Study tours have turned out to be the greatest attraction for students in east China’s Jiangsu province who are spending the summer vacation. Let’s take a close look.
From July 24th to 28th, 19 students from Taiwan spent a 5-day study tour in Changzhou. Under the instruction of Shen Huaqiang, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage project, these Taiwanese students experience the green bamboo carving, one of the "three treasures of Changzhou".
In the special Peking Opera culture course, Luo Yulan, a Taiwanese student, experienced an immersive Peking Opera experience by spending nearly an hour to complete the appearance of black cloth, a female role in Peking Opera.
“I never thought that one day I would be so beautiful. We cannot just focus on modern art and ancient traditional culture, as the integration of these two individuals is actually a more important way of expression,” said Luo Yulan, a Taiwanese student.
Pupils from Foping County of Shaanxi Province traveled thousands of miles to visit Nantong city for a study tour. Eight students who first walked out of the mountains visited Nantong Museum, went on a night tour of Haohe River and visited the Textile Museum with their friends in Nantong, to gain a comprehensive understanding of Nantong from multiple perspectives.
“Jiangsu sent teachers to Foping for paired-up teaching support. Previously, I heard our teachers from Nantong describe what Nantong was like. Today, I finally experienced Nantong firsthand. Our hometown is surrounded by high mountain and trees, while Nantong is all plain, which gives me a very different feeling,” said Ma Weidong, a student of Yuanjiazhuang Primary School in Foping County, Shaanxi Province.
20 teenagers from Gongliu County of Xinjiang and 20 teenagers in Zhangjiagang participated in the "Pomegranate Seed Like One Family" youth exchange and study tour activities. The students learned traditional culture, made handmade products, visited garden landscapes, and promoted cultural performances, interactive exchanges to promote young people from both places to be united like pomegranate seeds.
“This is my first time leaving Xinjiang. The name of the gift I brought is Dutar. There is a Uygur music called Muqam. It is now a musical work handed down from generation to generation. Its first song is played with Dutar. I brought Dutar here, hoping that my friendship with children in Zhangjiagang can last for a long time,” said Tuklek Tasino, a student in Gongliu County.
