Countries presentation: China

You may all know a popular saying: "it all seems greek to me!". Obviously it stretches the incomprehension of another language or topic. In greek the same expression would raise even more confusion, since Greek is our mothertongue. For that reason our equivalent is : "It all seems chinese to me".

Greek and Chinese although they are both ancient cultures, they share no common characteristics. The philosophy, language, religion, history, martial arts of China feel so strange yet enticing. In our multicultural house, the chinese representatives could not have been missed. A Chinese boy and a girl surprised us all, when they jumped into the trotro to join us to a beach trip right after a twenty hour flight. Their traveling and exploring spirit stayed firm!

On China's Monday, the three Chinese overcame their cute introversion and prepared a very interesting and interactive presentation. When Daisy came in dressed in a traditional white costume, we had no idea of the performance she was about to give us. She got cocentrated and started a combination of slow and accurate moves. It was indeed a short  Kung Fu display. 

Later on, we were given a Chinese language lesson and all you could hear was "Nee haoww" (=hello) from at least twenty different directions. After we learnt to say hello fluently, we were given a traditional chinese brush pen in order to try our writting skills in chinese calligraphy. 

At the end of that day I felt wiser, as a new world had revealed to me. Before that, I had little wondered about the cuisine or the way of life in the far away Chinese Land. Now I know that Chinese cuisine does not include only sweet and sour dishes, but there are parts of the country that the food is really spicy (no wonder now how Bill could eat all of his food at school). I also realized that none of my Chinese friends has any siblings as a result of the one-child policy. Moreover Facebook and Youtube are blocked in China as well as 2.701 other sites, as imposed by the internet censorship policy. It just dawned to me that posisbly my blog is not permitted in China. 

三人一条心，黄土变成金 sān rén yì tiáo xīn, huáng tǔ biàn chéng jīn 

- If people are of one heart, even the yellow earth can become gold. Chinese Proverb