In Chinese, face refers to 2 separate but related concepts in social relations. One is Mianzi and the other is Lian, which are commonly used in everyday speech. Lian is the confidence of society in a person’s moral character, while mianzi represents social perceptions of a person’s prestige. “Losing one’s Lian” means your behavior violates […]
Chinese people are noted for their discerning eating habits. Prior to the 1980s, straitened financial circumstances prevented access of the majority to their epicurean heritage, but an improved diet was of primary importance for opening up and reform. The problem of “feeding the stomach” was, therefore, resolved 20 years ago. There is more concern now […]
Lao Zi, a thinker during the late Spring and Autumn Period, had a famous saying: “Pretending not to know when you know, how superb.” He meant that it was superb tactics to pretend not to know when one in fact knows. Chinese people follow an important rule in handling complex personal relations: be intelligent about […]
In Chinese, there is a special dream called the golden miller dream. It is from The Dream on the Pillow by Shen Jiji of the Tang Dynasty. A discontented poor scholar named Lu Sheng yearned all day long for an official position and a distinguished career. He met an inn in Handan a Taoist priest […]
Colorful painting is one of the most original designs in Chinese building. It is originally for protecting wood structure against dump and corrosion and insect-eating, afterwards the press of it is just the adornment. After Song Dynasty, the colorful paintings have become the indispensable adornment of palace. It is divided into 3 grades. The highest […]
If you come to China, you should go to taste Chinese various hot-pots. They are really great. On a cold winter’s day nothing can be more desirable and pleasing than sitting down with family and friends around a hot-pot. A hot-pot is a charcoal with a central chimney and an outer ring filled with hot water for […]
Clapper Talk or Chinese Kuaibanr is a traditional Chinese performance style in the north China. It is popular with its free style, lively language and simple rhythm. It is a kind of rhythmic talk or monologue to the accomplishment of specially made bamboo clappers and “sanxian”, a traditional Chinese three-stringed plucked instrument. It was invented […]
A Chinese dinner host will not expect a visitor to know all of the traditions associated with a Chinese meal. But the visitor who knows some of them will “gain” face and give “face” to his host. Chinese table manners include: 1. Don’t “jump the gun”—always eat after your host. 2. When the host proposes […]
A traditional and genuine Chinese marriage should follow a basic principle of the “Three Letters and Six Etiquettes” in the past. Even now some customs are still followed. The “Three Letters” include the Betrothal Letter, Gift Letter and Wedding Letter. The Betrothal Letter is the formal document of the engagement. The gift letter would be […]
Before the wedding, a “good lick woman” who has a nice family will arrange the bridal bed and scatter symbolic fruits on the bed. Nobody can touch the bed until the couple enters the bridal chamber after the wedding ceremony, except the children who are invited onto the bed to bless the couple with fertility. […]
Listening and speaking in the classroom every day has improved my communication skills. After three weeks, my new words and sentences became more and more natural and fluent. Now I am used to thinking in Chinese, and I understand better what other people say, to be able to have real conversations with other people.
På Keats har jeg mange muligheter til å praktisere det jeg har lært. Jeg liker denne skolen veldig godt, fordi jeg kan lære kinesisk én-til-én, så jeg synes dette er det beste fordypningsprogrammet i Kina, og læreren min er den beste læreren. Jeg føler at uten læreren min ville ikke kinesiskkunnskapene mine blitt så mye bedre. Jeg er veldig glad, for på Keats har jeg forbedret kinesiskkunnskapene mine betraktelig.
Jeg har hatt det kjempefint her. Jeg har studert mye med læreren min, som var fantastisk. Keats School prøvde veldig hardt å finne gode lærere til elevene sine, og personligheten deres fungerer veldig godt sammen. Jeg liker å studere kinesisk på Keats, og jeg kommer definitivt tilbake.
I fjor begynte jeg å studere kinesisk på universitetet. Grunnen til at jeg kom hit er at jeg for tiden forbereder meg til HSK 5-testen. Jeg hørte også at dette er en av de beste skolene for å studere mandarin i Kina. Etter at jeg kom hit, innså jeg at Kunming er en ganske kul by å bo i, og når det gjelder lærernes undervisningsmetoder, synes jeg de er veldig profesjonelle. Og jeg synes språkmiljøet er bra, så nå er jeg klar til å ta HSK 5.
En ting jeg virkelig likte var at jeg kunne samarbeide med læreren min for å lage en individuell studieplan. En annen veldig fin ting er at du bor på skolen, du føler deg helt trygg. Du har alltid en gruppe mennesker som er villige til å gjøre ting sammen med deg i helgene eller om kveldene. De serverer deg alle tre måltidene om dagen, og maten var utmerket.
Jeg har to lærere, og jeg jobber fire timer om dagen. Så jeg har Dong Laoshi og Jin Laoshi. Begge er veldig flinke. De gjorde opplevelsen veldig hyggelig for meg. De er villige til å hjelpe deg når som helst, så hvis du noen gang har et spørsmål her, er lærerne alltid der for å hjelpe deg, enten det gjelder visum eller transport rundt i byen. Alle vil snakke med deg.
Alle lærerne er virkelig hyggelige. Undervisningsnivået på Keats er så mye høyere. Jeg elsker virkelig byen. Det er veldig behagelig å komme seg rundt. Jeg anbefaler Keats på det sterkeste. Det er et flott sted å studere kinesisk i Kina. Vi gleder oss til å komme tilbake igjen senere i år.
Det er veldig praktisk å komme til Kunming fra Thailand. Jeg liker kinesiskundervisningen min veldig godt, og kinesiskkunnskapene mine ble mye bedre på noen få måneder. Det er mange fordeler med å lære kinesisk. Det beste jeg liker med Keats er at det ligger i Kunming, en by med evig vår. Det er så mye å se i Kunming, og du vil elske denne byen etter at du har kommet.