Chinese and French teenagers danced "Subject Three" together and won applause, creating a lively cultural exchange atmosphere

　　China News Service, Beijing, February 25 (Huang Fang) 2024 is the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and the China-France Year of Culture and Tourism. Various forms of people-to-people exchange activities have been carried out one after another.

On the evening of February 23, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (hereinafter referred to as the CPAFFC), the youth delegation of the Europe-China Friendship Association (hereinafter referred to as the EU-China Friendship Association), the youth delegation of the French People's Aid and 150 people, including teachers and students from the China Academy of Opera, participated in the "Sino-French Friendship·Sino-French Youth Friendship Night" event in Beijing, kicking off the Sino-French Youth Friendly Exchange Week.

　　Before the event, Yang Wanming, President of the China Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, sent a sincere message, hoping that Chinese and French young people will become the guardians of Sino-French friendship, the practitioners of the "Sino-French spirit" and the builders of a community with a shared future for mankind. "I hope that all young friends can make full use of this event." This opportunity starts a journey of friendship from meeting, accompanying each other to meeting each other halfway."

　　Performances of famous opera pieces, medleys of French classic songs...you sing and I come on stage. Chinese and French young people showed off their respective cultural styles in artistic performances.

The national instrumental music performance and classic opera chorus performed by student representatives of the China Academy of Opera won bursts of applause from the audience.

After the performance of the Peking Opera segment "Havoc in Heaven", a French teenager was invited to interact with the Sun Wukong actor.

French teenagers interacted on stage and imitated the stage image of Sun Wukong.

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　　French youth representatives from the French People's Aid Society and the Europe-China Friendship Association presented performances such as singing classic French songs and reciting ancient Chinese poems. While showing the French cultural heritage, they also showed their strong interest in Chinese culture.

Chinese and French teenagers performed the dance "Subject Three" on the same stage.

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　　The popular dance "Subject Three" performed by Chinese and French teenagers brought the atmosphere of the entire party to a climax. The audience stood up and applauded, cheering for the beautiful friendship between the youth of the two countries.

The Chinese and French audiences applauded the actors.

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　　"Tonight's performance was really wonderful!" said Julien Villain, a member of the National Committee of the French People's Aid and the leader of this youth delegation.

He expressed his gratitude to the Chinese Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries for the invitation and said that the mission of the Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries is to promote transnational cultural exchanges.

"We look forward to young people from France and China communicating and experiencing each other's cultures. At the same time, we also welcome Chinese friends to come to France to watch the 2024 Olympic Games."

Julien Villain, member of the National Committee of the French People's Aid and leader of this youth delegation, was interviewed by a reporter from China News Service.

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　　After the performance, the organizers also prepared a mini temple fair experience activity. Traditional folk activities such as facial makeup and sugar blowing attracted many French teenagers to watch.

"I love China!" They said that although they have only been in China for a short time, they have already felt the charm of Chinese culture.

Chinese and French youths participated in mini temple fair experience activities.

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　　During the event, French young people shared their views on this event and their expectations for the relationship between the two countries.

Fatiha, a social worker of the French People's Aid National Committee, said: "France will host the Olympic Games in 2024. Taking this opportunity, we hope that France and China will have more exchanges and cooperation in the field of sports." French youth Pierre ) said that his major is economics and he hopes to contribute to the economic exchanges between France and China. “I also look forward to more excellent cultural exchange activities between France and China, mutual cultural learning and common progress. "

French youths paint facial makeup at a mini temple fair.

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　　"2024 is a very good opportunity for young people from the two countries to have more contact. I believe that Sino-French cultural exchange activities will become more and more abundant in the future." Wang Kun, deputy dean of the School of French at Beijing Foreign Studies University, said that opening up to France’s visa-free policy can give French young people more opportunities to come to China.

As an education scholar, he hopes that more communication platforms will emerge to enhance mutual understanding between Chinese and French friends in various fields.

Chinese and French young people took a group photo after the performance.

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