The Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia was Successfully Held the First Confucius Institute Four-week Scholarship Project in South China Normal University
2018年7月15日至8月11日，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院首次孔子学院四周奖学金项目在华南师范大学国际文化学院成功、顺利举行。国际文化学院左鹏军院长，戴相斌老师，参与夏令营的工作人员，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院四周奖学金生获得者以及来自法国、韩国、越南等多个国家的多名海外夏令营学员共同出席了开、闭营典礼。
开营仪式上，戴相斌老师代表学校和学院对来同学们表示热烈欢迎，感谢假期坚守岗位的老师与工作人员，并预祝项目成功举行。随后，来自拉脱维亚的学生代表发言表示了自己参加本次夏令营的激动之情，并希望从中获益，感受汉语与中华文化的魅力。
结营典礼上，院长左鹏军对学员们顺利结业表示祝贺，为营员们在为期四周的活动中所收获的汉语知识、体验到的中华文化精神感到欣喜，并希望营员们日后常回中国感受、体验汉语与汉语文化的魅力，鼓励营员们“常回来看看”。之后，学员们纷纷表示在此次夏令营中收获颇丰、不虚此行，更有来自拉脱维亚雷泽克内大学孔子课堂的高三学生诺娃表示希望日后能回到华南师范大学继续参与本科学习，重游中国。
在为期四周的学习生活中，学员们不仅学习到了丰富的汉语言文化知识，还参观、访问了黄埔古港、黄埔军校、广东省博物馆、美术馆、荔枝湾、北京路等有特色的旅游景点。并在系统学习汉语与行走实践的配合中观察、体验、品味、领略岭南文化和中国文化的动人之处，了解中国政治、经济发展及民生、民俗情况。同时，学员们还学习了中国书法、剪纸、武术等一系列具有中国文化特色的课程。
岭南地区迷人的风光、广州便捷的交通和购物环境与华南师范大学热情友好的校园环境，都让学员们流连忘返，相信此次夏令营也必将能成为其人生中一次难忘且珍贵的经历。
From July 15 to August 11, 2018, the first Confucius Institute Four-week Scholarship Program of LUCI was successfully held in the College of International Culture of South China Normal University. Dean of College of International Culture, Dr. Zuo Pengjun, office director Mr. Dai Xiangbin, the scholarship winners from LUCI and overseas students from France, Korea and Vietnam attended the opening and closing ceremony of the camp.
At the opening ceremony, Mr. Dai Xiangbin expressed a warm welcome to the students on behalf of the university, thanked the teachers and staff who stayed on duty during the holiday, and express best wishes for the project. After that, the Latvian student representative expressed his excitement, hoped to benefit from the project and feel the charm of Chinese and Chinese culture.
At the closing ceremony, Dr. Zuo Pengjun congratulated the students on their graduation, as well as their rejoicing at the Chinese knowledge gained and the spirit of Chinese culture experienced, and hoped that the students would “come back often” to experience more charm of Chinese and Chinese culture. The students said that they had gained a lot during these four weeks. Nova, a senior student in high school from the Confucius Class at Latvia Rezekane University, said “I want to say thank you for this opportunity to study in China for one month and get a lot of useful knowledge! Now, I’m sure that SCNU is the place where I want get a higher education.”
During the four-week study, the students not only learned the rich knowledge of the Chinese language and culture, but also visited the Huangpu ancient port, Huangpu Military Academy, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Art Museum, Lizhiwan, Beijing Road and other special tourist attractions. At the same time, they observed, experienced, tasted, appreciated the moving place of Lingnan culture and Chinese culture, understood Chinese politics, economic development and people’s livelihood, folk custom,etc. Meanwhile, they studied a series Chinese traditional arts of calligraphy, paper-cut, martial arts and other related courses.
The charming scenery of Lingnan area, the convenient transportation and shopping environment in Guangzhou, the warm and friendly campus environment of South China Normal University make the students too delight to homesick. This summer camp must be an unforgettable and precious experience in their life.
