Original: New Media Center, Lingnan Normal University, June 9
This June,
You revisit LNU,
Experience diverse Chinese culture.
You said you want to bring traditional Chinese culture home,
You said you have never seen the colorful world of Zhanjiang,
You said you are unwilling to part with your new Chinese friends.
You are a foreign student participating in this year’s Confucius Classroom Summer Camp,
You reaped a lot from this cultural journey, so does LNU.
Watch the video, experience the study tour of
foreign students in China~
https://v.qq.com/x/page/t0680fbkwli.html
Belarusian teachers and students experience Chinese culture in unique lessons
On the morning of May 30, the opening ceremony of the 2018 Summer Camp for Confucius Classroom of Belarusian State University of Physical Culture (BSUPC) at LNU (hereinafter referred to as the Summer Camp) was held at the International Conference Hall of LNU. LNU Vice President Huang Wei granted the flag to Ms. Natallia Kastseyeva, head of the Belarusian delegation, and announced the opening of the camp, marking the official kick-off of the 12-day Chinese culture study tour of 21 members from the Confucius Classroom of BSUPC!
Opening ceremony
Flag-granting
During this summer camp, LNU provided courses featuring traditional Chinese culture such as martial arts for 21 Belarusian teachers and students, giving them an interesting and content-rich study tour of Chinese culture. In the unique lessons, the summer camp members experienced traditional Chinese culture such as martial arts, Tai Chi, tea art, cooking, calligraphy, Chinese painting, acupuncture and cupping, and dragon and lion dance. Let's follow the reporter and join the foreign students!
Lesson 1
Calligraphy and Chinese painting
Students watch the calligraphy teacher write carefully
Students practice calligraphy
Under the guidance of the teacher, the students began to write on Xuan paper earnestly. "Learning Chinese calligraphy is very difficult, especially the sequence, length and strength of the strokes," commented Natallia Kastseyeva.
Chinese painting lesson
Lesson 2
Chinese Kongfu
The students practiced martial arts in the Chinese Kongfu lesson. Among the 21 students, some major in martial arts and some have practiced martial arts for more than 10 years. Despite their experience in martial arts, they still practiced diligently.
Students try performing dragon dance
Lesson 3
TCM lesson
Students watch the process of cupping
Show how to do “Tui na”
In the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) lesson, the teacher showed the traditional Chinese treatment methods such as acupuncture, Tui na, Gua sha and cupping to the foreign students. "Does it hurt when the needle is inserted into your body?" The reporter quietly asked the students who had just experienced acupuncture. The student said, "It hurts a bit, but it is very comfortable."
Lesson 4
Tea art and cooking
LNU students show Chinese tea art to Belarusian students
Drawn-out classical music, elegant and leisured tea art performance, and tea fragrance in the tea room… The students were amazed and said they wanted to bring Chinese tea culture home!
Cooking teacher gives a thumbs-up to a student
Lesson 5
Folk music and fine arts
Students enjoy performance of Chinese zither at a concert
After the concert and art exhibition, the Belarusian students commended that “The students at Lingnan Normal University are very enthusiastic and creative!”
Students visit art exhibition of LNU graduates
In addition to calligraphy, lion dance, cooking, etc., the summer camp members also attended classes such as basic Chinese reading and writing, ping-pong, swimming, etc. LNU Vice President Lan Yanze issued course-completion certificates to the summer camp members at the Closing Ceremony and Evening Party on the evening of June 6. The members showed their 8-day learning achievements with their works of calligraphy, painting, and facial makeup, the martial arts performances, recitation of Tang poems, and singing of I Love You, China together.
Students show their course-completion certificates
Martial arts performance
Chinese and Belarusian summer camp members sing the Chinese song I Love You, China
LNU students perform the dance Bamboo Book
Students in cyan dress dance for friends
Walk out of the classroom and enjoy Lingnan sceneries
In addition to courses with Chinese characteristics, LNU also invited summer camp members to see beautiful sceneries of Lingnan, including LNU campus and cultural landscape of Zhanjiang.
Lingnan scenery 1
LNU campus
Belarusian students walk around on LNU campus
Belarusian students visit University Student Entrepreneurship Training Base
Belarusian students feel the atmosphere of LNU library
Belarusian students feel children’s passion and vitality at Kindergarten Affiliated to LNU
The energetic University Student Entrepreneurship Training Base, the sculpture Wen Dao (a story about Confucius consulting Laozi about rituals), the homelike Youth Station, and the 100-year-old Banyan Square...Over the past ten days, Belarusian students acquainted themselves with LNU and attended classes just like LNU students. “这个学校很美，我很喜欢(literally meaning ‘This university is beautiful, I like it very much’),” a Belarusian student expressed her inner feelings in Chinese that is unfamiliar to her.
Lingnan scenery 2
Zhanjiang - a coastal city
The Belarusian students also visited Zhanjiang. Over the past ten days, they were impressed by the sceneries of Zhanjiang, such as the sea, the scorching sun, and the charm of the Confucian Temple during various interesting outdoor activities. They were also marveled by the colorful world of Zhanjiang.
Belarusian students pose for a photo on Jinshawan Bathing Beach
Belarusian students show tropical fruits
In addition to enjoying the coastal scenery of Zhanjiang, the Belarusian students also picked tropical fruits. When they tasted the sweet pineapple and lychee, they might love Lingnan more.
Students visit Zhanjiang Museum
The Belarusian students paid a visit to Zhanjiang Museum, Zhanjiang TCM Museum, Evergreen Conglomerate and Guangdong ROC Cool & Heat Equipment Co., Ltd. to understand the culture of Zhanjiang culture. “Zhanjiang has a long history and culture,” said a Belarusian student.
Students have a night tour in Confucian Cultural City in Suixi
Belarusian students write wishes on wishing cards
Students sing at Confucian Cultural City Square
The Confucian Cultural City Square echoed with the Chinese song I Love You, China sung by Chinese and Belarusian teachers and students. Belarusian students were touched by the profound Confucius culture and they sung “I like China!” with joy.
Lingnan scenery 3
Guangzhou
After the ten-day visit to Zhanjiang and LNU, the summer camp members continued to study in Guangzhou. In Guangzhou, the students will visit Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, Canton Tower, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and Shawan Ancient Town in Panyu District to enjoy more Lingnan sceneries and learn more about Chinese culture.
Meet at LNU, friendship between China and Belarus deepened
Over the past ten days, Chinese and Belarusian teachers and students deepened their friendship in spite of the language barrier. The day when the closing ceremony was held was the birthday of Natallia Kastseyeva, and LNU Vice President Lan Yanze celebrated her birthday with other teachers and students at noon that day.
At the time of parting, Chinese and Belarusian teachers and students gave meticulously prepared gifts to each other, such as photo albums, postcards and bookmarks with unique Chinese characteristics, to show their affection and reluctance to part. At the closing ceremony of the summer camp, Belarusian teachers and students handed out souvenirs and biscuits to every LNU people.
A handsome Belarusian boy student puts a souvenir on a girl student at LNU
After ten days of short-time and special getting along, participants felt a bit sad at the closing ceremony. After the ceremony, the staff of the summer camp and the Belarusian students took group photos to remember the time they spent together.
At the scene, the reporter asked a lot of Belarusian teachers and students a question - "What do you want to take away from China most?" – and received different answers. Some people wanted to bring Chinese culture back, some wanted to take Chinese tea and some just said, "I will come to China again!"
Tomorrow, the summer camp members will return home, and the cultural journey across the Eurasian continent will also end.
You travel a long distance,
To get closer to Chinese culture,
And meet lovable LNU people.
Keep sceneries in mind and reluctance to part in heart.
Charm of Chinese culture, deepened friendship between China and Belarus
Show this journey is worthwhile.
Dream of becoming a disseminator of Chinese culture,
Meet you again one day!
See you next year,
My dear Belarusian friends!
Wish you a safe journey~
