Writing "Fu" characters, hanging lanterns, pasting Spring Festival couplets, making dumplings, and paying New Year greetings to relatives far away... On the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Moscow, a Chinese-Russian multinational family "The Family Mobilization" is busy preparing for the New Year.

　　The male host Xiao Hua chops the stuffing, and the eldest son Xiao Jichen, who is a freshman at Moscow University, rolls out the dumpling wrappers, while the hostess Ouyang Lan tells the "second" and "third" about the "New Year" in China while making dumplings. The custom of making dumplings.

　　"Ouyang Lan" is the Chinese name of Olga Mikhailovna, a teacher at Russia's Plekhanov University of Economics.

In the summer of 1992, 18-year-old Ouyang Lan came to China to study Chinese as the first batch of exchange students between Chelyabinsk State University in Russia and Qiqihar Teachers College in China, which opened her starting point for learning Chinese and understanding China.

　　In October 1995, after returning to China, Ouyang Lan applied for a job in a Russian company in Chelyabinsk, where she met and fell in love with Xiao Hua, a Chinese student who also worked as a translator. The two sides found a common goal in work and life. Lost her original job, signed up to co-organize a Chinese language class, and entered the palace of marriage.

　　In 2001, Ouyang Lan was employed as a Chinese teacher in the Oriental Eurasian Department of Chelyabinsk State University.

According to the characteristics of Russian students, she worked with other Chinese teachers to write all the teaching plans for grades 1-5, formulated the teaching outline, and even purchased Chinese textbooks and other teaching materials in Beijing out of her own pocket.

Chinese not only contributed to Ouyang Lan's transnational marriage, but Chinese language teaching has also become her beloved career.

She is well aware that many customs, etiquette and etiquette in China are closely related to the Chinese language, so she introduces traditional Chinese customs to students when teaching Chinese.

In order to give the students a sensory understanding of the Chinese language and deepen their impression, she invited the students to her home to teach them Chinese while cooking Chinese food, teaching them to stir-fry vegetables, mix cold dishes, make Chinese dumplings, and eat Chinese hot pot.

She also often teaches students to sing Chinese songs.

The flexible and diverse teaching methods not only improve the students' Chinese proficiency, but also make them fall in love with Chinese language and Chinese culture.

Her enthusiasm and sincerity in teaching are deeply loved by students and parents, and she has become a local "celebrity".

　　Later, Ouyang Lan and Xiao Hua moved to Moscow with their family and started another adventure in life.

Today, Ouyang Lan is teaching at a university, her husband Xiao Hua has founded a company, and her three children are also studying in Moscow.

　　The red lanterns on the porch were hung up, the Spring Festival couplets on the door were pasted up, and the hot dumplings were about to be cooked. Xiao Hua and Ouyang Lan took their three children together to send New Year greetings to their mother in Heilongjiang via video, sending Happy Holidays.

The old man "entrusts" his son to give red envelopes to his grandchildren.

　　Ouyang Lan also sent her Spring Festival blessings to Chinese friends: I wish you all good wishes and wishes come true in the new year.

I wish you all a happy Chinese New Year in 2023!

(Reporter Tian Bing produced Le Xiaomin)

Responsible editor: [Wang Kai]