Natural Chinese > courses > Fun Video Lectures for Kids > Poems and Songs/诗歌(shī gē) > Once upon a time, there was a mountain/从前有座山

Part 1: Vocabulary

once upon a time:从前(cóng qián)

there be:有(yǒu)

座:a measure word, used for words such as temple, mountains, buildings, cities…

mountain:山(shān)

temple:庙(miào)

old:老(lǎo)

little:小(xiǎo)

Buddhist monk:和尚(hé shàng)

one day:有一天(yǒu yì tiān)

say to somebody:对…说(duì……shuō)


Part 2: Reading and Reciting

从前有座山,山里有座庙,庙里住着一个老和尚和一个小和尚,有一天,老和尚对小和尚说:从前有座山……