Sunday, March 19, 2017

Blogging with Chinese Parents

We have a very good opportunity to chat with our Chinese Parents from Grade 3 classes to share their cultural experience with us.  Please feel free to leave comments on this message to ask any questions you have regarding to Chinese Culture.

Interesting Facts about Chinese Culture

Chinese "bad luck" number and "lucky" numbers:
Chinese consider "4" as "bad luck" number as the pronunciation "si" sounds similar to "death" in Chinese. 
In contrast, the number 8 "bâ" sounds similar to "wealth", so Chinese consider "8"a lucky number.
In fact, Beijing Summer Olympics started on 08/08/08 at precisely 08:08:08 p.m.

Below are some common traditions, celebrations and symbols that are unique to Chinese culture:
Chinese Festivals
Chinese New Year
Dragon Parade
Chinese Zodiac
Chinese New Year Around The World
Moon Festival
Chinese Dragon Boat Festival

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Video on Zhu Kun's daily life

Please see below video "Families of China" to follow a day in the lives of Zhu Kun, a 9 years old daily school life in China.