{"id":1556,"date":"2021-04-20T00:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T23:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2021-04-20T00:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T23:12:12","slug":"happy-chinese-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2021\/04\/20\/happy-chinese-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Chinese Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calling all learners of Chinese <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lALudpJAVJY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Language of Spring, the theme song of 2021 UN Chinese Language Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In keeping with the themes of inclusivity and cultural exchange, the song was written as a collaboration between Chinese music producer Kelvin Ho, British author Robert Murray and Belgian composer Jean-Francois Maljean who wrote &#8216;Chime of the Dawn Bells&#8217;. It has been performed in Chinese by British artists Phoebe Haines and Freddie Benedict. <\/p><p>To hear this beautiful tune, subscribe to our channel on YouTube (Chinese Language Video Festival)<\/p><cite>Chinese Language Festival Video (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCw6yOM4rVh-ji04mqG_Wk_Q\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCw6yOM4rVh-ji04mqG_Wk_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youtube<\/a>)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out the video competition taking place on the day! You can watch it via the Youtube link above. You can also view the Chinese website with many more details and videos via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gongyi.cctv.com\/special\/video2021\/zhanbo\/index.shtml?spm=C74732.PZfuPobzfo2T.E63bE4bDRQMB.2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gongyi.cctv.com\/special\/video2021\/zhanbo\/index.shtml?spm=C74732.PZfuPobzfo2T.E63bE4bDRQMB.2\" target=\"_blank\">CCTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>We would also like to invite you to join our culture talk on the topic of supporting international students, delivered by Dr Aisling O&#8217;Boyle and Dr Xuezi Han this Friday 23rd April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/CCF-OBoyle-Han-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/CCF-OBoyle-Han-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/CCF-OBoyle-Han-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/CCF-OBoyle-Han-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/CCF-OBoyle-Han-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/04\/CCF-OBoyle-Han-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/chinese\/ccp\/ccp2021\/ccf7-oboyle\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/chinese\/ccp\/ccp2021\/ccf7-oboyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here <\/a>for more details and registration.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all learners of Chinese In keeping with the themes of inclusivity and cultural exchange, the song was written as a collaboration between Chinese music producer Kelvin Ho, British author Robert Murray and Belgian composer Jean-Francois Maljean who wrote &#8216;Chime &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2021\/04\/20\/happy-chinese-language-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,13,38,42],"tags":[40,41,39],"class_list":["post-1556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-language","category-festival","category-student-support","tag-chineselanguagefestivalvideo","tag-languageofspring","tag-unchineselanguageday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa93ff-p6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}