On the afternoon of Tuesday, November 21st, 2023, the College of International Education held a Chinese salon with the theme of appreciating the Chinese poetry for international students from around the world. The poetry not merely showcased the unique humanistic sentiments of Chinese people, but highlighted remarkable Eastern aesthetics.
Taking classical Chinese landscape paintings as the starting point, the Salon invited international students to share the specific scenery they have seen in Chinese classical landscape paintings and the beauty of Chinese culture they can appreciate from the scenery. There are many beautiful poems and phrases depicting the four seasons in the Chinese poetry. Chinese students not only shared and exchanged their favorite poems or phrases about winter with international students, but also provided brief explanations of the poetry and taught them how to learn the poems in Chinese. Through this process, international students had the opportunity to immerse themselves in the beautiful artistic essence of Chinese poetry. Besides, by reciting the lines word by word, they were able to experience the profound beauty and significance of the poems.
Ancient Chinese poetry often has the beauty of “leaving blank”. By reciting Chinese poetry and understanding the creative conception behind it, international students can appreciate the beauty of Eastern culture and form their own understanding of poetry. This event aims to promote Chinese civilization through aesthetic education, integrating Chinese language learning with moral and spiritual education to help international students cultivate moral characters and improve their humanistic qualities, thereby deepening their love for Chinese culture.
Written by: Zhang Ruyi
Photos by: Zhang Ruyi
Reviewed by: Chen Wei
