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PAASSC Students Meet Chinese Consul General During Arts Festival Kickoff

On Friday, September 7, PAASSC students Daria Belle, Kiah Smith, and Sanaa Smith got a chance to meet Chinese Consul General Wang Donghua and his wife, Liu Bin, during the official kickoff of the “Across the Pacific: China Arts Festival” in San Francisco. Now in its 5th year, this six-week festival is held across the Pacific Northwest, in the Bay Area, Sacramento, and Portland, Ore., as well as in Las Vegas, Nev.

Daria Belle, who is in the 7th grade at Yu Ming Charter School in Oakland, was even quoted by Xinhuanet, an online affiliate of China’s state news agency. “I have been learning Chinese for eight years,” she told the reporter. “I love the fantastic Chinese food and like to listen to Chinese music.” She and her sister, Zoe, presented the Consul General and his wife with artwork on behalf of Yu Ming.

In addition to Daria and the Smith girls, the kickoff was attended by Eric Peterson, principal of West County Mandarin School in Richmond, Calif.; PAASSC board member (and Daria’s dad) Randolph Belle and his younger daughter, Zoe; and PAASSC founder Jamila Nightingale, who is also Kiah and Sanaa’s mom.

According to the Xinhuanet.com article, “The festival is part of the China-U.S. cultural communication and exchange projects sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism.”

If you want to learn more about the festival events, read this article on China Daily.  The San Francisco Public Library also includes information about an exhibit and films it is hosting in conjunction with the festival on page 5 of its September 2018 newsletter.

Mandarin Movie for Language Learners!!

Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf is an entertaining film for your Mandarin language learner. The premise of the movie is that a “bad guy” thwarts the princess and prince from falling in love and getting married. This changes the story books and adults throughout the land are in tears. When 4 little goats have a chance to help the prince rescue his princess they, along with two adult goats, travel in search of the princess. Their journey has many typical obstacles and successes that you would expect in a children’s movie. The animation, songs, action and plot are all enjoyable. English subtitles make it a plus for parent’s to watch with their children. Hope you enjoy.

Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf (Chinese: 喜羊羊与灰太狼; pinyin: Xǐ Yáng Yáng yǔ Huī Tài Láng) is a Chinese animated television series created by Huang Weiming, Lin Yuting and Luo Yinggeng, and produced by Creative Power Entertaining. The show is about a group of goats living on the Green Pasture, Qing Qing Grasslands/Plains (Chinese: 青青草原), and the story revolving around a clumsy wolf who wants to eat them. The cartoon became enormously popular with Chinese schoolchildren after its debut in 2005. Cashing in on the cartoon’s success, the producer made an animated feature in 2009.

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Your Favorite Frozen Songs in Mandarin

My girls are still singing songs from Disney’s Frozen. We have four Mandarin versions of Frozen’s top hits all available in one post for you. The girls enjoy listening to the songs on the drive in to school (yes – back to back!!). We purchased the Mandarin version of Frozen on YesAsia.com and have been able to play it on our DVD at home and in the car.

Love is An Open Door

For the First Time in Forever.

Do You Want to Build a Snowman??

And of course – Let it Go (the all time favorite).

Let It Go – Mandarin Version

I really love the Mandarin Version of Let It Go from Disney’s Frozen. It took a few plays for the girls to get used to it but it is just as catchy as the English version. They now love her voice and have really started to learn the words.

The artist, Yao Beina, debuted in China on the second season of the “Voice of China” similar to “The Voice” here in the States. Despite being eliminated in the third round she is being introduced to the world as the Mandarin voice of “Let it Go.”

For the First Time in Forever – Frozen (Mandarin)

If your child is as crazy about Disney’s release of Frozen as my daughter’s I hope you will enjoy this great video of the Mandarin Version of For the First Time in Forever.

 

Pre-Order Disney’s Frozen in Chinese!!

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If you don’t know that Disney is set to release the Frozen DVD on Tuesday then I think you have done an amazing job as a parent keeping your child far removed from all things Disney and detached from mainstream America. But if your child is like mine and the Frozen soundtrack is permalooped as the primary sound coming from your child’s mouth then you already know.

I’m excited to announce that I ran to Yesasia.com (I purchased Brave from them in the past) and they have the Mandarin version of Frozen ready to be released. The girls didn’t absolutely love Brave in Mandarin but I am hoping that their vocabulary has increased enough for them to give Frozen a shot. Check out Yesasia.com if you would like to purchase Frozen in Mandarin/Cantonese/Thai/Korean.

 

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