As I have mentioned before I am currently studying Chinese at Beijing Normal University, 北京师范大学. Foreign students studying Chinese as a second language at BNU are placed in the College of Chinese Language and Culture, which is a university department much the same as the history or physics department. The Chinese program is a four …
Yes it is！ Last month I went on a school trip to the Great Wall of China. The trip began at 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning and involved a convoy of 10 buses travelling to the Great Wall. Now I should mention that the vast majority of students at BNU live on campus. I, on the …
A couple of weeks ago I took a trip to the Temple of Heaven with my classmates. The Temple of Heaven is a group of Taoist buildings located in the southeast corner of Beijing. The Temple was used by Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to pray for good harvests and to give thanks …
So I told a little white lie. This post will be about the Forbidden City and my next post will introduce my School and classmates. Last week I went to the Forbidden City with my class. The Forbidden City is located in the centre of Beijing on the south side of Tiananmen Square. The City …