TAG - Confucius Participates in the International School of Choueifat celebrations of International Cultural Day

AMMAN - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Confucius Institute (TAG-Confucius) participated in the International Cultural Day celebrations held by International School of Choueifat.   

The participation of the Institute aims to enhance its objectives in promoting Chinese Culture and Civilization.

TAG-CI prepared various cultural experience activities for the students such as tea ceremony, lantern making, paper-cutting, calligraphy, etc. The students experienced them in groups under the guidance of the teachers.

In the tea ceremony area, Ms. Randa told the students and parents that China is the hometown of tea and tea culture is the treasure of China for five thousand years. Now tea culture is popular all over the world. She also introduced the types of Chinese tea and showed them the brewing steps. The students and their parents listened with interest and enjoyed tea tasting. 

Afterwards, they enjoyed the Yangge dance performed by the Chinese teachers from TAG-CI. They were amazed by the cheerful melody of the dance and the beautiful dance movements of the teachers, expressing their love for the dance with applause.
That is in addition to presenting the techniques of the Taiji Sword, Chinese spiritual and physical exercises that are widely practiced by the Chinese people.
More than 1500 students of different nationality with their parents, under the teachers’ guidance, experienced Chinese cultural activities learning to use chopsticks, trying on traditional Chinese costumes and enjoying the Tea ceremony.

International School of Choueifat teachers extended sincere thanks to TAG-Confucius Institute for their support during this cultural event and for their participation in such activities, and hoped there would be further cooperation with TAG-Confucius Institute in the future.