Today, I showed my students in the Mandarin Chinese I classes the Four Treasures of the study (wén fáng sì bǎo 文房四宝), which refers to the essential tools a scholar in ancient China used in written communication. These tools, including 笔、墨、纸、砚, (bǐ, mò, zhǐ, yàn,Brush, Ink, Paper, Inkstone), are still used by calligraphers and Chinese brush painting artists all around the world.
Here is a video introducing them:
Here is a video introducing them:
Today, where the Americans are celebrating the Veteran's Day, the Chinese consumers are indulged in an online shopping spree. Originally a sort of anti-Valentine's day for the singles (the Arabic Numeral 1 is regarded as a symbol of the unattached), the Double 11 Day, also called the Singles Day, has evolved in just a decade's time into the biggest online shopping day of the year, comparable to Black Friday here in America without physical stores involved.
Here are some articles you might want to read:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34773940
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34784444
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/chinas-singles-day-business-boon-online-shopping-n460886
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-09/why-singles-day-in-china-is-bigger-than-cyber-monday
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-singles-day-alibaba-jd-com-breaks-record-number-of-sales/
Here are some articles you might want to read:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34773940
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-34784444
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/chinas-singles-day-business-boon-online-shopping-n460886
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-09/why-singles-day-in-china-is-bigger-than-cyber-monday
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-singles-day-alibaba-jd-com-breaks-record-number-of-sales/
And a video...