Tiger Hill Park is located in a northwest suburb of Suzhou. The Sword Pool is the most spiritually significant part of the Park. Historical records show that the tomb of King Helv of Wu is located beneath the pond. Legend has it that he was buried with 3000 of his beloved swords. King Hlv was […]
Kun Opera originated in Kunshan during the Yuan Dynasty and flourished in Suzhou where the people went absolutely crazy over the opera. In the 200 years of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the people of Suzhou held annual musical concerts at Tiger Hill Park. These celebrations of the Kun Opera were held at the time […]
The 1st consideration was age. The prospective couple should be about the same marriageable age, which meant that on the one hand, they had to be old enough to live as husband and wife; while on the other hand, there should be a proper gap in age so that they would enjoy a harmonious marriage […]
Equestrian polo was a national spot in the Tang Dynasty. There were enthusiastic fans in all the social ranks, from the emperor to the ordinary people. Some players entered the officialdom because of their excellent performances. A son-in-law was selected according to his skill in playing the equestrian polo. There are a lot of examples […]
Antenatal betrothals meant that parents on both sides got their children engaged before were born. It was the ultimate embodiment of the parental authority. This kind of marriage had many disadvantages. Sima Guan (1019-1086), a scholar in the Song Dynasty, once analyzed it in his book “The Family Codes”, “By the time the betrothed came […]
Even worse than antenatal betrothals was posthumous marriage. It was also called marriage of the dead, or ghost marriage, which meant unmarried but dead young men and women were married in the nether world by the arrangement of their living parents. It is assumed that this custom came into being before the Qin Dynasty (the […]
The people of Suzhou have a flair for taking simple dishes and preparing them perfectly. Shen Fu’s “Chapters of a Floating Life” describes how his wife, Yun, “Makes cooking seem effortless. Whether preparing fruit, vegetable, fish or shrimp, everything she cooks tastes delicious.” The preparation of Suzhou cuisine is all about timing. For example, the […]
In the Chinese language, “低” and “高” is a pair of antonym which mean “low” and “high” respectively. And “调” means “tune, tone” and so on. So you know that “低调dīdiào” means “low-key” and “高调gāo diào” is the opposite. Chinese people advocate that people should be modest and calm, so when they remind people or […]
There was a poor man who did not drink. Before he went out each day, he would eat only two grain cakes, which invariably made him slightly tipsy. One day he met a friend who asked him: “Did you have a cup of wine this morning?” “Oh, no,” replied the man. “I only had some […]
The Tu Nationality mainly concentrated in Qinghai Province and Gansu Province. They speak the Tu language which belongs to the Mongolian branch of the Altaic language family. The Tu are good at dancing and singing. They are also know for their folk embroidery with designs like “five petal plum”, “cloud flower” and so on. The […]
Vi bruker mange spill for å lære grammatikk og nye ord. Vi har veldig flinke lærere, veldig tålmodige. Hun hjelper oss mye. Klassen vår er veldig hyggelig, og vi har folk fra hele verden, forskjellige land. Vi diskuterer ofte emner på kinesisk i klassen vår. Jeg bor i sovesalen til Keats. Det er veldig praktisk. Jeg trenger ikke å bruke tid på å reise. Du kan bare fokusere på å lære kinesisk.
Jeg er en masterstudent som jobber med doktorgraden min ved Columbia University. Vi klarte å fokusere mye på å snakke, spesielt intervjubasert tale, og vi har klart å forbedre mine kinesiske lese- og skriveferdigheter, så når jeg drar tilbake til Columbia, kan jeg ta formelle kinesiskkurs. Det har vært en veldig god opplevelse, og jeg elsker læreren min.
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.
Jeg kan ikke si hvor mye jeg likte det. Det jeg likte med lærerne og undervisningsmetoden er at det er så mye fleksibilitet. En annen ting jeg likte med undervisningen er kombinasjonen av klassisk læreboklæring og å være utendørs. Jeg elsket det! Jeg liker å bli kjent med andre studenter. Alle delte det samme målet, og det er å gjøre kinesisken deres bedre. Kunming er en stor by, men det er veldig trygt å bo her. En annen ting jeg likte med Keats er ideen om at folk her hjelper deg. Jeg kan ikke anbefale det nok. Jeg synes det var en verdifull opplevelse. Gleder meg til å komme tilbake!
Skolen min er fantastisk. Jeg anbefaler Keats School fordi det er en mer praktisk måte å lære kinesisk på i Kunming.
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.
Jeg liker veldig godt å komme hit fordi det er som et slags hjem for meg. Det er et flott miljø for å lære mandarin-kinesisk i Kina og møte flotte mennesker fra hele verden. Alle her er ekstremt vennlige. Kunming har et veldig fint klima. Det er en veldig god blanding av den moderne byen og også mye historisk kinesisk kultur. Har sannsynligvis den reneste luften i Kina og muligens det reneste vannet også. Jeg inviterer deg til å komme og studere kinesisk i Kunming.
Å lytte og snakke i klasserommet hver dag har forbedret kommunikasjonsferdighetene mine. Etter tre uker ble de nye ordene og setningene mine mer og mer naturlige og flytende. Nå er jeg vant til å tenke på kinesisk, og jeg forstår bedre hva andre sier, slik at jeg kan ha ekte samtaler med andre mennesker.