The award ceremony of the “Yellow River Upstream Journey” competition was successfully held

Starting from February 20, 2023, the China Cultural Center in Riga has launched a five-week “The Journey to the Upstream of Yellow River” prize-winning reading competition on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. The purpose of this prize-winning quiz is to promote the basic geographical knowledge of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, tourist attractions, food and other cultural content.

As soon as the contest was launched, many Chinese learners actively participated. As of March 31, a total of 33 Chinese learners from four universities, three middle schools and three companies had submitted questionnaires. Among them, Facebook’s the number of clicks has exceeded the historical record. By consulting the questionnaire, we saw that when the learners answered questions about the scenic spots, delicacies, and special products of the Yellow River, they listed the Qarhan Salt Lake, Mangya Aiken Spring, Jinshan Grand Canyon in Tongguan County, Shandong Jiuzhuan Dachang, fish situation in the Yellow River Basin and other information. This fully demonstrates the great enthusiasm of our Chinese learners for Chinese learning, and also makes an important contribution to the exchange of tourism culture between China and Latvia.

On May 19, 2023, the award ceremony for “The Journey to the Upstream of Yellow River ” prize-winning reading competition was held at the China Cultural Center in Riga. A total of 6 Chinese learners won the Excellence Award in this competition, and Professor Peteris Pildegovics, the Latvian Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, presented awards to the winners present. There were 27 winners of the Participation Award, and Director Wang Nan of China Cultural Center in Riga presented awards to the winners present. Professor Shang Quanyu, the Chinese director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, awarded special “gardener” awards to teachers Bai Bingyu, Karina, and Tang Jing who actively helped students in this competition, and awarded Li Xin, Shao Yueyuan, Tang Luyao, and Xu Shen , Yang Baoru and Zhu Yu awarded the “Gardener” award.We look forward to more Chinese lovers joining us in future activities.

自2023年2月20日起，里加中国文化中心在Facebook、Twitter、YouTube和Instagram等社交媒体平台上开展了为期5周的“黄河上游之旅”有奖阅读竞答活动。本次有奖竞答的目的是宣传黄河上游的基本地理知识、旅游景区和美食等文化内容。

竞答活动一经开展就获得了众多中文学习者的积极参与，截止到3月31日，共收到了来自四所大学、三所中学和三家公司的33名中文学习者提交的问卷，其中Facebook的点击量更是超过了历史记录。通过查阅问卷，我们看到学习者在作答有关黄河的景点、美食和特产等问题时，列举了文章中没有提及过的察尔汗盐湖、茫崖艾肯泉、潼关县晋陕大峡谷、山东九转大肠、黄河流域鱼类情况等信息。这充分展现了我们中文学习者对中文学习的极大热情，同时也为中拉旅游文化的交流做出了重要贡献。

2023年5月19日“黄河上游之旅”竞答活动的颁奖仪式在里加中国文化中心举行。此次竞答共有6名中文学习者获得优秀奖，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院拉方院长贝德高教授为到场的获得者颁奖。参与奖的获得者共27名，里加中国文化中心王楠主任为到场的获奖者颁奖。拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余教授为积极在此次竞答活动中给予学生帮助的白冰玉、卡琳娜、唐静老师颁发特别“园丁”奖，为李欣、邵月园、唐璐瑶、徐申、杨宝茹、朱瑜老师颁发“园丁”奖。期待更多的中文爱好者加入到我们今后的活动中。