Beijing, February 13 (Reporter Pan Xulin) The reporter learned from the Beijing Starlight Youth Art Troupe on the 13th: "Mondal Discipline and Law Middle School Campus Art Festival" was held in the famous French city of Mondal City Hall a few days ago. The festival aims to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, disseminate China's excellent traditional culture, and promote cultural and artistic exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese and French people, especially young people.
The year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, and the two countries** have designated 2024 as the "Year of Culture and Tourism between China and France".
According to reports, the art festival was co-sponsored by the French Friends of Wu Jianmin Association, the Franco-Chinese Friendship Association of Mondalji City, and the Beijing Starlight Youth Art Troupe, and co-organized by the Chinese Work-Study Memorial Hall in France and the Chinese Cultural Information Association. The festival is also one of the main contents of the 6th France-China Campus Art Festival and the 14th Cultural China Starlight Campus - Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage European Tour.
Before the start of the festival, Mr. Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the winner of the Chinese "Medal of Friendship" and former Prime Minister of France, cordially met with the representatives of the organizers of the art festival, as well as the representatives of teachers and students from Tsinghua University High School and Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School, at the headquarters of the "Prospect and Innovation Association", and put forward ardent hopes for language education, culture and art and school cooperation between France and China.
Mondal Discipline and Law Middle School Campus Art Festival" performance site. Photo by Huang Yizhou.
Mondal Discipline and Law Middle School Campus Art Festival" performance site. Photo by Huang Yizhou.
At the opening ceremony of the festival, Mr. Renaud, former Minister of Culture of France, Mr. Zhou Jiagui, Minister Counsellor for Education of the Chinese Embassy in France, Mr. Xu Bo, Chairman of the Association of Friends of Wu Jianmin of France, and representatives of Tsinghua University High School and Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School delivered speeches respectively.
Subsequently, the Jinfan Chinese Orchestra of Tsinghua University High School, the Choir of Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School and the students of the French School performed a wonderful performance. The relevant leaders and guests of Mondalji City, as well as the citizens of Mondalji City, performed to witness and experience the friendship between China and France.
In the performance, the Jinfan Folk Orchestra of Tsinghua University High School performed the representative works of folk music ensemble "Jasmine and Twinkling Stars", "Carnival Dance", "Pear Blossom Song", "Kyushu Jubilant Celebration Reunion", "Tsinghua High School March" and other repertoire, and the choir of Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School performed three classic choral songs "Weaving", "Sky" and "Song in the Heart". The teenagers from the French school also performed a number of wonderful works, which won warm applause from the audience. Finally, the festival ended with two songs "Les Champs-Elysees" and "From Chang'an Avenue to the Champs-Élysees" sung by Chinese and French students.
Group photo of Chinese teachers and students participating in the "Mondal Discipline and Law Middle School Campus Art Festival". Photo by Huang Yizhou.
The French Mondal Ji has a special significance in the traditional friendship between China and France. A hundred years ago, a large number of Chinese students studying in France worked here to learn advanced science and technology and progressive ideas, including the figure of the older generation of Chinese revolutionaries. In order to commemorate the revolutionary ancestors, the Chinese students participating in the festival held a flash mob event of "soundtrack recitation of "This Prosperous World as You Wish" in the Place de la Mondal ***, and played the "Internationale" at the memorial wall of the Paris Commune at the Père Lachaise cemetery.
The organizers said that 2024 is the beginning of a new year for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. The gathering of outstanding Chinese and French teenagers at the art festival is of great significance to the development of Sino-French friendship. As a Sino-French youth cultural exchange project, the "Mondal Discipline and French Campus Art Festival" will be held for a long time, and in the future, more Chinese and French teenagers will use this "bridge" to enhance cultural and artistic exchanges and cooperation, so that the traditional friendship between China and France can be passed on among the young people of the two countries. (ENDS).