Image by Mary Lou
April World Holidays
Chinese Language Day – April 20, 2019
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“More than one billion people speak Chinese language as their first language — that’s more than any other population in the world! UNESCO (part of the United Nations) first created Chinese Language Day in 2010 to celebrate Chinese as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. We’ve enjoyed it every year since then on April 20. The day also celebrates Cangjie, who invented Chinese characters about 5,000 years ago. Legend says that when Cangjie finished, the gods rained grain upon the earth.”
This past November 2018 I took part in the Nibvember 2018 Challenge. Day 27 prompt was Lettering and I came up with the design below. It’s easy to see where my inspiration came from as I’d participated in the A to Z Challenge Lessons Learned in 2016. So, feeling the call to try once again for A To Z Challenge 2019, I decided to sign up for this years using this design as my inspiration.
(c) Image by Mary Lou
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My theme for 2019 A to Z Challenge is:
April World Holidays from A to Z
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Here’s what it’s all about:
Mary Lou – I do speak Chinese! Used to be fluent, but less so now. Having lived in Taiwan for a year and Hong Kong for six, I’ve been very much influenced by Chinese culture and customs — but I’d never heard of this holiday!
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You’ve had a very interesting life Janet. I loved the video.
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I’ve visited China, Mary Lou and would love to revisit. I don’t speak Chinese and I think it would be quite difficult to learn. Interesting to learn about the different world holidays so thanks for sharing something new for me to learn. x
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You’re welcome Sue. I’m learning to through putting together these posts. 🙂
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Liked the video. Reminded me of my son’s elementary school days in an IB program. UNFORTUNATELY we do not speak Chinese but I do have two nephews who do.
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I liked the video too. I’d like to try the Chinese letters.
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