Frenchman Alex Rambaud is director of school-wide cultural activities and dormitories at Xi'an Liangjiatan International School.
This year's Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit is the eleventh Spring Festival Alex spent in China.
On the streets of Paris, France, Alex once witnessed the scene of local overseas Chinese celebrating the Spring Festival.
Although he just watched the happy crowd from a distance, he planted the idea of going to China to experience the Spring Festival in his heart.
During the years of living in Xi'an, Alex started a family, and his Chinese father-in-law and mother-in-law would take him to make dumplings, post Spring Festival couplets, and visit relatives during the Chinese New Year.
This kind of festive activity of reuniting with relatives and friends and sharing delicious food made Alex, who was far away from home, feel warmth and a sense of belonging.
In order to allow students from all over the world to experience the authentic Chinese Spring Festival, Alex held various cultural experience activities in the school, such as paper-cutting, sugar sculpture, New Year greeting cards, guessing lantern riddles... These Chinese New Year elements, It was an eye-opener for the students, and they gradually learned about and fell in love with Chinese culture in joy.
Alex said that the Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year, and the rabbit symbolizes auspiciousness and vitality. I hope that everyone will be prosperous and successful in their careers in the new year, and strive to become a better version of themselves.
Responsible editor: [Li Peiyun]