Dhaka, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- At the "February Book Fair" being held in Bangladesh, the booth of the Chinese Book House with red lanterns was particularly eye-catching. A few days ago, the cultural performance held here to celebrate the Lantern Festival attracted hundreds of local readers to stop and experience.
At the scene, the cultural activities full of Chinese New Year flavor, such as making lantern lanterns, writing calligraphy to celebrate the New Year, painting faces, New Year greetings and tea tasting, were wonderful and lively.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said at the event that this enthusiastic scene is an example of Chinese culture being loved by the Bangladeshi people, and it is also the reason why China has set up a Chinese book house and cultural performances here. I hope that more people will understand and experience Chinese culture here.
Yang Hui, Chinese Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Dhaka, said that the China Book House exhibited a large number of books in Chinese and English on Chinese culture, history, philosophy, economics, politics and other aspects, and also organized a variety of traditional Chinese cultural activities, hoping to let more local people know about China with the help of the largest book fair platform in Bangladesh.
I love Chinese cartoons and now I want to know more about China, so I came to China Book House to buy the right books. Bangladeshi teenager Afran told Xinhua News Agency.
Like Aflan, Huck, a professional writer, has also come to China Book House many times to "hunt for treasures". "China is a very prosperous country, and I am most interested in Chinese cultural traditions and literary thinking," Haque said. ”
Zaman, who is studying Chinese at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dhaka, is also interested in reading Chinese books. He believes that it is very necessary to set up a Chinese book house at the book fair, "the cultural exchange between the people of the two countries is very important and helps to enhance our friendship."
The "February Book Fair" has been hosted annually by Bangladesh College since the 80s of the last century, and has now become the most important platform for Bangladeshi book publishers to collect and display books and publications. The book fair opened on February 1 and will last for a month, attracting more than 600 exhibitors.