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After dinner, because Liu Wangxue had to get up early the next day to go to the crew, she and Gu Xuelan didn't sit for long and chatted for a while before going home.

After washing up and watching a show with the three of them, mother and daughter made a video call to Liu Nanshan and chatted for nearly an hour.

After hanging up, Gu Xuelan asked: "What time is it now in Xixi's place? I don't know if she and Xiaoyu are celebrating the holidays in Country Y."

Liu Wangxue, who couldn't celebrate the festival, didn't know either. She said: "The time difference is 7 hours. It should be afternoon over there now."

"Why don't you call her?" Gu Xuelan thought for a moment after saying that, "Forget it, it's better not to call her. If she is busy, wouldn't it disturb his work?"

"It's okay, Mom." Liu Wangxue knew Wenxi's habits very well, "If she is busy, she won't answer. If she answers, it means she is not busy."

As she spoke, she dialed Wenxi, who answered instantly: "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!"

After Gu Xuelan finished expressing her concern, Liu Wangxue looked at the background and asked her, "Where are you? It looks like you are holding a cultural event?"

"That's right!" Wenxi said, moving his phone to show them the scene, "The Chinese Language School and the Confucius Institute at the university where I teach at Zerlina co-organized a Mid-Autumn Festival-themed cultural event today."

Zerlina invited Joshua first. Joshua had already learned about the significance of these traditional festivals in country Z during the two-week garden tour, so he also gave the designers and staff from country Z a day off to let them go. Support Zerlina.

There was no need to hold up the venue because there were quite a few people attending.

The Hanfu Exhibition that Wenxi was invited to hold at the beginning of the year was quite successful and even made the front page of the local news. The most direct benefit was that it had a positive impact on the enrollment of the Chinese School. At the same time, it also made the Chinese School and the Confucius Institute cooperation is further strengthened.

In June, the two parties cooperated to organize cultural activities for the Dragon Boat Festival. The scale was relatively small, but the participants also gave positive reviews.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is also a day for family reunion. The meaning of the festival coincides with the local people's concept of family. Therefore, both parties hit it off from their respective standpoints on hosting this cultural event and successfully reached cooperation. This event also received support from the school, so the scale was much larger than the last Dragon Boat Festival.

Moreover, God was also kind, and it turned out to be a bright and sunny day.

Many local residents also came to participate. The Chinese School also took this opportunity to hold an open day and sent invitation letters to some high schools.

Preparations for the event began more than a month in advance, with exhibitions, markets, cultural experiences and club performances.

When Wenxi came last time, he promised to sponsor a batch of Hanfu to the Confucius Institute. This batch of clothes arrived at the end of July, so this time they were used as props for cultural experience.

The Confucius Institute has set up a simple changing room next to the cultural experience venue. If participants are interested in Hanfu, they can go to the teacher's place to get a sign to change clothes and take photos.

While Wen Xi was explaining to Liu Wangxue, he went to the stall next to him and bought two cones.

After chatting for a while, Liu Wangxue didn't even see Li Yu, so he asked Wen Xi.

Wenxi raised the cone in his hand and said, "Here, here, one of them was bought for him."

She said switching cameras.

Liu Wangxue then saw Li Yu trotting closer, with a youthful smile on his face. She almost had a vision of a sparkling little koi.

Gu Xuelan sighed: "I have only been out for a few days, and Xiaoyu seems to have changed again. Alas, if conditions permit, I should go out more and see the world."

Li Yu took the cone from Wen Xi and said, "Thank you, Sister Wen Xi."

Wenxi turned the camera back again and was in the frame with Li Yu. After Li Yu saw it clearly, he greeted him with surprise and joy.

Liu Wangxue laughed and teased him: "Oh, which little British prince is this? I almost didn't recognize him, right, Mom?"

"Yes, our little fish has become handsome again." Gu Xuelan also smiled and answered. She originally wanted to say "beautiful", but intuitively Li Yu might not like it, so she changed it to "handsome".

Li Yu was still a little shy after being praised. He scratched his face, smiled shyly, and took a bite of the ice cream ball.

He just collected stamps at the cultural experience venue.

There are some hands-on experience projects, such as paper-cutting, traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, rope weaving, making snow-skin mooncakes, etc., which everyone can participate in; there are also some projects that require a certain amount of Chinese knowledge to participate, such as radicals Radical Scrabble, word guessing puzzles, ancient poems, etc.

Participants first receive a mini notebook at the entrance. Each time they complete an item, they can get a postmark of a famous attraction in a province or city in Country Z. Li Yu had never participated in similar activities in China, so he was very interested and collected all the postmarks in one go.

The two of them ate their cones and walked towards the stage. Wenxi said that he would take Liu Wangxue to watch a local student's performance.

The brochure in her hand had a program list printed on it, and she read it to Liu Wangxue.

"There is actually traditional opera?" Liu Wangxue suspected that she heard wrongly, "Are their courses so rich?"

Forget about Peking Opera, the pronunciation of the chants has many similarities or similarities with modern Mandarin, but there are Yue Opera performances, so the Wu Nong Ruan dialect itself is equivalent to a foreign language.

Liu Wangxue felt that these students were really amazing!

Wenxi replied: "No, I heard from Zerlina that they will offer a cultural experience class in the second grade, but it only gives students a general understanding of it. If they like it, they can find their own way to learn it."

Gu Xuelan asked her: "Isn't the Confucius Institute responsible for cultural dissemination? Don't they offer such courses and let students find their own solutions?"

"It probably won't be open." Liu Wangxue said, "Mom, think about it, how many schools offer this kind of course in our country, and how many people really like it and are willing to learn it, let alone overseas. ?”

Wenxi said: "This is just one of them. The most important point is the lack of teachers. I also talked with a teacher from the Confucius Institute in the morning. What they are most lacking now is talents with specialized skills."

As she spoke, she brought her phone closer and whispered: "I just tried out the project at the venue, and I also took a look. As far as the teacher in charge is concerned, I tell you the truth, you can do it."

"Real or false?" Liu Wangxue didn't believe it.

Wenxi put his arms around Li Yu's neck and pulled him closer: "If you don't believe me, just ask Xiaoyu."

Li Yu was eating the remaining cones. Although it was not good to say so, he still nodded honestly, like the teacher who taught Chinese painting.

Li Yu had also learned a little bit before. He said: "The things that the teacher drew can at best fool laymen who don't know anything."

"And the rope weaving," Wenxi added, "is almost at the level of a primary school student."

"Then do I still have expectations for the next stage performance?" Liu Wangxue asked.

Wenxi said: "We can still look forward to this. Zerlina showed me the students' rehearsal videos. Anyway, from my layman's point of view, they are quite good."

After walking and chatting, the stage arrived. Unfortunately, the opera performance was missed. Liu Wangxue and Gu Xuelan watched a sword dance and Tai Chi.

Gu Xuelan commented: "Don't tell me, it's really impressive."

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Once, the Confucius Institute held a cultural experience camp, and a teacher taught Chinese painting and ink bamboo painting.

I went to join in the fun and learn from it, and the result was even more beautiful than the teacher's drawing...

Because of the shortage of teachers, the teacher also learned and sold it. She pointed at me and said to the students: "Yes, yes, she painted like this!"

Then I was pushed to the shelf...
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There is also a stingy dean who has a special liking for dumplings.

The quick-frozen dumplings sold in Chinese restaurants here are relatively expensive. He likes to eat them but is reluctant to buy them, so he uses the activities of the Confucius Institute to satisfy his appetite.

No matter what kind of festival or activity, he always has to "cook dumplings"

Please note that it is "boiled dumplings"

If other Confucius Institutes hold such activities, they usually organize students to "make dumplings". Only he asked teachers to buy frozen dumplings and bring them to the event venue to "cook" them.

I remember one Dragon Boat Festival, he had to cook dumplings again. The teachers already hated dumplings and didn’t want to make them.

The dean made up the cultural customs with his white teeth: "Why don't you eat dumplings? Dumplings are eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival!"