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A Finger Test (Finger Play)
Chinese New Year (Nursery Rhyme)
Count Ducks MP3
Cowboy 
MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi 
Drop the Napkin (Circle Game) MP3
Eight Hundred Spearmen (Tongue Twister) MP3
Good Wishes, Good Wishes (Chinese New Year Song) 
Ha ha ha MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Itsy Bitsy Spider (Finger Play)
Kitten Wets the Bed (Children's Tale)
Little Fat Boy (Nursery Rhyme)
Little Sister Carries Her Doll (Nursery Rhyme)
Little Star MP3
Mommy is the Best in the World (Lullaby) MP3
New Year is Coming (Nursery Rhyme)
Our Baby (Nursery Rhyme)
Pan and Bottle (Nursery Rhyme)
Red Dragonflies (Nursery Rhyme)
Seek a Pal MP3 Midi
MP3 Midi Spring Dawn (Poem) MP3
Spring Has Come (Nursery Rhyme) MP3
Sweeter Than Sugar (Nursery Rhyme)
Ten Fingers (Finger Play)
The Barbershop Midi
Midi The Butterfly (Nursery Rhyme)
The Little Golden Sister (Nursery Rhyme)
The Small-footed Girl (Nursery Rhyme)
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- Midi - this song has a Midi tune
- MP3 - this song has an MP3 recording
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Here are some of Mama Lisa's recent posts about the music, culture and traditions of China:
Kita wrote from China a couple of days ago about how she hung up banners with Spring Couplets on them around her door for the Chinese New Year : "Tonight is Chuxi. (Chinese New Year’s Eve.) This afternoon, my grandpa and I pasted up spring couplets. My grandpa makes the paste with flour. We mix flour and... Read more »
Laba is a Chinese festival that has traditionally started off the Chinese New Year preparations. It’s on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Agnes wrote about it from China: "We eat Laba Rice Porridge and Laba Garlic for the Laba Festival. Laba Porridge is made of mixed grains and corns, like peanuts, chestnuts, dates... Read more »- "I saw some very unique exercises while at a park in China. So I had to join in." Check out the fun video of people exercising in China from Follow the Foot... Read more »
- Here’s a short video about different sounds instruments make from around the world... Enjoy! Mama Lisa Read more »
Open Culture has a page of free language learning links covering 40 languages. Here are some of the languages you can find links for… Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Maori, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swahili,... Read more »- Virginia emailed me looking for help with a song about a lonesome China boy or girl. She wrote…. I have been trying to find a song my Aunt used to sing called Lonesome China Girl… Lonesome China boy on a street in old Shanghai Feeling kinda blue, what were they to do , Oh Gee, Oh Me... Read more »
Emperor Cuckoo is a new site about human interest stories in China. Articles from mainland Chinese-language newspapers are posted on this blog in Chinese with English translations. You can read stories about ordinary Chinese people who speak about their traditions, values, interests and beliefs. The latest post The Storyteller is about a 92 year old lady... Read more »- Monique asked if someone could help with the correct pinyin and translation of the Chinese kids song below: 理发师 = Li Fa Shi 理发店的老爷爷呀咔嚓咔嚓 手里拿着一把剪刀咔嚓咔嚓 哎 就快成功啦 快快喷雾沙沙沙沙沙 下面一位请你过来咔嚓咔嚓 镜子里面看一看呀咔嚓咔嚓 哎 就快成功啦 快快喷雾沙沙沙沙沙 Here’s the Pinyin Monique emailed me: lǐ fà shī lǐ fā diàn dì / dí / de lǎoyé yé... Read more »
- We received an email asking for help with a translation to the rhyme from Taiwan below. After the original rhyme you can see what I’ve come up with so far for a translation. 一鼠贼子名， 二牛驶犁兄。 三虎山崎岖， 四兔游东京。 五龙皇帝命， 六蛇受人惊。 七马跑兵营， 八羊吃草岭。 九猴爬树头， 十鸡啼三声。 十一狗吠客兄， 十二猪菜刀命。 English Translation: A rat named thief Two ox drive a plow. Three tigers on rugged hill, Four rabbits visit Tokyo. Five Dragon Emperor, Who was surprised by six... Read more »
Monique, who’s from France, went to a wedding party in China when she visited friends there last year. Here’s what she wrote about the party and about weddings in China in general… Marriage formalities consist of filling out some forms and bringing them to some office, then you go back to get them back some days... Read more »
RELATED LINKS
Emperor Cuckoo – Human Interest Stories in China
(In Chinese and English)
Human interest stories from mainland Chinese-language newspapers are posted on this blog in Chinese with English translations. You can read stories about ordinary Chinese people who speak about their traditions, values, interests and beliefs.
Sing and Learn Chinese
(In English and Chinese)
Lyrics to Chinese Songs with English Translations
Chinese-Tools
(In English and Chinese)
Tools for learning Chinese: Phonetics, Dictionary, Lessons, etc.
The Mama Lisa's World Taiwan Page
(In English and Chinese)
Chinese Children's Songs
