Celebrate Chinese Language Day

As we know, Chinese is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.  UNESCO (part of the United Nations) first created Chinese Language Day in 2010 to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity and to promote the equal use of the six official languages at the United Nations.  Since then, 20^th April has been designated as Chinese Language Day. The day also celebrates Cangjie (仓颉), who invented Chinese characters about 5,000 years ago. Legend says that when Cangjie finished, the gods rained grain upon the earth.

To celebrate the Chinese Language Day, why don’t you sign up to study one of our short online courses in Chinese (beginners or elementary) to celebrate the Chinese Language Day? Click below link to find out more:

Short Courses | Study | The Open University

Here is a 15-second video clip where staff and learners of Chinese at the Open University wishing ‘Happy Chinese Language Day’ in both English and Chinese.