Chinese Culture Day of Vidzemes University
当地时间2019年02月13日-02月14日，在拉脱维亚维泽梅应用科技大学汉语初级班、高级班学生与汉语教师志愿者李浩芹一起共同庆祝中国传统节日春节，同时当中国的传统节日“春节”和西方的“情人节”发生碰撞，两者结合发生怎样的火花，志愿者和学生共同感受两者结合的奥秘。
中国的传统节日“春节”和西方的“情人节”完美碰撞，志愿者教师分别开展了“春节”主题文化课和“七夕”表白活动文化课，志愿者老师准备了有关“春节”以及“七夕与情人节”介绍的ppt，从起源和习俗两个方面入手，为学生们介绍了春节和七夕的历史由来和独特的庆祝方式。通过介绍，学生们了解了春节对于中国人来说的最重要的意义所在，那就是“合家团圆”，同时也了解到“牛郎和织女”凄惨的爱情故事。随后，师生共同观看了春节联欢晚会中的有关功夫表演的节目，如《少林魂》《天人合一》等。学生们都被中国博大精深的武术文化所震撼。最后，在剪纸体验活动——“剪立体春”中，学生们用灵巧的双手，剪出了生动的作品，表达了他们内心对春节的感悟，以及通过折纸，制作出“心连心”“一见倾心”的作品，以此来表达内心的情感。
本次传统节日文化系列体验课结合了文化介绍、节日民俗、手工制作等多种元素，学生从多维角度更深入的了解了中国文化，加深了他们对中国文化的兴趣，进一步为语言学习奠定了基础。
From the local time February 13th to February 14th, The elementary and advanced class students at the Vidzemes University of Applied Sciences in Latvia, celebrated the Chinese traditional festival with the Chinese New Year, and also celebrated the “Valentine’s Day” with the volunteer Chinese teacher Li Haoqin. When the “Chinese spring festival” meet the “Valentine’s Day”, what will happen, the volunteer and students will find out the mystery of the combination.
When the traditional Chinese festival “Spring Festival” meet the “Valentine’s Day”. The volunteer teachers carried out the “Spring Festival” theme culture class and the ” Valentine’s Day” culture class. The volunteer teacher prepared the ppt to introduce the “Chinese Spring festival and the Valentine’s Day, including two aspects of origin and customs, the volunteer introduces the history and unique celebration of the Spring Festival and Chinese ” Valentine’s Day”. Through the introduction, the students understand the most important significance of the Spring Festival for the Chinese, that is, “reunion”, and also learned the love story of “The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl”. Later, the teacher and students watched the programs related to the kungfu performances in the Spring Festival Gala, such as “The Shaolin Soul” and “Heaven and Man”. The students were shocked. Finally, in the paper-cutting experience activity, “Cut Stereo Spring”, the students used smart hands to cut out vivid works, expressed their inner feelings about the Spring Festival, and made “heart-to-heart” to express their inner feelings to their lover.
This traditional festival culture class combines cultural introduction, festival folklore, hand-made and other elements. Students have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture from a multi-dimensional perspective, deepen their interest in Chinese culture, and further lay a foundation for learning language.
