{"id":14279,"date":"2018-03-08T11:41:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplatformonline.com\/?p=14279"},"modified":"2018-03-08T11:41:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T11:41:56","slug":"chinese-culture-for-kids-heritage-series-a-celebration-of-cultural-heritage-with-kids-taiwan-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplatformonline.com\/chinese-culture-for-kids-heritage-series-a-celebration-of-cultural-heritage-with-kids-taiwan-china\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINESE CULTURE FOR KIDS HERITAGE SERIES: A CELEBRATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH KIDS: TAIWAN & CHINA"},"content":{"rendered":"

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.\u00a0 We are celebrating cultures and sharing our cultural heritage with children!<\/p>\n

First, what is cultural heritage?<\/p>\n

\u201cCultural\u00a0heritage is\u00a0the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.\u201d \u2013\u00a0wikipedia<\/p>\n

For me, my heritage culture is Chinese from Taiwan and China.\u00a0 I like to introduce Chinese culture to children through the language, food, stories, music, and crafts.\u00a0 Culture is life and people.\u00a0 The comparison between the cultures help children to learn more about their own.\u00a0 The similarities and differences between cultures lead them to learn about the world and respect each other.<\/p>\n

Now, take out the globe and join me for a Chinese culture adventure!<\/p>\n

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Location<\/p>\n

Taiwan is where I grew up.\u00a0 Where is Taiwan?\u00a0 Taiwan is located in southeast Asia.\u00a0 Do you see the yellow dot on the map above?\u00a0 That is Taiwan also known as the Republic of China.\u00a0 Across from Taiwan Strait is mainland China where my parents are from.<\/p>\n

Culture<\/p>\n

Taiwan is home to peoples of diverse\u00a0cultures\u00a0including the indigenous tribes, the Min Nan, and Hakka people who migrated from southern China hundreds of\u00a0 years ago and the mainland Chinese who arrived in the 1940s.\u00a0 Taiwan preserved the traditional Chinese culture during the Chinese Civil War and embraced the local customs and traditions.<\/p>\n

Culture activity: Celebrate a\u00a0Chinese festival\u00a0and work on a\u00a0theme craft project.<\/p>\n

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Languages<\/p>\n

The official language in Taiwan is\u00a0Mandarin Chinese.\u00a0 The written form used is traditional Chinese characters.\u00a0 The most heard dialects are Taiwanese and Hakka.\u00a0 Many years ago when I was in elementary school I learned some Taiwanese from my neighbors because I wanted to play with them.\u00a0 But now, you hardly hear anyone speak Taiwanese at school.\u00a0 In order to keep Taiwanese and Hakka dialects alive schools in Taiwan have Heritage Language programs for children.<\/p>\n

In mainland China, the official language is also Mandarin Chinese, also known as\u00a0\u00a0\u666e\u901a\u8bdd- p\u01d4 t\u014dng hu\u00e0.\u00a0 The written form is simplified characters.\u00a0 There are eight major dialect groups in China.\u00a0 I remember my grandmother spoke Sichuanese, a dialect used in Sichuan province.\u00a0 My grandfather spoke Xiang dialect (Hunanese) which is spoken in Hunan province in China.\u00a0 Many Chinese children grow up in a bilingual or multilingual environment because they are surrounded by different languages at home, in the community, and at school.<\/p>\n

Culture activity: Next time when you visit a Chinese Dim Sum restaurant listen carefully and see if you can hear some\u00a0Cantonese, a dialect spoken in Hong Kong and Guangdong province.<\/p>\n

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Food<\/p>\n

Eating is very important for Chinese people and food is happiness and joy for Chinese culture.\u00a0 That is why one of the most common greetings in Chinese is \u201cHave you eaten yet?\u201d \u2013 N\u01d0 ch\u012b f\u00e0n le ma? [\u4f60\u5403\u98ef\u4e86\u55ce?\/\u4f60\u5403<\/span>\u996d<\/span>\u4e86\u5417?<\/span>]\u00a0\u00a0Taiwanese cuisine\u00a0is southern China style cooking with influence from all over mainland China.\u00a0 In addition, with a\u00a0 half-century of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan the Japanese-style cooking techniques are also used in Taiwan.\u00a0 Look at the pictures above.\u00a0 Have you tried any of these dishes?<\/p>\n

Culture activity:\u00a0 International Food Matching Game \u2013 Printable in Chinese, Pinyin and English.\u00a0 Click image below to download.<\/p>\n

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Books<\/p>\n

We also celebrate family traditions and cultural experience with\u00a0books\u00a0by Chinese American writers, and illustrators from Taiwan and China.<\/p>\n

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Newbery Honor author<\/span>\u00a0and illustrator\u00a0Grace Lin\u00a0has many books touched on cultural heritage. What is the story behind her writing on cultural heritage?\u00a0\u00a0Grace Lin said in an interview:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think back when I was a child, differences were less tolerated\u2026 My parents wanted us to blend; they wanted us to grow up really \u201cAmerican\u201d and made the decision to speak to us in English in the house. So, my sisters and I grew up Americanized. There were always subtle differences, like Chinese food or red envelopes, but most of the time we glossed over them.<\/p>\n

A lot of my books deal with my heritage because, in a way, I\u2019m trying to find the culture I lost.\u00a0 When I was younger, I was ashamed or sometimes even angry about being Asian. It\u2019s only now, after becoming an adult, that I realized there was something I lost, ignoring these parts of my heritage. There were a lot of things that we did, like eating ginger soup at a baby shower, that I never bothered to learn more about. So now, I research these kinds of things about my heritage. I find out why. I feel like these things are so important and nice for everyone to know about. That\u2019s why I do many books about Asian culture featuring Asian-American families.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Be proud of who you are and where you are from!\u00a0 Share your cultural heritage with your child and celebrate the cultures in your family!<\/p>\n

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Now it\u2019s time for the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Blog Hop Link Up. How do you celebrate cultures? Music, crafts, stories, books, games, food, languages\u2026?\u00a0 Share your posts here with us!<\/p>\n

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\"Asian-PacificIn honor of\u00a0Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Multicultural Kid Blogs is sponsoring a blog hop, and you are invited! We are celebrating the cultures and peoples of this diverse region by sharing our posts and asking other bloggers to do the same! Our hope is to create a wonderful resource for celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with children. Be sure to visit the co-hosts of the blog hop (listed below) and share your own posts at the linky at the bottom!<\/p>\n

You can find even more resources on this region in our\u00a0Asia\u00a0and\u00a0Australia and Oceania\u00a0boards on Pinterest.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/sport\/2018\/03\/07\/menstruation-last-great-taboo-womens-sport\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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