Episode 2 of the Monkey King.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013
Monkey King!!
Episode one of a classic Chinese cartoon series, based on the ancient tales of the Monkey King (Journey to the West).
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
The Terracotta Army
A short video about the famous Terracotta Army （兵马俑）found by a farmer whilst ploughing his fields near Xi'an, China.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Work for 4E (Monday 26th August)
Hi guys, I'm not here today... But this video will help you do the worksheet.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Groovi Pauli has something very useful to tell you...
Here's a song to help you know how to read the words for "boys" and "girls" if you're in China and need to know who to tell which toilet to use!!!!!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Recipe for Bubble Tea
A very popular drink in Asian countries (and also here too) is Bubble Tea - sweet milky tea with pearls of tapioca at the bottom. Here's a recipe!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
How to read Chinese shop signs - Part 2
This video teaches you the characters 酒家, one common way to say "restaurant".
Thursday, August 1, 2013
How to read Chinese shop signs - Part 1
Here's a video showing you some common characters you might see on a Chinese grocery.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Making hand-pulled noodles in Xinjiang
Here is a video where a guy is making pulled noodles (Lamian), a traditional food in western China.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Street food - Danbing
A popular snack you can buy in Chinese cities on the sidewalk: Jianbing (also called Danbing)
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Nǐ xǐhuān... ma?
Learn how to say you like (or don't like) some common foods... Both foods from China and also foods from America or Australia.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Planes over Hong Kong (the old airport)
Some videos from the streets of Hong Kong in 1998, showing planes approaching the old airport. The old Hong Kong airport (Kai Tak) was famous for being right in the middle of the city and extending out into the bay. When you came in to land, you could look sideways out of the plane and see into apartments' living rooms... This airport is now closed and a new (safer!) airport was built further outside the city.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Chinese for Kids - Follow Jade
Here's a video with Jade to practise asking someone "What's your name?" in Chinese.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The Complicated Chinese Family Tree
Sometimes, Chinese is less complicated than English... Like "My Dad very big" and having the same word for "I" and "me". But the words for your family members are the complete opposite of that!!
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Some Chinese classical music... Sort of!! :)
A video of the Guzheng - a classic Chinese instrument. But the song isn't classic Chinese :)
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Groovi Pauli - Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?
Groovi Pauli teaches you how to ask for someone's name in Chinese.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Song - Where is my friend? (Wǒde péngyou zài nǎlǐ?)
Here is the Chinese children's song "Wǒde péngyou zài nǎlǐ?"
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Harbin's Ice Festival
The city of Harbin in northern China is famous for a) being very, very cold in winter and b) their famous Ice & Snow Festival, where huge sculptures are carved out of ice and illuminated...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The story of Hanzi (1 to 4 strokes)
This is a series of videos showing how some of the basic Chinese characters were created.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Introduction to Chinese characters
This video is pretty intense, but lots of great information about how Chinese characters work.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Chinese Greetings Rap
Another rap in Chinese, this time with greetings and general conversational topics!
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Lantern Festival in Shanghai
A video showing some street scenes during the Lantern Festival, which concludes the 2 week Chinese New Year celebrations. 2011 was Year of the Rabbit (兔)... So there are lots of people dressed as rabbits and rabbit-shaped lanterns.
Chinese Number Rap
Courtesy of YoYo Chinese and Sloppy Cheng - here's the numbers 0-10 in Mandarin... As a sing-along rap!
Lion Dance - Chinese New Year 2012 in Melbourne
Lion Dancers (and you can also see the Dragon Dancers at the end) in Melbourne's Chinatown for Chinese New Year 2012. Performed by Chinese Youth Society of Melbourne.
Happy Year of the Snake!
A cool video from Japan in honour of 2013, the Year of the Snake (the Lunar Calendar is used throughout East Asia, not just China!)
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