The Traditional Chinese Dragon & Lion Dance! Part of a show performed by students at the University for the “Welcoming Freshmen Candlelighting Ceremony” #ChinaTravel #LifeinChina #ChineseCulture
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Life in China ~ The Chicken Song
20 SepThe College Students at our Chinese University put on a performance for the Freshmen Welcoming Ceremony! This was the Chicken Song (or I think it was a chicken song?) – To be honest, we weren…
Source: The Chicken Song
Chinese Language ＊ Male & Female
18 AugIf you ever visit or teach in China, knowing the characters for Male and Female can be very helpful. On your school roster, It’s often very hard to know if the student’s name is for a Boy or girl. So most roster’s tell you – Male or female. It also helps if you Don’t want to enter the wrong Bathroom by accident. They don’t tell you in English 😛
男 = Nan (2) = Male
女 = Nv (3) = Female
Life in China ~ Hungry Ghost Festival
17 AugMy Chinese friend called today asking to hang out. When I asked what was up, she said she intended to go home today but her brother called and warned her not to travel today. Apparently today the province is celebrating the Hungry Ghost Festival.
It falls on the 15th of the 7th lunar month. According to my friend, they believe that today many ghosts are able to travel around the country. This is why my friend couldn’t travel- she has to leave the way clear for the ghosts instead. Instead many adherents will go to the graves and leave lots of food for the hungry wanderers to eat.
Our Delicious Dumplings 🙂
They also make hand-made traditional dumplings out of long noodles. They are long so you can wrap up your ancestral ghosts in the strand and keep them close to you in the future. Funnily enough, we went to the little Chinese garden here and ran into 5-6 grandfathers out with their grandkids. They had been tasked with entertaining the kids while grandma made the dumplings. To participate, my friend and I had beef dumplings at the local street market and she promised to wait until tomorrow to go home :p
4 Year old and her 6.5 year old sister. The older sister starts English classes tomorrow, and they both knew the ABC song!
Twin 4-year olds. They start Kindergarten this year and are excellent Bubble-blowers!
Chinese Chicken Noodle Soup
4 Jul
Chinese version of Chicken Noodle Soup – great for a day of exam writing!
Real Chinese Egg Drop Soup
4 Jul
Had some delicious Egg Drop Soup in a Chinese Restaurant before I came home. Then saw the American Chinese version. Not even comprable!
Homeward Bound
30 Jun
Homeward bound! Time for summer vacay in Illinois, with some trips about the states in the process. Can’t wait to see family and friends, especially my Aunt Jenny, Uncle Hamer, Kristin, and Beth! More posting forthcoming finally 🙂
Lovely Language ～3Q
21 Jun😁 So the other day one of my Chinese students responded to a comment on our WeChat group with “3Q” Took me forever to figure out what he meant!
In Chineese, the number three (3) is said “san” So 3Q is slang for a Chinglish Thank You or “san q”.😁 The group board then lit up with people laughing at the fact that they have now slanged Chinglish. :p
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
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