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 12, 2013
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.
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