The 13th North American "Yellow River Cup" Chinese Reading Contest Announcement

The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese and the banks of the Yellow River is the origin of Chinese culture and language. To help students to better study Chinese and improve their Chinese reading skills, eWriteChinese.com is hosting the “YELLOW RIVER CUP” Chinese Reading Contest in North America.

This contest has been held once a year since 2012. The participants have significantly improved their reading and comprehension of Chinese. The 13th contest started on May 1, 2024, and end on August 31, 2024. Registration opens on March 20, 2024,and end on August 1, 2024. Welcome everyone to participate!

Introduction

For many people, studying Chinese is hard. This is especially true for students not living in a Chinese-speaking environment. One effective way learn the language is to start reading early and do it repeatedly. Since Chinese characters are pictorial-based, one disadvantage is that it cannot be spelled out, but an advantage is that once the form of the character becomes familiar, it becomes easier to remember. This is the “secret to success” for studying Chinese. 

How do you to encourage students to begin reading more? First is to choose reading material with subjects students can relate to, and second is to leverage their competitive spirit by giving them an incentive to compete with peers to improve their reading speed and comprehension. 
 
Selections from the "A Blade of Grass Reflecting the Spring Sunshine" provides excellent reading material for students from elementary to middle school to build reading comprehension. Based on the students’ current reading level, we designed multiple choice questions for each passage from the book to measure and document their progress. 

Through this method of having students reading in competition, we can give them the motivation to reach their goal of attaining a higher level of reading ability. We ask for parent to take this opportunity to support and to encourage your children to join this competition, so that they may attain the level of reading ability in order to study independently.

Preparation before registration

1. Test words and view reading samples before registration:

Every student who wants to participate in a reading contest or reading course is best to go to the literacy game page of this website to take a free word test.(http://www.ewritechinese.com/evaluation/)

There are 1050 characters in the primary part of the test. Each character is divided into two parts: pinyin and English meaning. There are 2100 points in 53 pages. There are only 20 words per page on the webpage, 40 points. The test is not required to be completed at one time. You can do a few pages a day and complete it in 2-3 weeks. Click after each page is finished “submit”(submit),Student scores will be automatically deposited on the website.

  • If the score is less than 800 (that is, less than 400 literacy), it is best not to participate in this year's reading competition for the time being, so as not to encounter difficulties in reading and dampen students' enthusiasm for learning Chinese.
  • If the score is 800-1000 (ie 400-500 literacy), I hope that parents can read about 20 articles. The so-called band reading means that when the students first read the first 20 articles, the parents and students read together. Of course, it is mainly for students to read. Parents only tell students the words they don’t know, explain the meaning of individual sentences or questions, and the answers must be chosen by the students.
  • Those with a score of 1000-1600 (500-800 literacy) hope that parents can help students read about 10 articles, and then let the students read them by themselves.
  • If the test score reaches about 2000 (that is, the literacy of Chinese characters is about 1000), we believe that students can complete the reading independently. I hope that parents can answer questions in time, which will be more conducive to students' Chinese learning.

The word test should generally be conducted from January to May each year. Hope everyone can hurry up and complete the word test in time.

2.  Try samples:

The website has provided a sample page, including 6 beginner and 3 intermediate essays. Click the link of the title to see the sample article. on the chart“ Minimum score ” The number indicates the relative difficulty and length of the essay. Students can try to read and answer questions first, from easy to difficult, short first and then long. Then decide whether to participate in this year's reading competition. eWriteChinese/Sample eReading/

Contestants and Duration

The 13th North American “Yellow River Cup” Chinese Reading Contest for everyone is currently open to US and all other countries. All participants are welcome to participate. Most are elementary, middle school and high school students who has learned Chinese as second language.

Contest will be held annually and lasting 4 months. The 13th “Yellow River Cup” Chinese Reading Contest registration open on March 20, 2024, end on August 15;and reading and answering will begin on May 1st, 2024, and will last until central time 12 o'clock in August 31, 2024.

Reading Material

For the Beginner participator, use "A Blade of Grass Reflecting the Spring Sunshine". The eBook is free for participants. Contestants can logon and download online at the eWriteChinese/Registration/

For the Intermediate participator, use the "Shanxi Story - Historical Figures “ which you can find in bookstore,or a free e-copy for the contest. 

For the advanced participator, use the "Journey to the West (西游记)“, which you can find in bookstore,or a free e-copy for the contest. 

Contest Entry

To join, go to the eWriteChinese.com/ and "Registration" the contest at $25. The contestants must have an eWriteChinese account to be eligible, using their username and password to enter the competition Control Panel page and begin reading for the contest. 

The competition has 101 short Chinese passages to choose from. To get credit for reading the passage, contestants will answer 10 multiple choice questions (in Chinese) regarding the passage read. There's the option to submit all 10 answers at once or complete them in multiple sessions. Once answers are submitted, contestants can view the scores. QUESTIONS CANNOT BE REATTEMPTED AFTER THEY ARE SUBMITTED. 

Awards and Prizes

The 13th North American Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest for Beginners awards are outlined below.

  • One 1st place award of $50
  • One-two 2nd place awards of $25 each
  • One-nine 3rd place awards of $15 each

The 13th North American Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest for Intermediates awards are outlined below.

  • One 1st place award of $50
  • One-two 2nd place awards of $25 each
  • One-nine 3rd place awards of $15 each

The awards are based on total score; in the event of a tie, the contestant who completed the contest earlier will be awarded. All contestants who reach 70% of the total score will be issued a Certificate for the 13th Chinese Reading Contest. The winners will be announced on the website on October 1, 2024, and the prizes will be sent out on the same day.

Feedback

We welcome feedback about the contest any time through our website.

A big thank you to all participants, and best of luck to you all!

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Congratulations to all winners in the 13th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2024年-第13届获奖者名单
# The 13th Contest winners in 2024 Full Score 1466 初级Prize
1 Austin Miao 缪海灵 1450 $50.00
2 Anabelle Imasaki 李希爱 1446 $25.00
3 Olivia Liu 刘欣语 1431 $25.00
4 Katherine Zhang 张瓒琳 1430 $15.00
5 Caroline Shao 邵睿瑶 1427 $15.00
6 Alexander Wang 王子元 1424 $15.00
7 Lyra Zhao 赵灵雨 1422 $15.00
8 Ethyn Zhang 张益诚 1412 $15.00
9 Sylva Zhou 周思婉 1412 $15.00
10 Eileen Pan 庞艾琳 1398 $15.00
11 Suya Zhou 周苏雅 1397 $15.00
12 Eric Sun 孙恺曦 1299 $15.00
# The 13th Contest winners in 2024 Full Score 1344 中级Prize
1 Andy Li 李昀博 1337 $50.00
2 Ethan Li 李睿成 1336 $25.00
3 Matthew Gai 盖星宇 1336 $15.00
4 Jingyao Shao 邵静瑶 1335 $15.00
# The 13th Contest winners in 2024 西游记Full Score 1734 高级Prize
1 Alec Sun 孙逸遥 1732 $50.00
2 Joe Chen 陈小北 1690 $25.00
3 Yunfan Xu 徐云帆 1687 $15.00
4 Wangzhi Wu 吴往之 1656 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 12th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2023年-第12届获奖者名单
# The 12th Contest winners in 2023 Full Score 2000 初级Prize
1 Andy Li 李昀博 2000 $50.00
2 Sylva Zhou 周思婉 1974 $25.00
3 Anabelle Imasaki 李希爱 1973 $25.00
4 Xinhao Chen 陈心浩 1972 $15.00
5 Olivia Liu 刘欣语 1971 $15.00
6 Eileen Pang 庞艾琳 1954 $15.00
7 Katherine Zhang 张瓒琳 1921 $15.00
8 Suya Zhou 周苏雅 1921 $15.00
9 Jingtian Liu 刘景天 1905 $15.00
10 Aaron Zhang 张恩闻 1617 $15.00
# The 12th Contest winners in 2023 Full Score 1360 中级Prize
1 Jolie An 安 宁 1358 $50.00
2 Sophia Li 李昀桐 1358 $25.00
3 Isabelle Wang 王正纯 1358 $25.00
4 Alec Sun 孙逸遥 1358 $15.00
5 Ethan Li 李睿成 1357 $15.00
6 Caroline Pang 庞若琳 1356 $15.00
7 Timothy Wu 武鲲拓 1356 $15.00
8 William Xu 徐业明 1355 $15.00
9 Kelly Zhou 周凯丽 1353 $15.00
10 Iris Wang 王昱蘅 1346 $15.00
11 Ryan Tang 唐瑞安 1345 $15.00
12 Eric Xia 夏艺瑞 1345 $15.00
13 Victoria Zhang 张维佳 1345 $15.00
# The 12th Contest winners in 2023 红楼梦Full Score 1365 高级Prize
1 Alec Sun 孙逸遥 1357 $50.00
2 Richard Wang 王睿奇 1352 $25.00
3 Samuel He 何恩威 1009 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 11th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2022年-第11届获奖者名单
# The 11th Contest winners in 2022 Full Score 1643 初级Prize
1 Elaine Liu 刘初初 1636 $50.00
2 Allen Wu 伍英浩 1636 $25.00
3 Kelly Zhou 周凯丽 1633 $25.00
4 Marvin Qian 钱哲辉 1632 $15.00
5 Bryan Guo 郭润乔 1630 $15.00
6 Alexander Wang 王子元 1628 $15.00
7 Darryl Tang 唐汀昊 1626 $15.00
8 Angelina Wang 王沁圆 1623 $15.00
9 Ethyn Zhang 张益诚 1620 $15.00
10 Sherry Xing 邢质芃 1617 $15.00
11 Yinhong Liu 刘胤宏 1616 $15.00
12 Ashley Wang 王冠淇 1616 $15.00
13 Joyce Wang 王映叠 1605 $15.00
# The 11th Contest winners in 2022 Full Score 1455 中级Prize
1 Jolie An 安 宁 1453 $50.00
2 Isabelle Wang 王正纯 1451 $25.00
3 Timothy Wu 武鲲拓 1450 $25.00
4 Wesley Wu 邬尉仁 1450 $15.00
5 Ryan Tang 唐瑞安 1447 $15.00
6 Sophia Li 李昀桐 1445 $15.00
# The 11th Contest winners in 2022 三国演义 Full Score 1317 高级Prize
1 Emily Lan 蓝海悦 1311 $25.00
2 Michelle Li 李奕轩 1286 $25.00
3 Lili Yang 杨雪朠 1272 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 10th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2021年-第10届获奖者名单
# The 10th Contest winners in 2021 Full Score 2840 初级Prize
1 Emma Shi 石义妮 2830 $50.00
2 Caroline Pang 庞若琳 2829 $25.00
3 Victoria Zhang 张维佳 2825 $25.00
4 Sophia Li 李昀桐 2824 $15.00
5 Katherine Long 龙凯诗 2822 $15.00
6 Jolie An 安 宁 2820 $15.00
7 Wesley Wu 邬尉仁 2820 $15.00
8 Elaine Liu 刘初初 2817 $15.00
9 Kelly Zhou 周凯丽 2817 $15.00
10 Isabelle Wang 王正纯 2815 $15.00
11 Yiming Peng 彭毅铭 2814 $15.00
12 Matthew Gai 盖星宇 2813 $15.00
13 Howell Wu 伍威豪 2813 $15.00
# The 10th Contest winners in 2021 Full Score 1340 中级Prize
1 Timothy Wu 武鲲拓 1330 $50.00
2 Matthew Huang 黄 冲 1329 $25.00
3 Ethan Tang 唐汀怿 1328 $25.00
4 Michelle Li 李奕轩 1327 $15.00
5 Kevin Wu 吴悠然 1319 $15.00
6 Michelle Huang 黄婧怡 1311 $15.00
# The 10th Contest winners in 2021 水浒传 Full Score 1799 高级Prize
1 Emily Lan 蓝海悦 1767 $25.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 9th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2020年-第9届获奖者名单
# The 9th Contest winners in 2020 Full Score 2020 初级Prize
1 Timothy Wu 武鲲拓 2008 $50.00
2 Elaine Liu 刘初初 2003 $25.00
3 Ethan Li 李睿成 2003 $25.00
4 Bernice Fan 范漾垚 1998 $15.00
5 Kevin Li 李锴伟 1998 $15.00
6 Michael Qu 瞿子昊 1992 $15.00
7 Howell Wu 伍威豪 1992 $15.00
8 Gavin Wu 吴忱兮 1990 $15.00
9 Leah Bao 鲍李娅 1988 $15.00
10 Iris Wang 王昱衡 1988 $15.00
11 Kevin Wu 吴悠然 1988 $15.00
12 Jennie Huang 黄静怡 1987 $15.00
13 Elaina Guan 管美恩 1987 $15.00
# The 9th Contest winners in 2020 Full Score 1344 中级Prize
1 Cynthia Liu 刘汀汀 1339 $50.00
2 Michelle Li 李奕轩 1338 $25.00
3 Richard Wang 王睿奇 1336 $25.00
4 Megan Wong 黄慧玲 1336 $15.00
5 Kelly Cai 蔡 晴 1336 $15.00
6 Jessica Wang 王斐然 1335 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 8th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2019年-第8届获奖者名单
# The 8th Contest winners in 2019 Full Score 1643 初级Prize
1 Kevin Wu 吴悠然 1638 $50.00
2 Timothy Wu 武鲲拓 1637 $25.00
3 Reese Long 龙瑞诗 1635 $25.00
4 Sophia He 贺依婷 1633 $15.00
5 Elaina Guan 管美恩 1632 $15.00
6 Leah Bao 鲍李娅 1631 $15.00
7 Alicia Lin 林 妍 1629 $15.00
8 Sophie Wang 王晓岑 1626 $15.00
9 Angie Hu 胡悦雯 1623 $15.00
10 Kelly Cai 蔡 晴 1622 $15.00
11 Iris Wang 王昱衡 1622 $15.00
12 Jason Li 李伯莱 1621 $15.00
13 Sophia Huang 黄慧中 1620 $15.00
# The 8th Contest winners in 2019 Full Score 1360 中级Prize
1 Emily Lan 蓝海悦 1357 $50.00
2 Richard Wang 王睿奇 1355 $25.00
3 Benjamin He 贺少远 1353 $25.00
4 Jessamine Qu 瞿欣怡 1350 $15.00
5 Eileen Zhao 赵艾琳 1347 $15.00
6 Michelle Li 李奕轩 1346 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 7th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2018-第7届获奖者名单
# The 7th Contest winners in 2018 Full Score 2887 初级Prize
1 Cynthia Liu 刘汀汀 2874 $50.00
2 Michelle Li 李奕轩 2872 $25.00
3 Richard Wang 王睿奇 2869 $25.00
4 Sophia Huang 黄慧中 2864 $15.00
5 Yuan Dong 董 源 2863 $15.00
6 Eileen Zhao 赵艾琳 2860 $15.00
7 Sophia Louie 雷思菲 2859 $15.00
8 Angela Wang 王天欣 2859 $15.00
9 Timothy Wu 武鲲拓 2857 $15.00
10 Alicia Lin 林 妍 2856 $15.00
11 Reese Long 龙瑞诗 2856 $15.00
12 Eddie Ni 倪艾迪 2856 $15.00
13 Cindy Zhu 朱欣蓓 2856 $15.00
# The 7th Contest winners in 2018 Full Score 1401 中级Prize
1 Emily Lan 蓝海悦 1446 $50.00
2 Joanne Liu 廖婥安 1445 $25.00
3 Amanda Wu 武文歆 1444 $25.00
4 Benjamin He 贺少远 1442 $15.00
5 Emily Liu 刘兆敏 1431 $15.00
6 John Yi 奕 庄 1431 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 6th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2017-第6届获奖者名单
# The 6th Contest winners in 2017 Full Score 1871 初级Prize
1 Cynthia Liu 刘汀汀 1857 $50.00
2 Amanda Wu 武文歆 1853 $25.00
3 Emily Lan 蓝海悦 1852 $25.00
4 Joshua Louie 雷思隆 1850 $15.00
5 Sarah Qi 亓城婧 1846 $15.00
6 Angela Sun 孙舒翼 1845 $15.00
7 Kevin Lou 楼小宝 1844 $15.00
8 Joanne Liu 廖婥安 1842 $15.00
9 Ryan Zhang 张序洋 1842 $15.00
10 Sophia Zhong 吴 菲 1841 $15.00
11 Sophia He 贺依婷 1838 $15.00
12 Jingyi Zhao 赵婧颐 1837 $15.00
13 Yuan Dong 董 源 2085 $15.00
# The 6th Contest winners in 2017 Full Score 1401 中级Prize
1 Jeff Weng 翁昀杰 1383 $50.00
2 Catherine Li 李凯西 1381 $25.00
3 Benjamin He 贺少远 1374 $25.00
4 Felix Chen 陈凯宁 1367 $15.00
5 Justin Xiao 肖 遥 1354 $15.00
6 Kevin Chen 陈凯华 1338 $15.00

 

Congratulations to all winners in the 1st-5th Yellow River Cup Chinese Reading Contest!

2012年-2016年第1-5届获奖者名单
# The 5th Contest winners in 2016 Full Score 2133 Prize
1 Emily Lan 蓝海悦 2122 $50.00
2 Amanda Wu 武文歆 2120 $25.00
3 Lenci Ni 倪蓝溪 2117 $25.00
4 Ian Yu 杨异恩 2116 $15.00
5 Yuan Dong 董 源 2106 $15.00
6 Joey Huang 黄卓屹 2098 $15.00
7 Justin Xiao 肖 遥 2097 $15.00
8 Alice Zhang 张楚玥 2095 $15.00
9 Joanne Liu 廖婥安 2092 $15.00
10 Joshua Louie 雷思隆 2092 $15.00
11 Rena Wang 王韵媛 2090 $15.00
12 Pierce Lai 赖文晨 2088 $15.00
13 Jeffrey Zhou 周世洋 2085 $15.00

 

# The 4th Contest winners in 2015 Full Score 1761 Prize
1 Richard Huang 黄润奇 1761 $50.00
2 Rachael Huang 黄润心 1760 $25.00
3 Claire Li 黎沛君 1759 $25.00
4 Catherine Li 李凯西 1757 $15.00
5 Shawn Li 黎泊辰 1756 $15.00
6 Joey Wang 王晓哲 1756 $15.00
7 Anna Wang 王天雅 1755 $15.00
8 Joanne Liu 廖婥安 1753 $15.00
9 Amanda Wu 武文歆  1750 $15.00
10 Christopher Wu 吴子轩 1750 $15.00
11 Deqian Kong 孔德千 1749 $15.00
12 Wendy Huang 黄文迪 1747 $15.00
13 Yuan Dong 董 源 1743 $15.00

 

# The 3rd Contest winners in 2014 Full Score 1643 Prize
1 Richard Huang 黄润奇 1637 $50.00
2 Catherine Li 李凯西 1636 $25.00
3 Rachael Huang 黄润心 1635 $25.00
4 Stacy Wang 汪思桐 1633 $15.00
5 Christine Tu 涂万晴 1633 $15.00
6 Angelina Fan 范江雪 1630 $15.00
7 Amanda Wu 武文歆  1629 $15.00
8 Joey Wang 王晓哲 1628 $15.00
9 Michael Wang 王世章 1626 $15.00
10 Sarah Wei 卫莹莹 1621 $15.00
11 Yuping Bai 白雨平 1620 $15.00
12 Rena Wang 王韵媛 1619 $15.00
13 Joey Huang 黄卓屹 1618 $15.00
14 Felix Chen 陈凯宁 1617 $15.00

 

# The 2nd Contest winners in 2013 Full Score 2887 Prize
1 Richard Huang 黄润奇 2871 $50.00
2 Catherine Li 李凯西 2870 $25.00
3 Rachael Huang 黄润心  2870 $25.00
4 Felix Chen 陈凯宁 2851 $25.00
5 Joey Huang 黄卓屹 2847 $25.00
6 Jiaqi Wang 汪家齐 2845 $10.00
7 Jeff Weng 翁昀杰   2836 $10.00
8 Stacy Wang 汪思桐 2829 $10.00
9 Er Jia   2811 $10.00
10 Emily Lu 陆声懿 2786 $10.00
11 Kevin Fang   2779 $10.00
12 Samuel Liu 刘方阳 2772 $10.00
13 Mindy Maung 毛嘉敏 2715 $10.00
14 Amber Sundaram 孙安蓓 2698 $10.00
15 Michael Wang 王世章 2654 $10.00
16 Nicole Jasinski 金伲可 2433 $10.00
17 Derek Lu 陆声嘉 2339 $10.00
18 Anna Beatty 龙丽素 1883 $10.00
19 Evelyn Ngo 吴琦芬 1771 $10.00
         
# The 1st Contest winners in 2012 Full Score 1436 Prize
1 Tony Liu 刘湘哲 1425.5 $100.00
2 Jack Si 司书鑫 1420.5 $50.00
3 Richard Huang 黄润奇 1417.5 $50.00
4 Bernard Xu 许弼轩 1415.5 $25.00
5 Stacy Wang 汪思桐 1412.5 $25.00
6 Joey Huang 黄卓屹 1404.5 $25.00
7 Serene Hoskins 霍雪琳 1397.5 $25.00
8 Kevin Fang   1384.5 $25.00
9 Jiaqi Wang 汪家齐 1377.5 $25.00
10 Cherice Chan 陳千熙 1373.5 $25.00
11 Olivia Tung 董博欣 1370.5 $25.00
12 Alex Lou 楼天翔 1361.5 $25.00
13 Samuel Liu 刘方昍 1323.5 $25.00