Below are the music and online activities recommended in the China chapter of Australia to Zimbabwe: A Rhyming Romp Around the World to 24 Countries including:
- Kung Fu
- Count to 10 in Mandarin
- Count to 10 on One Hand
- Terra Cotta Warriors
- Great Wall of China
- Forbidden City
- Chinese Opera
- Chinese Table Manners and How to Use Chopsticks
- Learn the Chorus of “Wo Ai Ni Zhongguo” or “I Love You, China”
- Listen to traditional instruments: the pipa, erhu, guzheng and dizi
- Traditional Chinese Folksong “Mo Li Hua”
- Chinese Schools
- Chinese History in 18 Minutes
Shaolin Kung Fu
Learn Some Basic Kung Fu (Wushu) Forms
Count to 10 in Mandarin
Learn Chinese 1-10 Hand Signs
Count in Mandarin with Hand Signs
Story of the Terra-cotta Warriors
Terra-cotta Warriors
Great Wall of China
Misconceptions about the Great Wall of China
Forbidden City History
Forbidden City
Chinese Opera
Chinese Dining Etiquette
How to Use Chopsticks
Wo Ai Ni Zhongguo- I Love You China
Pipa
Erhu
Guzheng
Dizi
Mo Li Hua
Sing Along to Mo Li Hua
Chinese History in 18 Minutes
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Shaolin Kung Fu
Amazing feats of Shaolin kung fu. -
Learn Some Basic Kung Fu (Wushu) Forms
This is a fun way to try out some of the first moves and stances that students of kung fu learn. -
Count to 10 in Mandarin
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Learn Chinese 1-10 Hand Signs
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Count in Mandarin with Hand Signs
This video has the pronunciation, written numbers and hand signs- see it all put together. -
Story of the Terra-cotta Warriors
An introduction for kids by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis -
Terra-cotta Warriors
National Geographic's introduction to Terra-cotta Warriors -
Great Wall of China
Deconstructing History -
Misconceptions about the Great Wall of China
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Forbidden City History
Created by the Asian Art Museum. A great short description of the history, though the visuals are pretty smoggy. -
Forbidden City
The first 90 seconds give some great visuals of inside the Forbidden City -
Chinese Opera
An Introduction -
Chinese Dining Etiquette
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How to Use Chopsticks
This video is actually for eating sushi (Japanese) but the mechanics are the same. Chinese chopsticks tend to be much longer than Japanese chopsticks though. -
Wo Ai Ni Zhongguo- I Love You China
With subtitles -
Pipa
NPR's Tiny Desk Concert from a virtuoso pipa player -
Erhu
An introduction to the erhu -
Guzheng
A song played on a guzheng, "Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake" -
Dizi
Dizi, or Chinese bamboo flute music -
Mo Li Hua
sung by Song Zuying and Celine Dion -
Sing Along to Mo Li Hua
Lyrics and translation for this classic Chinese song. -
Chinese History in 18 Minutes
Full history of China summarized by Chris Parker of www.fluentinmandarin.com