The Center for Language Education and Cooperation South East Asia

The Center for Language Education and Cooperation South East Asia 中国国家汉办东南亚代表处是经中国国家汉办批准成立的。国家汉办是中国教育部直属事业单位，致力于为世界各国提供汉语言文化的教学资源和服务，共同建设和谐世界做贡献。

A public benefit institution which promotes Chinese language teaching and involved in managing relevant education resources, setting standards for Chinese language teaching as well as supporting academic research.

Fourteen-year-old Govin Quinebulani may not be fighting "tooth-and-nail" to realize her dreams, but fighting she certain...
06/04/2022

Fourteen-year-old Govin Quinebulani may not be fighting "tooth-and-nail" to realize her dreams, but fighting she certainly is.

Since the age of 3, Govin has been practicing the traditional Chinese martial arts or wushu. For as long as she can remember, she has attended tournaments and dreamed of competing for the Indonesian national team.

Also known as kung fu, wushu is a graceful and expressive set of movements akin to floor gymnastics. Highly photogenic, the sport came to the world's attention during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Wushu is often performed with swords or staffs, and completely unlike the version widely seen in action movies. But it is also a full-contact sport, highly reminiscent of big screen fight scenes, with strictly no biting or scratching allowed.

Fourteen-year-old Govin Quinebulani may not be fighting

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2022/04/05/significance-of-qingming-to-chinese-community/Celebrated 1...
06/04/2022

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2022/04/05/significance-of-qingming-to-chinese-community/

Celebrated 15 days after the Spring Equinox, this holiday tends to fall somewhere in early April. This year, Qingming is today.

During this time, families who practise ancestral worship gather at the graves of loved ones, keeping them neat and tidy before leaving offerings to the deceased.

The origins of Qingming can be traced back to the Hanshi, or Cold Food, Festival, which commemorated the deeds of one Jie Zitui, a Jin nobleman from the 7th century under the Zhou dynasty.

The traditions of that festival – which is rarely celebrated although still observable in China, Vietnam and South Korea – ended up being conflated with those of Qingming.

It is indeed a holiday of importance, when families gather at ancestral tombs to pay their respects to loved ones.

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