(Year-end special article) "Overseas Chinese" sees cultural charm Overseas Chinese have deep feelings for "roots"

　　China News Agency, Beijing, December 27th, title: "Overseas Chinese" sees cultural charm Overseas Chinese have deep feelings for "roots"

　　Author Jin Xu

　　Overseas Chinese have always been the promoters of exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.

They used Chinese elements such as strings, dancing postures, and calligraphy to outline the passing year of 2022.

　　There is a feeling called home country.

This year, the thoughts of overseas Chinese returning home found a home in Chinatown.

　　The gathered fireworks are lingering, and Chinatown can always become a unique landscape full of Chinese elements.

Walking into Jonker Street, the core area of ​​Malacca's world cultural heritage, there is nothing that can comfort the nostalgia in the heart like the traditional festival atmosphere. Whether it is the leaping dragons and tigers, the bright lights, or the red brick ancient houses with the meaning of southern Fujian, they all show the ancient oriental charm. Overseas Chinese have built a more solid spiritual home.

　　In order to protect the culture of Chinatown, more and more overseas Chinese continue to explore ways of diversification of protection and management, making Chinatown full of vitality.

　　In South Africa, the "Gongde Monument" of the Chinese archway in Joburg Chinatown took more than ten years to complete, becoming the first large-scale Chinese archway in the African continent so far; in Montreal, Canada, Chinatown was listed as the city's first provincial historical heritage area; In San Francisco, USA, Chinatown Bailan Station is named after the Chinese. The modern design and Chinese elements complement each other... After the renovation and transformation of the overseas Chinese, the Chinatown, which carries the collective memory and emotion of the Chinese, has regained its brilliance.

　　There is a kind of communication called moistening things silently.

This year, overseas Chinese have spared no effort to promote Chinese culture to the world.

　　Wang Lizhi, President of the Confucius Education Foundation in the United States, held the Confucius Cultural Festival in New York, moving the celebration of the ancient ritual and music culture to the other side of the ocean; in Nigeria, the Mazu culture, which symbolizes the ocean, great love and peace, sows friendship for non-governmental exchanges Chinese associations in Singapore, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and other countries are also actively organizing rich cultural activities to attract local people to check in and experience.

　　Because of love, overseas Chinese enjoy it.

Food is the most important thing for the people. Overseas Chinese make good use of food to spread the taste of China and open the hearts of people from all over the world. Chinese medicine has become a fan abroad. Medicine has a firm foothold overseas and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Overseas Chinese practiced it personally, and also showed the unique charm of Chinese culture through calligraphy, tea ceremony, embroidery, drama and other forms.

　　There is a kind of inheritance called "seeking roots".

This year, with the continuous advancement of Chinese education, Chinese culture has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of Chinese youths.

　　Benefiting from the increasingly mature forms of long-distance study tours such as "Online Summer (Winter) Camp" and "Online Chinese Culture Paradise", Chinese youths from all over the world can "travel" in China, participate in various courses, experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture, understand development of contemporary China.

Outside the classroom, "Book Drifting Stations" have been set up in Japan, Hungary, Spain and other countries. A wide variety of Chinese books have traveled across the ocean, allowing the new generation of Chinese Americans to better understand their ancestral (home) country through reading.

　　The brand-new teaching mode of "Internet + Chinese language study tour" also encourages overseas Chinese educators to keep pace with the times.

Wu Shanxiong, president of the British Chinese Education Promotion Association, said that in the future, it is necessary to continue to run Chinese schools well, improve the quality of running schools, innovate teaching methods, carry out competitions and various activities in a way that children like to see, and attract Chinese youths to take the initiative to contact Chinese and Chinese culture. , Keep the cultural roots.

　　Where there are Chinese, the seeds of Chinese culture will take root.

With the rapid improvement of China's comprehensive national strength and international influence, overseas Chinese have more confidence and confidence to write Chinese stories and help cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

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