Foreigners' Chinese culture talent show,contestants in this show puts me into shame..
I just watched the Foreigners' Chinese culture talent show 2004 held in China
the foreigners,mostly Western people,and one Japanese guy,
they have been studying about Chinese culture and language or lived in China for a long time,
they speak fluent Mandarin
they could sing in Mandarin
one white woman sang in some dialect of a Chinese minority group even most of the audiences didn't understand what she was singing,
one white man was accepted to the Shaolin Temple to learn Shaolin Kung Fu,he was the second foreigner ever accepted by the Shaolin Temple and he studied there for 3 years
this really puts me into shame,
as a Chinese,I am very poor in Mandarin (I am a Cantonse speaker)
I had to read the Chinese subtitles to understand what they were saying
I am not very familiar with the Chinese history,I am poor in writing Chinese (but I can read them well),
maybe thats due to I came to Vancouver when I was 9 and my parents didn't put me into some Chinese classes...
if I ever go back to China,I think I will need some serious lessons of Chinese language,culture and history,
maybe even learn some Kung Fu since I like it
I Have A Rep. Sword About 30 Years Old .
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Originally Posted by Elizabeth
So sorry for the digression, Dream Time :bow:....but someone at work today mentioned a Japanese sword as a possible mantle piece for their living room and wondered if I'd look into it next time I was actually there. I didn't get any initial price considerations, but what exactly would be the differences visually or structurally to a non-otaku between a $50.00 (is it even possible ?) factory-made basically oversized toy and a quality blacksmith's 20th Century replica of the real thing which might start you at $5,000 ?
It still looks good. The big thing is the blade is made of a brittle metal that will not take a sharp edge and will snap if used to strike anything hard. Just to look at !!
Frank