China News Service, Beijing, October 1st (Zhang Fan Gao Yuqing) October 1st is a traditional Chinese festival-Mid-Autumn Festival. Foreign teachers and students in universities in Hebei and Shanxi exchanged blessings through the cloud.

　　In Shijiazhuang, Hebei, the Department of Foreign Languages ​​of Shijiazhuang Railway University organized a party for 2020 freshmen.

The students of this school bless each other through the "cloud" and the foreign teachers who are temporarily unable to return to school, and perform wonderful programs to narrow the distance between teachers and students.

　　Because of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, most of the foreign teachers of the school returned to their respective countries earlier this year.

　　"I know that the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion in China, but this year students need to stay in school, so I suggest that you use this time to read a good book and wish you good health and happy holidays." Far away in Canada Teacher Yuri Rogaev said.

　　Rizalyn Velayo Marivojoc, a teacher in the Philippines, said that this party did not make him feel far away from his classmates, "just like in a classroom with classmates."

　　Teachers Rebekah German and Joshua German in the United States have been teaching at Shijiazhuang Railway University for eight years.

They wish the freshmen a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and look forward to returning to school as soon as possible to meet everyone.

　　In the multifunctional conference room of the School of International Education and Exchange of Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, representatives of international students from more than 30 countries including South Korea, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, etc., celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with teachers through online and offline methods.

　　This Mid-Autumn Festival is the fourth Mid-Autumn Festival that Jack Ma from Afghanistan spent in China.

Talking about his feelings, he said: "I haven't been home for more than a year. I spent the Mid-Autumn Festival with my teachers and classmates, and I was very happy and moved."

　　For Pakistani student Ashi, this was the first Mid-Autumn Festival he spent at Taiyuan University of Technology.

Through this festival, as a freshman, he felt the warmth of home.

"Teachers and classmates are like family members."

　　Tang Xingxing, an international student from Mozambique, came from the Mingxiang campus 30 kilometers away from the school. She sang the Chinese song "Abba and Mom" ​​and won applause from everyone present.

She said that this song is dedicated to all the parents of overseas students who are far away from home.

　　At the scene, the overseas students sang the "Happy Birthday Song" to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and said "Happy Birthday to China" in their respective languages.

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