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Article · 2 min audio家族群里都有什么？Chinese family WeChat groups: red packets, good-morning pictures and health rumoursSix thirty in the morning, and the family group sends you a glittering lotus that says “Good morning!” What else goes on in China's family chats?HSK 5
Story · 2 min audio夸父追日Kuafu chases the sunA giant decides the sun has no right to leave whenever it likes, and sets off after it. Halfway there, he drinks the Yellow River dry.HSK 5
Story · 2 min audio精卫填海Jingwei fills the seaThe sea drowns a young princess. She comes back as a small bird and decides to fill the whole ocean with pebbles.HSK 5
Story · 2 min audio西施Xi Shi, the first of the Four BeautiesFish forget how to swim when they see her, and her neighbour's copy of her frown empties the whole village. Then a king sends her to destroy his enemy.HSK 5
Article · 2 min audio王羲之和《兰亭序》Wang Xizhi and the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceThe most famous page in Chinese calligraphy was written slightly drunk at a party. Its author could never write it as well again, and an emperor had it stolen.HSK 5
Story · 3 min audio荆轲刺秦王Jing Ke tries to kill the King of QinTo get close to the most powerful king in China, an assassin brings him a map with a dagger rolled inside. The king's sword is too long to draw.HSK 5
Article · 2 min audio赵州桥Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest open-spandrel archIt doesn't look like much, but this stone bridge in Hebei has stood for 1,400 years. Its secret is four little holes.HSK 5
