{"id":12598,"date":"2016-09-29T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=12598"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:35:20","slug":"get-ready-for-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/get-ready-for-national-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like the 4th of July in the United States, the 1st of October is a very important holiday in China.\u00a0<strong>National Day<\/strong> (\u56fd\u5e86\u8282 \u2013 gu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9) celebrates the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China in 1949. To get you in the patriotic spirit for this big day, check out some of our past posts related to the holiday:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/national-day\/\">National Day<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_11613\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Tiananmen 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11613\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11613\"  alt=\"Tiananmen Square.\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001-350x250.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiananmen Square.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Learn about the founding of the PRC as well as a bit of modern history about the holiday and its status as a Golden Week in China. See what a National Day celebration looks like in the place where it all began &#8211; <strong>Tiananmen Square<\/strong> (\u5929\u5b89\u95e8\u5e7f\u573a \u2013 ti\u0101n\u2019\u0101n m\u00e9n gu\u01ceng ch\u01ceng):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"National Holiday (\u56fd\u5e86\u8282)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tqGkqghwuyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/national-day-golden-week\/\">Golden Week<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7912\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/DSC_0007.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC 0007\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7912\" class=\"wp-image-7912\"  alt=\"Chinese tour groups are coming. Are you ready?\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/DSC_0007.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/DSC_0007.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2012\/09\/DSC_0007-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese tour groups are coming. Are you ready?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With more and more Chinese people getting passports and traveling abroad to celebrate the holiday, there are sure to be some issues. A few years ago, the government put out a handbook on how to behave when traveling out of the country. Learn about it and some of the backlash from Chinese netizens in this post.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinas-national-anthem\/\">China&#8217;s National Anthem<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>What better way to show your love for China on the country&#8217;s birthday than by singing the national anthem? This post gives some background info about the song, as well as the lyrics in Chinese, <em>pinyin<\/em>, and English for you to practice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"China National anthem Chinese &amp; English lyrics\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UctriMuXYS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chairman-mao-early-years-of-the-prc\/\">Chairman Mao &#8211; Early Years of the PRC<\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_9328\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/DSC_0052.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC 0052\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9328\" class=\"wp-image-9328\"  alt=\"Mao's portrait on the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen).\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/DSC_0052.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/DSC_0052.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/DSC_0052-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mao&#8217;s portrait on the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen).<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201c<em><strong>The Chinese people have stood up!<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u6c11\u7ad9\u8d77\u6765\u4e86 \u2013 zh\u014dng gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n m\u00edn zh\u00e0n q\u01d0 l\u00e1i le)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This is what Mao Zedong proclaimed upon the founding of the PRC. Get the scoop on the early years of the new nation in this post, from his disastrous trip to Moscow to marriage and land reforms.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nvmf46_S7Po<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Happy National Day!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u56fd\u5e86\u8282\u5feb\u4e50!<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">gu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0i l\u00e8<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001-350x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/09\/Tiananmen-001.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Just like the 4th of July in the United States, the 1st of October is a very important holiday in China.\u00a0National Day (\u56fd\u5e86\u8282 \u2013 gu\u00f3 q\u00ecng ji\u00e9) celebrates the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China in 1949. 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