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title: "HSK 5 Chinese Lesson Plans: 78 Free 45-Minute Plans with Handouts | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "78 free HSK 5 Chinese lesson plans on the 2025 syllabus, each built on a graded reading with key words, listening, comprehension questions with answers and a printable handout."
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# HSK 5 Chinese lesson plans

78 lessons of 45 minutes, each on a reading written for HSK 5. Open one for its plan and the handout to print.

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- [中国的“蓝盔”Article · How many UN peacekeepers does China send? · 294 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/china-un-peacekeepers#plan)
- [中国在联合国安理会Article · Does China have a veto at the UN Security Council? · 408 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/china-un-security-council-veto#plan)
- [桃园结义Chapter 1 · The Oath in the Peach Garden · 909 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/oath-in-the-peach-garden-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-1#plan)
- [温酒斩华雄Chapter 2 · Slaying Hua Xiong Before the Wine Cools · 846 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/slaying-hua-xiong-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-2#plan)
- [三英战吕布Chapter 3 · Three Heroes Fight Lü Bu · 844 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/three-heroes-fight-lu-bu-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-3#plan)
- [煮酒论英雄Chapter 4 · Heroes Over Warm Wine · 898 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/heroes-over-warm-wine-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-4#plan)
- [千里走单骑Chapter 5 · A Thousand Li Alone · 929 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/a-thousand-li-alone-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-5#plan)
- [古城相会Chapter 6 · Reunion at the Old City · 872 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/reunion-at-the-old-city-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-6#plan)
- [马跃檀溪Chapter 7 · The Leap Across the Tan Stream · 858 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-leap-across-the-tan-stream-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-7#plan)
- [三顾茅庐Chapter 8 · Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage · 974 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/three-visits-to-the-thatched-cottage-three-kingdoms-intermediate-chinese-8#plan)
- [天上的北斗Article · What is BeiDou, China’s GPS? · 325 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-is-beidou-chinas-gps#plan)
- [五月十二日的演练Article · What to do in an earthquake in China · 338 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-to-do-in-an-earthquake-in-china#plan)
- [一条线，两种冬天Article · Why is there no heating in southern China? · 348 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-is-there-no-heating-in-southern-china#plan)
- [年轻人为什么去寺庙？Article · Why are young Chinese people going to temples? · 383 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-young-chinese-people-go-to-temples#plan)
- [救出悟空Chapter 10 · Freed from the Mountain · 860 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/freed-from-the-mountain-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-10#plan)
- [紧箍咒Chapter 11 · The Tightening Spell · 885 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-tightening-spell-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-11#plan)
- [白龙马Chapter 12 · The White Dragon Horse · 886 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-white-dragon-horse-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-12#plan)
- [火烧观音院Chapter 13 · Fire at Guanyin Temple · 863 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/fire-at-guanyin-temple-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-13#plan)
- [黑熊精Chapter 14 · The Black Bear Demon · 850 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-black-bear-demon-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-14#plan)
- [猪八戒Chapter 15 · Pigsy Joins · 834 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/pigsy-joins-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-15#plan)
- [沙和尚Chapter 16 · Sandy of the Flowing Sand River · 869 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/sandy-of-the-flowing-sand-river-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-16#plan)
- [唐僧取经Chapter 9 · The Monk Sets Out · 862 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-monk-sets-out-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-9#plan)
- [美猴王Chapter 1 · The Handsome Monkey King · 855 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/monkey-king-born-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-1#plan)
- [拜师学艺Chapter 2 · A Teacher Across the Sea · 1,054 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-2#plan)
- [七十二变Chapter 3 · Seventy-Two Changes · 949 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/seventy-two-changes-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-3#plan)
- [龙宫借宝Chapter 4 · The Dragon King’s Treasure · 1,017 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-dragon-kings-treasure-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-4#plan)
- [大闹地府Chapter 5 · Trouble in the Underworld · 926 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/trouble-in-the-underworld-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-5#plan)
- [齐天大圣Chapter 6 · Great Sage Equal to Heaven · 931 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/great-sage-equal-to-heaven-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-6#plan)
- [大闹天宫Chapter 7 · Havoc in Heaven · 834 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-7#plan)
- [五行山下Chapter 8 · Under the Five-Element Mountain · 980 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/under-the-five-element-mountain-journey-to-the-west-intermediate-chinese-8#plan)
- [草船借箭Story · Borrowing arrows with straw boats · 788 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/borrowing-arrows-with-straw-boats#plan)
- [庄周梦蝶Story · Zhuangzi’s butterfly dream, and what it means · 743 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/zhuangzi-butterfly-dream-meaning#plan)
- [曹冲称象Story · How Cao Chong weighed an elephant · 378 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/cao-chong-cheng-xiang-how-to-weigh-an-elephant#plan)
- [重阳节是什么节？Article · What is the Double Ninth Festival? · 561 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-is-the-double-ninth-festival#plan)
- [中国的龙为什么不喷火？Article · What does the Chinese dragon mean? · 637 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-does-the-chinese-dragon-mean#plan)
- [饺子为什么像元宝？Article · Why do Chinese dumplings look like gold ingots? · 546 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-chinese-dumplings-look-like-ingots#plan)
- [空城计Story · The Empty Fort Strategy: Zhuge Liang's famous bluff · 765 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-empty-fort-strategy-zhuge-liang#plan)
- [紫禁城为什么叫紫禁城？Article · Why is it called the Forbidden City? · 618 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-is-it-called-the-forbidden-city#plan)
- [高考是什么？Article · What is the gaokao? · 606 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-is-the-gaokao#plan)
- [1985年的信Story · The letter from grandpa: a Chinese short story · 632 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-letter-from-grandpa-chinese-short-story#plan)
- [爷爷的收音机Story · Grandpa's radio · 549 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/grandpas-radio#plan)
- [后羿射日Story · Hou Yi shoots the nine suns · 620 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/hou-yi-shoots-the-suns#plan)
- [胡同是什么？Article · What is a Beijing hutong? · 653 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-is-a-beijing-hutong#plan)
- [精卫填海Story · Jingwei fills the sea · 577 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/jingwei-fills-the-sea#plan)
- [夸父追日Story · Kuafu chases the sun · 590 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/kuafu-chases-the-sun#plan)
- [腊八节是什么节？Article · What is the Laba Festival? · 548 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-is-the-laba-festival#plan)
- [一片草叶Story · Lu Ban and the saw: a Chinese legend · 569 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/lu-ban-and-the-saw-chinese-legend#plan)
- [“躺平”是什么意思？Article · What does 躺平 (lying flat) mean? · 507 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-does-tang-ping-lying-flat-mean#plan)
- [孟姜女哭长城Story · Lady Meng Jiang cries down the Great Wall · 659 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/lady-meng-jiang-great-wall-legend#plan)
- [女娲补天Story · Nüwa mends the sky · 566 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/nuwa-mends-the-sky#plan)
- [盘古开天Story · Pangu separates the sky and the earth · 527 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/pangu-chinese-creation-myth#plan)
- [红色和白色在中国代表什么？Article · What colours mean in China: red for luck, white for funerals · 512 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/what-colours-mean-in-china#plan)
- [拼音是谁发明的？Article · Who invented pinyin? The story of Zhou Youguang · 579 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/who-invented-pinyin-zhou-youguang#plan)
- [豆腐是谁发明的？Article · Who invented tofu? The legend of Liu An · 554 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/who-invented-tofu#plan)
- [王羲之和《兰亭序》Article · Wang Xizhi and the Orchid Pavilion Preface · 661 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/wang-xizhi-orchid-pavilion-preface#plan)
- [纸是蔡伦发明的吗？Article · Who invented paper? Cai Lun and the older paper · 571 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/who-invented-paper#plan)
- [西施Story · Xi Shi, the first of the Four Beauties · 576 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/xi-shi-four-beauties-of-china#plan)
- [赵州桥Article · Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest open-spandrel arch · 640 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/zhaozhou-bridge-oldest-open-spandrel-arch#plan)
- [郑和是谁？Article · Who was Zheng He? China's admiral of the treasure ships · 526 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/who-was-zheng-he#plan)
- [中国人的名字有什么讲究？Article · How do Chinese names work? · 624 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/how-do-chinese-names-work#plan)
- [怎么吃火锅Story · How to eat hot pot in China · 323 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/how-to-eat-hot-pot-in-china#plan)
- [中国人为什么爱喝热水？Article · Why do Chinese people drink hot water? · 571 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-do-chinese-people-drink-hot-water#plan)
- [楼道里的灯Story · The stairwell light · 621 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/stairwell-light#plan)
- [欢迎光临Chapter 1 · The first night shift · 603 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-first-night-shift#plan)
- [一百分Chapter 10 · Full marks · 507 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/full-marks#plan)
- [三个萝卜Chapter 2 · The taxi driver’s three radishes · 553 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-taxi-driver-and-three-radishes#plan)
- [十分钟Chapter 3 · The nurse who sleeps for ten minutes · 542 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-nurse-who-sleeps-for-ten-minutes#plan)
- [两个饭团Chapter 4 · The old man who buys two rice balls · 545 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-old-man-who-buys-two-rice-balls#plan)
- [无人便利店Chapter 8 · The unstaffed convenience store · 522 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-unstaffed-convenience-store#plan)
- [最后一夜Chapter 9 · The last night · 553 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/the-last-night#plan)
- [中国人为什么怕数字四？Article · Why is 4 unlucky in China? · 526 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-is-four-unlucky-in-china#plan)
- [为什么中国只有一个时区？Article · Why does China have only one time zone? · 858 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-does-china-have-only-one-time-zone#plan)
- [塞翁失马Story · The old man who lost his horse · 546 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/sai-weng-shi-ma-old-man-who-lost-his-horse#plan)
- [守株待兔Story · Waiting for a rabbit by the tree stump · 360 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/shou-zhu-dai-tu-waiting-for-a-rabbit-by-the-tree-stump#plan)
- [广场舞为什么这么火？Article · Why do Chinese aunties dance in public squares? · 592 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/why-do-chinese-aunties-dance-in-public-squares#plan)
- [明天的购物单Story · Tomorrow’s Shopping List · 461 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/tomorrows-shopping-list#plan)
- [把手上的蓝线Chapter 1 · The blue thread · 419 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/blue-thread#plan)
- [原来是这一把Chapter 2 · The right one, after all · 379 characters](https://mandarinthewild.com/teachers/handouts/read/right-one-after-all#plan)