China News Service Ningbo, July 3 (by trainee reporter Li Dian) "Children have a deeper feeling for China." Watching the first batch of students hand in more than 4,000 assignments related to traditional Chinese culture, New Jinshan, Australia Hu Peikang, the principal of the Chinese school, was so emotional.
These assignments are made by 453 students from the New Jinshan Chinese School in Australia. After 15 days of study in the "Family Love China: Telling Stories for You" online summer camp, they express their own understanding of Chinese culture.
"I used to only hear the story of Sun Wukong's trouble in Tiangong. This time I heard "Journey to the West" and realized that Qi Tian Da Sheng is a stone monkey, and his so powerful ability is also practiced every day." Xia Yingying Xiao Student Huang Zhiqian stood in front of the camera and spoke his learning experience in Chinese.
In recent years, as Chinese has received international attention, Chinese culture learning has become more and more popular overseas. In the view of Hu Peikang, for Chinese teenagers, learning Chinese culture is not only an ability to stand in the society, but also an important way to gain a deeper understanding of their Chinese identity. "So the school and the Overseas Chinese Federation attach great importance to the Chinese children's root-seeking project '.'
As a result, during the special period when the epidemic spread, the plan for overseas Chinese teenagers to visit China on the spot was adjusted “as soon as possible” to learn Chinese stories in the cloud. The Overseas Chinese Federation of China, the Overseas Chinese Federation of Zhejiang Province, and the Overseas Chinese Federation of Yuyao City of Ningbo launched two online summer camps in batches in mid-June. A total of 577 Chinese youth participated.
"The content of the course includes text interpretation, origin of surname, idiom fables, epidemic prevention knowledge, etc. Children learn through listening to stories, online punching cards, and interacting with each other." Introduction of Liu Jinzhi, the class teacher of the fourth class of Yuyao Overseas Chinese Association, Yuyao.
"Sun Wukong steals the peach" created by Lu Yuting from Australia. Photo courtesy of Yuyao Overseas Chinese Association
Although they could not visit China in person, the students were still deeply attracted by the profound Chinese culture: how did the stone monkey become the beautiful monkey king? What talents did the talented girl Cai Wenji more than 1800 years ago have? Which policy of ancient China did Zhaojun embark on? …"Family of China · Telling Stories for You" In the Yuyao WeChat group, young students actively answered the questions thrown by the teachers.
"If you had to learn Chinese before, you have to do it, then after this activity, the child has a deep love for Chinese culture." Huang Zhiqian's mother said bluntly, she watched the child repeatedly interested in Chinese stories. Learning, contemplating and digesting, I feel the profoundness and inner charm of Chinese.
"I just asked my child what was the biggest gain from participating in this summer camp. The child said that he likes China and Chinese culture more and more." Camper Zhang Yunfan's father was also very pleased and shared this news with everyone in the WeChat group.
Not only small students, but now, high school students have joined the ranks of learning Chinese culture on the cloud. As the second batch of students in Yuyao Camp, 124 overseas Chinese high school students campers meet in the cloud and are starting the “root-seeking journey” of China on the cloud.
Zhang Weiren, vice chairman of the Overseas Chinese Federation of Zhejiang Province, said that online summer camps allow children to share their dreams and let their dreams fly, hoping that Chinese teenagers will succeed in the sloping wind and rainstorm middle school where the epidemic is raging. , Endlessly. (Finish)