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Lemon Tree
by 苏慧伦 sū huì lún
lyrics: 许常德 xǔ cháng dé
Composer：Hinkel/Fredent HalerLemon Tree is a great song. The original English one is for sure a beautiful song that everybody who heard it won’t forget it. This Lemon Tree in Chinese is also a fantastic one you will like.Here are the [...]

中文zhōng wén (Chinese) are two simple Chinese symbols that everybody in the club should know. To help the kids know the order of strokes, here are two flashes from Shuifeng.net.

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I used a game to help the small kids (4-7) learn the song “伦敦大桥垮下来”（lún dūn dà qiáo kuǎ xià lái). It was quite good, everybody enjoyed it.
I picked two children to join hands at head-level, creating a “bridge” between them. The rest of the children walked in a circle which led them going under the [...]

In the club, the children all wanted to be the first one to sing a song, in the end it became difficult to be fair. So we decided to go for “剪刀石头布”（jiǎndāo shítóu bù — scissors, stone, fabric), also known as Rock, Scissors, Paper.
To show 剪刀(scissors), you extend the index and middle fingers.
to show [...]

The torch has a very strong Chinese flavour. The shape of the paper scroll and the lucky clouds graphic expresses the good wish for the relay and Olympics Games.
Some facts about the torch:

It is 72 centimetres high, weighs 985 grams and is made of aluminium.
A torch can usually keep burning for approximately 15 minutes [...]

On March 24 when Beijing Olympics flame was lit in front of the Temple of Hera, the site of Ancient Olympia, in Athens, Olympics flame was handed over to Beijing on March 31. Since then, the Olympics torch has been passed to Almaty, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, London, Paris. It is now on the way [...]

(Photo credit: kenmoo2009)
Today is the traditional Chinese Qingming Festival 清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), meaning Clear and Bright Festival. It is a day to mourn the departed people. Traditionally, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors will look after the family. Hence. Qingming Festival is the traditional day for people to visit the graveyard, so it [...]