NCI brings Chinese culture to Wonder

On Saturday 17th June Nottingham Confucius Institute (NCI) was proud to be one of several departments participating in ‘Wonder’, the University of Nottingham’s largest community engagement event - on a glorious sunny day University Park became a land of discovery and adventure with hundreds of free activities designed to inspire curious minds of all ages.

NCI set up a ‘China Corner’ in the Sir Clive Granger Building with activities catering for a broad range of interest in Chinese culture. The morning consisted of two talks on Chinese medicine: one on ways of relieving stress with Chinese massage and the other on using acu-points to help improve health and well-being. This was followed by a Taichi taster session, where three Taichi masters and practitioners introduced and demonstrated Taichi. The afternoon was filled with fun games for children, ranging from origami, blow painting, basketball shooting, chopstick challenges and ring throwing.

Among all the games, blow painting proved to be the most popular. This involved children blowing a drop of ink on paper in different directions to form branches and then decorating the branches with paint to form cherry blossom. This was a very novel activity for the children who clearly had a lot of fun whilst exploring their imagination and artistic abilities.

With dedicated effort from NCI staff and volunteers, the China Corner ran from 10:30 to 16:30 and was visited by hundreds of local residents and children. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive and many thanked NCI for providing a fascinating glimpse into Chinese culture.

 

  当地时间6月17日，诺丁汉孔子学院应邀参加了诺丁汉大学2017年wonder开放日活动。孔子学院全体成员，以及学生志愿者共15人，参与了活动。2017Wonder将一年一度的大学开放日，以耳目一新的方式呈现给了当地家庭。大学各个系部在活动中展示各自的特色，以深入浅出的方式，将学术的理念甚至学术研究的成果多以游戏的形式呈献给来参与的家庭，尤其是孩子们。

在往年成功经验的基础上，孔院为今年开放日精心准备了两场中医讲座，一场太极拳互动，以及五个别出心裁的中华小游戏，它们分别是：套圈游戏、夹弹珠游戏，剪纸折纸，吹墨梅花，以及投篮游戏。

同时，今年孔院继续沿用了图章兑奖品的环节，设计印发了精美的宣传卡片，利用卡片集图章兑奖品的诱人环节使各个摊位活动连成一个整体，增加了活动的整体关注度。奖品设置丰富多样，包括了孩子们喜爱的糖果，极具中华特色的书签，和非常能代表中国文化的香包等。

活动从早上十点半开放入场直至下午四点半结束，孔院摊位全程人流穿梭不断，在各个摊位前驻足，排队参与，参与者攒集活动图章，乐此不疲。其中，吹墨梅花、套圈游戏、和投篮游戏等大受欢迎；尤其是吹墨梅花，作为今年的一个新增活动，充满新意。主要以墨滴在A4纸上，让参与者最大限度地发挥自己的想象力和创造力，对着墨滴吹气，墨即向着不同方向流动，写意地展现出树干的雏形，再以颜料点缀，孩子们都非常惊叹于这个游戏的创造力，非常投入地参与其中。

Wonder 2017活动如往年一样，分布在大学主校区各个主楼，规模盛大。孔院精心准备的活动，更是吸引了好几百人次的参与，很多家庭在离开时依依不舍。活动取得了圆满成功，获得了广大参加家庭的好评和赞叹，孔院也将坚定地在以后一年一度的开放日上，通过游戏的方式，展现和传播中国文化的魅力。