give me some information about chinese culture?
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http://chineseculture.about.com/bl_index.htm
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There is no "best" art. Shaolin Temple Boxing (Kung Fu) & Karate are both fine martial arts. There are more differences among different Chinese styles than there are between Chinese & Japanese styles or between Chinese & Korean styles etc.\nFind a good instructor & good luck.
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well, all i know is that mandarin is the national language of china and their dress (if you are asking about ladies dress) is cheongsam. why don't you try http://en.wikipedia.org? just type Pakistan,Bhutan,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh,China,Afghanistan,or Myanmar\n\ni did a little research on my own and i thought maybe these might help you out:\n\nPakistan\nOfficial Language: Urdu and English\nNational Dress: Shalwar Qameez (men usually wear with a sherwani or achkan)\n\nBhutan\nOfficial Language: Dzongkha and English\nTraditional Dress: Gho (men) and Kira (women) \n\nSri lanka\nOfficial Language: Sinhala and Tamil\nNational Dress: no national dress but they usually wear lungi (men) and sari (women)\n\nBangladesh \nOfficial Language: Bangla ( or Bengali) \nNational Dress: no national dress but they usually wear kurta-pajama or lungi (men) and sari or salwar kameez (women)\n\nChina\nOfficial Language: Standard Mandarin (Putonghua)\nTraditional Dress: Hanfu\n\nAfghanistan\nOfficial Language: Pashto and Dari\nNational Dress: no national dress but they usually wear arab robe (men) and burqa (women)\n\nMyanmar\nOfficial Language: Burmese\nNational Dress: sorry, couldn't find any info about their dress
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You'll find some at this website:\nhttp://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/1219/mandarin_index.html
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http://www.friesian.com/sangoku.htm\n\nThis website shows the names of the chinese emperors and the years they were in power.
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a few ideas:\n\nmake some friends in Japan or Korea, with interest in culture or fashion, on a chat line like www.icq.com  or  www.guanxi.com \nThey could help give you practical advice or direct you to good books or websites about it.  \n\ncontact a cultural centre who like to preserve and respect culture, like Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre for example, www.yhqg.org  ,  and either they can help you, or direct you to something like it closer to your city or country.
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Since Chinese is a picture-nased language, showing children how particular words look like what they mean, may be a fun way to teach. \n\nI bought a book titled 'Fun With Chinese Characters' from a bookshop here in Australia and it certainly took a fun approach to the Chinese written language.  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932457003/sr=8-1/qid=1151222903/ref=sr_1_1/102-0294955-0287366?ie=UTF8\nThe cover of the book itself shows you for example, how the Chinese word for 'hand' was created based on the image of the hand.\nI recommend this book, and there are others which take the same approach on Amazon.com.\n\nYou can find many examples of these words versus pictures in this Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character\nOf course, not every Chinese character is a pictograph - but hopefully by getting students familiar with writing the little radicals that make up the words, it won't seem so hard.\n\nHopefully you'll find some good books to help you and that your students and you yourself have fun!
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It's a culture thing. It is also perhaps due to the fact that you weren't really raised in China to begin with. Perhaps if you visit China,you'd understand better :)
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Chinese is a tonal language. This means that tone are used to distinguish words from each other.
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i speak chinese. and i'd like to help-if i can. how and what do you want to learn?
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*LOL* no!!!\n\nhttp://www.chinatownconnection.com/chinese-superstitions.htm  <<< Chinese Superstitions
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The people that can help are the Peace Corps. Ask what they would like to have and work from there. You could pick culture and be most effective by prepareing. \nI am sure the second language, local customs, laws,etc.\nThen something you can offer them. English lessons, math, science, agriculture. Maybe you have someting particular for them.\nI'll list an interesting book about working in China. There is a short movie also.
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Can you please write me back at Yahoo?  Chinese would be very useful to me!
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I advise you ask this again under China section, or under music. Maybe they can help you further better. :)
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i hope these links will help u.\nhttp://www.chinatoday.com/\nhttp://www.chinapage.com/china.html\nhttp://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/welcome.html
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For China check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China#History and for Japan check here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan#History\n\nGood Luck too you!!!
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I have a few Chinese friends that I have kept for several years.  It is more difficult to have a close friendship with a Chinese person because they are conditioned by their culture to be more formal and guarded.  I lived in China for almost a year.  I still cannot play go very well (weiqi).\n\nI like the way Chinese characters are constructed but it is difficult for me to remember them and they are very small.  I cannot appreciate the beauty of the calligraphy that I would hang it on the wall as a person does a painting.  I know how difficult it is to write with a brush though.  It took longer for me to learn Chinese than to learn French.  It is difficult to get used to the tones.  \n\nI like Chinese foods even the fungi and fermented things.  I miss the sweets.  I like some Chinese art.  I like the children's palaces.  I like the exercising before class and in the park.  I think acupuncture may really work.  Qi gong breathing is healthy.  \n\nChina is way too crowded, though.  I really felt claustrophobic.