In this post, we are going to learn a Chinese kids song based on a very popular English nursery rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider (小蜘蛛) (xiǎo zhī zhū ).
The interesting thing is, even though this English Children’s song is very popular, however, it is not easy to find a Chinese version of this song.
In my blog, I introduced several Chinese Tang Poems already: Spring dawn, Grasses, Painting and On the Stork Tower.
In this post, we will learn another well known Chinese Tang Poem written by Luo, Binwang (骆宾王) ( luò bīn wáng ): Ode to the goose (咏鹅) ( yǒng é ).
If you read my post: 8 Most Famous Confucius Quotes in English and Chinese , I hope Confucius’s wisdom will give you some inspiration.
Chinese culture has 5000 years long history. There are a lot of thoughtful sayings that we Chinese take as life guides.
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?