Oil paper umbrellas have a history of over 1,000 years in China.Once they were everywhere.However,as umbrellas with metal ribs（金属伞骨）（1）______（become）more popular in the last century,people used the hand-made umbrellas less in daily life.
Yuhang in Hangzhou is famous for（2）______（make）oil paper umbrellas.Umbrellas here take more than 70 steps to make.It takes at least a week to make（3）______umbrella.Each umbrella has 36 ribs,（4）______ they are strong.
In 2015,Liu Weixue（5）______（leave）a well-paid job to learn the traditional art from his grandfather.After learning the skills well,Liu was very（6）______（excite）.Then,he opened a shop of oil paper umbrellas. "I want to bring the art to life." Liu said.To win the（7）______（heart）of young people,Liu tried to make the umbrellas better.Because the traditional paper was easy to break,he used thicker paper.In a test,his umbrellas were opened and closed 1,000 times（8）______breaking.He also used a lighter kind of bamboo to make the umbrella weigh less.In 2017,Liu opened an online shop to sell umbrellas by（9）______（he）.It now has more than 80,000 fans.
Liu hopes to pass on traditional（传统的） art,so he often goes to local schools to teach students.Zhu Tingting took Liu\’s class last summer and made a beautiful umbrella in class(10)______（successful）.She said, "Learning how to make oil paper umbrellas means a lot."