TheBulgariannationalqualificationcontestofthe11thChineseBridge,aChineselanguageproficiencycompetitionforforeignsecondaryschoolstudents,washeldonApril28.
TwelveteenagersstudyingChinesedemonstratedChineselanguageandculturalskillssuchasdancing,singing,andmartialarts.
StanislavMakreevfromSofiawonthecompetition,andwillrepresentBulgariaatthefinalsinChinatogetherwiththecompetition鈥檚runner-upLoraToskovafromthetownofPlovdiv.
Whileaddressingtheevent,ChenYing,anofficialwiththeChineseEmbassyinBulgaria,saidthisyearmarksthe65thanniversaryofthelaunchoftheChineselanguagelearningprogramintheBalkancountry.
AccordingtotheBulgarianMinistryofEducationandScience,over1,200childrenarecurrentlystudyingChineselanguageinthecountry.
TheChineseBridgecompetitionwasfirstorganizedin2008toinspirestudentsbetween15to20yearsoldtolearnChineseandenhancetheirunderstandingofChineseculture.ChineseEmbassyDonatesCyrillicVersionofBuddhistClassicstoMongolianLibrary
TheChineseEmbassyinMongoliahasdonatedamodernMongolianCyrillicversionofaTibetanBuddhistclassictoalibraryinthecountry鈥檚north.
Thesutrasof410volumesoftheclassicKangyurandTengyurwerehandedovertothedirectorofCentralLibraryinthenorthernprovinceofDarkhan-Uul,ataceremonyinthecapitalUlanBatorattendedbyanumberofofficialsfrombothcountries.
鈥淐hinaandMongoliaarefriendlyneighborsconnectedbymountainsandrivers,鈥滳hineseAmbassadortoMongoliaXingHaimingsaidduringthehandoverceremony.
鈥淚nrecentyears,culturalrelationsbetweenthetwocountrieshavegrown.Today鈥檚eventispartofeffortstostrengthenbilateralrelationsintheculturalsector,鈥漢eadded.
鈥淭hisisagreatgifttousfromthepeopleofChina.Wearegratefulthatouryoungpeopleareabletoreadthewonderfulscripturesintheirmotherlanguage,鈥漵aidlibrarydirectorMr.D.Tserendavaa.
Lastyear,theChineseEmbassytoMongoliadonatedthesamebookstotheDepartmentofPhilosophyandReligionattheNationalUniversityofMongolia.
ChineseDelegationIntroducesXinjiangtotheEgyptians
AculturaldelegationfromChina鈥檚XinjiangUygurAutonomousRegionattendedaseminarattheChineseembassyinCairoonMay7toenhancemutualunderstanding.
RepresentativesfromEgypt鈥檚politicalparties,membersoftheEgyptian-ChineseFriendshipAssociation,andreportersfrombothcountriesattendedtheseminar.XuGuixiang,vicesecretary-generaloftheChineseOverseasFriendshipAssociationandheadofthedelegation,briefedtheattendeesonXinjiang鈥檚historyandcustomsaswellasthegovernment鈥檚economic,social,ethnic,andreligiouspoliciesforXinjiang.XusaidthevisitwasintendedtopromoteEgyptians鈥檜nderstandingofXinjiangandenhanceculturalandpeople-topeopleexchanges.
Xinjiangisamultiethnic,multiculturalandreligiouslydiverseregion,wheredifferentreligiousgroupsliveinpeacefulcoexistencewithequalstatus,heexplained.
鈥淗owever,extremistthoughts,thebasisofseparatismandterrorism,havecausedgreatdamagetoXinjiang.Thesethoughtsmustbeuprootedaccordingtorelevantlaws,鈥漢esaid.
XudismisseduntruereportsaboutXinjiang,sayingtheywerewrittenanddisseminatedbypeopleunfamiliarwithXinjiang鈥檚realities.HeencouragedpeopletobetterunderstandXinjiangthroughcommunicationandvisits.
TheChinesedelegationalsovisitedtheEgyptianForeignMinistryandAl-AzharUniversity,discussingreligiouspolicies,thefightagainstextremistthoughts,andwaystoboostculturalexchanges.Hi,BeijingChildren鈥檚AcrobaticShow
Time:Daily7:30pm-8:30pmVenue:ChinaNationalChildren鈥檚CenterTheatrePrices:RMB180,280,380,480
Hi,Beijingisoneofthebestchildren-orientednightshowspresentedbyChinaNationalAcrobaticTroupe,thefirstnationalperformingartstroupeestablishedbythecentralgovernmentofChina.
Theshowillustratesadescendentofworldrenownedtraveler,MarcoPolo,comingtoBeijingtolookforthestoryofhisancestor.Accidentally,throughatimemachine,heembarksonaninterestingtravelinBeijing.
ShanghaiBalletSwanLake
Dates:June17-18,2018Venue:NationalCenterforthePerformingArtsPrices:RMB100,160,220,350,400,450,500,600
TheBritishdeluxeeditionofSwanLakewascreatedandcomposedbycelebratedworldfamousmasterballetchoreographerMr.DerekDeane.TheShanghaiBalletrehearsedandperformedanewrenditionofSwanLakein2015tocommemoratethe120thanniversaryofthisgreatballetwork.ThiswasthefirsttimethatSwanLakewasperformedinatheatrewithadeluxeswanflocklineup,notonlyinChinabutalsointheworld.