皮影戏是世界上最早的由人配音的影画艺术，它发源于西汉时期的陕西省，是一种历史悠久，流传很广的民间艺术。可惜，近来由于电影戏剧艺术的发展以及皮影戏特殊的高要求工艺及表演方式，而且现在的中国年轻人不愿意去学习专门艺术，所以皮影戏渐渐面临着失传的困境。

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Advanced Lesson 14 - 皮影戏

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Chinese government has been raising or cutting stamp duty on stock transaction to maintain a healthy stock market. If you are interested in investing in stocks or just want to have a good conversation with your Chinese friends about stocks, this dialogue may help you gather some idea.

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Intermediate Lesson 15 - 印花税

So you wanted to take a trip by train to Beijing and visit the great wall. You wanted to go to Xian to see the terracotta warriors. So what was it that stopped you? You didn't know how to ask for train tickets. Well here at A to Z Chinese we can fix that problem and have you onboard the train in no time. Into days lesson you will learn how to ask for and buy train tickets in mandarin Chinese.  

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Beginner Lesson 30 - Buying train tickets

中国是一个含蓄的民族，在民间也流传了许许多多浪漫的爱情故事。不但人与人谈情，还有人与神相爱，人与鬼相恋的传说，编织了一个个天上人间地下无处不在的爱情故事。西方有情人节，中国也有情人节，就是农历七月七日，也就是公历八月四号前后，到了这一天，你可以向心爱的人大胆的表白你的爱情。

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Advanced Lesson 18 - 乞巧节

At this stage if your viewing the beginner lessons we don't expect that you're fluent with the 4000 plus characters that you need to be able to read the Chinese newspaper. What were looking at is the choice, if you were not aware, you can get a  newspaper the China Daily which is printed in English. Some times you just want to know what's happening in the world with out suffering a brain aneurism trying to follow the Chinese paper. Its all about knowing what to ask, so in today's lesson we show you how to ask for a newspaper and choose the English version.

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Beginner Lesson 29 - Buying a newspaper

圣诞节本来是西方国家的一个非常重要的家庭团聚和喜庆的节日，而东西文化的互相交流及影响，让越来越多的中国人爱上了西方的圣诞节。不管什么样的圣诞礼物，只要你为对方花了心思，相信他（她）一定会喜欢的。有时候礼物的贵重并不在价钱的高低，只要你们彼此相爱，又真正考虑到了对方所需，那你的礼物对他（她）来说就是独一无二的。

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Advanced Lesson 14 - 皮影戏

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