China News Service, Chengdu, March 11 (Reporter Wang Peng) "Youth has a promise to travel together in Shu" Chinese culture study camp for Taiwanese college students opened in Chengdu, Sichuan on the 11th.
The training camp is hosted by the Association for Relations Across the Strait and hosted by the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province.
26 Taiwanese college students from Taiwan Shi Hsin University, National Taiwan University, and Taiwan Ming Chuan University were "paired" with 26 students from Sichuan University to embark on a week-long trip to Sichuan.
On March 11, a Chinese culture study camp for Taiwanese college students opened in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Photo by reporter Wang Peng
Yu Jing, deputy secretary-general of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations, said that the Chinese Culture Study Camp for Taiwanese college students has been held for 29 years since 1995, and nearly 50,000 Taiwanese students have come to the mainland to participate in exchange activities. “The study camp is a window for Taiwanese students to understand the mainland. It is also a platform for Taiwanese students to communicate with mainland students.”
"It is very meaningful to hold this training camp in Sichuan. Sichuan has rich cultural heritage and outstanding people. Sichuan has played a very important role in the development of both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I hope that students on both sides of the Taiwan Strait can strengthen communication, establish friendship and work together through the training camp activities." Feel and experience the charm of Chinese culture of the times. Through exchanges, we can promote Taiwanese students' identification with Chinese culture and 'One China'," Yu Jing said.
Li Gongqin, chairman of the Taiwan Chinese History Communication Association, took students to participate in a Chinese culture study camp in 1995.
He said that Chengdu is no stranger to Taiwanese. Chengdu Road in Taipei is a place where young people like to go. There is a "natural sense of intimacy" when coming to Chengdu. "Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family. I hope young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will take advantage of this opportunity to communicate more." , the most important job for young people is communication.”
Chen Youyi, a freshman at Shi Hsin University in Taiwan, came to Sichuan for the first time and said with a smile that she "came here for the food."
"I often eat Sichuan food in Taiwan, and I'm really looking forward to coming here to eat authentic Sichuan food. I also had a delicious hot pot last night." She said that she was looking forward to seeing giant pandas and also wanted to go to Dujiangyan.
After arriving in Chengdu, Chen Youyi has been "paired" with a college student from Sichuan University.
"We talked a lot and had a great time. Mainland China uses Pinyin to input Chinese characters, and Taiwan uses Zhuyin to input Chinese characters. We competed to see who could type faster." In her view, it is "very important" for young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to communicate so that they can know what each other wants. What.
During the study camp, Taiwanese college students will go to the "Wenchang Ancestral Garden" in Zitong County, Mianyang to carry out a series of studies on Wenchang culture, visit the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project, have close contact with giant pandas, have discussions with Taiwanese youth who are starting a business in Sichuan, and exchange entrepreneurial experiences, and visit Jianchuan The museum learns about the history of the Anti-Japanese War.
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