The Confucius Classroom at Riga Culture Secondary School held dumplings-making activity to celebrate the Lantern Festival
2019年2月19日，里加文化中学孔子课堂在里加文化中学的厨房教室里举行了包饺子活动并获得学生们的喜爱。2月19日是中国的传统节日元宵节，也是中国庆祝农历新年的最后一天，里加文化中学孔子课堂的师生在欢乐的节日气氛里进行了这项活动。
活动刚开始，汉语老师教学生们擀面皮、包饺子。汉语老师在和面的时候在里面加入了胡萝卜汁、菠菜汁、红菜头汁，分别做成了橙色面皮、绿色面皮和红色面皮。学生们都很有热情，学得很认真。学会之后，就分工明确地开始“干活”。擀面皮的擀面皮，包饺子的包饺子，合作地很顺利。考虑到学生们喜欢甜食，在包肉馅之外，老师还建议学生包糖饺，学生们对此很兴奋。汉语老师把学生包好的饺子分别用蒸、煮、炸三种方法进行烹饪，学生们吃到自己亲手包的饺子之后都很高兴。活动结束后他们表示很喜欢这个活动。
此次包饺子活动主要是想通过教学生亲手制作地道的中国美食让学生们感受中国的传统节日和传统文化，让他们对中国的节日文化加深了解。学生们在活动中认真学习包饺子的技巧，并充分发挥自己的想象设计出各种各样有趣的饺子，有花瓣型饺子、笑脸型饺子、猫头型饺子等，都乐于其中。通过此次活动，老师与学生的交流更多了，学生也对中国文化增加了兴趣，希望以后能增加此类有关中华文化的活动。里加文化中学孔子课堂庆元宵包饺子活动圆满结束。
On February 19, 2019, the Confucius Classroom at Riga Culture Secondary School held dumplings-making activity in the kitchen classroom. It was loved by the students. February 19th is the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival. It is also the last day of Chinese celebration of the Lunar New Year. The teachers and students of the Confucius Classroom at Riga Cultural Secondary School performed this activity in a festive atmosphere.
At the beginning of the activity, the Chinese teacher taught the students to cover the dough and make dumplings. The Chinese teacher added carrot juice, spinach juice, and red cabbage juice to the noodles to make orange, green, and red dough. The students are very enthusiastic and have studied this very seriously. After the study, the students began to “work.” The division of labor is clear. Some do the dough of the noodles and the others make the dumplings. And they have a smooth cooperation. Considering that students like sweets, in addition to the meat stuffing, the teacher also advises students to make sugar dumplings, and the students are very excited about it. The Chinese teacher cooked the dumplings made by the students in three ways: steaming, boiling and frying. The students were very happy after eating the dumplings they made by themselves. After the event, they expressed their interest in the event.
The main purpose of this dumplings activity is to let students experience the Chinese traditional festivals and traditional culture by making authentic Chinese cuisine by themselves , so that they can deepen their understanding of Chinese festival culture. During the activity, the students carefully studied the techniques of making dumplings, and made full use of their imagination to design a variety of interesting dumplings, such as petal dumplings, smiley dumplings, and cat-head dumplings. Through this activity, teachers and students have more communication. And students have increased their interest in Chinese culture. They hope to increase such activities related to Chinese culture in the future. The activity of making dumplings to celebrate the Lantern Festival is held successfully in Riga Culture Secondary School.
