Articles for helping kids learn about china culture

Mid-Autumn festival is not just celebrated in China but also across other Asian countries, and it’s always celebrated on the 8 th  month of the lunar calendar. This year it falls on a Monday, September the 24 th , and we are all excited as we get a holiday to celebrate it with our families. The Mid-Autumn festival is the second most important festival in China, can you think what is the first? Of course, it’s Spring Festival! 1-on-1 Mandarin class for Children could help kids learn Chinese language faster. At Lingo Bus, we are going to present you a fun online class on 24 th  from 8:30 to 8:55 pm, EST! Learn Chinese for Children is a fun way.  Lingo Bus Mid-autumn Festival Live Class So why is it celebrated? The Mid-Autumn festival has been celebrated for over 3,000 years, and is always celebrated when the moon is believed to be at it’s biggest and fullest. It’s a truly stunning sight to behold, the nights are getting cooler so it’s comfortable to sit outsi...

Throughout the history world has always been fascinated by chinese nation. As they tend to be very inspiring and artistic whether it’s their dress code,food aur alphabets.  The chinese alphabets have quite delicate and sophisticated artistic structure .It’s like when you look a word written in chinese letters you are not actually reading it ,it gives an image ,a picture of the scenario its describing. Origin of these letters is from symbols which tell about a certain incident. Describing how to learn chinese for kids , firstly whenever we want to communicate in chinese we must look at the familiarity of a person to chinese language.  why,that is so because if the person is native to chinese language use of few words can describe the whole scenario but if the person ,the commuter is a foreigner ,then we need more clarification on our choice of words e-g if two chinese people communicate together then and they talk about what to eat for dinner, they may tell ...

There’s a reason why I love the simplicity of hand counting numbers in Chinese. You can do it with just one hand and you can count to huge amount of numbers in this way e.g. 1000 would be signed as one ten ten ten, so handy! But most importantly it’s a life saver in the busy loud markets for when you can’t talk to the shopkeepers. How many jin (unit of measure) of pork do I want? For numbers one to five it’s pretty simple… it’s the same as our system. It’s from six that it gets more complicated, but if you know the Chinese character for the numbers it makes more sense. Not I’m not telling you to give me a call, I want 6 of something! To hand sign six just extend the little finger and thumb with all the other fingers closed. Think of the sign for money, it’s the Chinese number seven, except you don’t rub your hands. The fingers are all touching whilst you point upwards. Ever play fought with imaginary hand guns as a kid, then you know how to do a number eig...

Lingo Bus, the service offers one-on-one Chinese language classes for kids over the Internet. According to its website, the service is intended to pair learners of Mandarin outside China aged 5 to 12 with qualified language instructors based in China, “wherever and whenever is convenient” for the learners. Tea houses can also take a more relaxed setting, turning into a place to hang out with friends and play games like mahjong. A buffet fee allows you free flow of your favourite tea, snacks and a private room to leisurely spend an afternoon. But of course, with busy careers we might not have time to spare for such relaxing activities and get our tea fix! But not to worry, tea is everywhere, I can’t walk more than 500 meters without reaching a popular tea brand such as Gongcha, Coco, and It’s time to. Some are so popular you might have to wait 1 plus hours to get your tea… These major tea brands cater to the young with new teas such as my favourite bubble milk tea or cheese mi...

In China meals and dishes are shared communally, because of this it may seem at times that there isn’t really any etiquette and that it’s a ‘free for all’ scenario. But that’s not the case, China has hidden etiquettes that you may not have noticed. It also depends who you are dining with. Learning Chinese with online platform Lingo Bus. Teach your children to speak and write Mandarin Chinese with Lingo Bus, your children very own personal online Chinese tutor. In formal dinner meetings, although it may be unspoken the sitting arrangement will be based on a hierarchy, with the seat of honor saved for the oldest or the host. This person is also the one who will get to eat first. Don’t take a bite before them if you want to avoid embarrassment. In all dining settings you need to be careful of how you use your chopsticks. Don’t repeat my mistake. Never leave your chopsticks left standing upright on a dish, in my case rice. This is how food offerings are done for the ...

More and more kids are learning Chinese . What do you think of Confucius sayings? Do you think they are helpful for today’s society and education? Are there any similar quotes to those found in the west? Confucius (孔子, kǒng zǐ ) was a government official, teacher, and philosopher, he lived through a chaotic period (551- 479 BC) and decided to take it upon himself to fix a broken system and create a better society. He developed a new moral code based on strong family and societal bonds, respect, honesty, and education. His moral code still has strong lasting effects in the social structure of Chinese society. zhī zhě bú huò ，rén zhě bú yōu ，yǒng zhě bú jù “知者不惑，仁者不忧，勇者不惧” Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. Guò ér bú gǎi ，shì wèi guò yǐ “过而不改 ， 是谓过矣” A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another mistake. 

Chengdu – 2 of 5 in a series of the most useful Chinese songs for kids! Good to study for how to remember: Chengdu 成都，Black 黑色，White 白色，Eyes 眼， Face 脸，Big 大，Panda 熊猫，Like 喜欢, Bamboo 竹子，Sleep 睡觉，Hello 你好. Original from : https://chinese.lingobus.com/2017/06/18/learn-chinese-childrens-songs/

Learn chinese words 圣诞老人 (sheng4 dan4 lao3 ren2) which in Chinese meaning old Christmas man, takes center stage as the main figure for celebrating Christmas in China. Christmas is not a national holiday, no one has the day off making it harder to celebrate. Because of this Christmas is seen and celebrated like other foreign holidays (Valentines/Saint Patrick’s/Thanksgiving) as an occasion to meet up and go out with friends and family for dinner. Even though as the world’s capital maker of Christmas decorations they are dirt cheap in China and can be found everywhere. Few actually celebrate Christmas the western way by decorating their house and celebrating with family. The few that have a Christmas tree may decorate it not only with western style ornaments but with beautiful Chinese paper lanterns, paper chains, this type of decorated tree is often named “tree of lights”. What might come as a surprise to foreigners is the common gift given on Christmas Eve in China, an apple...