Khoomei(Mongolian throat singing) —喉音呼麥Hóu yīn hū mài

What's your first impression for Mongolia? The people who are riding in the horse and living in Yurt(portable, round tent) as nomads, or mascular warriors who are good at riding a horse and archery like Genghis Khan? These might be typical first impression when it comes to Mongolia, but I would introduce Mongolian music today—Khoomei.

TOCFL&HSK – Mandarin(Chinese) Language Proficiency Test

There are two main Mandarin-language proficiency tests. One is TOCFL, Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language, and it is the standardized test of Taiwanese Mandarin language proficiency of Taiwan for non-native speakers. The other is HSK, The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, translated as the Chinese Proficiency Test, is the standardized test of Standard Chinese language proficiency of Mainland China for non-native speakers. Let's compare the difference beteween them in the following table!