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2011
Newsletters: November, 2011 issue |
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Chinese Language Programme December Newsletter
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Month: This is the first page of the
One-Thousand-Character Essay written by The Thousand Character
Classic (千字文) is a Chinese essay used as a
primer for teaching Chinese characters to children over the millennium.
It contains exactly one thousand unique characters. It is said that Emperor
Wu of the Liang Dynasty (r. 502-549)
commissioned a scholar to compose this essay for his prince to practice calligraphy. Generations of
scholars and calligraphers have practiced writing this classic. The above was
written by the Ming Dynasty calligrapher Wen Zhengming. To see and download the entire piece written by
him, please click here. To find more info
about the classic, please click here. Programme News End of the Fall Term The fall term ends on 2 December. Final exams
for regular classes will be held on Tuesday, 6 December and Wednesday, 7
December. Your instructor will inform you of the details. See our instructor in
action Watch a short video here,
which shows some of Professor Zhou’s process. Prof. Zhou is the instructor of
our calligraphy class. What he wrote is 全美中文大会 (National Conference on Chinese Language), which will be held in Learn Chinese brush
painting Chinese Brush Painting
is the dominant painting style of To learn Chinese Brush
Painting, you are welcome to attend a lunchtime workshop on Friday, 16
December, 1-2 pm in DC2-200A. The workshop is to be conducted by Mr. Ying
Wang, Education Counsellor at the Chinese Consulate General in Useful
Resources 1. Write characters using the mouse Check out this website: http://www.nciku.com/,
where you can write characters using the mouse. 2. Chinese etymology When you visit http://www.chineseetymology.org/,
you will see the result of the past 20 years of Richard Sears’s efforts to make
Chinese character etymology information available online. Click here
to read a feature story entitled “A Character among Characters” about how a
nearly fatal heart attack pushes this American to pursue his dream of
founding the world's first website devoted to the etymology of written
Chinese. Community Events 1. Join
Watch what students have
learned so far in NYCCC. NYCCC's Students have
taken classes in Chinese Folk Dance, Martial Arts, Tai Chi,
Acrobatics, Chinese Language, Ballroom Dance, Paper Cutting, Calligraphy, and
more!
Time: 1 P.M.- 2:30 P.M. &
3 P.M.- 4:30 P.M. Admission: Free Location: P.S. 124 / Find more about NYCCC and this event at
http://www.chinesedance.org/.
The China Arts &
Entertainment Group (CAEG), a creative enterprise under the administration of
the Ministry of Culture for the People’s Republic of China is pleased to
announce the US Premiere of a new dance drama production of The Peony Pavilion by the China Jinling Dance Company of Nanjing taking the stage at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
January 5 - 8, 2012. There will be 4 shows from 5 January to 8 January: THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012 @ 8PM See details at http://www.davidhkochtheater.org/moreinfoCAEG.html. The organizers of the event are offering UN staff members a 30% discount if you use the code TPPUN. Please click here for a color flier. Copies of the flier can be picked up outside of DC2-207. Articles
of Interest 1. Picture Perfect By Angela Shen
China Daily, 3 November, 2011 The weeklong World
Photographers Focusing on Some things - like the time-honored
value placed on education - have remained relatively unchanged in "
2. Bloomberg's Spanish and Huntsman's ChineseBy Chris Livaccari Education Week, 11 November, 2011
Linguists are seldom called upon to weigh in on political debates or controversies, so it was quite surprising several weeks ago when discussions of language "fluency" emerged prominently in the Republican presidential race. A set of statements—in Mandarin Chinese—by presidential hopeful (and former U.S. Ambassador to China and Utah Governor) John Huntsman brought language professionals into the fray arguing about just how good his Chinese is, and whether or not he is truly worthy of the title of "fluent" Chinese speaker. Much of this discussion has simply missed the point.
Click
here
to see more. 3. Picking Brand Names in By Michael Wines
The New York Times: 11
November, 2011 To Westerners, that’s Nike, BMW, Heineken and Coca-Cola,
respectively. And those who wish to snicker should feel free: the companies
behind these names are laughing too — all the way to the bank. Click here
to see more. 4. Nine year-old art prodigy Kieron
Williamson nets £100,000 in 10 minutes
By Claire Duffin
The Telegragh, 12 November, 2011 Kieron Williamson had taken
the day off school to attend the sale of his art in "I think these paintings are my best yet," said Kieron, who has been dubbed a mini-Monet. Collectors had queued to be first in line when the gallery
opened at 9am on Friday and buyers from the Click here
to see more. Videos 1. Believe it or not,
there was a time in
Click here
to see the video. 2.
To know What is Click here
to see the video. |
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