The “2024 Mid-Autumn Festival and Confucius Institute Day” celebration of LUCI was successfully held / 拉脱维亚大学孔子学院“2024中秋节暨孔子学院日”庆典成功举行
On September 27, 2024, from 17:00 to 19:30 Riga time, the “2024 Mid-Autumn Festival and Confucius Institute Day” celebration of the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia was held in the small auditorium of the University of Latvia. Ambassador Tang Songgen and Minister Counselor Song Danhui of the Chinese Embassy in Latvia attended the celebration and delivered speeches. More than 120 people, including Wang Nan, the Director of the Riga Cultural Center, Ms. Chen Yufen, Chief Correspondent of Xinhua News Agency in Latvia, guests from all sectors of society in Latvia , school leaders, teachers and students of the Confucius Classrooms and Teaching Points under the Confucius Institute attended the event. The event was hosted by Ms. Karina, President of the Latvian Alumni Association in China, and Mr. Guo Mengran, a sponsored Chinese teacher.
The whole event included three parts: Chinese cultural workshop, speeches by leaders and performances. Ms. Bai Kaixia’s team carried out Chinese cultural experience activities, and teacher Ma Xiaoxiao hosted the mooncake tasting activity, which attracted many students and parents to participate. The two directors of the Confucius Institute, Professor Pēteris Pildegovičs and Professor He Dong, delivered welcome speeches, expressed warm congratulations on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Confucius Institute brand in China, and made a brief historical review and future prospects for the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia. Ambassador Tang Songgen delivered a speech, fully affirming the fruitful results achieved by the Confucius Institute at the University of Latvia over the years, and also put forward hopes and valuable suggestions for the future development of the Confucius Institute. Afterwards, students from Riga Wushu Sports School, Riga No. 34 Middle School and No. 13 Middle School performed colorful programs such as lion dance and traditional songs and dances.
This event was rich in content, diverse in form, and warm in atmosphere, and the participating guests expressed great satisfaction.
2024年9月27日，里加时间17:00-19:30，在拉脱维亚大学小礼堂举行拉脱维亚大学孔子学院“2024中秋节暨孔子学院日”庆祝活动。中国驻拉脱维亚大使馆唐松根大使和宋丹卉公参出席庆典并致辞。里加文化中心王楠主任、新华社驻拉脱维亚首席记者陈玉芬女士，及社会各界来宾、孔子学院下设孔子课堂和教学点的学校领导与师生、学生家长等120多人参加活动。本次活动由拉脱维亚留华同学会会长卡琳娜女士和公派教师郭萌冉先生担纲主持。
整场活动包括中国文化工作坊、领导致辞和节目表演三部分。白凯夏女士团队开展中国文化体验活动，马笑笑老师主持了月饼品尝活动，吸引了众多的学生和家长参与。孔院两位院长贝德高教授和何东教授致欢迎辞，对中国孔子学院品牌创立20周年表达了热烈的祝贺，并对拉大孔院做了简单的历史回顾和未来展望。唐松根大使致辞，充分肯定了拉大孔院多年以来所取得的丰硕成果，也对孔院的未来发展提出了希望和宝贵建议。随后，来自里加武术体育学校、里加34中学和13中学的学生们表演了舞狮子、歌曲、舞蹈等丰富多彩的节目。
本次活动内容丰富，形式多样，气氛热烈，参与的来宾纷纷表示非常满意。
【通讯 Editor: 何东 He Dong/徐申Hughson 摄影 Photographer: 葛欣怡 Ge Xinyi】
