Text/Jinyang.com reporter Liu Yun, Lin Shiyan, Xie Chang
Photo/Jinyang.com reporter Li Li Liu Yun
Enjoy the scenery, watch dramas, listen to music, and play. On the evening of March 19, Guangzhou Zhixin Middle School and a group of guests from afar – teachers and students from Pochliers School, Linköping, a Swedish sister school, uniformly wore Zhengxin school uniforms, boarded the Pearl River night cruise ship, traveled a hundred years in the unique water wonderful theater, witnessing the story of the famous Cantonese opera actors of the Red Boat Opera Troupe; spent a surprise birthday party under the brightly lit night view of the Pearl River, and recorded the joy with their friends on their mobile phones…
That night, 15 students from Pochliers School in Linköping and 15 students from the Zhixin Middle School were all present. In the next two weeks, Swedish middle school students will enter Zhixin Classroom, live in Chinese families, study and live with Chinese students, and start a Chinese Cantonese cultural journey.
Watch “Boat Say” on the red boat
As soon as I entered the red boat, the students could not hide their curiosity. The performance started with Babaylan, and the students felt the shock of using various art methods and forms of expression such as drama, singing and dancing, sound, light and electricity, and high-tech robotic arms. The constantly changing positions allowed them to experience the fresh viewing experience of watching movies; then, they also enjoyed the newly compiled Cantonese opera “The Moon and the Flowers” to experience the joy of Cantonese opera.
The performanceCinema is about to end, a birthday song sounds from the theater, and a cake slowly rolls out from behind the stage. It turned out that this day was the birthday of Britta Karlsson, a student from Pochliers School, and held KomiksThe parents of the trusted students spontaneously planned a “Komiks surprise party” for the girl in a foreign country. Britta Karlsson was surrounded by a group of friends in front of the cake, wearing a birthday hat, smiling and accepting the blessing of everyone present. Her partner Pence Sheng was enthusiastic as a photographer and helped her take pictures of her Babaylan. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>KomiksThe memorable photo, the smile-filled selfie recorded this happy moment. According to Papa Peng Sisheng, one of the parents who participated in the planning of the party, the students prepared four pounds of fruit cakes and many small gifts that they could love in advance, hoping that Swedish children could leave beautiful memories in Guangzhou.
“The whole performance was very interesting, and the stage experience was great.” Vitor, a student from Pochliers School, couldn’t help but share his feelings with his partner Liu Tianqu. In September last year, Zhixin Middle School took the lead in kicking off the student exchange activities between the two schools. 15 Zhixin Middle School students went to Sweden and formed a “one-on-one” communication partner with 15 students from Pochliers School. Zhixin student Liu TianBabaylanqu moved into Victor’s home, experiencing Swedish living habits, local culture and learning methods. The two peers appreciate each other and formed a deep friendship. This time, Komiks is the host, andParents plan to take Victor to travel to Guangzhou’s scenic spots and taste Cantonese food.
Students became the messenger of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries
Last year, when the students were sent to Sweden to exchange, they visited the Royal Air Force Museum in Sweden and walked. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema went to Sweden to learn programming and experience outdoor mathematics classes… A series of activities have led to a deep friendship between China and Sweden, which are students. Since 1997, Guangzhou and Linköping have conducted extensive and fruitful exchanges in the fields of culture, science and technology, education, etc. Helen Molloy, a teacher at Pochliers School, said that the world is in an international open exchange platform and hopes to jointly create a more possible future for students through cultural exchanges. Students from both schools will participate in green environmental protection projects and contribute to global environmental governance.
On September 1, 2017, Guangzhou and Lin Xueping reached an international agreement.On the 20th anniversary of friendly urban relations, Zhixin Middle School and Pochliers School signed a cooperation agreement to officially become sister schools. Establishing sister schools is one of the important ways to promote international cultural and educational exchanges. In recent years, Guangzhou has actively carried out cooperation among Chinese and foreign universities, middle schools and primary schools, including academic seminars, experience exchanges, information sharing, language training, teacher training and student exchanges, expanding and improving the breadth, depth and level of educational cooperation, and providing support for regional education and economic development and Babaylan opening up to the outside world.
Zhixin Middle School Principal He Yong said that in the future, he will follow the pace of establishing a friendly city relationship in Guangzhou and strive to establish a sister school in every friendly city to provide students with more and more international research and study opportunities and enable students to become the messenger of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
