My Chinese Is Not Good. by Transition

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What’s Happening in China Now

My Chinese is not good. By Transition

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=wo+de+zhongwen+bu+hao&FORM=VIRE2#view=detail&mid=E5F9F911CA14B1A03EE0E5F9F911CA14B1A03EE0

-  Towards the end it goes “my Chinese has now improved.”

“Chinese Bridge” Competitions for Foreigners – National Final by CCTV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf4WXQGPVo

-  2:35 David recites 2nd half of Ci by “Chairman Mao”

-  14:00 JIANG Kun comments on Chinese radicals

-  16:00 David recites “SanXingWuShen”

-  20:00 Player from Thailand sings “ShuiDiaoGeTou”

Korean TV Show about China: w/ Chinese subtitle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRr_F9OKQnk&feature=player_embedded

-  many interviews are in English

春运图片 photos showing “Spring Festival (or Chinese New Year) Transportation” https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1011&bih=769&q=mercer+university+campus&oq=mercer+u&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.2299.4471.0.8845.8.8.0.0.0.0.107.587.7j1.8.0.msedr...0...1ac.1.61.img..0.8.582.lYIvZPQCbiQ#hl=en&tbm=isch&q=%E6%98%A5%E8%BF%90%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87&imgdii=_qrBKu--GojLtM%3A%3BccF5hBbdwO_fdM%3B_qrBKu--GojLtM%3A

2015年央视春晚节目点播 (CCTV Spring Festival Celebratory Special)

http://chunwan.cntv.cn/

-  The most expensive show by LI YuChun (the pop star to be focused on later in our class by Ms. HAN from CI @ Wesleyan) http://chunwan.cntv.cn/2015/02/18/VIDE1424271786858242.shtml

The challenges of finding love in China

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-challenges-of-finding-love-in-china/

Xin Nian Hao! (New Year Happy) Fireworks in NYC 2/17 @ 7:30PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmuiQP7cUr0

XU Bing’s Art: Writing not for reading ()

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Xu+Bing+Art&Form=IQFRDR

Can you make this one out: content and signature?

This one is a real challenge. I have to give up. But you can read it: since it’s in English retendered thru

, with the alphabet .

国画兰花(Chinese Painting: Orchid) –

-  Samples http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=%e5%9b%bd%e7%94%bb%e5%85%b0%e8%8a%b1&FORM=HDRSC2

-  How to draw Orchid in Chinese brush painting or Sumi-e: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd_HfFnNyV4

-  Photos (兰花照片) http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=%E5%85%B0%E8%8A%B1%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=%E5%85%B0%E8%8A%B1%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#a

-  Chinese painting/Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_painting

-  Bird and flower painting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird-and-flower_painting

孫子兵法 - The Art of War:

-  Original text w/ English translation: http://ctext.org/school-of-the-military

-  Entry on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War

圍棋 Wei Qi (also known as GO, based on Japanese pronunciation)

-  Entry on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)#Origin_in_China

-  棋經 http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%A3%8B%E7%B6%93

-  WeiQiTV.com

-  weiqi.tom.com

-  Go by Example: Correcting common mistakes in double digit kyu play Paperback – October 5, 2010 by Neil Moffatt (Author): ((Almost) the entire book is available on Amazon.com)

-  弈 (Yi, another name for WeiQi)括(all included)

Daily Usages of Chinese

-  Setup Chinese input method in Windows 8:
http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-add-chinese-input-method-in-windows-8/

-  Google or Bing translate with text-to-speech feature

-  List of Chinese dishes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_dishes

-  Laobaixing (老百姓) and the Hundred Family Surnames (百家姓)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Family_Surnames

-  Chinese Dialects (汉语方言)
Varieties of Chinese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese

Three Kingdoms Period in Media

-  Entry on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms

-  Cao Cao (横槊赋诗) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jOGFogoWE8

-  Sun (Wu) Liu (Shu) Alliance (舌戰群儒) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5ik6oZiNy4

-  Borrow Arrows from Cao Fleet (草船借箭) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuJ0BoTRD60

-  Borrow East Wind (借东风) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yheBA25nLt4

-  Ambush Cao Cao at HuaRong Trail (华容道) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cl-lV_K5Ck

-  Royal Wedding Ceremony (龙凤呈祥) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2qfm2yv3NQ

-  Beijing (aka Peking) Opera: http://www.ask.com/wiki/Peking_opera?o=2800&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com
http://baike.baidu.com/subview/61656/13541338.htm (description of roles, in Chinese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h08Y08TccM (performance in English)

Love Story in Operas: a comparative study

-  Turandot: a Chinese princess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turandot

PrincessTurandot / soprano / Top of Form
女高音
Bottom of Form / F. hi. tone
The Emperor Altoum,her father / tenor / Top of Form
男高音
Bottom of Form / M. hi. t.
Timur,the dispossessed King of Tartary / bass / Top of Form
男低音
Bottom of Form / M. lo. t.
Calàf,his son / tenor
Liù,a young slave-girl / soprano
Ping,Grand Chancellor (Mask) / Baritone / Top of Form
男中音
Bottom of Form / M. mid. t.
Pang,General Purveyor (Mask) / Tenor
Pong,Chief Cook (Mask) / Tenor
A Mandarin / Baritone
The Prince of Persia / silent role
The Executioner (Pu-Tin-Pao) / silent role

茉莉花 (Jasmine)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT5D8XroQ3o by (SONG Zhuying & Celine Dion)

-  牡丹亭(The Peony Pavilion) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peony_Pavilion

o  A English translation: http://www.amazon.com/Peony-Pavilion-Mudan-ting-Second/dp/0253215277/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427118292&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Peony+Pavilion+Cyril+Birch#reader_0253215277

杜丽娘 (Du Liniang) / 闺门旦 (GuimenDan)
柳梦梅 (Liu Mengmei) / 扇子生（Shanzi-sheng)
春香 （Chunxiang） / 旦俫 （Danlai）

o  Lyric

原来姹紫嫣红开遍，
似这般都付断井颓垣。
良辰美景奈何天，
赏心乐事谁家院。
朝飞暮倦，云霞翠轩；
雨丝风片，烟波画船——
锦屏人忒看的这韶光贱。
〈游园〉 / Didn’t know that flowers in colorful purple and charming red are blossoming everywhere,
But just presented to the broken well and leaning walls.
Wonderful moments and beautiful scenes are wasted under the sky,
Enjoyable events happen in whomever else garden.
Dawn fly [yet] dusk fold, cloud afterglow jade pavilion;
Rain thread [and] wind flake, hazy wave decorated boat—
Painted figures [seeing it every day] don’t appreciate the scenery as beatiful
(from You Yuan or Visiting the Garden)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKDlnkjfnCc

美国“汉字叔叔”自费创建汉字网 为此穷困潦倒(“Uncle HanZi [Chinese Character]” from US, spent all his money to develop a HanZi Website)

http://www.fantizi5.com/ziyuan/

http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2015/04/14/4189791.html (report online)

Touring China

Top 10 attractions in Beijing http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=beijing+tourist+attractions&qs=AS&sk=VI2AS2&FORM=QBVR&pq=beijing%20t&sc=8-9&sp=5&qs=AS&sk=VI2AS2#view=detail&mid=B5978C6611E079EB7955B5978C6611E079EB7955

Official Trailer http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=beijing+tourist+attractions&qs=AS&sk=VI2AS2&FORM=QBVR&pq=beijing%20t&sc=8-9&sp=5&qs=AS&sk=VI2AS2#view=detail&mid=AA7D97A6EF2D1DBA7D6DAA7D97A6EF2D1DBA7D6D

Top 10 attractions in Xian http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=xian%20tourist%20attractions&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=xian%20tourist%20attractions&sc=3-24&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=E1F9C8A33F9CBB059C4AE1F9C8A33F9CBB059C4A

Qufu

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=qufu%20tourist%20attractions&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=qufu%20tourist%20attractions&sc=0-24&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=9EFB9778D8821E9CF2AA9EFB9778D8821E9CF2AA

Shanghai http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=shanghai%20tourist%20attractions&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=shanghai%20tourist%20attractions&sc=8-28&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=5F612E315CB838406D935F612E315CB838406D93

Top 5 Travel Attractions in Shanghai, China http://on.aol.com/video/top-5-travel-attractions-in-shanghai--china-337701747

All about Chinese Food

How to Make Dumplings at Home

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Making+Chinese+Dumplings&Form=VQFRVP#view=detail&mid=B1234346B7311447E603B1234346B7311447E603

(Cantonese) Dim Sum style http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Making+How+to+Shape+Dumplings&Form=VQFRVP#view=detail&mid=C50350392A1A9E2777D5C50350392A1A9E2777D5

馬雅文明與中國文明的關係

http://www.reconnectiontaiwan.tw/viewthread.php?tid=8142