No doubt. Confucius is the most famous Chinese person all the time. As a great educator, philosopher and writer, Confucius is highly respected in Chinese culture. We respect Confucius for his wisdom and contributions on various fields.
Through translation, Confucius’s thoughts were wildly known in the rest of the world including English speaking countries and areas.
Let’s be honest. Back to twenty years ago, no people asked this question. Why? Because few people were interested in learning Mandarin Chinese.
However, in the past ten years, especially, recently, more and more people start to ask this question: Why learn Mandarin Chinese?
In my posts: My Favorite Chinese Love Poem (1) and My favorite Chinese Love Poem (2), we appreciated two classic Chinese love poems.
In my post: How My Family Celebrated Chinese New Year, I talked about how ordinary people like my family celebrated Chinese new year.
In this post, I will talk about what are general Chinese new year traditions. At the same time, as usual, we will learn some Chinese characters related with this topic.
If you read my post My Favorite Chinese Love Poem (1): the Yangtze love, I hope you enjoy this beautiful love poem as I do.
In this post, I am going to share another of my favorite love poems. This love poem is written in Han dynasty about 2000 years ago.