“枫桥夜泊” –Language can stimulate something deeper

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A piece of “古筝曲”(Chinese Zither Music)about the Chinese ancient city “姑苏” (Gu su)

As is known to many people, the past February is one of the most important months for Chinese people, because it is the month for celebrating Chinese new year, which is also called the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year’s Eve is the first day for the family reunion, accordingly, no matter how far away from home, Chinese people are always eager to get back home on this day and stay with their loving families. However, for those Chinese people who need to work or study abroad and cannot go back home, you might see that they use various ways to express their homesick feelings or emotions. For example, here is a news that I saw on the Chinese New Year’s Eve.

Lena Slanisky (2019, February 4)Man Spotted Writing Beautiful Chinese Poetry On STM Metro Platforms In Montreal.
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Why not Pinyin?

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When I was searching the meaningful road signs for week 4 ‘s activity, I noticed a very interesting phenomenon in my hometown. The landmark “二七” are exhibited in Pinyin(Erqi ) and English (Twoseven ) respectively on one road sign. Besides, almost all road signs are shown in bilingual (Chinese and English) whereas Pinyin is hard to find.

Why Pinyin is absent? Is it necessary to show Pinyin on Chinese road signs? My answer is Yes!

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