I read of one school in the USA that is going to celebrate Chinese New Year, the Dragon Festival and the Moon Festival (a.k.a Mid-Autumn Festival) all on the same day instead of concentrating on Chinese New Year this year. I have no idea why. Sounds confusing to me!
The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated on 5/5 lunar and is the 3rd most important Chinese holiday of the year. In 2006, it was May 31st and it will be Tuesday, June 19th in 2007 but in America, many communities hold their dragon boat races later in the year.
My theory is that it can still be pretty cool in May and a delay gives the teams more time to practice. (The 2007 races in New Jersey, USA are June 2nd and October 7th so perhaps my theory needs some work.)
St. Paul is already getting ready for this year's Dragon Boat races in July 2007.
Dragon Boat Coloring Page
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
MTV Chinese!
You can now get MTV Chinese through Direct TV.
For more information, see http://www.mtvchi.com/contact/
You will have to decide whether this is appropriate for your family at this time, but listening to more Chinese certainly fits in with the ear training and exposure theory. And I believe that if subtitles are available, that would be a wonderful addition.
For samples of what might be available - and at least today - to vote on what you want to see on MTV Chi, go to:
http://www.mtvchi.com/
For more information, see http://www.mtvchi.com/contact/
You will have to decide whether this is appropriate for your family at this time, but listening to more Chinese certainly fits in with the ear training and exposure theory. And I believe that if subtitles are available, that would be a wonderful addition.
For samples of what might be available - and at least today - to vote on what you want to see on MTV Chi, go to:
http://www.mtvchi.com/
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