China News Service, October 9th. According to a report from the UK edition of the European Times, this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are celebrated at the same time. The British government's epidemic prevention regulations have forced many celebrations and gatherings to be cancelled.
During the festive season, the students studying abroad in the UK are worrying. How do they spend the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Abbotsholme School, located in Derbyshire, is a British private boarding school with a history of more than 100 years. The current principal once worked at Wellington Middle School in Shanghai. He is very fond of traditional Chinese culture. He believes that children’s desire to explore the world and the culture of various countries Learning and understanding will have a profound impact on his life. He encourages students to understand the culture and customs of different countries and establish a sound worldview.
British schools now divide students into different groups (bubble), and each group works independently.
Different groups in Abbotsholme School have carried out different themes and forms of holiday celebrations.
Niuniu is a Chinese kid who attended the school. She led the students in the class to make Mid-Autumn Festival illustrations and explained the Mid-Autumn Festival story to the students. This kind of activity made her feel lonely when she was studying abroad alone away from her relatives. , British classmates are her siblings, sharing with her the joy of the festival.
As the so-called "the end of the world shares this time", a bright moon brings blessings and takes away the thoughts.
The Chase Grammar School in the United Kingdom, from grade 3 to grade 8, the school takes Chinese and French as compulsory foreign language courses for students.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the school organizes students of different grades to participate in activities such as learning the history and cultural customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival, writing calligraphy, making Chinese lanterns, etc. to experience traditional Chinese culture.
A 12-year-old British child from Chess Grammar School has been studying Chinese at school for 2 years. He especially wrote the origins and customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival in both Chinese and English, with neat handwriting, and shared and learned with his classmates.
Many schools in the UK also prepare delicious Chinese food for students studying in a foreign country alone, helping students to alleviate the feeling of missing their hometown, and at the same time enhancing students' understanding of different cultures.
Students studying abroad can also eat moon cakes and Chinese food that is not necessarily very authentic but full of heart.
Teacher Zhou of the UK Tuition Guardianship Agency said that in previous years, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival, the guardianship teachers would visit the school to visit primary school students, but this year because of the epidemic, British schools have stricter visitor management, so they give students Send moon cakes to send them warmth. Teacher Zhou also said: “Some schools in the UK have decided to allow small international students to stay in school for Christmas. For those small international students who cannot stay at school, as guardians in the UK, we also help the children prepare adequate accommodation and start designing holiday activities. I hope that the children in foreign countries will also have a warm holiday during the epidemic and be well taken care of."