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Japanese Students on Study Tour at XMU
  Time: 2019-05-15   Author:   clicks:


From March 1 to March 19, 13 students from Japan’s Takushoku University completed a Chinese language and culture workshop at CFLC. They were majoring in law, political science and business administration while minoring in the Chinese language in their home institutions. The majority of them had never been to China before.



During the 19-day workshop, they received basic Chinese lessons and attended a good variety of cultural lessons in Chinese martial arts, calligraphy, south Fujian culture, and traditional Chinese musical instruments. They also tried their hands at Chinese calligraphy and Tai Chi, and attended demonstrations of traditional Chinese musical instruments, such as Pi Pa and Zhong Ruan.


While in Xiamen, they visited the Overseas Chinese Museum, Gulangyu Islet, Island Ring Road and other landmark; they also sampled local cuisine, fascinated by the profound Chinese culinary culture. Moreover, they traveled out of town, visiting the renowned Fujian Tulou. During the process, they forged friendships with CFLC student volunteers. While at XMU, they watched a basketball game and attended a networking event with XMU students.


The workshop enabled the Japanese students to get to know China’s ancient culture on a personal level. It provided an opportunity for the Japanese students to saturate themselves with the Chinese language and culture.

Arriving at XMU



Mingling with CFLC students



Posing for a photo in Furong Tunnel



Tasting delicacies on campus



With their Chinese language instructor



Attending a lecture on south Fujian culture



Appreciating Chinese instrumental music



Learning Chinese martial arts



Conversing with CFLC first-year students majoring in Japanese



Experiencing a “Japanese interpreting lesson”



Giving a demonstration of Japanese tea ceremony



Introducing Japanese baseball rules



Introducing Kimono



Networking with CFLC students



A “Japanese Corner”



Touring Fujian Tulou



Touring Gulangyu Islet



CFLC students serve as interpreters





Touring Zhongshan Road



Sampling local cuisine





Watching a Chinese movie



A basketball game with XMU students



A singing session



Writing in Chinese



Checking up a word in the dictionary



Presenting results of the workshop



Receiving a workshop completion certificate



Workshop completion ceremony



Posing for a photo with student volunteers



Workshop wraps up!



A group photo with student volunteers



Ready to return home



Thank you, XMU! We’ll be back!



 Workshop Album








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