Astana, December 23 (Reporter Zhang Shuo) The Confucius Institute of Eurasian University in Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Confucius Institute) held the 2024 Astana Chinese Festival and New Year's Day celebration in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, on the evening of the 22nd.
On the evening of December 22, in Astana, Kazakhstan, the 2024 Astana Chinese Festival and New Year's Day celebration was held. The picture shows Harbin students dressed in traditional Chinese costumes giving a wonderful performance to the audience. *Photo by reporter Zhang Shuo.
More than 200 people attended the celebration, including Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan, Xing Fangfang, Vice President of Eurasian University of Kazakhstan Kurman Kalieva, heads of Chinese enterprises in Kazakhstan, representatives of international students, and all teachers and students of the Confucius Institute.
In her speech, Xing Fangfang pointed out that since its establishment in 2007, the Confucius Institute at Eurasia University in Kazakhstan has actively participated in the popularization of the Chinese language in Kazakhstan, made important contributions to promoting mutual learning between Chinese and Kazakh civilizations and enhancing the friendship between the two peoples, and has become an important platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Kazakhstan. She said that young people are the future of China-Kazakhstan relations, and she hopes that the majority of young people in Kazakhstan will learn Chinese well and go to China more often.
Kurman Kalieva said that education is the cornerstone of national development, and language learning is a way to promote communication between countries. Learning Chinese can help Kazakh people expand their international perspective and better understand Chinese culture and history. To this end, the Confucius Institute at Eurasia University will continue to play its due role in enhancing friendship and exchanges between the two countries.
Yang Lei, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at Eurasia University in Kazakhstan, said that in 2023, the Confucius Institute successfully completed its teaching tasks, and the students won the championship in the children's group for three consecutive years in the 2023 Kazakhstan National "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Competition. In addition, the Confucius Institute also assists Kazakh-Chinese schools in carrying out exchanges and cooperation on "high-quality student source bases" and "friendly cooperative schools", and assists Kazakh-Chinese enterprises in school-enterprise recruitment and vocational skills talent training.
During the celebration, the wonderful performances of teachers and students of the Confucius Institute and Chinese enthusiasts continued to push the warm atmosphere to a climax. The guzheng ensemble "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" and the poem recitation were enthusiastically applauded by the audienceThe modern dance "Subject 3" performed by employees of Chinese enterprises stirred the audience's happy nerves;Harbin students dressed in traditional Chinese costumes sang and danced to send New Year's greetings to the guestsChinese students from Xi'an University of Foreign Chinese majoring in Kazakh language sang the classic work "Moonlit Night Without Wind" by the Kazakh poet Abai, and the warm tune touched the hearts of the people. In addition, martial arts enthusiasts from the two countries jointly performed in Taiwan, using martial arts as a medium to learn skills and promote Chinese aesthetics.
Hazakh martial arts enthusiasts perform Chinese martial arts. *Photo by reporter Zhang Shuo.
According to the organizer of the event, the holding of this party ignited the lively atmosphere of the Chinese and Kazakh people to continue the traditional friendship and celebrate the New Year together, demonstrated the effectiveness of Chinese teaching and Chinese culture dissemination in the Kazakh capital area, and also demonstrated the enthusiasm and tolerance of the two peoples to learn from each other and enhance mutual understanding. (ENDS).
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