LUCI participated Chinese Culture Day Activity of Liepaja University
3月14日，拉大孔院应利耶帕亚大学邀请，在利大举办了中国文化日活动。利大将于今年九月正式开设汉语课程，成为拉大孔院下设教学点。利大校长马库斯，副校长拉迪纳，教务处长依玛，秘书维多利亚对拉大孔院一行10人的到来表示了热烈地欢迎。
当地时间中午12:00，活动正式开始。教室座无虚席，拉大孔院拉方院长中方院长尚劝余教授和拉方院长贝德高教授向观众们介绍了拉脱维亚大学孔子学院，以及汉语桥、夏令营、奖学金等事宜，并展示了孔院大型活动及各个教学点的活动照片和夏令营视频。观众们对即将开设的汉语课程非常感兴趣，踊跃提问。两位院长耐心、详细地解答了他们的问题。
接着孔院志愿者教师刘梦珂和朱玥分别用古筝和琵琶演奏了名曲《梁祝》和《春江花月夜》，并合奏了《青花瓷》，赢得掌声阵阵。
随后，孔院教师们布置了中国结、剪纸、吹画和青花瓷盘四个展台。观众们纷纷参与，活动气氛热闹非常。
这是利耶帕亚第一次举办大型中国文化活动。利大校长表示，此次活动非常成功，反响强烈。利大会继续大力宣传此次活动，吸引更多的当地人学习汉语。
On March 14th ，Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia was invited by Liepaja University to hold a Chinese Culture Day activity. Liepaja University will officially set up a Chinese language course in September this year，and will become a teaching site of LUCI. Director Dace Markus，Vice Director Māra Leltiņa , Dean of studies Jema Neimane，Secretary Viktorija Ņikitina warmly welcomed the arrival of the 10-member delegation of LUCI.
Local time at 12:00，the activity began. The classroom was full of audience. Professor Shang Quanyu and Professor Peteris Pildgovics, the Chinese and Latvian Directors of the LUCI firstly introduced the situation of Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, as well as the Chinese Bridge Competition , Summer Camp, and scholarships, etc. They also showed the photos of the large-scale events and the teaching sites of LUCI. After that, the audience watched a video about summer camp. The audience were very interested in the upcoming Chinese language course and asked questions enthusiastically. The two professors patiently and detailedly answered their questions.
Then the volunteer teachers Liu Mengke and Zhu Yue, played the famous tunes “Liang Zhu” and “Spring Moon Night” with Guzheng and Pipa respectively. They also played “Blue and White Porcelain” together, and their performance won a round of applause.
Subsequently, the teachers arranged four workshops for making Chinese knots, paper-cutting, blowing paint and blue-and-white porcelain plates. The audience participated in the activity and the atmosphere was very lively.
This is the first time that Liepaja held a large-scale Chinese cultural event. The Director of Liepaja University stated that the event was very successful and had a strong response. The Liepaja University will continue to vigorously publicize this event and attract more local people to learn Chinese.
