NCKU International Students Celebrated Chinese New Year
Tainan, Taiwan, January 31st, 2011
To celebrate Chinese New Year, Chinese Language Center at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, has organized a spring festival event on January 31st.
Nearly 300 international students from Japan, Korea, United States, France, Paraguay, Indonesia, Peru and Egypt have participated in dumpling making, spring couplet writing and paper cutting.
NCKU Chinese Language Center expressed, “We have arranged Chinese dumpling making, Chinese calligraphy writing and Chinese traditional paper cutting for international students to understand and appreciate Chinese New Year and at the same time strengthen their speaking and reading abilities.”
In contrast to previous years, this year’s event allowed students to choose their interested activities, including dumpling making, spring couplet writing and paper cutting, and to participate in a drawing that would pick five lucky winners.
Student Claudia Zien from Germany said, “It is my first to write spring couplet, and the touch is wonderful. Even though the phrases on the spring couplets are short, the meanings behind the words are very profound. This is the wonderful part of Chinese language.”
Lucia Dubajova from Slovakia, who is particularly interested in the customs of Chinese New Year, such as red envelops and family union, revealed, “In addition to spring couplet writing, we can also understand the symbolic meanings behind auspicious words through paper cutting and further strengthen our speaking and listening skills.”
To celebrate Chinese New Year, Chinese Language Center at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, has organized a spring festival event on January 31st.
Nearly 300 international students from Japan, Korea, United States, France, Paraguay, Indonesia, Peru and Egypt have participated in dumpling making, spring couplet writing and paper cutting.
NCKU Chinese Language Center expressed, “We have arranged Chinese dumpling making, Chinese calligraphy writing and Chinese traditional paper cutting for international students to understand and appreciate Chinese New Year and at the same time strengthen their speaking and reading abilities.”
In contrast to previous years, this year’s event allowed students to choose their interested activities, including dumpling making, spring couplet writing and paper cutting, and to participate in a drawing that would pick five lucky winners.
Student Claudia Zien from Germany said, “It is my first to write spring couplet, and the touch is wonderful. Even though the phrases on the spring couplets are short, the meanings behind the words are very profound. This is the wonderful part of Chinese language.”
Lucia Dubajova from Slovakia, who is particularly interested in the customs of Chinese New Year, such as red envelops and family union, revealed, “In addition to spring couplet writing, we can also understand the symbolic meanings behind auspicious words through paper cutting and further strengthen our speaking and listening skills.”
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