2014-04-13 Event: ‘Discover the Beauty of Chinese Characters’ Culture Workshop

‘Discover the Beauty of Chinese Characters’ Culture Workshop

“《读字》——发现汉字之美”中华汉字文化讲座

  

YourMandarin Chinese Language School would like to invite you to culture workshops of Discover the Beauty of Chinese Characters which will take place at Chongqing Jinxuan Painting and Calligraphy Studio on 13^th April, 2014, starting from 14h00.

中国五千年的文明史，与汉字的发展息息相关。卓尔中文汉语学校和重庆外籍人士俱乐部盛情邀您出席“《读字》——发现汉字之美”中华汉字文化讲座，让我们一起共渡欢乐时光！

Date: April 13th 2014 (Sunday) 2014年4月13日（星期天）

Time: 14h00 – 16h30 下午2点至4点半

Venue: Chongqing Jinxuan Painting and Calligraphy Studio, No.10, 3F, Creative Concepts Center, No.388, Xinhua Rd, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 锦宣书画 渝中区新华路388号创汇首座L3层310号

Detailed Agenda:

13h30 - 14h00: Registration 来宾签到

14h00 - 15h30: ‘Discover the Beauty of Chinese Characters’ culture workshop

“《读字》——发现汉字之美”中华汉字文化讲座

15h30 - 16h00: Chinese Characters practice 临摹学字

16h00 - 16h30: Group photos 集体合影

Introduction of the Speaker:

Nie Hui: Female, academician of Chinese Calligraphers Association and China’s Academy of Poetry, standing director of Asian Cultural Exchange Society and the secretary general of Art Committee of painting and calligraphy. She was once awarded as the “Top Ten Talented Women” in Chongqing and “The Second Celebrity of Youth Culture”, and invited to perform calligraphy and Guqin solo at Shanghai World Expo. She has won many prizes for her excellent paintings and calligraphy works, and her representative tracks include Flowing Water and Green Ravine and Flowing Spring. In 2012 and 2013, she was invited to hold personal exhibition of calligraphy and paintings and Guqin appreciation programme in Malaysia and Macao.

聶晖，中国古琴学会会员，中国书法家协会会员，中华诗词学会会员，亚洲文化交流协会常务理事兼书画艺术委员会秘书长，重庆书画院创作部副主任，重庆大学艺术学院造型艺术中心副主任，南岸区书法家协会副主席，曾荣获重庆市女子“十佳才艺”奖，重庆市第二届青年文化名人。应邀在上海世博会表演现场书法和古琴独奏，2012年应邀在马来西亚举办诗书画个展、山水清音古琴赏析会、《读字》——发现汉字之美”讲座，2013年应邀在澳门举办“造化心源——聶晖诗书画展暨古琴欣赏会”。

Costs:

The whole event is without charge 免费

Organizer:

Chongqing Investment Promotion Association 重庆市外商投资促进中心

Chongqing International Club 重庆外籍人士俱乐部

YourMandarin Chinese Language School 卓尔中文汉语学校

Co-organizer:

Chongqing Jinxuan Painting and Calligraphy Studio 中国文艺家书画院 重庆锦宣书画

Specified Media Partner:

CQNEW 华龙网

Contacts:

廖梦如(Lia Liao): 023-6366-9912 186-2330-9930

Please fill out the form below and e-mail it to lia@yourmandarin.cn before 17:30 on 10^th April (Thursday) 2014 to confirm your participation.

敬请您于2014年4月10日前将活动回执电子邮件至to lia@yourmandarin.cn。

We wish you all the best and are looking forward to welcome you at the ‘Discover the Beauty of Chinese Characters’ Culture Workshop!

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Survival Mandarin Chinese: Making new friends

Making new friends

jiāo péng you

交   朋   友 

Dialogue:

nǐ hǎo！wǒ jiao Alice, qǐnɡ wèn nǐ jiào shén me mínɡ zi?

你 好！我 叫 Alice，请 问 你 叫 什 么 名 字？

Hello! My name is Alice, what’s yours?

nǐ hǎo！wǒ jiào Jack, wǒ shì měi ɡuó rén, qǐnɡ wèn nǐ shì zhōnɡ ɡuó rén mɑ ?

你 好！我 叫 Jack，我 是 美 国 人，请 问 你 是 中 国 人 吗？

Hello ! My name is Jack, I’m American, are you Chinese?

bú shì, wǒ shì rì běn rén. nǐ de zhí yè shì shén me?

不 是， 我 是 日 本 人。你 的 职 业 是 什 么？

No, I’m not, I’m Japanese. What do you do?

wǒ shì yì mínɡ jīnɡ lǐ, zhè shì wǒ de mínɡ piàn, nǐ de zhí yè shì shén me?

我 是 一 名 经 理，这 是 我 的 名 片，你 的 职 业 是 什 么？

I’m a manager. This is my business card. What about you?

wǒ shì yì mínɡ lǎo shī，zhè shì wǒ de mínɡ piàn.

我 是 一 名 老 师，这 是 我 的 名 片 。

I’m a teacher. This is my name card.

hěn ɡāo xìnɡ rèn shí nǐ !

很 高 兴 认 识  你 ！

Nice to meet you!

hěn ɡāo xìnɡ rèn shí nǐ !

很 高 兴 认 识  你 ！

Nice to meet you, too!

yǒu kōnɡ chánɡ lián xì.

有 空 常 联 系 。

Let's keep in touch.

Sentence structure:

 Wǒ  shì

1.我  是 +Name/Occupation

I am+(Name/Occupation)

 wǒ shì        rén

2.我 是+country+人

I am+Nationality

wǒ de míng zi shì

3.我 的 名 字 是+Name

My Name is+……

Vocabulary：

Nationality=Country+ rén：

(需要国旗图）

yīnɡ ɡuó                                         

英 国   England                           

yì dà lì

意 大 利 Italy

jiā ná dà

加 拿 大 Canada

hán guó

韩 国 Korea

dé ɡuó

德 国 Germany

ruì diǎn

瑞 典 Sweden

xī bān yá

西 班 牙 Spain

Occupation：（可以配图）

yī sheng

医 生 doctor

hù shi

护 士 nurse

jīng lǐ

经 理 manager

mì shū

秘 书 secretary

shòu huò yuán

售 货 员 shop assistant

fú wù yuán

服 务 员 waiter&waitress

láo bǎn

老 板 boss

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A bite of Chongqing--Spring Rolls

In Chinese cuisine, spring rolls, or Chunjuan , are pastries filled mostly with 
julienned vegetables(such as cabbages, carrots, agaric and so on). Some 
include strips of meat, usually beef and chicken; others have seafood. The 
filling is wrapped in a thin, flour wrapper, and usually deep fried. Chongqing
spring rolls are crispy.

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A bite of Chongqing--the hot pot

Hotpot is the most famous and favorite dish in Chongqing. Chongqing local 

people consider the hot pot a local specialty, which is noted for its peppery 

and spicy, scalding yet fresh and tender. People gather around a small pot 

boiled with charcoal, electric or gas filled with flavorful and nutritious soup 

base. You have a choice of spicy, pure and combo for the soup base. Thin 

sliced raw meat, fish, various bean curd products and all kinds of vegetables 

are boiled in the soup base. You then dip them in a little bowl of special 

sauce. Be carefulwhenthe spicy soup base is burning hot.

Hotpot first eaten by poor boatmen of the Yangtze River, and then spread 

westwards to the rest of Sichuan. Now is a very popular local flavor and can

 be found of every corner of the city. There are a great variety of hotpots,

 including Yuanyang Hotpot, Four Tastes Hotpot, Yaoshan Hotpot and 

Fish Head Hotpot. If you are adventurous enough, you can basically cook

 anything with hot pot, e.g., pig's brain and duck's kidney.

Chongqing people love their hotpot, especially when the weather is steamy.

 The fire dances under the pot, the heavily oiled and spiced soup boils with 

hazy steam, and the people are bathed in sweat. Although hotpot can be found

 wherever there are street vendors or small restaurants, Chongqing hotpot has

 the greatest variety and is known for its delicious soup base and dipping sauce.

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Culture of Chingqing as a Temporary Capital

With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945), on October, 1938,

the Japanese army occupied Guangzhou and Wuhan. Then, the government

 of the Kuomintang (KMT) party withdrew to Chongqing from Nanjing, and 

made Chongqing the temporary wartime capital. As a result, Chongqing 

became the political, military, economic, and diplomatic center of China 

at that time.

Chongqing, together with Washington in America, London in England, and 

Moscow of the former Soviet Union, are recognized as the four famous historical

 cities of the Allies in World War II. In addition, Chongqing played a significant 

political role in the construction of the united line between the KMT and CPC.

During the 7 years of the Anti-Japanese War, many historic people, events, and 

places were pushed onto the historical stage of China, reserving many peculiar 

human cultural scenes for Chongqing.

As the temporary capital during the Anti-Japanese War, many historical places

 were built in Chongqing and over 400 relics have survived, according to 

incomplete statistics. However, due to the fast rate of construction in Chongqing,

 many relics have been lost. Presently, the representative relics include the former 

residences of such important persons as Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling, 

as well as the memorial museum for the second cooperative agreement between

 the KMT and CPC, which held such documents as the Chongqing Negotiation 

and the Double Ten Agreement.

The Huangshan Official Residence for Chiang Kai-shek on the South Mountain

 in Chongqing has been better preserved for its incomparable integrity. During 

the peace negotiation between KMT and CPC, Mao Zedong, the leader of 

the CPC, accompanied by Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei, the representatives

 of the CPC, flew to Chongqing and negotiated with the KMT in Hongyancun and 

Guiyuan, etc. Guiyuan, originally the residence of General Zhang Zhizhong (KMT),

 was prepared for Mao Zedong’s stay in Chongqing. On October 10, 1945, the Talk 

Summary for the peace negotiation between KMT and CPC was signed exactly 

at the living room of Guiyuan.

As the temporary capital during the Anti-Japanese War period, many industries 

and schools were marshaled in Chongqing. Many famous enterprises today in Chongqing 

developed from wartime initiatives. At the same time, many young, 

patriotic students flooded into Chongqing to fight against the invasion of Japan.

 Many cultural celebrities like Guo Moruo, Liu Yazi, Ma Yinchu, Tao Xingzhi,

 Liang Shuming, Xu Beihong, and Lao She settled and worked in Chongqing.

 Therefore, the culture in the temporary capital Chongqing was flourishing and 

Chongqing became the cultural and educational center for the Sichuan province. 

The cultural district Shapingba, gathering a lot of schools and universities, 

became the famous “cultural dam” at the southwest and northwest area 

during that time. The former building of the state-run Central University is 

still standing on the campus of Chongqing University today.

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