Online Chinese lessons for kids: dinolingo.com Get fairy tales and storybooks in Chinese online or from your local library Children love shared reading time and regardless of language acquisition, they will always remember the time they spent with you reading books. Try to find books with good illustrations. Look at the pictures with your child, […]
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Traditional Musical Instruments Ancient Chinese believed music cleansed people’s minds. There were around 70 types of traditional musical instruments. The instruments were a string, wind, and percussion. These are ten of the most common traditional instruments. Xun The xun is one of the oldest musical instruments. It is older than 7,000 years. People first used
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Chinese traditional music is played with instruments of the xun, chimes, xiao, sheng, pipa, guzheng, guqin, erhu, drums, and the bamboo flute. Often this music is played for ceremonies or to accompany dancers or other instruments in an orchestra. This music is also played for the background of a play or opera. It is enjoyed
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About 1/5 of the world’s population speaks Chinese. Mandarin is the official language of China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Other Chinese languages include (in the order of which they are spoken): Wu, Cantonese, and Min. There are over 3,000 dialects of Chinese spoken in China, but only one way to write Chinese. The Chinese language has
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China is a large nation and has many interesting places to explore. You will see much of the tradition, culture and the beauty of the land by traveling to these recommended places. The Great Wall The star attraction of China is the Great Wall. This large structure was built to keep intruders from coming into China.
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Early China & Xia Dynasty-10,000 BCE to 1500 BCE: Around 10,000 BCE the Chinese civilization began. There was a group called the Yangshao (yahng show) settled near the Huang He River. About 3,000 BCE, another farming group emerged, the Lungshan farming group. The Lungshan were very advanced for their time. They harvested silk and used
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What is the most difficult language to learn in the world? Have you ever wondered? I always thought the language I was studying was the most difficult one to learn:))) It turns out The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the US Department of State did a research to find out how long it takes to learn
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Traditional Chinese values are often called Confucian values because they came from the philosopher Confucius. These values emphasize being loyal to your family, husband or wife, country and friends as well as filial piety, or showing respect to parents, older relatives, and ancestors. Honesty and trustworthiness are also valued in China. The Chinese also have
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There is no such language as “Chinese”, instead there is a family of Chinese languages that include Mandarin and Cantonese. Mandarin was the language that most scholars and the government used. In Mandarin, people say Ni Hao (Hello) when greeting each other, unless they are greeting someone they would like to show great respect. In
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Forcing the City Gates is game that children play in China that is like Red Rover. A group of children split into two teams and each team holds hands to create a long line. These two lines face each other and a child from one team runs at and tries to break through the other
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