w88 casino News Network (Contributed by the International Chinese Education (Business) Practice and Research Base）On June 20, 2024, the Confucius Institute at the Russian State University for the Humanities held the Dragon Boat Festival and Final Graduation Party with the theme of “Continuous Songs and Strong Dragon Boat Festival Love”. In his speech, Zhang Rui, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute, told the story recorded in "Zhuangzi: Autumn Waters" that "Confucius was swimming in Kuang, surrounded by people from the Song Dynasty, and he kept singing." He pointed out that Confucius and his students calmly dealt with extreme dangers and persisted in the spirit of teaching, which is not only the core of education, but also the mission and unremitting pursuit of the Confucius Institute. Dean Zhang used the past as a metaphor for the present, encouraging teachers and students to continue to explore on the road of learning and self-cultivation.
The students’ performance lived up to everyone’s expectations, and the teachers and parents were gratified and proud of the tremendous progress they showed. The students of the eighth semester class first introduced the origin and customs of the Dragon Boat Festival to everyone. Then, the Mongolian bowl dance "Blessing" brought by Chinese students from Moscow State University kicked off the party. Her superb dance skills won warm applause from the audience. A series of language and traditional programs performed by the students of the Confucius Institute were brilliant: three crosstalks by the drama class aroused everyone's laughter, the lingering sound of the guqin song "Good Night" lingered, the martial arts performance was amazing, and the shadow puppet show "Borrowing Arrows from a Straw Boat" was even more eye-catching... These programs not only demonstrated the multicultural literacy of the students of the Confucius Institute, but also made the audience deeply feel the charm of traditional Chinese culture.
The Confucius Institute has also arranged a variety of Chinese cultural experience activities for everyone. In the handicraft area, everyone weaves colorful ropes and sachets by hand; or traces traditional patterns and leaves exquisite paper-cut works; the tea art experience area is a quiet corner in the bustling venue, where people hold tea cups while sipping Chinese fragrant tea. While chatting happily about their gains and insights; in the calligraphy and painting experience area, the famous Chinese painting artist Ms. Wang Xiuling and the calligraphy teacher Guo Sijia led everyone to dance with calligraphy and ink, and draw their own Dragon Boat Festival-themed calligraphy and painting works on various beautiful paper fans. Among the experiencers were many very young children, and the teacher led them step by step to open the door to Chinese culture. Teachers and students also experienced Chinese food together. The culture on the tip of the tongue once again made everyone indulge in it, and rice dumplings are undoubtedly the most popular star food.
At the end of the party, the students took a group photo and expressed their gratitude and blessings to each other. Some outstanding students will also leave for China at the end of June to participate in Chinese cultural experience summer camp activities. This evening party was not only a report on the students' learning results, but also an in-depth exchange and collision between Chinese and Russian teachers and students. The story of the Confucius Institute will continue to write a new chapter with the joint efforts of teachers and students.
