If you’ve been to Chinese villages or towns, you may find that on the front door of a house, there is always a mirror hanging on the door, Chinese named it “Baojing” (a magic mirror). Mirror is originally among living goods. But the mirror here is a mascot. It mainly functions as exorcising evil spirits […]
The Four Treasures of the Study are the writing tools with Chinese characters. Also known as “the Scholar’s Four Jewels”, namely, the writing brush, ink-stick, paper and ink-slab. The study got its name in the Northern and Southern dynasties, referring only to the study of the literati. The Four Treasures, varied and colorful, are famous […]
If you’ve noticed the emblem of the 2008 Olympic Games, you may know it is a Chinese seal. Seal cutting is based on Chinese calligraphy. It takes Chinese characters as its form of expression, using craving knives instead of writing brushes, and stone instead of the paper. It can be viewed as a pocket edition […]
Ancient Chinese people grasped or tore food with their bare hands at the beginning. Chopsticks, forks, knives and spoons were used much later. Chopsticks are a wonder of Chinese dining utensils with a history of thousands of years. And it became the most frequently-used utensil in Chinese’s daily life. In ancient China, they were called […]
There is an allusion that goes, Xi Shi, known for her peerless beauty, was beset by some sort of heart trouble, so she was often seen knitting her brow with hand on her chest. Now there was an ugly woman in the neighborhood, who one day saw Xi Shi in the village. In admiration, she […]
There is a very popular Chinese story about tolerance and understanding. Zhang and Ye were neighbors. Each family wanted to push their outer wall further to the other side. No sooner had one family pushed its wall outwards by one foot than the other family would push its wall in the opposite direction by 2 […]
Even for small children in China, they know the story of Jiang Taigong, which is a popular name for Jiang Ziya, statesman and strategist. As an advisor of King Wen of the Zhou State in ancient China, he helped the young King Wu overthrow the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty. Jiang Ziya lived […]
The story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is the so-called “Chinese Romeo and Julie”, it is based on a historical legend known to every Chinese. In feudal China, love as young people’s own choice was considered to be devious from the norm of the society. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were classmates. Liang Shanbo […]
Dali is situated in the southwest of Yunnan China. According to Chinese literature, Dali Ancient City was a gateway to the Silk Road in Southwest China, and also serves as a seat of government and a major military barracks for Yunnan Province in the ancient time. It enjoyed magnificent scale, with a wall length of […]
Bai ethnic minority is typically a minor group in Yunnan China. Their buildings are very special. The traditional Bai ethnic minority folk houses give the city distinctive feel. A typical house is characterized by “3 rooms and a wall screening” and “4 joints and 5 yards”. The first style means that every house has a […]
Det har været bemærkelsesværdigt, fordi jeg har mødt mange mennesker, som jeg mødte første gang sidste år, og som gerne vil vende tilbage til Keats i år. Undervisningen har været fantastisk. Lærerne forbereder omhyggeligt hver lektion. Jeg synes, at denne en-til-en-tilgang er en rigtig god måde hurtigt at forbedre dit niveau i kinesisk og øge din selvtillid og flydende sprogfærdigheder.
Jeg synes, Keats er en af de bedste sprogskoler, jeg nogensinde har været på. Min lærer er sådan en fantastisk person. Hun er så god til at undervise. Hun gør timerne sjove. Jeg har lært en masse ordforråd i løbet af min tid her. Jeg vil virkelig anbefale at komme og lære mandarin-kinesisk på Keats School.
Siden sidste semester begyndte vi at studere kinesisk på Keats. Det var det bedste valg, vi nogensinde kunne træffe. Det er en rigtig god skole. Undervisningen er rigtig sjov, man lærer meget, men også meget interaktiv, så man snakker meget, hvilket betyder, at det ikke kun handler om bøger og skrivning. Kunming er en virkelig behagelig by at bo i, især hvis man sammenligner den med andre byer i øst. Hvis du kan lide at rejse, hvis du kan lide at studere kinesisk på en sjov måde, har Keats det bedste kinesiske sprogprogram for dig.
Mit navn er Sarah Fish. Jeg er 81. Jeg kendte meget lidt kinesisk, da jeg ankom. Hvordan skulle jeg overleve 2 ugers intensivt kinesiskkursus? Jeg må grine, når jeg tænker på det nu. Sikke en positiv oplevelse det har været! Jeg ville virkelig ønske, vi kunne være her lidt længere. Lærerne er ekstremt opmuntrende, de vurderer først, hvor meget man ved, og starter derefter derfra.
Kunming er en fantastisk by. Vejret her er fantastisk. Skolen er fremragende. Underviserne er meget hjælpsomme og meget venlige. Jeg kan varmt anbefale, at alle, der leder efter en kinesisk sprogskole i Kina, kommer hertil for at studere. Kunming og Keats skole er meget bedre end noget andet sted.
De er virkelig interesserede i, hvad vores interesser er, hvilke spørgsmål vi har, og hvilke krav vi har. Så tilpasser de indholdet af vores kinesiske sprogprogram efter situationen. Én lærer og én elev, så det er nemt at holde fokus i de 6 timers fordybelseslektioner i mandarin. Det er meget bekvemt at studere, bo og spise i én bygning.
En ting jeg virkelig godt kunne lide var, at jeg kunne arbejde sammen med min lærer om at lave en individuel studieplan. En anden dejlig ting er, at man bor på skolen, man føler sig helt tryg. Man har altid en gruppe mennesker, der er villige til at lave ting sammen med en i weekenderne eller om aftenen. De serverer alle 3 måltider om dagen, og maden var fremragende.
Så i løbet af min første uge på Keats turde jeg ikke tale nogen kinesiske ord. Jeg fandt ud af, at mit kinesiske niveau hurtigt var blevet bedre siden da. Selvom jeg har mange muligheder for at studere i Kina, for eksempel tilbyder nogle andre skoler homestay, opdagede jeg, at jeg kunne fordybe mig og fuldt ud fokusere på at lære kinesisk ved at bo på Keats.