On December 10, the online exchange activity for Chinese and overseas teenager narrators was held in Guizhou Normal University Museum at the Huaxi Campus.

The activity was co-hosted by He Songyu, the head of the Chinese International Education Department of Guizhou Normal University, and Robert Adolf, a fan of Chinese from Germany. More than 70 students and Chinese enthusiasts from different countries and universities performed “cloud check-in” online. Besides, there were 20 minority students from the university, such as the School of International Tourism and Culture and the School of Foreign Languages, participating in the exchange activity offline.

During the activity, foreign young people talked about the colorful Guizhou in their eyes and brought wonderful national talent shows. And Vasileva Victoria and Trofimova Elena, from the Chuvash State Normal University of Russia, introduced their local festival customs of Chuvash to everyone presented. He Qi, a student of Golomé University, shared the food Siwawa (a Guizhou-style spring roll) in her eyes, and also performed African dances and drums with African students.

In addition, the student representatives of Guizhou Normal University also showed the colorful minority customs and culture of Guizhou. Students from the Yi and Dong minorities showed their own national music. The enthusiastic Miao boys blew the reed while dancing; the Bouyei students performed the bran-wrap dance for everyone; students from Shui nationality presented their original characters—water script on the spot; and students from the School of International Tourism and Culture also demonstrated their superb tie-dyeing skills on the spot.

Activity photos

Huang Guicai from the School of International Education and Xiong Shaofei from the School of Physical Education are showing the reed playing and dancing of Miao nationality

Wei Dao and other students from the School of Education are singing a duet of Bouyei girls

Yang Qiongshan from the School of Foreign Languages is presenting the water books of Shui nationality

Jin Yuanyuan and Yang Kaiqi from the School of International Tourism and Culture are showing off the Miao tie-dye products

Shi Aiji, a graduate student of the Dong nationality from the School of Marxism, said, “It’s a very special exchange. This online activity showed the rich and colorful ethnic customs of Guizhou, allowing us to get closer to foreign young people. And many foreign students have expressed their understanding and love of Guizhou, which makes me very pleased and proud, because our country’s language and national culture are also understood by the world."

off the Miao tie-dye products