Current location:travel >>
Students in UK wowed by time
travel78686People have gathered around
IntroductionStudents learn the typography of the Chinese characters in London, Britain, April 25, 2024. An event ...
Students learn the typography of the Chinese characters in London, Britain, April 25, 2024. An event in celebration of Chinese Language Day of this year was held on Thursday in central London, during which six on-site workshops offered the students an opportunity to experience Chinese culture, such as typography of the Chinese characters, Kung Fu, and Chinese fan dance.(Xinhua/Li Ying)
Gazing down on spectators, with impressive noses and daunting staring eyes, bronze masks and figures displayed during a digital tour of Chinese artifacts have wowed British school students.
The virtual tour of China's Sanxingdui Museum was held on Thursday in central London during an event in celebration of Chinese Language Day of this year, which was attended by about 100 students from four schools.
Despite being dubbed as one of the world's greatest archaeological findings of the 20th century, the Sanxingdui Ruins, whose remnants date back 4,500 to 3,000 years, were unfamiliar to many students, including Devina Mistry from Queen Mary's High School.
Mistry told Xinhua that this was the first time she was introduced to Sanxingdui, and the bronze figure of a tiger left a strong impression on her. She has been learning Chinese for a year and events like this have always been entertaining and educational.
"Learning Mandarin has been much more than acquiring a new way to communicate," she said, adding that the experiences of learning the language gave her "an opportunity to connect with people" and enriched her "understanding and appreciation of a culture that is both ancient and vibrantly alive today."
Joan Deslandes, head teacher of Kingsford Community School, said that the next generation "will need to understand China's culture and be able to work in the Mandarin language" in today's global context.
"The fact that more and more schools are incorporating Mandarin into their curriculum reflects the recognition that has been made in how important this is," she added. Her school has been teaching Chinese since 2000.
During the event, six on-site workshops offered the students an opportunity to experience Chinese culture, such as typography of the Chinese characters, Kung Fu, and Chinese fan dance.
"All people-to-people exchanges are really important in education," Katharine Carruthers, director of IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society's Confucius Institute for Schools, told Xinhua during the event.
She said that Chinese children learning English and British children learning Chinese will be the "bedrock" of the relationship between the two countries, and it's important for them to "find out they have a lot more in common than there are differences."
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Worldly Waves news portal”。http://unitedarabemirates.unhasdecoradas.org/article-15e699350.html
Related articles
Adams, Reyna, Turner, Ream are US concerns ahead of Copa America
travelNEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Adams, Gio Reyna, Matt Turner and Tim Ream will be given the three weeks ahead ...
【travel】
Read moreCity traders fired after being caught having sex with a cleaner in the office after
travelIt is a sex scandal that even by the sometimes debauched standards of City traders has set tongues w ...
【travel】
Read moreSavers withdraw £5bn from current accounts in bid for better interest rates
travelThrifty customers are taking revenge on banks for years of zero interest when their current accounts ...
【travel】
Read more
Popular articles
- Jon Wysocki dead at 53: Staind drummer passes away
- Indian separatists plotted to kill Sir Winston Churchill during pre
- Former NBA player Darius Morris dies aged 33
- Migraine drug could be offered to facial flush sufferers after success in trial
- IF starring Ryan Reynolds lands at the top of a lackluster box office with less
- First loss shouldn't take away from Jaime Munguia's potential
Latest articles
Sarah Jessica Parker divides opinion with enormous hat on set of And Just Like That
Champions League: Bayern and Dortmund could stop Mbappe's showdown with Real Madrid
Brazilians wait on their roofs to be rescued by the military as death toll rises to 57 in record
Double delight for China with wins in both Uber and Thomas Cups
Patrick Reed withdraws from US Open qualifying and ends streak of playing the majors
Victory may be in sight for Starmer but the polls can be deceptive
LINKS
- Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98
- Randy Arozarena homers and drives in 4 runs, Rays beat Yankees 7
- China's foreign trade growth accelerates amid improving demand
- Zimbabwe wins toss and elects to bowl in final T20 against Bangladesh
- A'ja Wilson and Nike announce the Las Vegas Aces star is getting a signature shoe
- China's passenger vehicle sales up 9 pct in Jan
- Buddha's birthday: When is it and how is it celebrated in different countries?
- Election 2024: Trump calls the New York hush money case 'a Biden show trial'
- China's foreign exchange reserves fall to 3.2 trillion USD in April
- Rafael Devers' 2