting, , brushes, rice paper, and ink, are characteristic of Chinese culture and closely related to the features of t