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A Famous Chinese Poem About Mother’s Love

There are many great artworks about mothers’ love. However, when Chinese people try to express their love for their moms, they always think about one poem: 游子吟 ( yóu zǐ yín ) (A Wanderer’s Song). This famous poem was written by 孟郊 ( mèng jiāo ) from the Tang dynasty. 

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Chinese Classic Poem: Snow in the River

In this post, we are going to learn another famous Chinese classic poem written by Liu, Zongyuan (柳宗元).  Liu, Zongyuan is a famous writer and poet in Tang dynasty.

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Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (2) Mulan Went Back Home

In this post, we are going to learn the second part of Mulan poem. For the first part, please read the post: Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (1) Mulan Joined the army.

From the first part of this poem, we learned the reason why Mulan joined the army and her hard life in the army. In the second part, we will learn Mulan’s life after she went back home. Let’s take a look.

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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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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.