Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Chinese Language Learning Program Supplement Lesson --Chinese Lantern Festival

Chinese Language Learning Program
Supplement Lesson – Chinese Lantern Festival


Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about (bā) and (mā) in Chinese. Today, we will have a supplement lesson. This lesson we will talk about Chinese Lantern Festival.

See more information about the Chinese Lantern Festival, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantern_Festival (including the history and some traditional practice in this day.)

Let's see some Chinese characters related to this Lantern Festival:
  
yuán xiāo jié
           (Yuánxiāo Festival, Lantern Festival)


tāng yuán
       (Tang-yuan, sweet dumplings)  



dēng huì
       (lantern show)



mí yǔ
(riddle)

cāi dēng mí
        (guess lantern riddles)



wǔ shī
   (lion dancing)


wǔ lóng
    (dragon dancing)



yuán xiāo jié kuài lè!
                乐!
(Happy Yuanxiao Festival!)

Today’s idiom is related the Chinese Lantern Festival:

zhāng dēng jié cǎi
               
(decorate [be decorated] with lanterns [lights] and colored hangings [streamers])

jiē shàng zhāng dēng jié cǎi zhǔn bèi qìng zhù.
                                            祝。
(The streets are all decorated with lanterns and festoons for the celebration.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè  xiè!
    ! (Thanks!)

xià  cì  jiàn 
     !  (See you next time!)

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