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San Jing Primary School – SanJing Xiao Xue – 三井小学
This is a grade four class at San Jing Primary School, one of the new “key” schools in Changzhou. The teacher here is Sarah. She is our contact person at this school for all of our needs as well as … Continue reading
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DongPo Park – 蘇東坡园 – Sū Dōngpō Yuán
This is my newest buddy, another poet whose name is Dong Po. This is a Chinese poet who travelled often to Changzhou about a thousand years ago. He often stayed on two little islands that have now become Dong Po … Continue reading
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Changzhou Grand Theatre – 常州大剧院 – Chángzhōu Dà Jùyuàn
The photos for today’s post are all borrowed from various sites as found doing a Google search. This is the Changzhou Grand Theatre (常州大剧院), the place we went last night to watch an incredible production of Yunnan folk music and … Continue reading
Jiuhua Chansi – 九华禅寺 – Buddhist Temple For Nuns
Above is a detail from within the small Buddhist temple (si – 寺) that we found beside Dong Po Park near the central part of the city. The temple is called Jiuhua (九华) Chansi (禅寺). Jiiuhua is the name of one of … Continue reading
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Monday Stroll Through XinBei
Yesterday we began, as usual, with a long walk as it was a non-teaching day. Not long after we began our walk, we saw these three children on the other side of the street looking excited because the saw “laowai.” … Continue reading
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Hong Mei Park – HongMei Gong Yuan – 红梅公园
Today, since we had a day off from teaching and because it was sunny and not to hot, w e walked about eight kilometres to Hong Mei Park. This is the main entrance to the park. The park is found … Continue reading
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival – Zhong Qiu Kuai Le – 中秋快乐
I took this photo yesterday evening as the forecast for today was cloudy and scattered rain. A good thing I did as the forecast is right on. Why this photo? Well, it is the centre piece of today’s festival holiday … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, Chinese, chinese language, communication, ESL blog, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, Mandarin, mid-autumn festival, moon, moon cakes, students, teaching esl, Zhong Qiu Kuai Le, 中秋快乐
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Culture and Friendship
Yesterday evening we were invited by the Mayor’s office to attend the unveiling of a new book by a celebrated author who had spent quite a few years living and writing in France. This is a picture of him unveiling … Continue reading
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Money, Money, Money
One of the tasks that are necessary for one who is heading off to teach ESL in China, is to get some Chinese money which is often referred to as “yuan” (yuán – 元), or as “kuai” (kuài – 块) by the locals, … Continue reading
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Eating Well
I don’t remember where this photo was taken, likely at the entrance to small shop, what caught my eye here was the offerings in front of the statue, especially the offerings of food. Like so many other places we have … Continue reading