New Yunnan Provincial Museum Will Be Opened in the Next May

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/17/2012 10:14 am by Kayla

There are 12 provincial symbolic cultural programs are impelled since this year. From the next May on, the construction of those high level landmark buildings will be finished gradually, which will lead a new cultural life for people of Yunnan province and contribute on the program of national culture creation. When you study in Chinese school, teachers who teach Mandarin language may tell you that the splendid main construction of the new provincial museum has already finished, which is located at the left side of Baoxiang Rive of Guangfu Road in Kunming.

Being one of the landmark constructions of our Yunnan province, it owned the fastest speed in building and will be finished all the building projects by October of this year. At present, the bids inviting work are in full swing, meanwhile, 6 work groups is sent to collect exhibition objects in the whole province. Inauguration will be held at May of next year with relative funds and workers in place. The curator and the vice commander of this building project Ma Wendou have great confidence on this construction.

The Wenyuan Project of Yunnan province is near by the new provincial museum, which is also in the stage of construction objection of main building. It is planned to be finished in the end of October in this year. At the moment, the detailed work of project in equipment installation, decoration and greening is in processing. The collection and settlement of exhibition objects are also being dealt with, all of which aimed at the use of this new project in the end of next year.

The project of Mass Media Plaza of Yunnan newspaper is located at the Lujiaying community of Fuhai street office in Xishan region of Kunming, achieving breakthrough performance. Some of the foreign students who are learning in qualified Mandarin program may be told that this project was examined and approved in the last year and the process of “urban village reconstruction” project was also upgraded since then. The project party has finished the mobilization of local community residents and the pulling and moving work will be started this month.

It is said that projects including the new provincial museum and the main part of Yaguang Media project have capped and begun the process of decoration. Some other projects have also begun to start continuously such as the Art Home, Radio and television broadcast center of centralized integration, the new theater of Yunnan province,the provincial science and technology museum.

 

Investigation from Overseas Committee Members in Kunming

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/17/2012 10:09 am by Kayla

For the purpose of expanding the scale and strength of opening up in the western region and also publicizing the strategy for the large-scale development of the Western region in China, China federation of returned overseas Chinese organized 55 overseas members and overseas young committee members from 26 countries and regions to pay a visit and investigation to Kunming. On the date of May 8th, Kunming Municipal Party Committee and the government held the reception dinner for China Federation of overseas members and overseas young committee members in Golden Dragon Hotel.

In the reception dinner, the member of the Standing Committee of Kunming Municipal Committee Jin Zhiwei gave a welcoming speech. After that, he gave a detailed introduction to the unique geological advantages and the social and economic development conditions of Kunming city. Just as some of the foreign students who study Mandarin in Yunnan can see, Kunming has got two opportunities for construction, namely, the new round of China Western Development and the Bridgehead Construction.

The overseas committee members come to investigate Kunming at this time will provide good conditions to select the programs and seize the opportunities. It will also promote to develop industry and invest in Kunming, participating the construction and development of western China. In this way, Kunming will be developed into deeper level, wider field and higher level, promoting the international city construction of Kunming opening and facing to the southwest.

In addition, it will realize the synchronized growth in economy and happiness index in Kunming, making efforts to build Kunming into the city with the most charm, happiness, belonging sense and senses of pride and safety. The honorary president of Hungary Chinese Association spoke highly of Kunming and regarded Kunming as the bright pearl in southeast China. Indeed, this is also the reason why many foreigners choose to learn to speak Chinese in Kunming city. They all praised the beautiful Kunming is a perfect place for people to live when they came to Kunming for the first time.

Since so many foreigners found Kunming is a pleasant city to live, they decided to live in Kunming or work there for a very long time. In the reception dinner, many overseas Chinese expressed that they have confidence in the development of Kunming and will pay much attention to the development process of Kunming, hoping much progress will be made in economic and social development in Kunming as well as the city construction in Kunming.

 

Learning Two-part Allegorical Sayings with Kunming Characteristic

Posted in Chinese Culture, Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/16/2012 11:10 am by Kayla

In Kunming dialect, there is a kind of language phenomenon called Zhan Yan Zi, which is, as a matter of fact, the common two-part allegorical saying frequently used in daily life. To be specific, Zhan Yan Zi is a kind of special language form created by the ancient Kunming people in the long process of realistic life. If you attend to one-on-one Chinese learning programs in Kunming city, it is essential for you to know some knowledge about such type of language form. Usually speaking, it is composed of two parts, the former of which is the vivid analogy which just like a puzzle while the latter is the explanation, the answer to a riddle.

This language form fully reflects the genius of ancient Kunming people in the language art. In daily conversations, they apply the humor to the speaking, responding and questioning. Such kind of language form is welcomed because the complicated things and profound senses are not described and expressed directly, but are illustrated through Zhan Yan Zi with analogy and humorous language. In this way, people will not speak out the issue and also not stick with the issue. The result is that much applause is won after the language is spoken.

The language form Zhan Yan Zi is also expressed in the speech sounds in Kunming dialect. They make full use of the similar pronunciation in the dialect to extend the original meanings into the meanings they intend to express. As a result, the hearers will realize and understand after turning several corners in their mind. If the foreigners can practice more expressions of Zhan Yan Zi, it should be beneficial to study Mandarin Chinese because they will train a good Chinese language sense. In addition, they can learn the two-part allegorical saying in Mandarin with the same way.

What’s more, Kunming people also use the things in realistic life to make analogy which seems has nothing to do with meaning they want to express. However, if the hearers know something about the things mentioned, they will realize it soon. For example, the Zhan Yan Zi 巫家坝的口袋——装风（疯）is often used by Kunming people. The former part of it is the pocket in Wujiaba while the latter part means to hold the wind. It seems do not make any sense. But 风and疯are similar in pronunciation. The meaning of the word 装疯is to pretend to be crazy, which is the real meaning the speaker wants to express.

 

Traditional Straw Technology Popular in Chenggong

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/16/2012 11:02 am by Kayla

In Yunnan province, the straw technology has a long history and also deeply rooted in the folk. If you even been to the villages in Yunnan province when you come to learn Chinese in Yunnan, you may have seen the pot cover is made up of straw by weaving into the rope form. In addition, the straw chair is also very common in daily life and can be weaved into various patterns. There are also many other examples of the straw application in daily life. The straw hat and straw sandal were essential in the past. At that time, the straw technology was the necessity for production and living.

The straw weaving technology in Kele Village of Chenggong County also has a long history. Experiencing from Central Culture to Chu Culture, it has developed into rich ethnic culture with unique patterns and styles. In the folk, people might fail to record things with characters but it was also possible to create meaningful things to symbolize the customs and desire. The diamond-shaped straw weaving in Chenggong is the concentrating reflection of the wishes people want to express in the Dragon Boat Festival in Dianchi Lake area. It not only carries several thousand of traditional cultural connotation, but also creates the artistic species with unique folk style.

Just as those who come to learn Mandarin Chinese in China all know, the most popular influence of the Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet. The customs such as eating Zongzi, hanging long life strings and felon herb as well as keeping fragrant small bag have become the customs obeyed by Kunming people for so long. But the most interesting thing is to buy the colorful straw weaving goods in the market.

According to the introduction of Wang Guiying, the inheritor of the straw technology in Chenggong, her grandmother created the technology of diamond-shaped straw weaving after a series of experiments. Such kind of weaving then gradually emerged into the customs of Dragon Boat Festival. They firstly make the geometrical shapes and combine them together as the artistic forms with different symbolizations.

The dragon-boat racing is a magnificent group activity held to commemorate Qu Yuan during the festival. Therefore, the shape of the boat is often used to the straw weaving technology. It is one of the most basic decorations but also has many decoration forms. As long as the aged people have time, the first thing they do is to weave.

 

Attractive Photos Exhibition Finding Beauty of Kunming

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/15/2012 11:39 am by Kayla

The photograph exhibition with the theme of “finding the beauty of Kunming” has stepped into the second stage, Daguan Park. Daguan Park is a beautiful place for the foreign students to go if they choose Kunming as the place to learn Chinese because the scenery there is so charming, especially when it comes to summer when the lotus is in full blossom. Under the decoration of the green trees, all of those display boards with the selected photos attracted many citizens and tourists.

In the morning of the 12th, many people gathered together in the garden besides Daguan Pavilion. They were attracted by the display boards with many beautiful photons showing the beauty of Kunming city such as the eagle-shaped terminal building of Kunming Changshui Airport, the attractive red earth in Dongchuan and the green wave in Dianchi Lake. For some aged citizens, they walking and appreciating the excellent works of “finding the beauty of Kunming”. Sometimes, they stopped and talked with each other about the pictures exhibited.

On the spot of the photos exhibition, two Thailand students who come to learn Chinese language in the city of Kunming were also attracted because they also love Kunming and love photographing. After watching these fantastic pictures, they decided to participate in this activity to find more beautiful scenes in Kunming city. The staff of the itinerant exhibition was explaining the stories behind the pictures to the visitors and the two students took their photos to record the scenes around it.

There were also two young foreigners listening to the explanation of the staff carefully. They said they are the exchange students of Kunming Medical College. Since both of them love photographing, they often travel to the scenic areas in Kunming together to take pictures of fantastic views. After they heard that foreigners are also allowed to participate in this competition, they showed great interest and asked for more details about this activity.

They considered send the photos about the cultural landscape to take part in this activity and share the beauty of Kunming with all citizens and tourists. On the day of the itinerant exhibition, a large number of photography lovers were attracted to Daguan Park, finding their works on the display boards. In addition, the next stop of this photos exhibition will be Dianchi College of Yunnan University on May 16th. All people are encouraged to take their cameras to find the beauty of Kunming city.

 

Cell Phones are Expected Apply to Take Bus in Kunming

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/15/2012 11:36 am by Kayla

In recent days, a piece of news comes from Li Wei, the Service Manager of Kunming Public Transportation Group, that Kunming will plan to try to open the service of taking bus with the help of cell phone within this year. In addition, at the same time, the group will open the transit IC card network recharging service and cell phone recharging service. At that time, it is more convenient for the citizens to take buses and also recharging the transit IC cards.

For those who have transit IC cards, it is much more convenient to take buses. However, some students who study in Chinese language school in the city of Kunming said that do not have the IC cards and usually fail to find small change when the bus is coming. Some of the passengers often fail to find their cards even they have. Another common complaint of the citizens is the recharging inconvenience. As a result, many citizens suggested Kunming try to open the service of taking bus with cell phones, at the same time, do recharging on internet just like the cell phones.

According to the introduction of Li, Kunming Public Transportation Group has started to do the preparation for this new service item after large amount of research and investigation and is planned to realize within 2012. At the same time, after the group opens the online IC cards recharging service, the citizens can share this service as long as they apply for this service to the designated business halls of China Mobile and China Telecom.

At that time, there is no need for citizens to prepare small changes to take bus when they go toi work or get off work. In addition, the students attend to school in Kunming to study Chinese should know taking bus with cell phones also enjoy the same privilege of that with IC cards. At present, the cities like Beijing and Nantong have tried to open this new service of taking bus.

As well know, cell phone has become the essential communication tools for people in all cities. And, scanning cards is also a relative fashionable living habit for modern people. The combination of the functions of cell phones and transit IC cards will provide much more convenience to the citizens. After the reporters interview 30 citizens at random, they found most citizens support and expect the application of this new service.

 

 

 

Buddhism Statues of Tang and Song Period Found in Alku Ancient Cave

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/14/2012 10:25 am by Kayla

Alu Ancient Cave in Luxi County is a famous scenic area around Kunming which attracts many visitors to view the fantastic cave scenes. It is so charming that many foreign students are attracted to travel there when they learn Chinese in Yunnan. In recent day, a piece of news comes from them that fantastic views are added to this area. 33 stone inscription stature of the Goddess of Mercy will be presented to the visitors. According to the research by archaeology and cultural relic evaluation center of Yunnan University, some of the stone inscriptions of this batch of statues are the cultural relics from the Nanzhao Kingdom period.

After finding that groups of statues, the scenic spot organized to repair and decorate these statues and the construction has been finished now. According to the introduction of staff in Luxi Alu Ancient Cave Scenic Area Management, this group of ancient stone inscriptions includes 11 pieces of cultural relics related to the Goddess of Mercy unearthed in the last year when repairing Alu Ancient Cave.

For the statues of stone inscription, some have obvious head portrait of Budda Sakyamuni, some are the lotus base of the Godness of Mercy as well as the animal patterns like lion and elephant. From the aspect of the inscription style, the whole body of the statues is circularly engraved with elegant and simple appearance and exquisite skill, indicating the typical styles of Buddha statues of Yunnan Buddhism in the period of Tang and Song Dynasties. From the connotation, the Goddess of Mercy, Goddess of Manjuist and Goddess of Samantabhadra appear at the same time, indicating the basic combination of Buddhism in Yunnan.

The discovery of the Buddhism stone inscriptions in Alu Ancient Cave proves that the belief in Goddess in Luxi area can date back to the earlier period of the Buddhism was spread into Yunnan, that is, the Nanzhao and Dali areas during Tang and Song Dynasties. Therefore, if you come to study Mandarin in Yunnan, you need to know the Buddhism belief has reached the area of southern Yunnan as early as in Tang and Song period.

This series of stone inscription statues provide the actual evidence and thinking view for tourists to know about the Buddhism in Nanzhao and Dali period again. The repair of Alu Ancient Cave will combine more scenic areas around Kunming such as Stone Forest and Puzhehei Scenic Area to form the tourism circle in southeast Yunnan.

 

Zhen Feng Fresh Products Supermarket Opened for Business

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/14/2012 10:20 am by Kayla

Yesterday, a market named Zhen Feng Fresh Products Supermarket which is located in NO. 1 of Cha Jie Street opened for business. Covering an area of 3000 square meters, it is in the first organic vegetables and foods area in Kunming, solving the problems of buying vegetables and expensive prices of vegetables of 60 thousand citizens in the neighboring area. No matter it is vegetables, meat, or rice and oil, all goods are presented on the goods shelves for citizens to purchase selectively.

Zhen Feng Supermarket attracted 100 commercial tenants in the organic vegetables and foods specialized area, meeting the demands of the high level consumer groups. If the foreigners go thee to buy vegetables and foods when they live and study Chinese in the city of Kunming, they will find the good environment and fresh vegetables with a variety of species. In addition, the vegetables in this supermarket are cheaper than those in the farm produce market. For example, the chicken of 20 Yuan per kilogram costs only 15 Yuan in this supermarket.

The reporters can see the clean floor covered by ceramic tiles and there is no terrible smell in the market. All kinds of vegetables and fruits are perfect on the shelves in order. In addition, the refrigerators and freezers are also equipped in this market for putting those goods need to be frozen. Of course, all goods are arranged together according to the classification. The condiments are put in a special shelf and the rice, bean and noodle also put in a special area. After you finishing selecting the goods you need, you should go for weighting in the cashier desk.

Since there are more than 100 commercial tenants entered and stationed in the supermarket, it is inevitable to attract some non-polluted series products and some famous brands. If the students are living around that area when they learn Mandarin in Kunming, their daily life becomes more convenient. According to the introduction of the salesman, many goods were sold with the form of exclusive shop and this is the first time they have sold in supermarket.

At present, this supermarket has signed production and marketing agreements with several vegetables planting areas in Anning, Jiangchuan and Yiliang to support the supply of the fresh products in the future. With the operating concept of providing the environmental, ecological, safe and cheap vegetables to the citizens, it ensures to provide high quality goods with low price to the citizens.

 

Famous Tobaccos in Qujing City of Yunnan Province

Posted in Study Abroad in China on 05/13/2012 12:11 pm by Kayla

As we know, the flue-cured tobacco is one of the important industries in Yunnan that support the economic development. To regard the flue-cured tobacco as a kind of industry to develop was the thing happened in the 1960s and 1970s. Before that, many places in Qujing area have had the flue-cured tobacco planting history of two or three hundred years. Among so many types, the flue-cured tobacco in Luoping, Huize and Luliang were the most famous.

 

The flue-cured tobacco in Luoping area was introduced as early as in Qianlong period from Guizhou and Guangxi. It is usually planted in the place out of wind and facing to the sunshine with natural fertility. The planting areas are in the towns and villages in Luoping and Shizong with the altitude from 800 meters to 1000 meters, belonging to sub-tropical climate. Some interested students who are learning Mandarin Chinese may be told that the daily trade volume in Guangxu period could always reach thousands kilograms.

 

In the selection activity held by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Ministry of Light Industry in 1964, the flue-cured tobacco ranked the first. When the president of the United States Richard Nixon visited China in 1974, the Foreign Affairs Department designated Kunming Cigarette as materials to make the mixed cigarette especially for the foreign guests, winning much praise form them. In the same year, it was sold in Germany with the price of 1710 US dollars each ton.

 

When it came to the year of 1975, Yunnan Province protocolled five acquisition criteria. The planting area in 1979 has reached 3000 Mu, harvesting 200 thousand kilograms. Three years later, the county tobacco company was built. The flue-cured tobaccos in Huize and Yiliang were also introduced in the late Qing Dynasty and gradually developed with the support of the government. However, the fact is that the tobacco in all the three places then gradually declined because it turned to be planted and sold by the farmers.

 

Just as some foreign students who attend to Chinese school in China know, in recent years, the blended type cigarette is getting more and more favored by the customers. Many places in Qujing are proper to plant the Bai Lei tobacco such as Wulong Town, Gaoliang Town in Shizong County and Badahe Town in Luoping as well as Leye Town in Huize County. In 2002, the trail planting of Bai Lei Tobacco in Luoping and Shizong achieved preliminary success.

 

 

 

Constructing Kunming into an International Logistics Center

Posted in Kunming News, Study Abroad in China on 05/12/2012 06:55 am by Kayla

In recent years, China is becoming the hot pot of the world economy. And Kunming is regarded as the central city that China opens and faces to the Southeast Asia Interior Economy Circle. May be it is the reason that more and more foreign students in Southeast Asia choose Kunming as the best place to learn Chinese. On May 6th, the eighth China International Logistics Festival with the theme of leading edge and development of international logistics was launched in Kunming International Exhibition Center.

Many important leaders attended to the opening ceremony. Except for the leaders of China such as vice chairman of the tenth session Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Cheng Siwei, president of China Communications and Transportation Association Qian Yongchang, Kunming municipal Party secretary Zhang Tianxin as well as mayor of Kunming Zhang Zulin, many leaders from Southeast Asia also attended to the opening ceremony such as deputy mayor of Vientiane city, consul generals of Laos and Vietnam to Kunming and consuls of Burma and Cambodia and Thailand to Kunming.

When the opening ceremony was held at half past nine, Qian Yongchang firstly gave a speech on behalf of the organizing committee of this session of China International Logistics Festival. He said that the logistics in China has made great progress in recent years, providing a strong support for fast and stable running of the national economy and playing an important role to promote the transformation of development patterns.

Everyone who comes to learn to speak Chinese in Kunming city all know that the holding of the logistics in Kunming will focus on the internationalization of logistics as well as the logistics cooperation between the southeastern area of China and the countries in Southeast Asia. Zhang Zulin also extended the warm welcome to all the guests from afar on behalf of Kunming city and wished this logistics festival a great success. Zhang said that Kunming has a long history in the aspect of logistics. Therefore, this session of logistics festival is held in Kunming shows the approval to the development level of logistics in Kunming.

Kunming aims to make efforts to build into a modern logistics base and construct a international logistics center. Cheng Siwei also pointed out four suggestions to develop logistics in Kunming. The fist one is to improve the logistics efficiency and decrease the logistics cost. In addition, much attention should be paid to the three aspects like the third-part logistics, professional logistics and e-commerce logistics.

 
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