The Chinese Cultural Learning Center Offerings for English Speakers

Chinese-English Bilingual Program (New!)

Each phrase has Chinese characters, pronunciation (in pinyin), and both literal English and colloquial English translations. Click on the lines to hear them in both English and Chinese!

• Chinese Pronunciation
• English Pronunciation
• Chinese-English Bilingual Conversation
• Chinese-English Bilingual Educational Stories (CD1)
• Chinese-English Bilingual Educational Stories (CD2)
• Chinese-English Modern Chinese: Prose
• Chinese-English Classical Chinese: Prose
• Chinese-English Classical Chinese: Poetry

    Index

• Chinese Language
• Learning Chinese Characters
• Selected Children's Stories
• Modern Chinese Prose
• Classical Chinese Prose
• Classical Chinese Poetry ('Ci' type)
• Classical Chinese Poetry ('Shi' type)
• Taoist Classics
• The Classic of Changes
• Chinese Culture
• Other Chinese Cultural Web Sites
• Multicultural

Chinese Language

• Chinese Pronunciation(fanti):  See it and hear it!
• Chinese Pronunciation(jianti):  See it and hear it!
• Learning Chinese through Pictures:  See it and hear it!
• Capitals, Municipalities, Provinces, Autonomous Regions, and Special Zones
• Chinese Sentence Patterns, Part A.
• Chinese Sentence Patterns, Part B.
• Chinese Sentence Patterns, Part C.
• Chinese Sentence Patterns, Part D.
• Chinese Sentence Patterns, Part E.
• Chinese Sentence Patterns, Part F.
• Conversational Chinese on the Asian Cyber site.

Learning Chinese Characters

• Introduction,PartA
• Introduction,PartB
• Part A: Page 1-5
• Part B: Page 6-10
• Part C: Page 11-15
• Part D: Page 16-20
• Part E: Page 21-25
• Part F: Page 26-30
• Part G: Page 31-35
• Part H: Page 36-40
• Part I: Page 41-45
• Part J: Page 46-50
• Part K: Page 51-52

Selected Children's Stories

Chinese-English bilingual Eduation Stories -- a set of 15 stories, complete with sound, is available in CD format. You may see two sample stories at Great Wall Art. CD can be purchased at the same site.

• Mother Monkey Saves Her Little Monkeys
• The Ungrateful Wolf, Part A
• The Ungrateful Wolf, Part B
• The Little Girl Who Watched the Lighthouse
• The Four Musicians, Part A
• The Four Musicians, Part B
• The Little Girl and the Big Dipper, Part A
• The Little Girl and the Big Dipper, Part B
• The Country that Abondoned Old People, Part A
• The Country that Abondoned Old People, Part B
• Cinderella, the 'Ashes Girl', Part A
• Cinderella, the 'Ashes Girl', Part B
• Cinderella, the 'Ashes Girl', Part C
• The Ugly Duckling, Part A
• The Ugly Duckling, Part B
• The Lion and the Mouse, Part A
• The Lion and the Mouse, Part B
• The Old Man in the Blockhouse
• The Little Pebble Soup, Part A
• The Little Pebble Soup, Part B
• The Chivalry of Xun Jubo
• The Hardworking Red Hen
• The Child Who Was Eager to Play
• The Monkey and the Alligator, Part A
• The Mondey and the Alligator, Part B
• The Honest Woodcutter, Part A
• The Honest Woodcutter, Part B
• The King Who Loved Gold, Part A
• The King Who Loved Gold, Part B
• The King Who Loved Gold, Part C
• The Tortoise Race with the Hare, Part A
• The Tortoise Race with the Hare, Part B
• Growing Wings to Fly in the Sky, Part A
• Growing Wings to Fly in the Sky, Part B
• The Man Who is Calm and Steady, Part A
• The Man Who is Calm and Steady, Part B
• The Little Lion Sees Himself, Part A
• The Little Lion Sees Himself, Part B
• The Blind Men Touching the Elephant, Part A
• The Blind Men Touching the Elephant, Part B
• Zhou Chu Corrects His Mistakes

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Chinese Literature

Modern Chinese Prose

• Xie Bingying
• 'Life and Works'
• 'Hometown (Part A)'
• 'Hometown (Part B)'
• 'Hometown (Part C)'
• Ding Ling
• Night Scene in a Manhattan Street, Part A
• Night Scene in a Manhattan Street, Part B
• Night Scene in a Manhattan Street, Part C
• Ba Jin
• 'Life and Works'
• 'A Paradise of Birds (Part A)'
• 'A Paradise of Birds (Part B)'
• 'A Paradise of Birds (Part C)'
• Bing Xin
• 'Bing Xin's Life and Works '
• ' Smile '
• ' Red Lotus '
• ' Dandelion '
• ' Life,PartA '
• ' Life,PartB '
• ' Life,PartC '
• Zhu Ziqing
• In a Hurry
• Seeing Father From the Back,PartA
• Seeing Father From the Back,PartB
• Spring
• Ye Shengtao
• ' Suzhou Garden,PartA '
• ' Suzhou Garden,PartB '

Classical Chinese Prose

• Tang Shunzhi
• The Record of Bamboo Stream, Part A
• The Record of Bamboo Stream, Part B
• Zhou Dunyi
• Thoughts on the Love of Lotus'
• Tao Qian
• [ Tao Qian's Life ]
• A Record of the Source of Peach Blooms

Classical Chinese Poetry
('Ci' - type of poetry: long and short words alternating)

Li Qingzhao

• As If Dream Song (1)(I often recall the Stream Pavilion at dusk...)
• As If Dream Song (2) (Last night the rain was sparse, the wind was sudden...)
• Short Version of Magnolia: ' From the baskets of a flower vendor's pole, I bought a branch of spring flowers about to bloom...'
• Fisherman's Pride: 'In the snow I already see the message of spring's arrival...'
• One Cut Plum: 'Only the fragrance of the red lotus remains...'
• Drunk in the Shade of the Flower: 'Thin fog, thick clouds, sadness all day long...'
• Recalling Flute Playing on the Phoenix Terrace: 'Incence is cold in the Bronze Lion Burner...'
• Painted Red Lips: 'In the lonely women's chamber...'
• Offering Incense: 'From the midst of the grass, the crickets chirp...'
• Very Pretty: 'The small tower is cold...'
• An extended version of 'Gather Mulberries': 'Who planted plantain in front of the window?...'
• A southern Song: 'In the sky the Milky Way turns...'
• Fisherman's Pride (2): 'The sky, the waves of clouds, the morning mist blended in one...'
• Sound after Sound in the Slow Musical Style : 'Seek, seek, search, search...'
• Wuling Spring: 'The wind stops, the dust is fragrant, the flowers all gone....'

Classical Chinese Poetry
('Shi' - type of poetry)

• Wang Yucheng:
• 'The Song of Official House'
• Wang Wei
• 'Bird-Singing Stream'
• 'Deer Enclosure'
• 'The Hall in the Bamboo Grove'
• 'Floating on the Hanjiang River'
• 'Stream of the Luan Family'
• 'Magnolia Entrenchment'
• 'In the Mountain'
• 'Autumn Dusk at a Mountain Lodge'
• 'Zhongnan Mountain'
• 'Zhongnan Villa'
• 'Visiting Xiangji Temple'
• 'Answer Zhang Shaofu'
• Anonymous
• Song of Mulan: Mulan Ci. See it and hear it!
• Tao Qian
• 'Five Poems of Returning to Fields and Garden Homes'
• 'Three poems of the Funeral Song'

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Chinese Philosophy

Taoist Classics

Lu Yan

• 100 Character Stele #1: "Nourish your qi as you forget both narration and fixation..."
• 100 Character Stele #2: "My original nature likes pure quiet..."
• "A Pavilion dedicated to Lu Dongbin," one of the 8 Taoist Immortals

Zhuang Zi

• [Zhuang Zi's Life and Book]
• The Happy Excursion, Part A
• The Happy Excursion, Part B
• The Happy Excursion, Part C
• The Happy Excursion, Part D
• The Fundamentals for the Cultivation of Life, Part A
• The Fundamentals for the Cultivation of Life, Part B

Lao Zi (Dao De Jing)

• Introduction
• Theme 1: The Definition of Dao, Part A
• Theme 1: The Definition of Dao, Part B
• Theme 2: The Function of Dao, Part A
• Theme 2: The Function of Dao, Part B
• Theme 3: The Principle of De
• Theme 4: Heaven and Earth
• Theme 5: Changes
• Theme 6: Taking No Action
• Theme 7: Action Without Competing
• Theme 8: Banishing Selfishness
• Theme 9: Eliminate Desires, Part A
• Theme 9: Eliminate Desires, Part B
• Theme 10: Banishing Knowledge, Part A
• Theme 10: Banishing Knowledge, Part B
• Theme 11: Avoiding Violence
• Theme 12: Return to Simplicity, Part A
• Theme 12: Return to Simplicity, Part B
• Theme 13: Political, Part A
• Theme 13: Political, Part B
• Theme 14: The Sage

The Classic of Changes (Yi Jing)

• Introduction
• Hexagram 1: Qian (A)
• Hexagram 1: Qian (B)

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Chinese Culture

• Chinese Peony Species Garden: white, yellow, green, and pink peonies
• Chinese Peony Species Garden: red peonies.
• Chinese Peony Species Garden: purple, blue, black, and mixed-color peonies.
• Taiji Sword 'List of Forms' (A)
• Taiji Sword 'List of Forms' (B)
• Taiji Sword 'List of Forms' (C)

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Multicultural

• Photos of Greece

Other Chinese Cultural Web Sites

• China/Chinese-Related Web Sites
• China Vista's site:  great graphics and extensive visual tours of China
• Dr. Pei's Chinese Art and Literature site.
• National Palace Museum (in Taiwan).
• International Dunhuang Project
• Great Wall Art
• A Chinese Multimedia Tutorial
• Learn Chinese (index)
• The Chinese Cultural Center in Vancouver, Canada
• The Seattle Chinese Garden
• Chinese Gardens:  A page of links to gardens in the US and Canada.
• Bamboo in USA
• A web site on Chinese Peonies
• Chinese Acupuncture
• Chinese/English Dictionary
• Blue Mountain Feng Shui Institute
• Dharma Drum Mountain
• 'Humanity Vehicle' Buddhism
• Buddist Compassion Relief: Tzu Chi Foundation
• Hsi Lai Temple

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This site was created by Dr. Chong and Catherine Carey.  Much of the graphics scanning, table code, and all of the frames coding has been done by the 2 younger generations of the Chong family: Dr. Chong's son, Ping "Pete" and grandson, Hermann.

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Last updated April 27, 2003.