China News Service, Quanzhou, February 9th (Sun Hong and Zhang Weijian) "This will be my first Chinese New Year." Fukuyama, an overseas student from Huaqiao University, is full of expectations for the first Chinese New Year.

　　Fukuyama is from Turkmenistan, and he is studying hotel management major in Tourism College of China University. He is a junior this year.

In 2017, he came to China to study Chinese and enrolled in BGI a year later.

In his spare time, Fukuyama likes to run and exercise on campus.

Photo by Zhang Bin

　　"After coming to BGI, my life has changed a lot." Fukuyama told reporters that with the help of teachers and classmates, his Chinese has improved very quickly, and he also tried to learn more about Chinese traditional culture.

　　In his understanding, the Chinese New Year carries the warmth of home, and people return to their homes to reunite and exchange blessings.

Fukuyama said, “The school organized a calligraphy writing activity two days ago. Let us write our best wishes to family, friends, and teachers. It feels very good.”

　　"After the Spring Festival, I want to go to the school's halal restaurant for an internship." After studying, Fukuyama has already planned a new arrangement.

The reason is simple. One is that he who usually likes to cook has a place for him. Second, there are a lot more students staying at school this holiday than in previous years. The restaurant may also need manpower.

The students who stay in school for the New Year write Spring Festival couplets and write blessings to dress up the campus and add to the New Year flavor.

Photo by Liu Pei

　　The reporter learned from Huaqiao University that as of 17:00 on February 6, there were a total of 871 students from the University of China in Quanzhou and Xiamen.

Among them, more than 200 overseas students came from more than 20 countries and regions including Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Laos.

　　For Myanmar student Xiao Zhichun, the Chinese New Year is no longer unfamiliar.

Xiao Zhichun lives in Shan State in the northern region of Myanmar, bordering China.

"The Spring Festival is also celebrated at home. The family gathers for dinner, which is very similar to the Chinese New Year."

　　The clinical medicine major that Xiao Zhichun studied is not small for overseas students.

In order to keep up with the progress of his studies, he had not returned home during the winter vacation for two consecutive years, and this year he stayed at school due to the epidemic.

"In the first two years, the school arranged for students to have a New Year's Eve dinner together and gave us red envelopes. It felt like home."

　　The "New Year's Eve Dinner" in Xiao Zhichun's mouth is a tradition that Huaqiao University has continued for more than 30 years.

Affected by the epidemic this year, the original way of gathering meals will be changed, but what remains unchanged is the strong Chinese New Year flavor.

The students of Hua University wrote Spring Festival couplets to send New Year blessings to teachers.

Photo by Liu Pei

　　At the Overseas Chinese Community Center of Huaqiao University, domestic and foreign students staying in the school wrote Spring Festival couplets and cut window grilles under the organization of the community and college to experience Chinese New Year folk customs. School leaders and students posted Spring Festival couplets together and sent warm hearts to every student Gift package.

　　In addition, in order to allow students to spend a warm, rewarding, and meaningful winter vacation, Huaqiao University has also carefully prepared a series of activities such as making dumplings, welcoming the New Year tea party, and watching the Spring Festival Gala under the premise that the epidemic prevention and control is not lax. , And will launch the "Cloud Reunion" activity.

　　As Fukuyama said, the school's careful and thoughtful arrangements and meticulous care make this special Chinese New Year even more homely.

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