TAG-Confucius Institute Holds Chinese Culture Day 
at Asamiah International School 

On February 11, TAG-Confucius Institute (TAG-CI) was invited to Asamiah International School in Jordan to hold a unique Chinese Culture Day event, which included a presentation of China, traditional Chinese costumes, brush calligraphy, sand writing, Chinese food, etc. About 180 people including the teachers and students from the school and the teachers from TAG-CI participated in the event.

At the beginning of the event, the Kids experienced Chinese cultural activities started with a Cartoon video, learning Taiji show, tea ceremony, Chinese calligraphy, learning to use chopsticks, trying on traditional Chinese costumes, which added more fun and joy to the Children. 

 the teacher from TAGCI displayed and the unique charm of Chinese characters through animation, allowing the participants to have an understanding of the origin and development of Chinese characters. The teacher also taught some simple Chinese expressions that aroused the students’ great interest.

After that came the cultural activities. At the traditional costume booth, the students put on traditional Chinese costume to experience the charm of ancient Chinese costume culture. At the calligraphy booth, the teacher chose and wrote Chinese names for the students with a brush as gifts.

 At the handicraft booth, the students made beautiful plum blossom fans and lanterns, and their joy was beyond words. The experience of using chopsticks and tasting Chinese food was particularly popular with the students. They practiced using chopsticks to pick up color rubber balls and tasted Chinese food with chopsticks. 

The whole event ended successfully in a relaxed and joyful atmosphere. Ms. Farah Noureddin KG principal and the teachers at the school expressed their thanks to TAG-CI teachers and hoped TAG-CI team could go to their campus again with unique cultural activities. The students were looking forward to the next Chinese culture event.
TAG-CI will continue to conduct Chinese culture events to provide the local people with a chance to understand and love the ancient and vibrant language and culture and promote friendly exchanges and mutual understanding between China and Jordan.