China News Service, Jakarta, January 1st (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) On the evening of December 31, 2020, nearly 50 young teachers and students from China and Indonesia from the Confucius Institute and Chinese Department of Trinity University, Indonesia Transnational "cloud" exchanges welcome the arrival of 2021.
Due to the new crown epidemic, some Chinese teachers from the Confucius Institute and Chinese Department of Trinity University in Indonesia were unable to come to Indonesia. They met with Indonesian teachers and students in China to celebrate the new year together.
The activities such as vocabulary solitaire, antonym question and answer, you draw me guess, tongue twister and other activities are rich and interesting. Chinese and Indonesian teachers and students participated happily.
The teachers and students of the two countries shared the eating habits and cultural customs of their countries to celebrate the New Year, shared the beautiful friendship forged in 2020, and also shared their own happiness and joy.
The activity also brought the teacher’s blessings and red envelopes to the students in a lottery, and the atmosphere to welcome the New Year was relaxed and warm.
Teacher Zhang Tiancheng, who is in China, wishes the Indonesian epidemic to pass as soon as possible, and hopes to reunite with everyone in Indonesia as soon as possible.
He said that this event added blessings from China to Indonesian students in the New Year, and it also enhanced Indonesian students' understanding and recognition of the cultures of the two countries.
Li Longyu, a Chinese volunteer teacher at the Confucius Institute, said that the establishment of an online cross-border real-time communication platform with the help of a beautiful festival has realized the active understanding, independent expression and free communication of Indonesian students in Chinese learning, and has also strengthened the interaction and connection between students and teachers.
The Chinese Dean of the Confucius Institute, Lu Yu, said that the natural expression of the beautiful friendship between the young teachers and students of China and Indonesia in the "cloud" is touching.
She said that the Trinity Confucius Institute will continue to make active efforts for cultural exchanges and mutual learning between the people of China and Indonesia.
The exchange activities ended with the beautiful Chinese song "Fairy Tale" performed by Indonesian student Long Shuya. Young teachers and students from the two countries offered their best wishes to each other.
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