UN Chinese day: Chinese to the world and build a better future
2022-04-20
Chinese to the world and build a better future On April 20, Guyu is the sixth of the 24 solar terms and the last one in spring. It is said that on this day, Cang Jie, the "ancestor of Chinese characters", wrote a book and "it rains and millet, and ghosts cry at night". In order to commemorate Cang Jie's contribution to the creation of characters, the United Nations Department of public information (now the global communication department) announced in 2010 that April 20 of each year will be designated as "United Nations Chinese day". This year is the 13th UN Chinese day. More than 300 embassies and consulates abroad, Chinese educational institutions, Chinese colleges and enterprises from more than 100 countries will promote the international application of Chinese and highlight and spread the charm of Chinese and Chinese culture by holding exchange forums, cultural exhibitions, knowledge lectures, art appreciation, poetry reading, song singing and other colorful activities. With the continuous enhancement of China's comprehensive national strength and the continuous expansion of the "circle of friends" of Chinese, Chinese has become a bright business card for China's excellent traditional culture to the world and a cultural window for the world to understand China. 1. Where does Chinese day come from In recent years, the United Nations Chinese day is not only an internal festival of the United Nations and its related institutions, but also a variety of celebrations spontaneously organized by Chinese education institutions, Chinese learners and lovers in many countries, forming a de facto "international Chinese day". In addition to Chinese day, the six official languages of the United Nations have their own "United Nations language day": Arabic day on December 18, English day on April 23, French day on March 20, Russian day on June 6 and Spanish day on April 23. The original intention of establishing the United Nations language day is not only to celebrate and commemorate the diversity of languages and cultures, but also to promote the equal use of the six languages in the United Nations. Since the launch of the "United Nations language day" in 2010, mother tongue countries have taken advantage of the momentum to continuously expand the scope of activities and enrich the commemorative content, and gradually expand the United Nations language day into a world language day. Since 2020, on the basis of learning from the practices of language days such as "international French day" and "world Russian day", the Sino foreign language exchange and cooperation center has taken the "United Nations Chinese day" as an opportunity to join hands with the "Chinese Alliance" to celebrate the "international Chinese day" with Chinese lovers all over the world. On January 25, 2021, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Spanish government officially announced that Chinese has officially become the official language of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. This has improved the integrity and authority of UNWTO as a specialized agency of the United Nations, and also improved the status and proportion of Chinese in international organizations. Also in 2021, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised the language provisions of the IATA constitution for the first time since its establishment in 1945, adding Chinese as the official language on the basis of the original English, French, Spanish and Arabic. Since the 28th UN General Assembly listed Chinese as the working language of the general assembly and the Security Council in December 1973, the legal status of Chinese as the official and working language of the main organs and subordinate specialized agencies of the United Nations has been gradually determined. Up to now, Chinese has become the official and working language of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, the international food and Agriculture Organization, the international civil aviation organization, the International Telecommunication Union, who, the world tourism organization and the world intellectual property organization. Chinese plays an increasingly prominent role in international exchanges and its international influence is rising. 2. How hot is Chinese "Because I have learned the language of Chinese, I can also read the books read by the ancients and feel the spiritual world of the ancients through time and space. People who can speak Chinese like us can feel this romance and magic." 16-year-old Tian Tian comes from Canada. After winning the championship of the 13th "Chinese Bridge" world middle school students' Chinese competition, she admitted that she had a "sense of mission" and wanted to share Chinese stories and Chinese culture with more people. Over the past 20 years, the "Chinese Bridge" project has attracted more than 1.5 million teenagers from more than 160 countries. Like Tian Tian, they have built a "bridge of culture, friendship and soul" between China and the world. How hot is Chinese in the world? The reporter learned from the Sino foreign language exchange and cooperation center that by the end of 2021, more than 1500 Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms had been set up in 159 countries through Sino foreign cooperation, more than 13 million students of all kinds had been cultivated, and Chinese education projects had been carried out in more than 180 countries; 76 countries have included Chinese in the national education system by issuing decrees and decrees. More than 4000 universities have set up Chinese departments, majors and courses, and more than 75000 mainstream primary and secondary schools, Chinese schools and training institutions have opened Chinese courses. According to incomplete statistics, more than 25 million people are learning Chinese overseas, and the cumulative number of people learning and using Chinese is close to 200 million. Many countries have incorporated Chinese into the national education system, and the number of learners has increased significantly, which has also caused a shortage of teacher resources. The upsurge of learning Chinese also makes people put forward higher requirements for the quality of Chinese education. Bai ROMI, Dean of the Confucius Institute at the University of Bucharest in Romania, said that the lack of local Chinese teaching materials suitable for Romanian students hindered local Chinese teaching. "The establishment of teachers in Romanian public schools is limited, and most schools are not willing to recruit full-time local Chinese teachers at present". Foreigners still have the psychological barrier of "difficult to learn Chinese". Liang Yanmin, an associate professor at Beijing Language and Culture University who was once the Chinese President of the Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield in the UK, pointed out that from the perspective of oral English, the difficulty lies in tone; From the perspective of written language, the difficulty lies in words, "this requires us to speak simple and interesting Chinese characters. We should not only strengthen the basic research of Chinese characters and use high-frequency words for teaching, but also introduce the evolution of Chinese characters through vivid means such as animation and VR". Novel coronavirus pneumonia is also affected by the global outbreak of new crown pneumonia. International Chinese education is also facing difficulties in capital shortage, market shrinkage and digital divide. Wang Hui, Dean of the school of international culture and education of Zhejiang Normal University, suggested that in the face of problems such as teachers' lack of information literacy, insufficient learner participation, limited teaching mode, incomplete teaching platform and difficult teaching management in online Chinese teaching, we can increase interactive links such as problem response, conversation practice, role play and group discussion with the help of big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies to promote teaching design, homework correction Language practice, Chinese character writing and other teaching contents are more intelligent. 3. Chinese scenery overseas "At Duisburg port, there are many containers arriving in Germany through the China Europe train. These containers with Chinese characters have also become a mobile scenic spot in my city." He studied East Asian Studies and the ocean of Chinese economy at Duisburg Essen University in Germany. He introduced the mobile Chinese characters in his city in fluent and standard Chinese. "Traveling thousands of miles leads to the vast. Thousands of miles is' heavy ', the vast is' celebration', and it is' Chongqing '. This means that' a journey of thousands of miles begins with a single step '." Ocean said. Haiyang graduated from Bole High School of Arts and Sciences in Essen, North Wales, Germany, and was once a member of the school's Chinese Choir. The Chinese Choir of Bole senior arts and Sciences middle school can be regarded as the epitome of the friendly relations between China and Germany. Since its establishment in 2014, the delegation has been invited to perform on important diplomatic occasions of the two countries for many times. In February 2021, Peng Liyuan sent a cordial letter to the teachers and students of the school after watching the video of four students of the school's Chinese Choir singing the Chinese song "after the epidemic", encouraging them to make new contributions to enhancing the friendship between the Chinese and German people. "This is really a great joy and honor." Andre poltnov, a student who participated in the singing, said, "building a bridge with music and passing hope and courage to as many people as possible is our wish to express through this song." On the eve of this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, friends of the Chinese Choir of Haiyang and bole senior arts and science middle school sang "together to the future", singing loudly: "we all need love, let's hold hands." "This winter Olympics reflects a new stage of China's development." working together for the future "means that we should unite to solve important problems and create a better future," Haiyang said Chinese is not only embodied in the songs of foreign students, but also in the streets of foreign countries. "Now there are Chinese characters everywhere in Italy. Whether you want to visit scenic spots or go shopping, you can see familiar Chinese characters in pharmacies or bookstores." Li Zuo, a student at the Confucius Institute in Bologna, used a camera to record the Chinese signs on the way from the airport to the city center. In Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, Chinese teacher Ruofei also found many Chinese characters on his way to work. From the Chinese signs of the scenic spots, to the Fu characters posted along the street, to the shop signs and advertising words... Ruofei saw 51 Chinese characters in a short 5-kilometer ride. "I have lived and studied in China for four years and often miss China. Fortunately, Hamburg has a close relationship with China. I can often see Chinese characters here and Chinese culture is with me every day." Overseas Chinese character scenery is not only in schools, streets and squares, but also in the research vision of overseas sinologists. "Sinologists can be found in Stockholm in the north and South Africa in the south." Zhang Shuhua, a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, introduced International Sinology research. Giulia falcini is an Italian translator engaged in the translation of Chinese books. Julie told reporters that more and more people are learning Chinese in Italy. Now many people begin to learn Chinese from high school. "After the publication of the book I translated, many college students contacted me and said they decided to write a graduation thesis on women's books." Sinology fever has also surprised kopei from Peru. After completing the doctoral program of the "new Sinology program" at Peking University, Kepei once worried about how to find a job in Peru. However, after trying to teach a course on Chinese knowledge at the Catholic University of Peru, Kepei received far more feedback than expected. She realized that "the importance of Chinese topics in Peru is increasing and the degree of discussion is also increasing". Liu Shan, an associate professor at the school of politics and public administration of Wuhan University, pointed out that Sinology research in the new era "fits in with the historical process of China gradually moving towards the center of the world stage", and International Sinology research is becoming a prominent school all over the world. (outlook new era)
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