w88 casino News (provided by Business Chinese Base)Greece timeFrom May 7th to 8th, at the invitation of the Sparta Municipal Government, the Athens Business Confucius Institute at w88 casino held the “Sparta Chinese Culture Festival” in Sparta, which was an extraordinary event. Chinese Ambassador to Greece Xiao Junzheng, Mayor of Sparta Petros Doukas, and Chinese Director of the Athens Business Confucius Institute Yan Hongwei attended and delivered speeches.
Ambassador Xiao Junzheng said in his speech that Sparta has a splendid civilization and its cultural and historical significance is as famous as Athens. This year marks the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and GreeceThe 50th anniversary is also the second year of the China-Greece Year of Culture and Tourism. It is hoped that the "Sparta City Chinese Culture Festival" will be an opportunity for the City of Sparta to enhance contact with China, expand cooperation, and share cooperation opportunities; enhance mutual understanding between the Chinese and Greek people, and promote people-to-people bonds.
Ambassador Xiao Junzheng’s speech
In his speech, the Mayor of Sparta sincerely thanked the Athens Business Confucius Institute at w88 casino and the Chinese Embassy in Greece for their strong support for this event. He said that the city of Sparta has advocated democracy, public education, and equality between men and women since ancient times, which has similarities with Chinese civilization. The City of Sparta looks forward to more cooperation with China in various fields.
Mayor Petros Doukas speaks
Dean Yan Hongwei said that the Confucius Institute at Athens Business was honored to be invited to host this Chinese Culture Festival. As the first Confucius Institute in Greece, the Athens Business Confucius Institute not only provides a variety of Chinese courses, but also actively organizes Chinese cultural promotion activities. It is hoped that this Chinese Culture Festival can sow the seeds of Chinese culture in the hearts of the Spartan people, enhance the friendship between the Chinese and Greek people, and promote cultural exchanges between China and Greece.
Dean Yan Hongwei speaks
This timeThe "Sparta City Chinese Culture Festival" event lasts for two days. On the evening of May 7, Yang Shaobo, President of the China-Greece Cultural Association, and Apostolos Pierris, professor of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Patras, held a China-Greece philosophy and culture exchange forum with the theme "From Homer and Socrates to Confucius". After the opening ceremony on May 8, students from the Athens Kung Fu w88 casino performed wonderful Tai Chi, Tai Chi Sword and Tai Chi Fans.
At the same time, teachers from the Athens Business Confucius Institute organized a variety of interactive Chinese culture workshops, including Chinese painting, Chinese paper-cutting, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese characters, etc., which were deeply loved by the local people in Sparta and had a high level of participation. The Minister of Culture and the Minister of Justice of the Sparta Municipal Government also actively participated in the workshop. They asked the teacher to give them Chinese names with great interest and traced the Chinese characters with their own brushes. Many people said that this was their first experience of writing calligraphy, cutting red paper, and speaking Chinese, which was very novel and interesting. a nameDespina’s Greek child learns Chinese through YouTube and is deeply fascinated by Chinese culture. When she saw the event promotion, she asked her mother to take her to participate, hoping to speak Chinese face to face with Chinese people. She said she hoped to have the opportunity to study in China。
Sparta has a long history, withThe "Spartan Warriors", "strict discipline" and "simple life" are famous all over the world. This is the first time that the city of Sparta has held a Chinese Culture Festival, which is of great significance. This event has greatly enriched the local people's vision and cultural life, allowed more Greek people to understand Chinese culture, enhanced mutual understanding, and promoted spiritual connection. The mayor, officials and people of Sparta all expressed their expectation that the Athens Business Confucius Institute can return to Sparta to hold Chinese language learning and cultural exchange activities again in the future.
