China News Service, Changsha, January 28 (Ye Zhengfang) "There is an old saying in China that 'I think of my relatives every time during the festive season'. Although I can't be reunited with my family this winter vacation, there are so many enthusiastic teachers in the school who are caring for us. We organized this particularly meaningful Spring Festival activity, and we felt the strong Chinese New Year flavor and were very happy." Anna, a Namibian student, said with great excitement after completing a paper-cut with the word "Spring" by herself.
As the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger is approaching, in order to let the foreign students who are staying in the school also feel the strong festive atmosphere and warmth of the Chinese New Year, Changsha University of Science and Technology specially prepared a unique Chinese Spring Festival cultural experience activity.
In addition to learning about the Spring Festival culture through interesting knowledge quizzes, the students also taught the students to draw Chinese tigers, learn Chinese New Year paper-cuts and make dumplings. The atmosphere was warm.
Foreign students experience Chinese New Year paper-cutting.
Photo courtesy of Changsha University of Science and Technology
With a soft brush in his hand, Huang Yuehua, deputy dean of the International Engineering College of Changsha University of Science and Technology, and director of the Hunan Provincial Association of Straight Calligraphers and Painters, brought a lively and interesting lesson to foreign students. "Drawing Tiger" class.
With the title of "Tigers in Chinese Paintings", she introduced how to draw different tigers and took everyone to draw tigers together.
The foreign students praised Mr. Huang's painting skills, and at the same time, they were eager to try it out and began to paint by themselves. The final "tiger" painted in different shapes attracted bursts of laughter.
Teachers from the Chinese Language Teaching and Research Section of Changsha University of Science and Technology introduced the cultural knowledge related to the Chinese Spring Festival to foreign students and demonstrated the charm of Chinese paper-cutting art.
Under the guidance of the teacher, the students picked up scissors and seriously experienced the creation of paper-cutting.
They used a pair of scissors to turn sheets of red paper into beautiful three-dimensional "Spring" characters, and they also had a deeper understanding and experience of the Chinese Spring Festival.
"The Chinese New Year is a very meaningful festival." After learning about the origin and historical evolution of the Spring Festival, Anna said that in addition to the long holidays, food and family reunions, what is more important is the thousands of years of Chinese culture and Customs can create emotional resonance and a sense of belonging.
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