Chinese and African young players studying abroad celebrate Chinese New Year in Brazil
——New Year Activities of the Confucius Institute at FAAP in Brazil
w88 casino News Network (Contributed by Brazil FAAP Business Confucius Institute）Local time2month18Sunday, BrazilFAAPThe Business Confucius Institute held a Chinese New Year celebration event in downtown Heihe. In addition to inviting local Brazilian citizens, it also invited a group of special guests. They are Botafogo Football Club (Clube de futebol do Botafogo) Chinese women’s football players and African men’s football players who are trained.
Activity site,FAAPChinese Director of the Confucius Institute Xiang Jie and Pakistani DirectorLourdes ZilberbergIntroduced the Confucius Institute to the young players. In addition to spreading Chinese language and culture to Brazilians, it also builds a platform for Chinese people studying and working locally to communicate with Brazilians. Zhou Jinzhi, a full-time teacher at the Confucius Institute, introduced the twelve zodiac signs and Chinese New Year customs in Portuguese, and led Chinese young players to teach African young players and Brazilian citizens to speak Chinese“Dumplings”、“I am a monkey”、“Happy New Year”、“Good luck in the Year of the Monkey”etc. Teacher Chen Weirong gave a Chinese demonstration class to the audience, showing the basic characteristics of Chinese words and sentences and pinyin. Even the local elderly people in their seventies listened with great interest. Anna, the administrative director of the Confucius Institute, prepared15Quick-answer questions to test everyone’s understanding of China’s national conditions. Surprisingly, young African players and Brazilian citizens knew a lot about China's national conditions and responded enthusiastically. Many viewers received red monkeys and panda dolls.
FAAPThe Confucius Institute also invited local doctorsLyoko OkinoIntroducing the basic knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and the principles of acupuncture, and the basis of traditional Chinese medicine for doctors-Starting from the Taoist theory of the unity of heaven and man, the relationship between Qi, Shen and the human body was explained in a simple and easy-to-understand way, arousing great interest from the audience.
Dragon and lion dance have always beenFAAPThe Confucius Institute’s reserved celebration items, this year is no exception. In addition, Brazilian martial artists also added Chinese dance performances.
After the event, the young African players rushed to take photos with the teachers wearing Chinese cheongsam. The Chinese young players said that they have been away from their motherland for more than four months and are a little regretful that they have not been able to spend the Spring Festival with their families. However, subject toFAAPInvited by the Confucius Institute, I celebrate the holidays with everyone and feel the atmosphere of the New Year as well.
