Students from Across the Strait Hold a Dialogue on Cultural Heritage and Development

On Dec. 23th, 2012, the “Heritage, Innovation and Development Camp,” an event for the scientific and cultural exchange between students on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, was hosted at USTB. Distinguished delegates who attended this activity were: Prof. Zhang Jifu from Minzu University of China (MUC), Associate Prof. Lu Weizhen from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Ms Zhang Xiaohong from South China Normal University, Mr. Hu Baorong from Tsinghua University, Mr. Qin Guangqiang from MUC, Prof. Guo Kanjun, Vice-Director of the Office of H.K., Macao & Taiwan Affairs, USTB, and Mr. Xing Chaoguo from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, USTB. Nearly 100 teachers and students, coming from six universities in Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangdong Province and Taiwan, gathered here to attend the ceremony.

Prof. Guo, as a representative of USTB, delivered a warm welcome to all of the participants. She mentioned that this activity was designed to offer a platform for communication and dialogue across the Taiwan Strait, for teachers and students to gain a greater degree of mutual understanding, and for schools to attain deeper and wider means of cooperation. All of this progress is intended to be built on the foundation provided by the cultural exchange between the students of the aforementioned schools.

Prof. Lu Weizhen, Assistant Dean from the College of Science and Engineering, CityU, delivered a keynote speech, expressing her gratitude for the warm reception given by USTB. Greatly impressed by USTB’s tremendous contribution to the promotion of exchange between universities on both sides of the Strait, Prof. Lu presented a memorial tablet as a gift to USTB, on which was inscribed “an exemplar of meritorious service”.

Prof. Lin from the School of Literature and Communication, MUC, gave a lecture on Chinese traditional culture entitled: “the Transmission and Innovation of Culture of Chinese Minority Nationalities – a Report Based on the Analyses of Shotan Festival in Tibet.” The audiences were fascinated by the alluring beauty of Tibetan culture.

In the afternoon, contests in this exchange camp commenced, in which students from all schools brought out their elaborately prepared works. These students used a variety of ways to demonstrate to the audience their research results, illustrating, in their own ways, their personal understanding of Chinese culture. Applauses were drawn from the crowd in appreciation of each vision, insight and creative interpretation from these students.

In the following five days, the participating students are going to visit historic sites such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, to take in the charm of the historic Chinese civilization. 

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