"Looking forward to integrating into ancient and charming culture"

2024-02-02

A child experiences Chinese calligraphy at the Confucius Institute booth. Students from Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia showcase Chinese calligraphy works at the Confucius Institute booth. This article is accompanied by red lanterns, festive Spring Festival couplets, a background board with the character "dragon", delicious snacks, fragrant Chinese black tea, melodious erhu music, and crisp clappers, all captured by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Haizhou. Recently, the teaching building of Prince Sultan University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was very lively. The cultural activities of the Dragon Year and Spring Festival at the Confucius Institute of Prince Sultan University have attracted many Saudi teachers, students, and international friends to come and experience. At the event, Confucius Institute teachers and Chinese volunteers used brushes to write Chinese names on red paper, which was very popular. People are taking photos to commemorate and accept this Chinese gift. Faisal Islam, a student who has just started to learn Chinese, said that the Chinese characters written with a brush showcase the charm of Chinese culture and stimulate his interest in the artistic expression of Chinese characters. "I look forward to exploring and integrating into this ancient and charming culture more deeply!" As a student studying the second level course of the Chinese Language Proficiency Test, Abdullah Hazmi was attracted by the rich and colorful Chinese Spring Festival culture. He tasted Chinese black tea and learned to brew tea using Chinese tea utensils. "This process has allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese tea culture and sparked my strong interest in Chinese culture," he said. "I hope that the Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University can organize more interesting and innovative cultural activities." "The Dream of the Silk Road is fulfilled, and the Earth Village is blessed.". This is a Spring Festival couplet written by Tsinghua University students who participated in social practice activities in Saudi Arabia at the event site. They volunteered for this event and brought performances such as erhu performance and tai chi fan performance to the audience with the teachers from the Confucius Institute. The audience picked up their phones to shoot. In the interactive segment, volunteers picked up lion and dragon dance models, waved shadow puppetry control sticks, and introduced these traditional Chinese art performances to the audience in English, explaining the underlying meanings and Chinese mythological stories. The scene was filled with laughter and joy. Tsinghua University volunteer Li Youhan said that the sincere and friendly smiles of his friends were touching and made him personally feel the charm of cross-cultural communication. "I hope we can become a bridge, tell the story of China well, and listen to the voices of the world," said Zhang Xinxin, the Chinese dean of the Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University. This is the first Spring Festival celebration event held by the Confucius Institute at Prince Sultan University since its establishment on June 4, 2023. I look forward to more cultural exhibitions like this in the future to promote cultural exchange between China and Saudi Arabia. (Lai Xin She)

Edit:GuoGuo    Responsible editor:FangZhiYou

Source:people.cn

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