On May 14th and 15th, Chinese language students from A1，A2，B1，B4 and D embarked a journey to classic Chinese traditional culture,which is to admire tea ceremony and experience calligraphy.

In the smoothing and flowing music played by the traditional Chinese instrument in the background, Liu Chenyu, the master of tea ceremony dressed in Cheongsam, started the show by introducing the members of tea set family and then exhibited how to brew tea in a slow and elegant way. To ensure a full understanding of the tea culture, a teacher was reading the lines of procedures for making tea in English and in addition, every student was given material about tea culture in bilingual in advance, After the ceremony, Ms.Liu guided the students how to tell and recognize different types of tea and taught the students to conduct the tea ceremony by hand. Ben Abraham Mema Diaby learnt very quickly and seemed to digest the essence for making tea: “I think making tea is an art and drinking tea makes me peaceful. I feel myself understand the lifestyle of ancient Chinese across the time.”

Followed is the calligraphy class in the open air where some works of Sun Tao were exhibited, who later explained the evolution of characters and layout of calligraphy works. Endeavored in Chinese culture promotion among international students, Mr.Sun is an outstanding calligrapher in Hubei Province with many titles, such as the member of Hubei Calligraphy Association,Standing director of Painting and Calligraphy Institute in Hubei United Front Work Department and so on. After inquiring the nationality of each student, he wrote characters related to theirs culture and then taught the students to write on the same works with writing brush. Holing the calligraphy as a gift combined with Chinese and their own culture, the students all wore satisfying smile.

It’s said that Chinese culture activities are held twice every month for Chinese language students that include cutting papers, making Chinese knots, practicing Kongfu, making dumplings and so on, which serve as colorful channels for the Chinese language learners to grasp a deeper understanding towards Chinese traditional culture and it’s an important part for the students in their routine study.

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5月14日和15日，A1，A2，B1，B4和D班的汉语进修生们来到植物园路小李村，在飞鸟咖啡厅开启了一段高雅中国文化之旅——欣赏茶艺表演和体验中国书法。

在悠扬的古琴声中，身着旗袍的茶艺师刘宸妤首先一一为大家介绍了茶具，然后慢慢地给大家展示了泡茶的流程，为了让大家更好地理解，当场还有老师配合茶艺师用英语朗读流程，每个学生事先还收到了双语的茶文化介绍。展示后刘老师耐心地指导学生下去识别不同的茶叶，并让他们体验泡茶的步骤。来自科特迪瓦的孟勇学得有模有样：“我觉得泡茶是一种艺术，喝茶让我内心平静了下来，我仿佛穿越了时空了解了中国几千年前的生活方式。”

接着来自同济校区的书法老师孙涛在室外给大家讲解了悠久的中国书法文化，包括字体的演变，书法构图的讲究等。孙老师是湖北地区杰出的书法家，头衔包括湖北省书法研究会会员、湖北省统战部书画院常务理事等，一直积极支持国际学生的书法学习。在了解了每个学生的国籍以后，孙老师根据其国家特色给每个学生写了一幅字，并教学生用毛笔在上面写下自己的名字。看着由孙老师和自己齐力完成的中西合璧的作品时，学生们都开心地笑了。

据悉，汉语班每月都会举办两次文化活动，包括剪纸、编中国结、武术、包饺子等，旨在为汉语进修生们提供多样化的渠道以更加深入地了解中国传统文化，是国际学生学习汉语和中国文化重要组成部分。