AMMAN
– Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Confucius Institute (TAG-Confucius) has participated in
the 2^nd International
Day held by Al-Hussein Technical University (HTU), along with many other
representative institutions from Jordan, China, The USA, France, Germany,
Spain, Italy, Japan, Turkey, South Korea, India and Mexico.

TAG-Confucius
was represented at the event by Mr. Mamoun Abu Al-Sebaa, Confucius Jordanian
director; Ms. Yang Songfang, Chinese director, and Ms. Randa Al-Yabroudi,
deputy director (jordan), in addition to the Institute’s teachers, along with
about 500 other participants from various institutions.

The
event consisted of two sections: performance and booth activities. In the
performance section, Ms. Yabroudi performed Tea Ceremony where she wore a
traditional Chinese costume Qipao and showed the brewing skills of Chinese tea
in a beautiful manner. After the tea ceremony, the teacher Li Tengfei performed
Chinese martial arts.

The
Institute’s booth displayed Chinese books and periodicals, TAG-Confucius
brochures, calligraphy, traditional Chinese costumes, cultural stuff, Chinese
food, chopsticks and  panda protection initiative. There was an endless
stream of students in front of the booth.

The
students actively experienced other activities, where they had photos taken
with Chinese costumes and Chinese names that the teachers wrote with brush for
them. Additionally, TAG-CI Director Yang Songfang gave them Chinese bookmarks
as gifts.

At
the end of the event, International Relations Officer at HTU, Ms. Leen Aljadid
thanked TAG- Confucius for its strong support to the International Day and
hoped to cooperate with the Institute in teaching the Chinese language in the
future. 

The Confucius Institute is not only a Chinese
language teaching platform, but also an important window for people around the
world to understand China. The cultural activities of TAG-Confucius in this
event helped Jordanian teachers and students further understand Chinese
language and culture. In the future, TAG-Confucius will continue to contribute
to Sino-Jordan people-to-people exchanges in a wide range of ways.