Ⅵ. 阅读与回答问题
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
What's the first thing that comes into your mind when you think of wheat straw (稻草)? Most people would probably see it as a pile of waste in a farmer's field. However, Wu Cui, an intangible cultural inheritor (非遗传承人), can turn the straw into beautiful artworks.
The earliest straw-weaving (编织) works were found at Hemudu Cultural Ruins, a Neolithic cultural site in Zhejiang Province. This discovery means a lot to Chinese traditional culture. The Book of Rites also records that there were already mats (垫子) made of grass and professional straw-weaving craftsmen during the Zhou Dynasty.
Straw weaving is a method of making daily items or artworks. It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008.
Wu explains the process of straw weaving: choosing from materials is the first step of a process that may take several weeks, or even months to complete. You need to draw the piece on paper, which requires drawing skills. Next comes weaving, shaping and preserving (保存) of the work. Even by finishing that process, it does not mean that you will always create a good piece of work, and the hardest part is to make it lifelike.
In the past, straw items could be found in almost every family in the countryside, in the form of straw hats and straw shoes, because they were practical in everyday life. But with the development of industry, many of these products are made in factories. This makes people gain little money, and there are only about 100 people joining in the work across the country.
Wu says to a news reporter that more craftsmen should work together to make a difference to the spread of the traditional culture.
1. Who is an intangible cultural inheritor in the article?
Wu Cui
2. When was straw weaving listed as a national intangible cultural heritage?
In 2008
3. What comes next after drawing the piece on paper?
Weaving, shaping and preserving of the work
4. Why do people make little money?
Because many products are made in factories
5. What can we do to help the art form?
We can work together to spread the traditional culture