你会说中文吗?
The language and ancient culture of China includes not just the world's most enormous country but spreads across various countries of Asia - and increasingly, well beyond. Here we explore all aspects of that culture.
Here, too, is your spot for asking questions, finding resources, and/or just hanging out and chatting in Chinese (mostly Mandarin, but Cantonese and others welcome, too!).
欢迎！
Cover photo: Ingfbruno
ChicchoDodiFC Almost no matter which Chinese city you visit – Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, or Guilin (below) – you’ll spot people individually or in groups, in parks, on esplanades, and other public places, performing the slow, fluid, elegant movements that are a hallmark of the centuries-old discipline of tai chi chuan and its closely related, overlapping form qigong. And increasingly, you´ll see them practiced elsewhere in the world, as well (just yesterday I spotted two women…
Read more…Hung Chung Chih When I first witnessed a performance of Peking opera (the best-known form of Chinese opera, with Peking by the way being the traditional English spelling of Beijing) years ago in Beijing’s ornate, early-19th-century Huguang Guild Hall, I admit I was mesmerized by the gestalt of this elaborate art form. Unlike Western opera, it’s even more stylized, with exaggerated gestures, vocalisations, and heavily symbolic costume and makeup (and in some cases obviously extremely fakey…
Read more…RootOfAllLight Lunar New Year 2024 has just ended, landing us in the year of the Dragon, and it got me to thinking: there´s quite a bit out there on where/how to travel according to Western star signs, aligning destinations with your astrological characteristics, but you don´t hear much of anything on the subject when it comes to Chinese astrology. As someone who´s studied Chinese and Sinic culture, I looked into it a bit, and here´s what I came up with, with a couple of destination…
Read more…A slightly long (just over 24 minutes) but interesting documentary about the evolving culture of contemporary China from the ENDEVR channel of business-oriented documentaries. A great leap forward, indeed!
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I was born and grown up in Taiwan. A journalism major, and a reporter for 5 years before moving to the US.
I only type traditional Chinese though (although I can get it converted). While I can't call myself an expert, my Chinese is definitely much better than my English! I'll be happy to help if anyone has any questions! Cheers!
And Jose, maybe we should add a section for useful phrases.
Feel free to add this, if it helps your members.
http://www.yourprivatechina.com/panorama.html
Phrase Card can be helpful to people traveling to China.
And here are the introduction of some of the most beautiful cities in China -
http://chinaluxurytour.com/city14.html
If you want to use any of the materials, feel free to, and we will appreciate if you can credit our companies. Cheers!
我想推薦一個網站 可以練習中文對話 http://www.chineseteachers.com/
是一個工作上認識的朋友設立的網站 可以試試看 ：） 我會不會寫太多中文了？！
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