Rat is the first in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac. The Years of the Rat include 1912, 1924, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032...

Though people consider the rat not adorable, and it even makes its way into derogatory languages, it ranks first on the Chinese zodiac signs. It has characteristics of an animal with spirit, wit, alertness, delicacy, flexibility and vitality.

Rat Year 
1924 
1936
1948 
1960 
1972 
1984
1996 
2008
2020 
2032 

The Chinese Zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, is based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These signs in order are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It is calculated according to Chinese lunar calendar.

You can use the zodiac calculator to search for your Chinese zodiac animal sign. Select your Gregorian date of birth, and you'll reveal your date of birth according to the lunar calendar, together with your sign.

1、National Day 国庆节

这是国庆节约定俗成的英文说法，用法固定，不能随意更改。

October 1st is the National Day of the People's Republic of China.

10月1日是中华人民共和国的国庆节。

2、Motherland 祖国

I am determined to give my youth to the motherland.

我决心把青春献给祖国。

3、National flag 国旗

I felt so proud when I waved a five-starred red flag.

当我挥动着五星红旗的时候，我感到非常的骄傲和自豪！

4、Military parade 阅兵

Though, I also became a military parade, a member of the participating team. 

仿佛，我也成了阅兵参演队伍中的一员。

5、Flag-rising ceremony 升旗仪式

The flag-rising ceremony is over. Please go back to your classrooms in turn. 

升旗仪式到此结束。请各班有秩序地回教室。

Surrounded by a crisscrossing network of hutongs (narrow lanes), Shichahai Lake is the place to relax for many Beijingers. Tucked away from the hectic rush of the city, Shichahai offers both quiet spots and lively dining and entertainment options.

The scenic lake setting brought prosperity to many of the bars and cafés along its banks, and among those, by the bustling Yandaixiejie (Tobacco Pipe Oblique Lane), Hai Bar offers an added measure of tranquility and charm. No booming base tunes and hyperactive gyration here.

Before entering that first time, visitors can pause to peruse the etching on Hai Bar's front door, recounting the history of Yandaixiejie. Within the three-story Hai Bar building, decorated with freehand traditional Chinese landscape paintings, the first floor comprises an intimate pub with wooden chairs and tables. Here is a simple, modest, yet elegant setting, far apart from the overblown decor of other more glitzy Shichahai establishments.

• If you measure a city's nightlife by the number of chances for debauchery it offers, then Beijing has never held (and probably will never hold) a candle to such neon-lit Babylons as Shanghai and Hong Kong. If, instead, you measure nightlife by its diversity, the Chinese capital rivals any major city in Asia.

  Such was not always the case. As recently as a decade ago, Beijing's populace routinely tucked itself into bed under a blanket of Mao-inspired Puritanism shortly after nightfall, leaving visitors with one of two tourist-approved options: Attend Beijing opera and acrobatic performances in a sterile theater, or wander listlessly around the hotel in search of a drink to make sleep come faster.

  Since then, the government has realized there is money to be made on both sides of the Earth's rotation. The resulting relaxation in nocturnal regulations, set against the backdrop of Beijing residents' historical affinity for cultural diversions, has helped remake the city's nightlife. Opera and acrobatics are still available, but now in more interesting venues, and to them have been added an impressive range of other worthwhile cultural events: teahouse theater, puppet shows, intimate traditional music concerts, live jazz, even the occasional subtitled film.

  This diversity continues with Beijing's drinking and dance establishments, of which there are scores. Although they don't quite match Shanghai's for style, they are generally cheaper and offer something for just about every mood. With the opening of a few modern dance clubs, the city's cheesy old discos are thankfully no longer the only dance option, although the latter can still be tremendously entertaining on the kitsch level. The same goes for karaoke, a favorite in China as it is in Japan. Foreign-Chinese interaction in bars hasn't progressed much beyond the sexual exploitation so rampant in the 1920s and 1930s, but this is by no means a necessary dynamic, and the traveler not afraid to bumble through language barriers can often make fruitful contact with local people over a bottle or two of beer.

  The Performing Arts
  Beijing Opera--Beijing opera (jingju) is described by some as the apogee of traditional Chinese culture and, at least according to one modest Chinese connoisseur, is "perhaps the most refined form of opera in the world." Many who have actually seen a performance might beg to differ with these claims, but few other Chinese artistic traditions can match it for sophistication and pure stylized spectacle.
  The Beijing tradition is young as Chinese opera styles go. Its origins are most commonly traced to 1790, when four opera troupes from Anhui Province arrived in Beijing to perform for the Qing court and decided to stay, eventually absorbing elements of a popular opera tradition from Hubei Province. Initially performed exclusively for the royal family, the new blended style eventually trickled out to the public and was well received as a more accessible alternative to the elegant but stuffy operas dominant at the time.

  How it could have ever been considered accessible is mystifying to most foreign audiences. The typical performance is loud and long, with archaic dialogue sung on a screeching pentatonic scale, accompanied by a cacophony of gongs, cymbals, drums, clappers, and strings. This leaves most first-timers exhausted, but the exquisite costumes and martial arts-inspired movements ultimately make it worthwhile. Probably the opera's most distinctive feature is its elaborate system of face paints, with each color representing a character's disposition: red for loyalty, blue for bravery, black for honesty, and white for cruelty.

May be you are the one who like Chinese Kung fu very much when you are a child, this is a wonderful time to let your dream come true.
This show present a story, it tells the process of a little boy become a master. At first the boy can not say goodbye to his mother, he keeps the scarf which his mother gave him for a long time, this represent he can not separate with real world. Later he practices the kung fu very hard and has a big improvement. But he becomes arrogant. Through the help of his brother and master, he realize the deep meaning of the kung fu. He practices harder than before, and more peaceful.
The show teaches us a lot.

The Acrobatic Shows in Beijing are exciting and entertaining, totally worth to see!  The Acrobatic Show at Tian Di theather is the best for children!

During the show you can't take pictures, because that will disturb the young guys who are performing.

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