TAG-Confucius Institute Wins Many Awards in “Charming Culture” Essay-Writing Competition

Recently, the two –month “Charming Culture” Essay-Writing Competition has been concluded successfully, which was sponsored by Chinese International Education Foundation and Sichuan Xinhua Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd. and organized by Sichuan Xinhua Lezhi Educational Technology Co. Ltd. 

The contestants from more than 10 countries around the world submitted nearly 100 essays. TAG-Confucius Institute won the first, second, third prizes, the merit award and excellent instructor award. 

This event aimed to promote the exchanges and mutual learning of various cultures around the world, demonstrate the diversity of culture, find similarities between Chinese culture and foreign cultures, enhance mutual understanding and promote people-to-people communication by writing essays.

The event included four themes: A. Diverse world cultures; B. Similarities between Chinese culture and foreign cultures—resonance in civilization; C. My story with China, with Chinese language, and with Chinese culture; D. “The land of abundance” in my mind, and “The city of mountains and rivers” in my mind. 

TAG-Confucius Institute (TAG-CI) actively organized and guided the students to participate in this event. TAG-CI totally submitted five essays with original pictures and videos. After the evaluation by a judging panel, Saja Al-Krimeen’s “My journey of learning Chinese” won the first prize, Shatha Bondoq’s “My good time in China” won the second prize, Dana Abu-Haltam’s “I enjoy the companion of TAG-Confucius Institute on my way to success” won the third prize, Hete Sairui’s “Arab food—bread” and Aya Abdelhalim’s “Arab customs” won the merit awards, Chinese Director Dr. Yang Songfang won the excellent instructor award.

The excellent works will be published in a collection. This event further promotes students’ learning Chinese and enjoying the diverse cultures in the world, and contributes to the exchanges and mutual learning of different cultures.