The Cow Herder and the Weaver Girl (Level 1) - Graded Readers for Chinese Language Learners (Folktales) (500 words)
牛郎织女 (1级) - 学汉语分级读物 (民间故事)
Publisher:
Beijing Language & Culture University Press
Publication:
12/2014
Languages:
English, Chinese
Sales in last 12 months:
5
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787561940211
Pages:
85
Sizes:
204 x 142mm
Weight:
0.1170
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The series Graded Readers for Chinese Language Learners is composed of 50 books, divided into three subseries, namely folktales, literary stories and historical stories, corresponding to Levels 1-3 respectively. The rich and fun content and easy-to-understand language makes it easy for everyone, whether they are foreigners learning Chinese, children with parents of Chinese origin, ethnic minority students of the Chinese language, or even primary school students in China, to read this series. It enables the readers to gradually improve their Chinese reading skills and enhance their understanding of Chinese culture by reading and enjoying stories.
The “Folktales” subseries includes 10 stories, hence 10 books, adapted from folk legends, each book written in 20,000-30,000 Chinese characters. The titles of the 10 books are Hua Mulan, Lady White Snake, The Cow Herder and the Weaver Girl, A Golden Millet Dream, Chang’e Flying to the Moon, The Old Man under the Moon, The Butterfly Lovers, Nie Xiaoqian, Chen Shimei, and Beauty from the Painting.
In the book The Cow Herder and the Weaver Girl, Niulang, the Cower Herder, whose parents died when he was young, was mistreated by his sister-in-law so much so that he could only left home, with nobody but a cow by his side. The fairy maiden Zhinu, the Weaver Girl, came to play in the human world and encountered the Cow Herder by chance. The two fell in love, got married and had two children, a son and a daughter. However, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother in the heaven, after hearing about this, ordered heavenly soldiers to take the Weaver Girl away. The Cow Herder, carrying the children in baskets, chased after them but was stopped by the Milky Way. He and his wife gazed at each other day after day from the two sides of the Milky Way. Finally the Jade Emperor approved of them meeting once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. Now they are stars in the sky.
“学汉语分级读物”丛书一共50本,包括民间故事、文学故事、历史故事三个系列,分别对应1、2、3级。本套读物内容丰富有趣,语言简单易懂,不论是学汉语的外国人、在国外的华人子女,还是学汉语的少数民族学生,甚至是国内的小学生,都可以轻松阅读。通过阅读,使读者在欣赏故事的同时,逐步提高汉语阅读能力,增进对中国文化的了解。
“民间故事”系列取材于中国的民间传说,一个故事一本书,每本2—3万字。本系列包括《花木兰》《白蛇传》《黄粱梦》《牛郎织女》《嫦娥奔月》《月下老人》《梁山伯与祝英台》《聂小倩》《陈世美》《画上的美人》10 本。
《牛郎织女》讲述了牛郎和织女的故事。牛郎父母早逝,家中嫂子对他百般刁难,最后牛郎只能离开家,与一头牛相依为命。天上的仙女织女来人间游玩,偶遇牛郎,两人日久生情,最后结成夫妻,生有一儿一女。可是,玉帝王母听闻此事,就强行将织女带走,牛郎挑着两个孩子往天上追赶,却被银河挡住,日日隔河相望,最后玉帝同意他们每年七月初七相会一次,如今他们都成了天上的星星。