USTC Foreign Students Performed Excellently in the First Foreign Students

     On Nov. 4th and 5th, two groups of foreign students from USTC attended the First Foreign Students' Chinese Culture Competition in Anhui University. After three rounds of preliminaries and the final, USTC won the first prize in group competition. USTC students also achieved the first and third prize for individual speech contest, and the second prize for the talent show. With Chinese culture as the key, foreign students learn from each other in the exotic and multicultural atmosphere.

    The  competition was co-hosted by Anhui Foreign Students Education  &Management Association and Anhui Chinese Language Teaching &  Research Association. Totally 15 groups of students participated in this  competition, which consist of nearly 100foreign students selected from 9  universities in Anhui, including USTC, Hefei University of Technology,  Anhui University, Anhui Agricultural University and other 5  universities.          
               
                   In  the individual speech contest held on the morning ofNov. 4th,  fourUSTC  foreign students gave speeches, respectively themed as Qing Ci Han Ke,  Xing Yuan HuaXia, My Study experience in China,My Life and travels in  China. Among them, Anastasiia Popelnukha, from Ukraine, vividly  illustrated the cultural differences between two countries' in a family  life context, and achieved the highest score.            
               

         
                   The  group competition on Chinese cultural knowledge held in the afternoon  was extremely intensive, but USTC led the way and maintained the  advantage, and successfully reached the final.          
               

         
                   The  talent show really lit up the night of Nov. 4thand got hilarious when  USTC team giving the performance “China's Cultural Talent Show”. The  "Silk Road Ethos", also given by USTC, showed the audience the Tea Horse  Ancient Road of thousand of years ago. In the end, “China's Cultural  Talent Show” won the second prize, and "Silk Road Ethos" was recommended  to be the opening performance show for the awarding ceremony on the  morning of Nov. 5th.            
               

         
               Under the background of  the Belt and Road initiative, USTC foreign students traced back the  communication among different civilizations in ancient history. Through  this competition, the cultural exchanges between Chinese and foreign  students became more diverse, and the cultural vision of each other was  further explored. With the foreign students as the bridge, Chinese  culture will be known by more and more people around the world.