Confucius Institute at LU visits Jēkabpils State Gymnasium
On 24 May 2023, the Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia, Shang Quanyu, and the Latvian Director, Peteris Pildegovics, visited the Jēkabpils State Gymnasium to meet with the school leaders to discuss the teaching of Chinese, to hold a graduation ceremony for the students in Chinese class and to present the school with“translation of selected Tang poems” .
The tour started with a visit to Krustpils Castle, the most famous historical museum in Jēkabpils, by Sarmīte, a teacher from Jēkabpils State Gymnasium and a guide, to learn about the history of Jēkabpils and to climb to the top of the tower overlooking the beautiful town. Then, meeting with Valerjans Vizulis, the headmaster, and Laima Avota, the secretary, at Jēkabpils State Gymnasium, and a closing ceremony for the Chinese language students in the headmaster’s office. The meeting was attended by the Prof. Shang Qhuanyu, Prof. Peteris Pildegovics, the Principal, Valerjans Vizulis, the Secretary, Laima Avota, the Chinese teacher, Yang Caiyun, and 9 students.
During the meeting, the headmaster expressed his pleasure at the visit of the two deans and his satisfaction with the results of the Chinese language teaching in the school. The first prize in the Chinese Bridge competition is particularly rare for this small secondary school and encouraged the students to continue to work hard to grasp the opportunity to learn Chinese well. Prof. Peteris Pildegovics and Prof. Shang Quanyu to give a summary of the Chinese language work in this academic year and praised the importance of the Chinese language classes at Jēkabpils, hoping that the cooperation would be further deepened. The Chinese teacher Yang Caiyun also expressed her delight and happiness at being able to start offline classes and meet everyone this year. Then, Prof. Peteris Pildegovics presented certificates of completion to the students and congratulated them. Finally, we took a group photo and had lunch together.
China and Latvia are separated by thousands of miles, but we are together at this moment because of the Chinese language. This year is also a special year, as both Prof. Shang Quanyu and the Principal are retiring, thanking them for their efforts and contributions to Chinese language, education and friendship between China and Latvia! There is no banquet that never ends. The event ended with delicious local Latvian food and laughter!
2023年5月24日，拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余和拉方院长贝德高访问了叶卡布皮尔斯中学，与学校领导会晤商谈汉语教学事宜、给汉语班学生举行结业典礼并颁发结业证书、给学校赠送《唐诗选译》。
来到叶卡布皮尔斯，先由叶卡布皮尔斯中学的Sarmīte老师和一
名导游带领参观了该市最著名的历史博物馆Krustpils Castle,了解叶卡布皮尔斯的历史，并登上塔顶，俯瞰美丽的小城。
接着在叶卡布皮尔斯中学与校长维祖里斯（Valerjans Vizulis）
和秘书（Laima Avota）会晤，在校长办公室举行了汉语班学生的结业典礼。与会的有拉脱维亚大学孔子学院中方院长尚劝余、拉方院长贝德高、校长维祖里斯（Valerjans Vizulis）、秘书（Laima Avota）、汉语教师杨彩云以及9名学生。会上，校长对两位院长的拜访表示非常荣幸，并对学校汉语教学工作取得的成果很满意，在汉语桥比赛中能拿到一等奖的好成绩对这一个小的中学来说特别难得，也鼓励学生继续努力把握机会学好汉语。贝德高院长和尚劝余院长对本学年的汉语工作做了总结，并称赞了叶卡布皮尔斯教学点对汉语课的重视，希望合作进一步加深，贝德高教授也介绍了他的《唐诗选译》并举行赠书仪式，贝教授亲自题字签名赠予校领导与校图书馆。杨彩云老师也对这一年能开启线下上课，跟大家见面，表示欣慰与开心。贝德高教授一一给学生颁发结业证书并表示祝贺，接着合影留念。最后，我们共进午餐。
中国与拉脱维亚随相隔千万里，我们却因为汉语咫尺相聚，今年也是特别的一年，尚劝余教授和校长都要迎来退休，感谢他们为汉语为教育为中拉友谊做出的努力与贡献，忆往昔峥嵘岁月稠，愿退休生活依旧风华正茂！天下没有不散的筵席，活动在美味的拉脱维亚本地菜与欢笑中圆满结束！
