On November 14, the closing ceremony of the 2022 Chinese Bridge “Colourful Guizhou” online group project was held at Guizhou Normal University. 20 Vietnamese students got the award of “Excellent Campers”, and 3 Guizhou students received the award of “Outstanding Training Partners”.

Since the year of 2020, the College of Arts of Guizhou Normal University has begun organizing the Chinese Bridge online group project. 100 students from Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen University are invited to take part in the project per year. This year, the theme of the project is “Colourful Guizhou” ethnic culture camp, which contains video lectures, language seminars, culture experiencing courses and online communication class. And a total of seven Chinese teachers and five Vietnamese teachers participate in the programme.

The “Excellent Campers” were Pham Jun Ngoc, Tuan Thi Yun Ying, Ho Thi Kim Chua, Nong Chui Linh, Le Thi Huong Giang and other 20 students from Vietnam’s Thai Nguyen University. 3 students from Guizhou Normal University- Cai Qiong, Zeng Han and Chen Chao, were awarded “Outstanding Training Partners”.

“Chinese Bridge has turned into a bridge of online communication and learning for both Chinese and Vietnamese students in the era of Internet.” Li Jun, the deputy dean of the College of Arts of Guizhou Normal University said that mountains and rivers link China and Vietnam, both sides would reach more cultural and educational cooperation. In the future, except for experiencing Guizhou’s ethnic culture, this project is planning to organize more activities relevant to prehistoric civilization, Yangming culture, and Yelang culture.

Nong Hung Hsing, the head of Chinese Literature Department at Vietnam's Thai Nguyen University, expressed her gratitude to teachers from Guizhou Normal University. She said that the well-designed course and the warm and considerate teachers not only enabled the Vietnamese students to improve their Chinese language skills, but also gave them a real experience of the vivid Chinese style and the real life and culture of Guizhou, making it an unforgettable time for them to study at school.

At the closing ceremony, students presented their learning homework.Teachers, teaching assistants, “Excellent Campers” and “Outstanding Training Partners”shared their teaching and learning experiences for the project.

“Today, the closing ceremony is not the end but a brand new start for exchange and cooperation between two universities.” He Songyu, the head of Chinese International Education at the College of Arts of Guizhou Normal University, said that language and cultural exchange is a bridge to the world, and the Chinese Bridge is a platform which brought students from two countries together, bringing Guizhou culture to the world and making the world understand Guizhou.

During the 7-day project, project team has a series of live-streaming at Qingyan Town, Danzhai Kala Village, Xijiang Miao Village of Kaili city, Zaidang Dong Village at Rongjiang county for Vietnamese students to have a better understanding of the tradition and culture of Guizhou’s Miao, Dong, Yao, and Buyi ethnic groups.

（The news is forwarded from Tianyan News）