Confucius Classroom at Rezekne Academy of Technologies held “Information Day” activity

拉脱维亚当地时间2018年4月6日中午12点，雷泽克内大学孔子课堂“信息日”活动在雷泽克内大学拉开了帷幕，吸引了众多在校师生与当地民众的参与。

活动开始前，汉语教师先提问大家对汉字的看法，有不少人表示汉字和西方的表音文字差别很多，看上去有点难，像一种艺术。汉语教师让大家带着这些“疑问和不解”，认真聆听下面的讲座，她从汉字的起源，发展和变化这几个方面解释了这种汉字表意文字的形与意，让大家对汉字的形态结构有一定的了解，接下来又从篆书，隶书，楷书，草书，行书这五种字体介绍了书法中汉字形态之美，在介绍完“文房四宝”后，她就开始向大家示范如何书写隶书“拉脱维亚”和“中国”，并耐心指导大家进行练习。

经过一个多星期的精心策划和准备，雷泽克内大学孔子课堂“信息日”活动成功举办并完美地画下了句号。感谢拉脱维亚大学孔子学院，雷泽克内大学继续教育中心和中文教学负责人玛格丽特（Margarita）对本次活动的支持与帮助。通过这次活动，体现了雷泽克内当地民众对中国文化的喜爱，他们在活动结束后都向汉语教师表示感谢和赞扬，并希望能多举办类似的文化体验活动，感受中华文化的深厚底蕴。

Latvia Local time at 12:00 on April 6 ,2018,”Information Day” activity in Confucius Classroom at Rezekne Academy of Technologies began，which attracted a large number of teachers , students and the local people to participate.

Before the activity started,the Chinese teacher asked the audience their views of Chinese characters, some people said that Chinese characters are quite different from the phonography used in most Western countries, which looks like a bit difficult, just as an art. The Chinese teacher told them that if they listen to the following lecture carefully, they would have a different view about Chinese characters.She explained that the origin and meaning of Chinese characters,which are ideographic characters only existed now, and then the development and change of Chinese characters, so that the audience had a better understanding about Chinese characters.Then she explained the Seal, the Official, the Regular, the Cursive, the Running hand this five scripts,which can not only show the shapes of Chinese characters but also the beauty of calligraphy. In the introduction to “four treasures of the study”, she began to demonstrate to the audience how to write calligraphy , ” Latvia “and ” China “in the Official, and taught them to practice patiently.

After more than a week of planning and preparation, “Information Day” activity in Rezekne Confucius Classroom came to an end successfully. Thanks to Confucius Institute at University of Latvia ,Continuing Education Centre in Rezekne Academy of Technologies and Margarita,only with their support and assistance can this event be a success.This event really reflects that the local people in Rezekne appreciate Chinese culture, they expressed thanks and praise to the Chinese teachers after the event, and hoped there will be more Chinese cultural activities, which can help them have a better understanding about the deep foundation of Chinese culture.