I’m glad to hear from you. In your letter, you say you don’t understand the meaning of the idiom (成语) “Cheng Men Li Xue”. Now let me tell you the story about it.

During the Northern Song Dynasty (朝代), there lived a famous teacher called Cheng Yi. One day, two young men came to the teacher’s house to learn from him. One of them was Yang Shi. It was snowing heavily and the teacher was having a nap. The other man said, “Let’s enter and ask the teacher for help.” But Yang said, “No, the teacher is having a rest. We should wait outside and not trouble him.”

After some time, the teacher woke up. When he found the two young men standing outside in such a big snow, he was moved and asked them to come in. But Yang said, “I’m sorry to trouble you.”

The story showed that we should respect (尊敬) our teachers. I hope it can help you!

Yours,

Li Hua

During ancient times, children in China could play interesting games.

There are many traditional holidays in China.

The Spring Festival is the most important one in China. It is as important as Christmas in the West. On the evening before Spring Festival, all the family members get together and have a big dinner. After dinner, they watch TV and play cards while waiting for the New Year to come.

The next one is the Lantern Festival. It falls on the 15th night of the first lunar(农历) month. People often go out to enjoy the lantern show.

Then comes the Dragon Boat Festival. It is on the 5th lunar month. It is a festival to honor an ancient poet Qu Yuan. People often hold dragon boat competition on that day. So it is now a festival of the Chinese traditional sports.

The next one is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. The whole family sit in the open air and enjoy the bright moon while they’re eating mooncakes and fresh fruit.