008 x lng yn sh Xiling Seal-engraving Society kui l xu hn yqng sng yu ho j Enjoy learning Chinese and it is carefree and easy.

ree and easy. d ji hozh l sh kui l zhng gu Hello, everyone! Welcome to Happy China. w sh kui l de hn ji I am happy Han Jia. w sh wn y de d ni I am genteel Daniel. id nijn tin tin q yu b r Hey, Daniel, it is not hot today. n n b shn z gn ma ya Why are you holding a fan? i w d ni zh me yu wn hu xi yng Hey, I am so well educated w zng yo xi shn di y xi yu pn wi de dng x that I always have something on me to show my taste. n kn zhng gu de sh f h shu m hu Look, people are familiar with d ji du b jio sh x Chinese calligraphy and inkwash paintings. nshu de mi cu Right.

dn sh w f xin shu m hu h sh f I found that neither inkwash paintings nor calligraphy du l b lio y g dng x n ji sh yn can do without one thing. That is the seal. zhng gu de wn hu zhn sh yun yun li chng Chinese culture has a long history. zhng gu de wn hu zhn sh yun yun li chng Chinese culture has a long history. n do d xing shu shn me ya What are you up to? w d ni jn tin yo di d ji q y g d fng I am going to take you to a place. zh g d fng bi chng zu sh It is called the zhng gu yn xu b w gun seal museum of China. i zi nr Hey, where is it? hi sh gn w zu ba Follow me. zh bin This way. x lng yn sh Wow, Xileng Seal-engraving Society. Xxio shng dinrdo le zhr hi nin cu zzhn di rn Keep your voice down. You read a character wrong. in zh yu wn hu de rnzi ho hor kn kn Hey, you are well educated. Take a closer look at it.

hn jin b hu zhn y wi Han Jia, do you really think w b rn sh zh g z ba I don't know the character? zn me shu w d ni y sh xu zhng wn de rn I am a Chinese learner anyway. zh jio x lng yn shxng ba It is called Xiling Seal-engraving Society. nzh hu nin du le Right. You got it right this time. x lng yn sh de lng h lng r de lng Ling in Xiling Seal-engraving Society and Leng in "Leng Re" ling g z de pin png y g sh sn din shu have different character components. One has three dots, y g sh ling din shu and the other one has two dots. su y fi chng rng y go cu It is easy to get confused. t zh su y jio x lng yn sh It is called Xiling Seal-engraving Society sh yn wi t jin zi x lng qio de f jn because it is built by Xiling Bridge. h wn d ho w gun x It has nothing to do with temperature. ikn li zh d ni zhn sh zo yu zhn bi Hey, it seems that Daniel has made good preparation. pi f pi f Great, great.

xi xi Thank you. w sh zu tin wn shng ci gng ch le c dinzu ba I looked it up in the dictionary last night. Come on. zh yn xu k sh zhng hu mn z de y mn chun tng y sh Seal engraving is a traditional art of China. mi cuho xing bi jng 2008 nin 2008 Exactly. The emblem o yn hu de hu hu of Beijing 2008 Olympics y zu chng le yn zhng de yng zi is in the form of a seal. w zi bi jng de sh hu When I was in Beijing, y jng chng k j k yn zhng shn me de I often engraved seals. icu le Hey, you are wrong. k j k yn zhng zn me cu le Engrave several seals. Is there anything wrong with it? hu tu w y gi n k j zhng I will engrave some for you later. yu cu lew men shu yn zhng de sh hu You are wrong again. When we talk about seals, tng chng yng ling c miy mi yn zhng we often use the quantifier Mei. Yi Mei Yin Zhang.

 yun li sh w de ling c yng cu le Oh, it turned out I used the wrong quantifier. shu yn zhng de sh hu tng chng yng ling c mi The Chinese measure word for seal is Mei, y mi yn zhng Yi Mei Yin Zhang. A seal. i d ni Hey, Daniel, zhng ho w zh r yu ling mi yn zhng I have two seals here. n ji m fn n qun du gi k lexi xi Could you please engrave them for me? Thank you. w nr hu ya yu di hu qin zho rn bng mng I can't. I will have to pay somebody to do it. ihn ji Hey, Han Jia. n sh shu ya What's that old man? zh sh dng jng de zu xing This is the sitting statue of Ding Jin. dng jng sh zhng gu yn xu fng min de d sh Ding Jin was a seal master in China. ho du wn rn du fi chng pi f t Many scholars admire him very much. ho du wn rn du fi chng pi f t Many scholars admire him very much.

i du lehn ji Hey, Han Jia. y t q yn zhng w chng tng bi rn shu zhun k Talking about seals, I often hear people say Zhuan Ke. t do d sh shn me y s ya What on earth does it mean? zhun k ji sh zh k yn zhng Well, Zhuan Ke means seal cutting. zhng gu g di yu y zhng z t jio zu zhun t There was a kind of seal character in ancient China. r yn zhng shng min k de z ne The characters on seals wng wng du sh zhun t are usually seal characters. su y w men b k yn zhng yu tng chng wi zhun k So we call seal cutting Zhuan Ke. zh xi w mng bi le Oh, I see. in lu shng xi de sh " l gun " ling g zi ba " " Hey, is the inscription on the building "Le Guan"? i n xio shn me Hey, what are you laughing at? mi shn mein zh do " l gun " sh shn me y s ma " " Nothing. Hey, do you know what "Le Guan" mean? zh k nn b zh w It is easy.

" l gun " sh y g xng rng cxng rng xing w y yng de rn " " Le Guan is an adjective used to describe people like me, ji sh jng shn y kui it means optimistic. nd ni shu de mi cu Well, Daniel is right. " l gun " sh zh jng shn y kui " " Le Guan means optimistic, du sh w de f zhn chng mn xn xn confident of the progress. id ni Hey, Daniel, b gu zh k b sh shn me l gun lu But this is not Le Guan Building. zh l yng gi nin gun l lu Well, it should be called Guan Yue building. zhng gu g di hn du pi bin Many tablets in ancient China du sh cng yu wng zu nin de were read from right to left. zh zh sh w y sh h t I was just confused. y hu kn dng b hu ch cu le I won't make the mistake any more. ihn ji Hey, Han Jia.

zh l ji sh wn ln g Here is Wenlan Tower. w tng shu zh l cng yu s k qun sh I heard that the Complete Collection of Four Treasures is kept here. n kn gu ma Have you ever read it? mi kn gu yun bn I've never read the original. w zi xio xu de sh hu When I was in elementary school, ji zh do s k qun sh le I heard about the Complete Collection of Four Treasures. t k sh zhng gu l sh shng bin zun gu m It is the series with the largest editing scale zu d de y b cng sh in Chinese history. nw y zh do Well, I know. t xi chng y hu fn cho q b After it was finished, it was made into seven copies cng do zhng gu de q d cng sh g l le and kept in the seven libraries in China. Duw men xin zi kn do de zh g wn ln g Right. Wenlan Tower ji sh zhng gu q d cng sh g zh y is one of the seven largest libraries of ancient China. wn ln g ji sh zhng gu q d cng sh g zh y Wenlan Tower is one of the seven largest libraries of ancient China.

gung le x lng yn sh Having visited Xiling Seal-engraving Society yu q le zhng gu q d cng sh g zh y de wn ln g and the Wenlan Tower, one of the seven largest libraries in China, jn tin w k zhng le b sho jin sh I really learned a lot today. b gu hn ji But, Han Jia, zh xi yn zhng hi sh hun gi n I'd better return the seals to you. z j xu zhe k ci yu l q madu ba It is fun only if you learn to carve the seals yourself, isn't it? zh g d ni Daniel! ho lebi wng le w men de ku ho OK. Don't forget our motto xu shu zhng gu hupng yu bin tin xi Learn to speak Chinese and make friends everywhere. shng xn yu m x lng yn sh b jn y jn sh zhun k wn mng y sh Xiling Seal-engraving Society is not only famous for its metal and stone seal carvings, r qi y y fng jng yu y h wn w fng f jin chng But also well known for its elegant and scrence views as well as large collection of cultural relics. zh l hu m f sh The layout of Xiling Seal-engraving Society is consolidated and the design is delicate.

tng g cn cb j jn cu with flowers and trees interplanted ,pavilllons and towers dotted around. sh j jng qio bi y wi g shn yun ln de jng hu su zi It is regarded as the essence of the gardens on Solitary Hills zi x lng yn sh s zho g xin tio x h xi s Watching the beautiful views of the West Lake at Sizhao Tower in Xiling Seal-engraving Society, k y lng lu min min yu qnghun shu bo shn shn bo shu de qng q you can experience views all around, circular lake surrounding hill and hill embracing lake .