Huge Crowds on National Day - 人山人海的国庆节

In this lesson, we are talking about the National Day holiday in China. You will get some information about what do Chinese people do during this holiday. And you will learn a common idiom that is called "people mountain people sea" which indicate the crowded conditions.

单词及短语

Key words and phrases

成立 [chénglì]
 
v. found [HSK 5]
国庆节 [guóqìng jié]
 
n. National Day [HSK 5]
一般 [yìbān]
 
adv. usually [HSK 3]
放假 [fàng jià]
 
v. get off [HSK 4]
之一 [zhī yī]
 
pron. one of
选择 [xuǎnzé]
 
v. choose [HSK 3]
时候 [shíhou]
 
n. time [HSK 1]
旅游 [lǚyóu]
 
v. travel [HSK 2]
首都 [shǒudū]
 
n. capital [HSK 4]
万 [wàn]
 
num. ten thousand [HSK 3]
特别 [tèbié]
 
adv. specially [HSK 3]
广场 [guǎngchǎng]
 
n. square [HSK 5]
升 [shēng]
 
v. rise [HSK 5]
国旗 [guóqí]
 
n. national flag
其他 [qítā]
 
pron. other [HSK 3]
地方 [dìfang]
 
n. place [HSK 3]
不是……而是…… [bú shì……ér shì……]
 
not……but……
成语 [chéngyǔ]
 
n. idiom [HSK 5]
人山人海 [rén shān rén hǎi]
 
a sea of people [idiom]
明白 [míngbai]
 
v. understand [HSK 3]

短文

Reading Transcripts

1949
1949
nián
10
10
yuè
1
1
,
On October 1st, 1949,
xīn
Zhōng
guó
chéng
le.
了。
the new China(People's Republic of China) was established.
Cóng
hòu,
后,
Since then,
10
10
yuè
1
1
chéng
le
Zhōng
guó
de
guó
qìng
jié.
节。
October 1st has become China's National Day.
Guó
qìng
jié
bān
huì
fàng
jià
tiān,
天,
We usually have seven-day-off during the National Day holiday,
shì
fàng
jià
shí
jiān
zuì
cháng
de
jié
zhī
yī.
一。
which is one of the longest holidays.
Hěn
duō
Zhōng
guó
rén
huì
xuǎn
zài
guó
qìng
jié
de
shí
hou
yóu.
游。
Many Chinese will choose to travel during the National Day holiday.
Běi
jīng
shì
Zhōng
guó
de
shǒu
dū,
都,
Beijing is the capital of China,
měi
nián
de
guó
qìng
jié
dōu
huì
yǒu
shí
wàn
rén
Běi
jīng
yóu.
游。
hundreds of thousands of people visit Beijing on National Day every year.
bié
shì
10
10
yuè
1
1
zhè
tiān
de
zǎo
shang,
上,
Especially on the morning of October 1st,
měi
nián
dōu
huì
yǒu
shí
wàn
rén
Tiān
'ān
mén
guǎng
广
chǎng
kàn
shēng
guó
qí.
旗。
more than 100,000 of people go to Tian'anmen square to watch the national flag raising every year.
Chú
le
Běi
jīng,
京,
Besides Beijing,
yóu
de
fang
huì
yǒu
hěn
duō
rén.
人。
there are also a lot of people in other tourist places.
Hěn
duō
rén
dōu
shuō,
说,
A lot of people said,
guó
qìng
jié
yóu,
游,
traveling on National Day
shì
wán
de,
的,
is not to have fun,
ér
shì
kàn
rén
de.
的。
but to see people.
Hàn
zhōng
yǒu
ge
chéng
jiào
"rén
"人
shān
rén
hǎi",
海",
There is a idiom in Chinese called "people mountain people sea"(Indicating the crowded conditions).
guǒ
zài
guó
qìng
jié
de
shí
hou
lái
Zhōng
guó
yóu,
游,
If you travel to China on National Day,
dìng
huì
hěn
kuài
míng
bai
shén
me
shì
"rén
"人
shān
rén
hǎi".
海"。
you will understand what “people mountain people sea” is soon.