In recent years, with the joint efforts of many Chinese teaching institutions and educators, Chinese American teenagers have participated in a variety of traditional Chinese cultural activities, and their confidence in Chinese culture and Chinese identity have also been strengthened. More and more overseas Chinese are aware of the importance of learning Chinese traditional culture to children and hope that Chinese culture will take root in children's hearts. Interesting classroom teaching in fun "That study tour experience made me see a different China: not only unique ancient culture and ancient buildings, but also modern civilization and skyscrapers. I left too many beautiful memories there. From then on, I am proud of being Chinese." This passage is excerpted from the award-winning work "China in my eyes" of the first "Swire Cup" Chinese youth creative composition competition held by ZhiBei Chinese Center in Chicago, USA. Since its establishment in 2013, ZhiBei Chinese Center has been committed to telling Chinese stories and spreading Chinese voice. Man Sujie, President of ZhiBei Chinese Center, said: "Chinese culture is the aspiration and dream of overseas Chinese, and it is an inseparable part of our hearts. I hope young Chinese of Chinese descent can fully feel the charm of Chinese culture, learn Chinese traditional virtues, and become a bridge between Chinese and American culture. To this end, ZhiBei Chinese Center has opened more than 150 courses in Chinese, traditional painting, calligraphy, chess, etc., undertaken summer camp, winter camp, Chinese Bridge and other projects It held Chinese Youth Calligraphy and painting, composition, reading and other competitions, which were widely welcomed by students and parents. " In addition to colorful extracurricular activities, some American schools have also implemented "immersive Chinese education". Yang Sai is a general subject teacher at an immersion multilingual private primary school in New York. She not only teaches students Chinese, but also teaches different subjects in Chinese. She said: "My students use Chinese every day to keep in touch with Chinese culture. For them, Chinese is not an abstract concept, but the string of music class, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone of art class and the beautiful rivers and mountains of geography class. Even in math class, I also integrate the elements of Chinese traditional culture. I replace the children's decimal arithmetic beads with red lanterns, bring them into the scene of Lantern Festival and let the children play arithmetic games Count barters'. In this process, they not only learned the mathematical knowledge stipulated in the curriculum, but also understood Chinese traditional culture. " Cultural mutual learning and deepening recognition There are great differences in culture and educational ideas between China and the United States, Man Sujie said: "Under the concept of respecting teachers and valuing education in China, teachers should carefully prepare lesson plans and answer questions for students, and students should abide by classroom norms and complete their homework on time. However, in the American learning atmosphere, students will rush to answer teachers' questions and correct teachers' mistakes in teaching. In the face of cultural differences between China and the United States, Chinese educators should seek common ground while reserving differences, keep pace with the times, and constantly increase the knowledge and interest of teaching content Taste, so as to arouse students' interest in learning and promote the vigorous development of overseas Chinese education. " Yang Sai said: "the biggest challenge for cultural communicators is to constantly build their understanding of Chinese culture in a way that the other side can also appreciate. For example, the allusion 'Guan Gong plays a big knife in front of him' is difficult for American children to understand. In order to enhance children's understanding of this allusion, I first introduce the topic with similar stories in the classic Western children's literature Narnia legend, and then explain the romance of the Three Kingdoms to the children in detail With this book, they are more interested in listening to the story. In addition to spreading Chinese traditional culture, I also hope to do my best to break the stereotype of China in western society. I carefully prepared an open class of "Chinese shopping" and pasted a lot of QR codes in the classroom to let children experience the convenience of Chinese tourism shopping and code scanning payment. I hope that under the influence of these courses, the children's eyes of China not only have elements of Chinese traditional culture, but also the achievements of modern civilization such as high-speed rail and mobile payment. " Gao Lu, who graduated from MIT and is the mother of two children, attaches great importance to encouraging children to introduce Chinese traditional culture to their classmates. She said: "I hope my children will discover the beauty of Chinese culture, understand the current situation of China's development and become messengers of spreading Chinese culture. For this reason, I have accompanied them to read Chinese picture books every day since they were two years old, and there are Chinese books everywhere at home. In the imperceptible family education, even if they live abroad, they can read Chinese independently at the age of 3 and write Chinese diaries at the age of 5. Moreover, every traditional festival in China, my children Zidu will wear beautiful Hanfu and introduce Chinese characteristic foods such as moon cakes and zongzi to the students. I hope children will actively show China in this process and constantly enhance their recognition and understanding of their own culture. " Online teaching resource sharing After the outbreak of COVID-19, more and more Chinese educational institutions choose online teaching. This transformation brings both opportunities and challenges. Man Sujie said: "At the beginning, many parents were worried about the effect of online teaching and thought that children could not interact with their teachers and could not concentrate. At the same time, at the beginning of online teaching, many young children could not use online class equipment, and the classroom was often affected by the quality of the network. However, it is gratifying that online teaching has expanded the source of overseas Chinese education, and some students from the UK, Canada, New Zealand and other places have also participated Access to our Chinese courses. In order to improve the quality of online courses, our teachers should pay more attention to lesson preparation, hoping to stimulate students' interest in learning with interesting and knowledgeable course content. With the efforts of teachers, some introverted students are also willing to participate in the classroom interaction of online teaching. One of my Chinese students has always been very unsure of her Chinese level, but since the rise of online classes, she has actively participated in classroom discussions through text, recording and other ways, and can also answer teachers' questions more relaxed. Gradually, she was able to read Chinese texts with her words straight and her voice round, and communicate confidently in Chinese. It gives me a great sense of achievement. " Gao Lu also believes that: "Online classes do bring great challenges to Chinese education. It is difficult for children to feel the class atmosphere and participate in collective activities like offline teaching. On the other hand, parents can choose more colorful Chinese courses for their children, and children can become friends with their peers around the world. I gradually realized the importance of sharing Chinese education resources online, so I founded a Chinese youth education exchange platform to inspire children Children's interest in Chinese traditional culture and realize free and all-round development. " Yang Sai believes that: "Although online teaching brings great challenges to teachers, it will not affect my teaching effect and enthusiasm for spreading knowledge. Some new media means can even increase the participation and interest of the classroom. An excellent Chinese educator has to control many roles. We are not only the narrator of knowledge, but also the enlightener of interest, the sharer with empathy, but also the disseminator of excellent Chinese culture. Only in this way can we live Tell Chinese stories well and let the world appreciate the beauty of Chinese culture! " (outlook new era)