Wednesday, December 26, 2007

祝你 圣诞快乐

祝你们大家和平,健康和高兴

Friday, December 21, 2007

Festival : Dong Ji

Dong Ji means the Arrival of Winter, it is the equivalent to "Winter Solstice".
It usually falls on 22nd or 23rd Demcember. It was a very important festival in the time gone by.
On this day a special dumpling make of glutinous rice is made for the occasion. These dumplings are make in the shape of little animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits etc, usually at the request of the children of the house.
This festival give the signal to those who are not at home to start planning their trip to go back home of the reunion at the Spring Festival.
This day of shortest daylight and longest night, people believe that the food consumed is at its highest values, and it is also the coldest day of the year.This year - 2007 in reality had the coldest day of 11 degree cent. yesterday in ten years in Kolkata .

Thursday, December 6, 2007

The Hon'ble CM of West Bengal Sri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at Victoria Memorial hall for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games photo exhibition . With him is Mr.Paul Chung & Mr.Paul Lim.

PS : It's not fast shutter but wobbling movement of the camera phone that heightens the dramatic effect of " motion blur "


在为北京2008奥林匹克运动会照片的展示维多利亚Memorial大厅西孟加拉邦斯里Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee的Hon'ble CM.

先生保罗Chung和先生保罗Lim和他在一起.

PS: 它并非快是百叶窗但是使照相机电话的动作摇晃那个提高巨大的影响"运动模糊"的效果

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Chinese consulate to come up at Salt Lake.

Reported by Debashis Konar.
Times City. November 2, 2007.

Kolkata. The Chinese government will set up a consulate at Salt Lake. Officials from Beijing will decide on the address on Saturday. The satellite town was selected for its proximity to the airport and relative absence of traffic snares.
Earlier, the ministry of external affairs had given its nod to a Chinese consulate in the city and Mao Sien was appointed the Chinese consul general in Kolkata. Sien met chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee recently. At present, he is operating from a five star hotel.
The Chinese officials are bunting for a 6,000 sq. ft. site and may even consider a building at the IT hub in Sector V. “Ideally, we are looking for a three storey building. We don’t want to share the premises for security reasons,” A diplomat said.
The consulate will help the city’s Chinese population with processing visas, notaris
ation and authentication of documents.
Welcoming the move, Indian Chinese Association for Culture president Paul Chung said once the consulate begins operations, it would be a boost to the 5,000- plus Chinese population in the city.
“It will go a long way in promoting cultural and economic ties. At present, we have to approach the Chinese embassy in Delhi for various needs, including sourcing textbooks,” he said,

Friday, September 14, 2007

Chinese' Mid-Autumn Moon Festival.

The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival will be celebrated on 25th September.

Our Association will be organizing the Annual Celebration for the youth on 22nd and 23rd, under the banner of “EXPRESSION ‘07”, at Sacred Heart Chinese School.

* On 22nd, the “Mask The Mask” will be held from 14.00 hr.
* On 23rd, the “Three Minutes to Fame” will begin from 14.00 hr. too.All the youth of our community, who are under the age of 15 are welcome to participate; and those who are above 15 are most welcome too. Your presence is a sign of your support and encouragement for the growth in our common culture

Monday, September 3, 2007

Mayor pledges to make aments.

The Telegraph Calcutta Monday 3 Septemper 2007

Civic body wakes up to Chinatown.

"Mayor pledges to make amends.
Deepankar Canguly.

Chinatown binds Calcutta to several cities in the world. Including London, Bangkok, Paris and Yokohama.
But while in every other city the pocket of Chinese habitation is a major tourist draw, it’s an eyesore in Calcutta, thanks to the apathy of the civic authorities.
The two sq-km- walled township in east Calcutta, which once housed tanneries, is not linked with civic water supply system and is overrun with filth, as there is not sewerage network. Even the roads there, are not maintained by Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC).
But the situation is likely to change, with mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya deciding to make amends for the civic neglect extending over 50 years.
“ I think we should have thought about the locality much earlier,” said mayor who claimed the neglect was fallout of the Sino-Indian conflict in 1962.
“ Drains, water and roads are the areas the civic body will primarily focus onto improve the condition of Chinatown,” said municipal commissioner Alapan Bandapadhyay, who has held a meeting with civic engineers to chalk out the upgraded plan.
Chinatown, comprising wards 58 and 66, extends from Chingrihata in the north to EM Bypass in the south and from Hatgachhia in the east to Christopher Road in the west.
Even 10 years ago, when tanneries were thriving in the area, there were over 2,000 Chinese in Chinatown.
Following the Supreme Court ban on tanneries within the city limits, the number has swindles to 1,000. While several tannery owners refused to shift to the Bantola leather complex and turned their establishments into eateries, quite a few young Chinese from the area left the city to settle abroad.
Of the 500 odd tanneries that operated from Chinatown, only 45 have shifted to Angola.
Local councilor Javed Ahmed Khan ( Trinamul Congress) and Lakshminmoni Banerjee (CPM) have welcome CMC’s decision to extend civic services to Chinatown.
Banerjee, however, claimed that she on her own had started projects in the area."

This event give a boost to our desire to work for a better indentity for the Territti Baza Chinatown. We welcome everyone to join us in this endeavour.
- Indian Chinese Association for Culture, Welfare and Development.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Chinese Tutorial Class - Kolkata

A CLASS OF THEIR OWN.

As reported in Sunday Express dated 29/7/2007. by Premankur Biswas.

A quiet corner of the city bears witness to a quieter movement. The Chinese community of Kolkata wants to reaffirm their identity by learning how to read and write in their native tongue.

The lazy July afternoon may unfold itself in the narrow moss covered Bentinck Street lane. Ten year-old Albert Lin may cast a furtive glance at the ticking Ajanta clock. The ramshackle ceiling fan may whirr up a lullaby like in films depicting typical classroom situations. But make no mistake. This is no ordinary classroom. “This class is held together by history. A common history that each one of the students here shares,” claimed Paul Chung, president of the Indian Chinese Association. “ Every student here has made a conscious decision to reconnect with his or her roots. Which is why for the past one year we have been teaching an eclectic bunch of Chinese people from all walks of life, how to read write in their own language,’ he adds, before gently pointing out to little Albert a mistake in a neat row of logograms, the units of the Chinese script.
However, Albert betrays no such sense of purpose. “ I’m here because my father want me to read and write in Chinese,” says the standard five of St. Joseph’s Collegiate School. Many of his more mature classmates nod their heads in agreement. “ I’m of Chinese origin, I do not know how to read and write in the language. Moreover, I do not know how to speak in Mandarin, the most popular dialect of China. I felt that it’s something I need to do,” affirms William Wong, who owns a chain of dry cleaning stores across Kolkata, before going back to memorizing a page from his cop of Han Yu, a beginner’s book in Mandarin. “It’s difficult,’ he smiles “to go back to the books.”
“Mandarin in the most widely spoken dialect in China. However, many Chinese of the city do not speak this dialect because their ancestors were Hakka or Cantonese speakers,” states Chung, who has arranged for a teacher from China to help him over his endeavour. “And before you ask me, let me confirm, the Hakka noodles that you love in called so because it’s a dish that belongs to the Hakka people.” he smiles.
Noodles and sauces are stuff that 26-year-old Paul Liu is more comfortable with. An employee with a popular city-based Chinese confectioner, Liu seems somewhat listless within the timetable and flow charts covered classroom. Yet he is determined. “ I’m slowly picking u Chinese, and it’s wonderful feeling to read poster and newspapers in Chinese. If you ask me why do I need to learn Chinese now, I wouldn’t know what to say. All I know is that there is an overwhelming need.” States Liu.
For Fiona Lee, a student of JD Birla College, the answer comes more easily.” I’m learning how to read and write in Chinese because I want to brighten my career prospects. With a burgeoning demand for Chinese speaking people in the IT sector, a sound knowledge of Chinese will definitely improve my prospects.’ States Lee.
Her namesake, Fiona Lin, though, has a different ambition. “ My only aim now is to follow the Mandarin dialect so that I can follow the Chinese films of my favourite actor Chow Yun Fat n CCTV, the Chinese channel available in cable networks around Kolkata,’ laughs Lin. “ Actually, I feel learning Chinese will help me understand my culture better. Difficult as it is to deal with all the stereotypes we are attributed with,’ she adds.
Paul Chung agrees. ”The Chinese identity in the city suffers from many dichotomies. At one level we feel very Indian, at the other, there at this sense of insecurity which generations of Chinese have inherited since the 1962 Indo-China War. That was when our loyalties were questioned. I remember how my own community deemed me a traitor when I took up English as the medium of higher-level education way back in the 1950s. Today the situation is quite to the contrary,’ he states.
Maria Chung, a teacher in Our Lady Queen of the Mission School, has dealt with such complexities all her life.” When I was growing up as a young girl in Kolkata, I used to feel detached from my community. The rituals, the signboards and the festivals never made complete sense. Today, when our teacher tells us about the significance of each word, and sentence, I feel much more rooted. In a sense it’s like going back home,’ claims Maria, who feels her stint as a “born again” student has made her a more sensitive teacher.
Paul Chung


Chung’s faith, it seems, is bearing fruit.” My students are being slowly initialed to various aspect of Chinese culture. Today they actually watch Chinese movies and follow Chinese television serials. If they accept Chinese popular culture, it will be easier for them to learn the language,’ says Chung.
So now poster of Chow Yun Fat and Jackie Chan vie for attention on the walls of self-confessed Hrithik Roshan fan, anl Liu. “ I make it a point to watch Chinese movies whenever they age screened in multiplexes. Earlier, I would follow the subtitles, but now I’m confident about the dialogues,” beams Liu, before going back t his copy of Han Yu.
As the students of the class ready themselves for another three hour session. Paul Chung excitedly announces that there is a surprise for them. He introduces Chang Kha, the new teacher, who has been quietly observing the going ons all this while. A round of applause and giggles greets the newcomer from the Chinese mainland, who doesn’t speak even a word in English. “ He will teach them authentic Chinese and will also help them get the accent right,” Chung beams, “Soon my class will go to different schools around the country teach people Chinese.” He sums up.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Second chance to learn Chinese language.

Check "The Sunday Express" KOLKATA,JULY 29, 2007, on page 6 of NEWSLINE. Under the title:- A CLASS OF THEIR OWN about the Chinese Tutorial Class in order to help the Chinese in learning the mandarin in Kolkata.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

The routes that took Chinese to India.

Throughout the ages, the Chinese came to India mainly by:-
1) the famous Silk Road for trade,
2) the so so well-known Tea and Horse Caravan Road, and then
3) the Sea Trade Route between Canton and Calcutta, established by the East India Company.

Friday, June 15, 2007

The Dragon Boat Festival or Duai Wu Jie will be celebrated on 19th June, 2007.
This festival is associated with the remembrance of Qu Yuan, an upright official and a great patriot poet.
This date of fifth day of the fifth lunar month is considered a very bad day and during this month many diaseases break out.
On this day Chinese all over the world eat Zong Ze, as it is an essential part of the celebration.
In india, we consider a day of eating and enjoying the king of fruit- Mango, in addition to eating Zong Ze.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Read " The Times Of India " page 2 dated Saturday & Sunday , May 19 & May 20 , 2007 about CHINATOWN in Kolkata .
Every food that we consume has its own energy value. Chinese classifies the food into 4 types : Hot , Warm , Cool and Cold.

COLD
- Bananas, Watermelon, Crab, beanspout, Cucumber, Grapefruit, Pineapple and Tofu etc.

COOL - Pear, Peppermint, Green pea, Bitter Gourd, Green Apple, Orange, Soya bean, Mushroom, Cook Onion, Cheese, Snow Pea and Apple etc.

WARM -Rice, Noodle, Bread, Pork, Chicken, Egg White, Fish, Pepper, Ginger, Garlic, Tomato, Spaniel, Black Tea and Milk etc.

HOT - Nuts, Grilled Food, Chocolate, Coca, Raw Onion, Coffee, Mutton, Duck, Red Pepper, and Deep Fried Food etc.

The advise is to have Cool and Warm types of food as they are more for restoration of Balance than those of Cold and Hot types of food .

Monday, April 23, 2007

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
If you eat :
Banana will help to ease your BRAIN (Cerebrum) after hard work;
Cherry will ease ANOXMIE
Grape will help to get your LUNGS in better shape,
Kiwi will help to cure bleeding GUM,
Mango will help in having a nice SKIN;
Orange will help to ease the pain in your LEGS,
Papaya will help to ease your tired EYES,
Pineapple will ease your pulled MUSCLE,

By the way, Vegetarian diet seems to help you in becoming CLEVERER
.

Friday, March 23, 2007

This year in Kolkata the Pure Brightness Festival will be celebrated on the 1st April 2007, as it is on Sunday, a holiday for all, and not on 4th April. The ceremony of tomb sweeping will be followed by lunch organised by each clan for their members.

Friday, March 16, 2007

This year the festival of the Pure Brightness will be celebrated on 5th April. This festival usually falls on 107 days after the beginning of Winter.
This is also known as Tomb Sweeping Day. On this day, Chinese all over the world show their deep respect and reverence to their seniors, especially their ancestors. This is expressed by the solemn visit to the tomb of their forefather to remove weeds and beautify the tomb, burn joss sticks, offer food and paper money.
The other things to do are:- fly kites, plant trees such as melon, beans and specially Willows, as a remembrance to Jie Zitui. ( A loyal court official).

Thursday, March 8, 2007

On the 15 day of the first month of this Lunar Year 4704, four college students from Taiwan who were on the tour to India, organised the celebration of the Lantern Festival with the students of Pei May Chinese School. It was very enriching as well as stimulating for most of those who were present at the celebration. A big thanks to our young brothers and sisters from Taiwan.

Friday, March 2, 2007

On the 15th day of the first lunar year, the Lantern feast is celebrated. This day is also known as Lover's Day, besides Yuanxiao and Little New Year Day. The day is marked by Lantern display; guessing of riddle of 10 messages of love; eating of tangguan. This is the day that conclude the celebration of Chinese Spring Festival or New Year

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Chinese keep the date of their birth, not has a different way of counting the age.The increase in the age is not at the birthday, but at some time during the celebration of the New Year.
That day is common day for all the Chinese and it is on the 7th day of the lunar new year.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Wishing one and all a very prosperous and successful Red Pig Year.


2007 is the 8th year in the current 60-year cycle and is Year 4704 by the Chinese calendar.
The Kitchen gods go up to heaven on the 23rd of the 12 months to present the report of the family, and return to the household with the all it deserve to celebrate the Spring Festival. The man folk of the family make sure of the god speak the good by applying a special candy on his mouth. To Kitchen god it is done once a year. On earth this practice are much more often, as it is done whenever it is needed

Sunday, February 4, 2007

The Annual Lion Dance Displays and Cultural Shows will be held on 11/2/2007 at the usual place at Territi Bazar. The show is expected to commence at 16.00 hour. Welcome to everyone.


His Excellency The Mayor Of Kolkata Mr.Bikash Bhattacharya has agreed to permit to put up the above site indicator to mark the China Town Morning market at Teritti Bazar ( It is located between Dr.Sun Yet Sen Street and Lu Hsun Sarani - New CIT Road , at the crossing of Chattawalla Gulli ).