Category Archives: Chinese Culture
天灯
This last week was a national holiday in China celebrating the national day (October 1st). So I’ve had a week off school (and to make up for that week I had school today – Saturday..) and Isaac came to visit … Continue reading
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Spring Festival
新年快樂! (Happy New Year) February 14th this year was the Chinese New Year‘s Day, the peak of the Spring Festival which is the most important Chinese holiday. As all traditional Chinese festivals, it is based on the Lunar Calendar and … Continue reading
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Food?
One of my goals for this year is to expand my perspective on the world. This week, I’ve certainly expanded my idea of what is food. China is well-known for her .. special delicacies. Here are some of the dishes … Continue reading
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Eating rose and dried squid
We spend most of our time during week days in our office, which we share with 8 other Senior-1 English teachers. Right now, I’m sitting in the office eating tofu, processed rose and dried squid as snacks. You see, it’s normal in our … Continue reading
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昆曲 Kunqu
We went to se a traditional chinese Kunqu opera this Saturday! It was great and the actors were the best I’ve ever seen. They could express an impressive range of emotions using their facial expressions only. The opera we went … Continue reading
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星期六在高淳县 Saturday in Gaochun Xian
Last Saturday, we went with Jenny and Yuanyuan, two of our teacher friends, to their hometown. It’s a bit bigger than Lishui and about one and a half hour away with bus. This city, called Gaochun, is famous for it’s … Continue reading
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星期六 在 高淳县 二 Saturday In Gaochun Xian 2
Yuanyuan’s parents, which we came to visit, are building a new house. In the villages in China, it’s less expensive to build a new house than to buy one. Before I came to China I heard that people living in … Continue reading
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Traffic
The traffic is a bit different from Norway in this wonderful new world of mine. First of all, it makes much more sound. The car horn is used to inform everyone that you’re coming and that they should move. So … Continue reading
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First week in Lishui, part 3
It’s normal in smaller towns in China that people go out dancing in certain parks in the evenings. They dance either as couples or in groups. Sometimes it feels like being in a musical, walking by them, with everyone knowing … Continue reading
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First week in Lishui, part 2
The days so far have gone by with reading, writing book reports, geting to know people and trying to learn Chinese. We haven’t started working yet, and hopefully we’ll get our teaching schedules some time today, but we really don’t … Continue reading
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