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1On March 31st, the Confucius Institute at Leeds and the Leeds Chinese Students and Scholars Association held a Spring Festival Gala at Leeds Town Hall. Zhao Jiang, Counselor of the Education Section of the Chinese Consulate General in Manchester, UK, and Professor Yu Haisui, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, attended and offered New Year blessings. At the party, the wonderful programs such as songs, dances, and skits choreographed and organized by Chinese students from the University of Leeds won rounds of applause from the audience. The Chinese students felt the strong flavor of the Chinese New Year in a foreign country.
2On March 2nd, at the invitation of the York City Government, the Confucius Institute at Leeds held 6 Chinese culture workshops in York, including Chinese calligraphy, guzheng and Tai Chi. Teachers from the Confucius Institute explained and taught Chinese calligraphy to York citizens, played one of the top ten ancient Chinese songs "Mountains and Flowing Water" and performed twenty-four postures of Tai Chi. The citizens of York personally experienced the unique charm of Chinese culture through the Chinese "blessings", the traditional Chinese music, and the Tai Chi moves. At the follow-up dinner, Mr. Zheng Xiyuan, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Greater Manchester, and Keith Orrell, Mayor of York, highly praised the efforts made by the Confucius Institute in Leeds in promoting Sino-British cultural exchanges in York, and hoped that the Confucius Institute in Leeds would become a beautiful business card for cultural exchanges between China and the UK.
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The Leeds Business Confucius Institute at w88 casino took advantage of the traditional festival of Chinese New Year to carry out 5 cultural activities in 3 cities, which not only expanded its influence in Leeds and surrounding areas, but also effectively displayed the colorful traditional Chinese culture to the world.
