After dinner, because Liu Wangxue had to get up early the next day to go to the crew, she and Gu Xuelan didn't sit for long and chatted for a while before going home.
After washing up and watching a drama with the three of them, mother and daughter made a video call to Liu Nanshan and chatted for nearly an hour.
After hanging up, Gu Xuelan asked: "What time is it now over Xixi's side? She and Xiaoyu don't know if they are celebrating the holidays in Country Y."
Liu Wang, who cannot celebrate the holidays. Xue didn't know either, she said: "The time difference is 7 hours, it should be afternoon over there right now."
"How about giving her a call?" Gu Xuelan thought for a while after finishing speaking, "Forget it. Well, it’s better not to fight. If she is busy, it will disturb his work.”
"It's okay, Mom." Liu Wangxue knew Wenxi's habits very well, "If she is busy, she won't answer. If she answers, it means she is not busy."
She said and gave Wenxi dialed, and the call came back instantly: "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival." Happy!"
After Gu Xuelan finished expressing her concern, Liu Wangxue looked at the background and asked her, "Where are you? It looks like you are holding a cultural event."
" That's right!" Wenxi said, moving the phone to her. Let’s watch the scene, “The Chinese Language School and the Confucius Institute at the university where Zerlina teaches jointly organized a Mid-Autumn Festival themed cultural event today.”
Zerlina invited Joshua first, and Joshua had already been on a two-week tour of the garden. At that time, I learned about the significance of these traditional festivals in country Z, so I gave the designers and staff from country Z a day off to support Zerlina.
There was no need to hold up the venue because there were quite a few people attending.
The Hanfu Exhibition that Wenxi was invited to hold at the beginning of the year was quite successful, and it even made the front page of the local news. The most direct benefit was that it had a positive impact on the enrollment of the Chinese School. At the same time, it also This will further strengthen the cooperation between the Chinese Language School and the Confucius Institute.
In June, the two parties cooperated to organize cultural activities for the Dragon Boat Festival. The scale was relatively small, but the participants also gave positive reviews.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a day for family reunion. The meaning of the festival coincides with the local people's concept of family. Therefore, both parties hit it off from their respective standpoints on hosting this cultural event and successfully reached cooperation. This event also received support from the school, so the scale was much larger than the last Dragon Boat Festival.
And God is also kind, and it turns out to be a bright and sunny day.
Many local residents also came to participate. The Chinese School also took this opportunity to hold an open day and sent invitation letters to some high schools.
Preparations for the event began more than a month in advance, with exhibitions, markets, cultural experiences and club performances.
When Wenxi came here last time, he promised to sponsor a batch of Hanfu for the Confucius Institute. This batch of clothes arrived at the end of July, so this time they were used as props for cultural experience.
The Confucius Institute has set up a simple changing room next to the cultural experience venue. If participants are interested in Hanfu, they can go to the teacher to get a sign and change clothes to take photos.
While Wen Xi was explaining to Liu Wangxue, he went to the stall next to him and bought two cones.
After chatting for a while, Liu Wangxue didn't even see Li Yu, so he asked Wen Xi.
Wenxi raised the cones in her hands and said, "Here, here, one of them was bought for him."
She said and switched the camera.
Liu Wangxue then saw Li Yu trotting closer, with a youthful smile on his face. She almost had a vision of a sparkling little koi.
Gu Xuelan sighed: "I have only been out for a few days, and Xiaoyu seems to have changed again. Alas, if I have the conditions, I should go out more and see the world."
Li Yu took the cone from Wen Xi and said, "Thank you, Sister Wen Xi."
Wen Xi turned the camera back again and came into the frame with Li Yu. After Li Yu saw it clearly, he was surprised and delighted. greet.
Liu Wangxue smiled and teased him: "Oh, which little British prince is this - I almost didn't recognize it, right, Mom?"
"Yes. , Our little fish has become handsome again." Gu Xuelan also smiled and answered. She originally wanted to say "beautiful", but intuitively Li Yu might not like it, so she changed it to "handsome".
Li Yu was still a little shy after being praised. He scratched his face, smiled shyly, and took a bite of the ice cream ball.
He just collected stamps at the cultural experience venue.
There are some hands-on experience projects, such as paper-cutting, traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, rope weaving, making snow-skin mooncakes, etc. Everyone can participate; there are also some projects that require a certain amount of Chinese knowledge. Participate in projects such as radical Scrabble games, word guessing puzzles, ancient poems, etc.
Participants first receive a mini notebook at the entrance. Each time they complete an item, they can get a postmark of a famous attraction in a province or city in Country Z. Li Yu had never participated in similar activities in China, so he was very interested and collected all the postmarks in one go.
The two of them ate cones and walked towards the stage. Wenxi said that he would take Liu Wangxue to watch the performance of local students.
The brochure in her hand had a program list printed on it, and she read it to Liu Wangxue.
“There is actually traditional opera?” Liu Wangxue suspected that she heard wrongly, “Are their courses so rich?” Mandarin has many similarities or similarities, but there are also Yue opera performances, so the Wu Nong Ruan dialect itself is equivalent to a foreign language.
Liu Wangxue feels that these students are really amazing!
Wenxi replied: "No, I heard from Zerlina that they will offer a cultural experience class in the second grade, but it only gives students a general understanding of these. If they like it, they can do it themselves Find a way to learn.”
Gu Xuelan asked her: "Isn't the Confucius Institute responsible for cultural dissemination? Don't they offer this kind of courses and let students find their own solutions?"
"I guess they can't open it." Liu Wangxue said, "Mom, think about it, how many schools offer this kind of course in our country, and how many people really like it and are willing to learn it, let alone abroad?"
Article Xi said: "This is just one of them. The most important point is the lack of teachers. I also talked with a teacher from the Confucius Institute this morning. What they are most lacking now is talents with specialized skills."
She As he spoke, he brought his phone closer and whispered: "I just experienced the project over there. I also took a look. As far as the teacher in charge is concerned, I tell you the truth, you can do it."< br>
“Real or fake?” Liu Wangxue didn’t believe it.
Wenxi put his arms around Li Yu's neck and pulled him closer: "If you don't believe me, ask Xiaoyu."
Li Yu was eating the remaining cones, although it's not a good thing to say, but He nodded honestly, like the teacher who taught Chinese painting.
Li Yu also learned a little bit before. He said: "The things that the teacher drew can only scare laymen who don't know anything."
"And the rope weaving, "Wenxi added, "It's almost at the level of a primary school student."
"Then do I still have expectations for the next stage performance?" Liu Wangxue asked.
Wenxi said: "We can still look forward to this. Zerlina showed me the students' rehearsal videos. Anyway, from my layman's point of view, they are quite good."
While walking and chatting, The stage arrived, but unfortunately they missed the opera performance. Liu Wangxue and Gu Xuelan watched a sword dance and Tai Chi.
Gu Xuelan commented: “Don’t tell me, it’s really impressive.”
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Once the Confucius Institute held a cultural experience camp, and a teacher taught Chinese painting. Black bamboo.
I went to join in the fun and learn from it, and the result was even more beautiful than the teacher's painting...
Due to the shortage of teachers, the teacher was also selling what she was learning. She pointed at me and said to the students: "Yes, yes, that's what she is like." Painted!"
Then I was pushed to the shelves...
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There is also a stingy dean who has a special liking for dumplings
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The quick-frozen dumplings sold in Chinese restaurants here are relatively expensive. He likes to eat them but is reluctant to buy them, so he uses the activities of the Confucius Institute to satisfy his appetite.
No matter what kind of festival and what kind of activities are held, he has to "cook dumplings"
Please note, it is "cooking dumplings"
If other Confucius Institutes do This kind of activity usually organizes students to "make dumplings". Only he asked the teachers to buy quick-frozen dumplings and bring them to the activity venue to "cook"
I remember one Dragon Boat Festival, he had to cook dumplings again. I already hate dumplings and don’t want to do them
The dean made up the cultural customs with his white teeth: "Why don't you eat dumplings? Dumplings are eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival!"