Chinese Poems

Learning Mandarin Chinese language is a lot about learning the ancient Chinese culture. The Chinese poems are part and parcel of the Chinese culture. The classic poems offer a unique opportunity not only to understand the ancient culture, but also an interesting way to learn very important Mandarin phrases and idioms. These poems, passed down from generation to generation, have tremendous cultural significance in China.

The current book volume, Chinese Poems, is a Chinese reading practice book. It introduces 25 very famous and must know classic Chinese poems (必读中国古诗). In addition, for each of the poems, a detailed explanation along with the corresponding poet's profile is also provided in the book. The featured 25 famous ancient poems are extremely popular in China and virtually every Chinese knows them well (浅释中国古诗25首). This classic collection, that includes poems of Li Bai (李白), Du Fu (杜甫), Wang Wei (王维), etc., has a very high importance for the Chinese literary works. In fact, the words of these poems are deeply ingrained in the minds of Chinese people as they are enforced through repetition during the primary education. As such, in China, every child knows these 25 poems very well.

The volume, 3^rd in the "Introduction to Chinese Culture Series", includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin. With about 1000 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3) to learn Chinese culture as well as practice Chinese reading fast.