Lion dance 舞狮子
舞狮子是中国优秀的民间艺术，每逢元宵佳节或集会庆典，民间都以狮舞前来助兴。这一习俗起源于三国时期，南北朝时开始流行，至今已有一千多年的历史。 Lion dance, an excellent folk art in China, is usually performed for entertainment to liven things up during the
ofo进军全球第十九国印度 Chinese bike-sharing company ofo to enter India
An agreement(协议) has been reached(达成) and bikes(自行车) are being transported to India, according to ofo. The bikes will initially be
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 安检security check
Pinyin: ān jiǎn Meaning: security check Sentence: We sped up the security check from about 45 seconds to around 20 seconds per person. 我们把安检的速度从每人45 秒加快到20 秒左右。
每日一語 One Sentence A Day315
ni3 you3 xiong1 di4 huo4 jie3 mei4 ma5 mei2 you3 wo3 shi4 du2 sheng1 zi5 你 有 兄 弟 或
Song Qingling 宋庆龄
宋庆龄，伟大的爱国主义、民主主义、国际主义和共产主义战士，举世闻名的二十世纪的伟大女性。她青年时代追随孙中山，献身革命，在近七十年的革命生涯中，坚强不屈，矢志不移，英勇奋斗，始终坚定地和中国人民、中国共产党站在一起，为中国人民的解放事业，为妇女儿童的卫生保健和文化教育福利事业，为祖国统一以及保卫世界和平、促进人类的进步事业而殚精竭力，鞠躬尽瘁，做出了不可磨灭的贡献，受到中国人民、海外华人华侨的景仰和爱戴，也赢得国际友人的赞誉和热爱，并享有崇高的威望。 Song Qingling (also spelt as Soong Ching-ling) was a great fighter for patriotism, nationalism, internationalism and communism as well
Chinese Idiom：Chinese Idiom：如坐针毡 (rú zuò zhēn zhān)
During the Chin dynasty (xī jìn 西晋) there lived a man named Du Shi, who from his youth was hard
Famous Han Tune Erhuang Opera 汉调二黄戏
Han Tune Erhuang Opera(汉调二黄戏Hàndiào èrhuáng xì), also called Shaan Erhuang and Shan Erhuang, is the second important genre of opera in Shaanxi, and enjoys popularity in Ankang, Hanzhong, Shangluo and Xi’an of Shaanxi Province and some areas in Hubei and Gansu. Originating from mountain airs, eclogues and folksongs, it developed its own style with influence of the Shaanxi opera (qinqiang in Chinese) during the early Qing Dynasty, and by absorbing the tunes of Kunqu opera, Chuiqiang and Gaobozi, and using local dialects. At the very beginning, the opera was accompanied by two flutes which used bamboo as huang (reed), hence the name. To be distinguished with Peking Erhuang opera, it was also named Tu Erhuang. There are a great variety of plays in the Han Tune Erhuang Opera, over 1200 in Ankang alone. 420 complete series and 517 highlights have been explored and sorted out. Most of these plays have drawn materials from Romance of the States of Eastern Zhou, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Canonization((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints) of Gods and other folk legends and historical stories.
Manti dumpling 羊肉饺子
Manti(羊肉水饺yángròu shuǐjiǎo) or Mantu are dumplings popular in most Turkic cuisines, as well as in the Hejaz and Caucasian, Central Asian, and Chinese Islamic cuisines.
Suoyi 所以- Daily Mandarin Lesson
To connect two ideas together in a single sentence, English speakers can use “so…” The Mandarin Chinese equivalent of “so”
黑龙江检测出极微量放射物 China detects minor radiation from Japan
据新华社报道，国家核事故应急协调委员会周六称，在我国黑龙江省东北部空气中发现了极微量的人工放射性核素碘-131，初步确认系来自日本福岛第一核电站事故放射性物质的释放。 现在监测到的放射性污染物对当地公众产生的剂量小于天然本底辐射剂量的十万分之一，因此无需采取任何防护措施。 China detects minor radiation from Japan An extremely small amount of radioactive iodine-131 was detected in the atmosphere
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