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Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (1) Mulan Joined the Army

I read an interesting news. Disney is planning to produce a live action Mulan movie. It is said Mulan will be played by a Chinese actress. Many people are very excited for this news.

To be honest, I am confused. Doesn’t it make sense that Mulan should be played by a Chinese considering Mulan was a Chinese?

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Li Yu: A Tragic King and Talented Poet

In this post, I am going to talk about another famous Chinese person: 李煜 ( lǐ yù ), who was born to be a king but he was a great poet instead.

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How to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival

Autumn Festival (中秋节 ) (zhōng qiū jié ) or Moon Festival is coming.

In case some of you don’t know, Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on August 15 Chinese year, however the date varies on western year.

Autumn Festival is one of the most important Chinese holidays. There are various stories about the origin of this festival.

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How Chinese Parents Educate Children? These Sayings Are the Answer.

Asian Chinese children are well known to have excellent academic performance. To be honest, it is not true all the time. However, many Chinese parents do follow ancient Chinese wisdom to raise their children.

In this post, I will explain some Chinese sayings related with parenting to give you a glimpse about how Chinese parents think about education and how we educate our children.

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Chinese Tang Poem: The House in the Bamboo

In this post, we are going to learn another Chinese tang poem by a very famous poet and politician Wang, Wei.

Wang, Wei was a very talented person. He was good at a lot of fields including music, drawing and writing etc.