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[#ChinaCulturalTourism] Are you impressed by the countdown video before the opening ceremony of 2022 Winter Olympics? Take a look at the different scenery of #Liuzhou in 24 solar terms! #beijing2022 #WinterOlympics2022 #24solarterms #openingceremony

from Splendors of Guangxi on Facebook 
https://www.facebook.com/splendorsofguangxi/videos/3214420212160842/

 

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On 3/8/2022 at 6:52 PM, Randy W said:

If you occur any troubles when visiting the Moon Hill of #Yangshuo, you may seek help from the Mama Moon. She’s a guide who is good at 11 kinds of languages. Happy #womensday to her~ #womensday2022

from Discover Guangxi China on Facebook 
https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverGuangxi/posts/494820118757356

 

Also covered by the SCMP

Chinese tour guide dubbed ‘Mama Moon’ speaks 11 foreign languages and refuses to retire after 25 years

  • ‘Mama Moon’ has been selling water and postcards to tourists since the mid-90s
  • Her ability to speak with tourists in different languages has made her famous

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‘Mama Moon’: tour guide, 77, teaches herself simple greetings in several languages. Photo: Ergeng TV

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As a result of the massive influx of foreign tourists, many locals switched from farming to running small businesses catering to the tourists. One of them was Xu.
To support her family of five, Xu, who dropped out of junior school in the third grade, began to learn different languages in order to attract more foreign customers.
“We can earn more money by tour guiding foreigners, so I and the other villagers were all keen to learn different languages, and I am the person who speaks the most foreign languages,” Xu said proudly.
Xu said she would convert words in any language into Chinese characters based on their pronunciation and then memorise them.
In French, for example, “hello” is “bonjour.” Xu will remember it as “Beng” and “Shu” in Mandarin pinyin.
Repeating the words in her head before going to bed and immediately after waking up has given her fluency in basic conversations with foreigners, she said.

 

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12th March is a day to commemorate the passing of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Father of Modern #China. The opulent complex of Jingjiang Princes' Palace sits in the center of #Guilin was the base of Sun Yat-sen. And it has a longer history than #Beijing's Forbidden City.

from Discover Guangxi China on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/DiscoverGuangxi/posts/497111625194872

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