The New Year’s Day cultural experience course of Confucius Classroom at Riga Technical University carried out as scheduled
On December 31, 2021, Beijing time, the online New Year’s Day cultural experience course of Confucius Classroom at Riga Technical University was carried out as scheduled and conducted smoothly. It is not easy to get together under the epidemic, but it has never stopped students from learning Chinese and Chinese culture. As the New Year’s Day is coming, Chinese teacher Liu Yiyao and the students of Chinese Basic class experienced the warm festive atmosphere through vivid and interesting paper-cutting activities.
Under the epidemic, the Internet has set up different air classes for us. From the initial Skype platform to the Voov meeting, students can learn Chinese in more diverse forms and have a better experience. At the beginning of the class, we had a dictation and reviewed the content learned in the last lesson. Jurģis Zemītis, Marta Zemīte and Laima Bērziņa all did a good job, especially Laima, who could write many Chinese characters according to the correct stroke orders, which is joyful. Then, proceeding from the knowledge about the dates we learned in the last lesson we came to the New Year’s day-the first day of the New Year, so we learned and practiced the sentence “Happy New Year’s day” in Chinese. In this festive holiday, we couldn’t help thinking of red and the unique paper-cut art. First of all, I introduced what is paper cutting, then we learned a series of words related to it, and appreciated the colorful forms of paper cutting, which is amazing! Next we learned paper cutting together, which is the most interesting part. We made the “red double xi” which represents the festive meaning (Double happy), then everyone took out the prepared paper, pencil and scissors, followed the steps and began to cut paper. When they were done, they showed me the pretty paper-cuts very happily. Finally, I showed the students some more beautiful paper-cuts so that they can continue to cut after class.
Paper-cutting has a long history, and it contains people’s love and best wishes for life, so it’s also listed as a world intangible cultural heritage. At the end of the class, we learned to say Happy New Year in Chinese, and I wish everyone a healthy, happy and fruitful new year!
北京时间2021年12月31日，里加工业大学孔子课堂线上元旦文化体验课顺利开展。疫情之下，相聚不易，但这并未阻挡学生们想要学习中文、了解中华文化的热情。值此元旦佳节来临之际，志愿者教师刘一瑶与里加工业大学汉语基础班同学通过生动有趣的剪纸活动，体验中国传统的民俗特色，感受浓郁热烈的喜庆气氛。
疫情之下，互联网为我们搭建起不一样的空中课堂，由最初的Skype平台，再到腾讯会议，同学们学习汉语的形式更加多样化，也有了更深的体会。课堂开始时，依旧是对上一节课所学内容进行听写和复习，尤吉斯、玛塔和吉娜三位同学都可以准确无误地写出拼音和声调，尤其是吉娜同学，可以按照正确的笔画笔顺写出许多汉字，同学们的努力和认真令人十分欣喜。接着，由上节课所学的日期引出元旦——新年的第一天，带领大家学习并互相祝福“元旦快乐”。在这喜气洋洋的节日里，自然少不了红色和能体现中华民俗特色的剪纸艺术。首先，通过图文并茂的方式向同学们介绍了什么是剪纸，并学习了和剪纸相关的一系列词汇，欣赏了丰富多彩的剪纸形式，令人叹为观止！接下来便是最有趣的环节——一起学剪纸。本次课堂所体验的剪纸样式为“红双喜（囍）”，首先向同学们介绍了其所蕴含的喜庆含义（Double happy），接下来拿出事先准备好的纸、铅笔和剪刀，按照步骤进行折纸、绘画和裁剪，同学们剪完后，都非常开心地向我展示他们的成果，觉得很漂亮。此外，还向同学们展示了“爱心小窗花”的详细步骤，以便同学们如果感兴趣，课下可以继续体验。
通过体验古老的中华民间艺术——剪纸，同学们感受到了剪纸的乐趣，它包含着浓浓的生活气息，表达着人们对生活的热爱和美好祝愿，也因此被列为世界非物质文化遗产。课堂最后，同学们学习并互相祝福新年快乐，希望在新的一年里，大家都能够健健康康，快快乐乐，都能够学有所成，学有所获，加油！
