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For Chinese, today is a special day. It is so called Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (Aug. 15), which is usually mid or late September of the Solar calendar.
Why Aug. 15? Because the moon is the […]
The German TV Channel ZDF has a special program regarding Chinese culture and China. Interesting documents and fantastic photos. For example, there are several great photos of food — well, as we all know, good food is always love for all the Chinese people.
Click here to have a look. Enjoy!
Theme Song for the 100-day Countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games
北京歡迎你
作曲：小柯
作詞：林夕
【陳天佳】迎接另一個晨曦 帶來全新空氣
【劉歡】氣息改變情味不變 茶香飄滿情誼
【那英】我家大門常打開 開放懷抱等你
【孫燕姿】擁抱過就有了默契 你會愛上這裡
【孫悅】不管遠近都是客人 請不用客氣
【王力宏】相約好了再一起 我們歡迎你
【韓紅】我家種著萬年青 開放每段傳奇
【周華健】為傳統的土壤播種 為你留下回憶
【梁詠琪】陌生熟悉都是客人 請不用拘禮
【羽泉】第幾次來沒關係 有太多話題
【成龍】北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地
【任賢齊】流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣
【蔡依林】北京歡迎你 在太陽下分享呼吸
【孫楠】在黃土地刷新成績
【周筆暢】我家大門常打開 開懷容納天地
【韋唯】歲月綻放青春笑容 迎接這個日期
【黃曉明】天大地大都是朋友 請不用客氣
【韓庚】畫意詩情帶笑意 只為等待你
【汪峰】北京歡迎你 像音樂感動你
【莫文蔚】讓我們都加油去超越自己
【譚晶】北京歡迎你 有夢想誰都了不起
【陳奕迅】有勇氣就會有奇蹟
【閻維文】北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地
【戴玉強】流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣
【王霞 李雙松】北京歡迎你 在太陽下分享呼吸
【廖昌永】在黃土地刷新成績
【林依輪】北京歡迎你 像音樂感動你
【張娜拉】讓我們都加油去超越自己
【林俊傑】北京歡迎你 有夢想誰都了不起
【阿杜】有勇氣就會有奇蹟
【容祖兒】我家大門常打開 開放懷抱等你
【李宇春】擁抱過就有了默契 你會愛上這裡
【黃大煒】不管遠近都是客人 請不用客氣
【陳坤】相約好了再一起 我們歡迎你
【謝霆鋒】北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地
【韓磊】流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣
【徐若瑄】北京歡迎你 在太陽下分享呼吸
【費翔】在黃土地刷新成績
【湯燦】我家大門常打開 開懷容納天地
【林志玲 張梓琳】歲月綻放青春笑容 迎接這個日期
【張靚穎】天大地大都是朋友 請不用客氣
【許茹芸 伍思凱】畫意詩情帶笑意 只為等待你
【楊坤 范瑋琪】北京歡迎你 像音樂感動你
【游鴻明 周曉歐】讓我們都加油去超越自己
【沙寶亮 滿文軍】北京歡迎你 有夢想誰都了不起
【金海心 何潤東】有勇氣就會有奇蹟
【飛兒 龐龍】北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地
【吳克群 齊峰】流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣
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Today is the traditional Chinese Qingming Festival 清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), meaning Clear and Bright Festival. It is a day to mourn the departed people. Traditionally, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors will look after the family. Hence. Qingming Festival is the traditional day for people to visit the graveyard, so it […]
We know that Chinese calendar is different from the one we use everyone. Of course, you may say since you already know that the Chinese new year starts on different day — this year, Feb. 17, for example.
Here I created one for you to download.
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Read this doc on Scribd: chinese4kids-2008
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The Chinese new year is based on both the lunar and solar movement. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days a month. However, in order to be compatible with solar movement, Chinese calendar has one additional month every several years. It is similar to adding one extra day in leap year in solar calendar. […]
I found a series of very interesting pictures describing the difference between Chinese and German culture. The pictures are from hellishhumor.com . Here I take some examples to share with you.
note: the blue side is German, red side Chinese.
1. Opinions (Meinung / 意见
So, Germans are direct when expressing their opinions while Chinese tend to take […]
It is a famous 宋词(sòng cí ) written by a great poet, 苏轼(sū shì ) Su Shi, also commonly known as 苏东坡(sū dōng pō ) Su Dongpo (1037-1101). It is a poem about moon, about love, about life.
In 1983, 梁弘志 (liáng hóng zhì ) Liang Hongzhi composed this poem into an song entitled […]
Olympic Games is coming. I think introducing the mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is not only interesting, it is important for the children to know more about them. The choice of the design, the names convey the Chinese traditional and culture. The official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, instead the usual one […]
