w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of Foreign Languages)On the afternoon of May 15, 2025, the w88 casino of Foreign Languages of w88 casino held a grand cultural event to commemorate the birth of Persian literary giant Ferdowsi and "Book of Kings", as well as the inheritance and development of the Persian language. This event was hosted by the Persian Department of the w88 casino of Foreign Languages, w88 casino, and co-organized by the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Iran in China. Teachers and students from universities such as Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing International Studies University, and Beijing Language and Culture University participated.

President Zhao Zhongxiu, Vice President Wang Qiang and Director Li Xiaomeng first expressed their warm welcome and took a group photo in front of the administrative building with the arrival of Minister Abu Fazli Olamaifar, Cultural Counselor Nematullah Iranzadeh, Technical Counselor Said Yasser Zunoz and the Press Officer of the Embassy Emil Mansouri in front of the administrative building.

This event was hosted by Associate Professor Jiang Nan of the Department of Persian, and Associate Professor Jia Fei, the head of the department, delivered an opening speech. After thanking all the guests for coming, she introduced the significance of this event, emphasized the important role played by the poet Ferdowsi and his book Shahnameh in the inheritance of Persian language and Iranian culture, and recalled the contribution of Professor Zhang Hongnian of Peking University in translating the Chinese version of Shahnameh to the spread of Iranian culture in China. In his speech, Minister Olama Ifal analyzed Ferdowsi and some chapters of Shahnameh. He also shared the dissemination of this work in China. Subsequently, experts and scholars from various universities published their own research results. Dr. Bai Mei, an Iranian teacher at w88 casino, focused on analyzing the 11 literary themes shared by "The Book of Kings" and Chinese classical literature; Dr. Bagheri, an Iranian teacher at Peking University, discussed the importance of epic literature and the development of Chinese and Iranian epic literature; Dr. Abbas, an Iranian teacher at Beijing Foreign Studies University, focused his speech on the "Book of Kings" Presenting a view of historical and geographical territory; Dr. Tabatabai, an Iranian teacher at Beijing International Studies University, led students to re-create the princes and generals of the Bishdadi Dynasty in the "Book of Kings" in the form of a performance; Director of the Department of Yang Ronghan of Beijing Language and Culture University shared the values presented in it with the students by analyzing the stories in the "Book of Kings". In addition, Associate Professor Yu Guili of Beijing Foreign Studies University also shared her poetry on the spot.

The performances presented by Persian majors from various universities present were equally wonderful. The first performer was the 2023 Persian undergraduate students of w88 casino. They combined traditional Persian epic singing and modern drama performance to present the story of "Suhrab and Guld Farid" from "The Book of Kings"; two students from Beijing Foreign Studies University selected the poet's wisdom and moral excerpts from the work and performed a beautiful performance. Poetry was recited; all the second-year students of Beijing International Studies University spoke in turn, telling the audience about the rise and fall of the Bishdadi dynasty; two students from Beijing Language and Culture University sang the "Song of Zal and the Phoenix" derived from "The Book of Kings". The technique was as exquisite as hearing the fairy voice, and even the Persian calligraphy showing the lyrics was written by the students. In the Persian word and proverb quiz section of the event, students from each w88 casino responded actively and performed well.

Cultural Counselor Niamatullah Iranzadeh also presented certificates and gifts to the winners of the "Fifth National Persian Major College Students Reciting Competition" held in March at the event. In order to express its gratitude to the Cultural Office of the Iranian Embassy for its continuous support, the Persian Department of w88 casino presented the Cultural Counselor with a gift of miniature paintings hand-drawn by students of the Persian Department of w88 casino, as well as representative monographs by many teachers of the department. The Cultural Counselor also commended the teachers of this department.

The successful holding of the "Ferdowsi Day and Persian Language Day" event reflects the continuous attention and contribution of Chinese and Iranian scholars in Iranian studies over the years, and also demonstrates my country's outstanding achievements in cultivating Persian language professionals. Just like the sentence in "The Book of Kings" that "knowledge has no boundaries", the people of China and Iran will always use language as the boat and literature as the oar to sail together towards the starry sea of ​​mutual learning among civilizations.

Chinese and Iranian media also reported on this event. Some news links are as follows:

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