w88 casino News Network (Contributed by the International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base)Local timeOn October 13, government-sponsored teachers and volunteer teachers from the Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds in the UK went to Harrogate Grammar w88 casino in North Yorkshire, UK to hold a "Chinese-Themed Day" offline traditional Chinese culture experience event. Teachers and volunteers from the Leeds Business Confucius Institute prepared four cultural experience projects including calligraphy, Tai Chi, paper-cutting and folk dance for more than 600 students of the w88 casino, and conducted friendly cultural exchanges with teachers and students of the w88 casino. All activities were warmly welcomed and actively participated by the students.
When experiencing the art of paper-cutting, the lecturer started with the history of Chinese paper-cutting, led the students to appreciate the colorful paper-cutting art, and guided the students to cut out simple patterns such as pandas and butterflies by themselves. At the same time, the development of Chinese paper-cutting was also introduced to the students, and the application of modern paper-cutting art was demonstrated. The students were very curious and full of interest in the paper-cutting culture.
During the calligraphy cultural experience, a large number of videos and pictures about the Chinese zodiac aroused strong interest among the students. After giving the meanings represented by the different animals in the Chinese zodiac, the students began to choose their own zodiac signs and write the Chinese characters represented by the zodiac signs according to the teacher's prompts. The students further deepened their understanding of Chinese traditions through calligraphy and zodiac cultural experiences.
During the Tai Chi and folk dance projects, the students carefully enjoyed the teachers' wonderful Tai Chi and folk dance performances in the open space, and actively followed the teachers' instructions to practice. set for this eventChinese cultural question-answering activities such as "Tell me the names of the twelve zodiac animals", "Think about what animals these movements represent" and "Guess how many ethnic groups there are in China" fully mobilized the students' curiosity and enthusiasm. Every small question about Chinese culture deepened the students' understanding.
This event was heard loud and clear among the studentsIt ended successfully with "Thank you" and applause. This cultural activity was a useful attempt for the students of Harrogate Grammar w88 casino to learn Chinese and understand Chinese culture. It also laid a good foundation for the University of Leeds Business Confucius Institute to further carry out Chinese teaching and Chinese traditional culture experience activities in England in the future.
