People's Daily Moscow, January 30 (Reporter Rong Yi) Chopsticks sandwich sugar, spell Chinese characters, make lanterns... On January 29, nearly 50 Chinese and Russian children and parents gathered at the China-Russia Humanities Cooperation and Development Center to participate in a unique New Year celebration of the Tiger.
Dalia, a Russian Chinese teacher at the center, introduced the traditional cultural customs of the Spring Festival to the Russian children through videos and pictures, and deepened the children's understanding of the traditional Chinese festivals through interactive questions. "What does nian mean in Chinese?" "Why do Chinese love to wear red for the New Year?" Faced with one question after another about the knowledge of traditional Chinese culture, many Russian children answered the questions like a stream, and compared the 12 zodiac pictures, accurately said their zodiac signs with Chinese.
Dalia, a Chinese language teacher, explained the traditional customs of the Spring Festival to the children. Courtesy of the Sino-Russian Center for the Development of Humanities Cooperation
During the game session, children from the two countries carefully made lanterns out of red paper to light up the beautiful expectations of the Chinese New Year. "I'll use Chinese chopsticks when I go home to eat later!" After experiencing the use of chopsticks, a Russian child said excitedly.
Russian children experience the use of chopsticks. Courtesy of the Sino-Russian Center for the Development of Humanities Cooperation
"Come on for the Beijing Winter Olympics!" At the end of the event, Chinese and Russian children held up the red "Fu Zi" and the Chinese knot to send sincere wishes for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.
Yin Bin, chairman of the Sino-Russian Humanities Cooperation and Development Center, told reporters that the purpose of holding this event is to further deepen the understanding of Chinese culture among Russian children, and it is also conducive to the friendship between children of the two countries. "The children's love for Chinese culture inspires us to continue to be the inheritors of Sino-Russian friendship and a bridge for people-to-people exchanges between the two countries." He said.