On April 18, the "International Chinese Day" cultural experience event hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Mexico and undertaken by the Confucius Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico was held in Mexico City. With the theme of "Chinese: Building a Bridge of Mutual Learning between Civilizations", the event was divided into four booths: calligraphy experience, tea art display, national style lantern decoration workshop and Chinese character flipping game, with nearly 100 Mexican citizens participating to explore the charm of Chinese characters and feel the breadth and profundity of Chinese tea culture.
In the calligraphy experience, participants held a brush and wrote the character "Fu" under the guidance of the Confucius Institute teacher. Many people use a brush to write for the first time, have said that it is difficult but fun; in the national style lantern decoration activities, the students who got the unique "Fu" lanterns actively designed and decorated the lanterns, with rich materials to show infinite creativity and imagination, some choose ink and blue to depict the three friends of the year, and some choose colorful cardboard to cut out peach blossoms, pandas, goldfish, auspicious clouds and other patterns. Each lantern shows the students' understanding and love for Chinese culture, as well as their yearning and blessings for a better life.
Confucius Institute students display lanterns
The tea art display was the highlight of the celebration. In the tea art exhibition area, Chinese teachers will take everyone to understand the types of Chinese tea, understand tea utensils, and explain the etiquette and cultural connotations in the tea ceremony. The boiling water was gently poured into the teapot, waking up the sleeping tea leaves, and the room was immediately full of fragrance, and the students present were amazed. The tea master incorporates the essence of the tea ceremony into every movement, conveying respect and respect for the guests. Many citizens said that Chinese tea is not only a drink, but also a lifestyle and spiritual pursuit of Chinese.
Students watch the tea art and taste the fragrance of tea
The Chinese character flipping competition was also warmly welcomed by the participants, some of whom did not know Chinese, but won the first prize through the associative matching of character shapes and meanings.
Chinese Character Flipping Competition
At the event, local citizens experienced the unique charm of Chinese and Chinese culture through simple and rich activities, and expressed that they would actively learn Chinese and be ambassadors of cultural exchanges between the two countries. (The author is the Chinese Acting Director of the Confucius Institute at the National Autonomous University of Mexico)