Celebration of Chinese New Year 2019 of the Confucius Classroom at Riga No.34 Secondary School be held successfully
巧剪窗花猪拱户，妙裁锦绣燕迎春。拉脱维亚当地时间2月14日，下午两点整，里加34中学2019年“金猪纳福”春节庆典活动在校大礼堂隆重举行。
中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆孙应来代办，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余教授，中国文化中心张丽丽主任、杨松顾问，新华社郭群先生、李德萍女士及汉语教师志愿者出席了本次庆典活动。
活动在一年级学生《新年好》《恭喜恭喜》的欢快歌声中拉开序幕。里加34中校长Natalia Rogaleva女士致欢迎词，介绍了出席本次活动的各位嘉宾，并致以诚挚的春节祝福。随后，中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆孙应来代办发表讲话，赞扬了学校学生在以往活动中的精彩表现，谈到中国文化与拉脱维亚文化内秀坚韧的共通之处，希望两国人民的友谊能在愈加密切的文化交流中不断加深。接下来，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余教授发表讲话，对学校文化活动开展成果给予了高度肯定，感谢学校师生为此所做的努力，并祝愿孔子课堂蓬勃发展。嘉宾致辞结束后，观众们观看了汉语课堂精彩瞬间锦集视频，回顾了学校汉语教学的发展历程，汉语教师志愿者梁娟也随后发表讲话，希望有越来越多的学生喜欢汉语，了解中国。
伴随着九年级学生对猪年传说的娓娓道来，汇演正式开始。校合唱团首先为大家带来一首甜美可人的《我超喜欢你》，祝天下有情人终成眷属，将观众带入甜蜜浪漫的节日氛围之中。随后，六年级学生带来了生动活泼的《三只小猪》短剧表演，引得观众爆笑不断，掌声连连，将活动推向小高潮。在一曲明亮可爱《泥娃娃》独唱后，当地教师艾维塔携二、三年级小朋友一起带来《我们的中文课》将汉语课堂情景再现，富有亲和力的教师语言，精心准备的教具无不让人对汉语课心生向往。在校舞蹈团轻柔灵动的舞蹈表演后，志愿者教师与六年级学生合作带来了融“筝”“舞”“书”“茶”“诗”一体的中国古典元素秀，古筝曲余音绕梁，惊鸿舞婀娜多姿，书法行云流水，茶艺表演清香满溢，诗朗诵字正腔圆，将汇演推向又一个高潮。紧接着的独唱《真情的自我》歌声如夜莺婉转，深入人心。最后，活动在拉脱维亚武术协会诙谐逗趣的舞狮表演和参演学生《祝你新年快乐》大合唱的融洽氛围中落下帷幕。期间还贯穿了春节知识有奖竞答环节，学生争相举手，热闹非凡，表明了大家对中国春节的了解之多，喜爱之深。
本次活动获得了中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆孙应来代办，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院尚劝余院长，中国文化中心张丽丽主任、杨松顾问及校领导的高度评价，赢得了校师生及家长的喜爱。参加表演的学生表示虽然排练很辛苦，但这样练习汉语很有意思。本次活动不仅帮助学生获得了汉语学习的乐趣及成就感，了解了生肖、春节文化知识，感受了中国传统文学深厚意蕴，体味了歌舞声乐悠远魅力。并且吸引了更多人走近汉语，走近中华文化，走近中国。
Local time at 14:00 on February 14th in Latvia, Spring Festival Gala Show had been held in Riga No.34 Secondary School.
The representative of Chinese embassy in Latvia，Mr. Sun Yinglai, Director of the Confucius Institute Professor Shang Quanyu, the director of Chinese Culture Center Mrs. Zhang Lili, the counselor Mr. Yang Song, Xinhua News Agency Mr. Guo Qun ,Mrs. Li Deping and Chinese volunteer teachers were invited to attend the event.
The event kicked off in the cheerful singing of the first-grade student “Happy New Year” and “Congratulations”. Ms. Natalia Rogaleva, President of Riga 34, gave a welcome speech and introduced the guests who attended the event. Later, the representative of Chinese Embassy in Latvia, Sun Yinglai, delivered a speech, praised the outstanding performance of the students in the past activities, and talked about the commonality between Chinese culture and Latvian culture, hope that the friendship between the two peoples will be closer. with the deepen of the culture. Next, Professor Shang Quanyu gave a speech and highly affirmed the achievements of the school’s cultural activities. He thanked the teachers and students for their efforts in this regard and wished the Confucius Classroom to flourish. After the guest’s speech, the audience watched the video of the Chinese classroom’s wonderful moments and reviewed the development of Chinese teaching in the school. Liang Juan, a Chinese teacher volunteer, also gave a speech, hoping that more and more students like Chinese and understand China. .
The show began with the telling of the legend of the ninth year of the Year of the Pig. The school choir perform a sweet and fascinating song about love to wish the lovers of the world will eventually become a genus, bringing the audience into a sweet and romantic holiday atmosphere. Later, the sixth-grade students brought lively “three little pigs” short-song performances, which led to the audience bursting into laughter and applause, pushing the activities to a small climax. After a bright and lovely solo, the local teacher Evita and the second class and the third grade children show the Chinese class scene. After the dance performance of the school dance group, the volunteer teachers and the sixth grade students cooperated to bring the Chinese classical show integrating the Guzheng, Dance, Calligraphy, Tea Art and Poetry pushing the show to another climax. The song of the solo singer Reflection sounds like a night. Finally, the event came to an end in the harmonious atmosphere of the Latvian Wushu Association’s humorous lion dance performance and the song “Happy New Year” of chorus of the student . During the period, the quiz about the knowledge Spring Festival is the most exciting part.
The event was highly praised by all guests. The students who participated in the performance said that although the rehearsal was very hard, it is very interesting to practice Chinese in this way. This activity not only helps students to gain the fun and sense of accomplishment in Chinese learning, but also help them to understands the culture knowledge about Chinese zodiac and the Chinese New Year, and also let them feel the profound meaning of Chinese traditional literature and the long-distance charm of singing and dancing. What’s more, It also attracted more eople to approach Chinese, approach Chinese culture and approach China.
