The oil paper umbrella （油紙傘） is a traditional Chinese art.It has a history of over 1000 years in Chjye.aia.In （1）e

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Tang Dynasty （朝代），people brought it to Japan and Korea，so it was called "Tang Umbrella".Later，the oil paper umbrellas became popular in other Asian countries.However，after the steel-ribbed （鋼骨） umbrellas appeared in the 1850s，the hand-made oil paper umbrellas became （2）l

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used in daily life.They were turned into decorative artifact （裝飾性工藝品） .
   Yuhang in Hangzhou is known for making oil paper umbrellas for more than 230 years.They are mainly made of skin paper，bamboo，a coating of Tung oil （桐油）.They need to take more than seventy（3）s

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to make，such as making bamboo ribs，pasting papers （糊紙） and painting patterns （圖案） and so on.It takes at （4）l

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a week to make one umbrella.In 2008，people （5）a

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these umbrellas to Intangible Cultural Heritage List （非物質文化遺產名錄） of China.
   A young man called Liu Weixue learned the traditional art of making oil paper umbrellas from his grandfather. "I want to bring the art to life." Liu said.He（6）i

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the umbrellas to win the hearts of young people.As the traditional paper was（7）e

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to break，he started to use a kind of thicker （較厚的） paper.In a （8）t

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，he opened and closed the umbrellas for 1000 times without breaking.
   Now Liu （9）h

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the art can be passed on.He goes to the school to teach students.He also goes to （10）e

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in different places to make more people be interested in the art.