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!)