China News Service, Nanning, March 8th: China, Japan, South Korea and ASEAN “Youth Ambassadors” appreciate China’s colorful customs
Author Jia Qiyan Wang Bingxue
Accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, the flaming red lions stepped on the drums, sometimes raising their heads and swaying their tails, sometimes flipping and jumping... Recently, at the Chinese traditional culture and art exhibition held at the Student Activity Center of Guangxi University, participants in the 2024 China-Japan Fifty young people in the South Korea-ASEAN "Youth Ambassador" exchange project immersed themselves in Chinese lion dance culture.
"Lion dance, also known as 'lion dance', 'lion lantern', etc., has a long history. It is an important link to maintain the Chinese world and a vivid example for the world to understand Chinese culture." Performer Yang Qingshan introduced lion dance to everyone in detail Culture and demonstrated the operation method of lion awakening, he enthusiastically invited foreign young people to try it.
The picture shows a lion dance performer from Guangxi University instructing Japanese young man Tamura Futaba to learn lion dance.
Photo by Wang Bingxue
Under the step-by-step guidance of the "master", Japanese young man Tamura Futaba quickly mastered the operation methods of the lion's eyes, mouth and other parts, and she excitedly showed it to her companions.
Seeing this, other people also joined the team of learning lion dance.
Recently, the 10-day 2024 China-Japan-ROK-ASEAN "Youth Ambassador" exchange project was held in Nanning, Guangxi.
This exchange project is hosted by the China-Japan-ROK Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) and hosted by Guangxi University. It is the first time it is held in China and the scope of participation is expanded to ASEAN countries for the first time.
During the event, 50 young representatives from different countries not only had in-depth exchanges with experts and scholars in various fields, and appreciated the Zhuang rural customs and the beautiful scenery of China, but also visited the Guangxi E-Government Extranet Cloud Computing Center and the Digital Guangxi Collaborative Dispatch Command Center Waiting places.
The picture shows foreign young people experiencing VR games.
Photo by Wang Bingxue
In the early spring of Nanning's Qingxiu Mountains, grass grows and orioles fly, mountain flowers bloom, and the "Youth Ambassadors" laugh and laugh all the way.
Li Yunshang from South Korea recited a poem by Chinese poet Tao Yuanming in Chinese, "Pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and leisurely see the southern mountains."
Li Yunshang has been studying Chinese for three years. In addition to ancient Chinese poetry, he has also read many articles by Mr. Lu Xun.
"Actually, there are no roads on the ground, but when there are more people walking, they become roads." Looking at the long mountain road in Nanning's Qingxiu Mountain, he couldn't help but feel something, thinking of this sentence in Lu Xun's famous poem "Hometown".
"Mr. Lu Xun's writing is very charming, but with my current level of Chinese, I cannot fully understand the essence of it. I will continue to work hard to learn Chinese in the future and feel more of the charm of Chinese characters." Li Yunshang said.
Many foreign young people participating in the 2024 China-Japan-ROK-ASEAN "Youth Ambassador" exchange project have learned Chinese.
"In recent years, in our school, more and more students have taken Chinese as a second foreign language." said Chiho Sato from Waseda University in Japan.
"I came to China with my parents when I was a child. Today's China has undergone tremendous development and changes." Wang Zhimei from Thailand said that she was deeply impressed by both the profound and profound Chinese traditional culture and the high-end and cutting-edge modern technology. .
"This is my first time coming to China, and the feeling is very different from what I imagined. I like it here very much, and next time I will bring my parents and friends to China." Tamura Futaba said.
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