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Hello Shanghai Blog
The first year elective class here at Grange Academy have been looking at the Shanghai Expo, and China as a whole with a view to creating a school magazine which highlights the links between China and Scotland.
We would like to ask a few questions and look closer at how the Shanghai Expo will further build the relationship between Scotland and China.
We also have three questions we would like to ask in Chinese:
1．在上海世博会上，苏格兰展馆有哪些展出物品？
What Scottish products are exhibited at the ShangHai Expo?
2．请问有没有苏格兰展馆的展出照片？
Can you send some pictures of the Scotland stall at the Shanghai Expo?
3． 哪些苏格兰展出物品是中国人民最感兴趣的？
Which Scottish products are the Chinese most interested in?
Thank you
Grange Academy
Glenn,
Thank you for answering our first set of questions. We now have some more and would like to focus on travel and the environment .
1.中国人怎么试图营造出世博的和谐环境？
How are the Chinese trying to make the Expo environmentally friendly?
2. 世博会期间有哪些交通工具可供使用？
What sort of transport is available to the Expo?
3. 为什么英国选择“种子圣殿”作为其代表？
Why did Britain choose the seed cathedral to represent itself?
Thank you,
Grange Academy
Hi! The updated answers to these questions can now be found in this blog post here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/ConfuciusClassroom/2010/09/30/travel-and-the-environment/
I visited Beijing in July of this year and believe there is a great rivalry between Beijing as the political capital and Shanghhai as the economic capital. How many visitors have visited the Expo so far and how many of them have been Beijingers?
Hi Rachel,
Thanks for the question! I agree there might be a bit of competition but I don’t think either city likes to be compared to the other one because each views itself as totally unique and incomparable.
I’ve been thinking about how to explain it, and I think it’s sort of like Washington DC and New York: one is the capital of a country and the other prides itself on its economic and cosmopolitan status. Both are icons in their own right and probably don’t spend too much time thinking about how they compare to the other.
To answer your question, as of today there’s been over 57 million visitors to the Expo. I wasn’t able to find any official numbers on visitors from Beijing, although I was able to call a few friends that live in Beijing. Their feeling is that Expo isn’t that big of a thing for them, but that’s more because it’s in another city. Although some people do come to the Expo via Beijing, not everybody will make the trouble to visit another city for several days. So I think if people don’t come to the Expo it’s mostly disinterest and nothing really to do with competitive spirit. Thanks!
Glenn,
We would like to ask further questions on environmentalism.
1. 在世博会后，哪些在世博会中使用的建筑会保留下来？
What buildings are to be kept after the expo has finished?
2. 那些被拆除的材料将会被怎么处理？
What will happen to the building material that is taken down after the expo is over?
Thank you,
Grange Academy
Glenn,
A Group of S4 art pupils are very interested in finding out information about different aspects of Chinese art. Can you look into the following, please.
Many thanks,
Our Lady’s High School
1.How does Chinese painting differ from European style painting? Liam Gingell S4
2.Are there any particular fashion trends that people follow in China today? Is a particular style popular? Julie McLaughlin S4
3.Who is your favourite Chinese artist? Deanna Watt S4
4.What are the differences between Chinese art and Scottish art? Lewis Watt S4
5.Do many Chinese artists make their paintings symbolic? Nicola Reid S4
6.Who is the best at martial arts in China? Daniel Cheasty S4
7.Who is your favourite shoe designer? Patricia Murray S4
Do school pupils wear uniform and if so what does it consist of?
Glenn,
I would like to enquire about a few things about schools in china.
The first thing is:
What is the behavioural code in china? (Eg,Sent out of class,Letter to parents)
Where do they go for lunch? What do they have?
Many thanks,
Daniel Gordon S3 (Perth High school)
Hi, here are some questions we’d like to ask about weather:
1. How does the weather in Shanghai (or China generally)influence Shanghainese/ Chinese art? Emma Sproul S6
2. Given the huge size of China, how does the weather affect China’s businesses in the different regions? Hannah Barr S6
3. How well-equipped are the different areas of China in dealing with extreme weather conditions? Elizabeth Pickering S6
4. What idioms do the Chinese have that relate to weather? (For example ‘raining cats and dogs’ in English) Emma Hay S6
Perthshire Confucius Hub –Perth High School
Hi Glenn,
In my Secondary 3 Mandarin class, all pupils are very interested in finding out what Chinese school is like and how Chinese education work. They have the following questions to ask:
1. What is the curriculum like for Chinese school?
2. How long is the duration of their education?
3. Do they have lunch at school canteen? If yes, what do they eat? If not, where do they go?
4. What extra-curricular activities they can do during lunch or after school?
5. Do they wear a uniform? If yes, what does is it consists of?
6. What sports do they do in Physical Education?
7. What are the school hours?
8. What school trips do they go on?
9. How often do they get homework?
10. What is the school’s behaviour code?
11. How involved do the kids get in the lessons?
Hello Glenn,
this is David McClure from John Paul Academy, from Glasgow.
Sorry that these questions are late, the weather in Scotland has caused chaos in the build up to Christmas.
There are a couple of pupils here looking to ask you some questions about family life in China. I will hand you over to them.
How many people are in your family?
What is family life like on a daily basis?
What does your family do for entertainment?
What does your family eat for breakfast,lunch and dinner?
Do you have any pets?
How does your family celebrate special occassions e.g,birthdays,christmas?
Thanks, Jodie and Adele.
Hi Glenn, our questions are all about festivities in China:
1) How does China celebrate Christmas?
2) Over here, obviously we go mad for turkey, but what foods are traditionally eaten in China during Christmas time?
3) Are there any traditional Chinese Christmas carols?
4) Do Chinese children put out stockings for santa?
5) What would be a typical household celebration of Chinese New Year?
6) On the 3rd of Feb it will now be the year of the Rabbit. What exactly does this mean? Will it have an effect on the type of year people will have?
7) Again, (you might see we love food!) are there any very traditional meals or delicacies eaten (or drunk) during Chinese New Year?
8) Are there any traditional stories or legends surrounding Chinese New Year?
9) Before Christmas we shop till we drop but how do the Chinese prepare for their festivities?
10) When we were in China we heard about the giving of ‘lucky money’ what exactly is this and is there any other traditional presents given over Chinese New Year?
Many thanks and we look forward to your reply!