{"id":2443,"date":"2022-04-13T18:43:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T17:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2022-04-14T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T10:33:39","slug":"celebrating-chinese-language-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/2022\/04\/13\/celebrating-chinese-language-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Chinese Language Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u8054\u5408\u56fd\u4e2d\u6587\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<\/strong>(<em>Li\u00e1nh\u00e9 Gu\u00f3 Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0il\u00e8<\/em>) <strong>Happy UN Chinese Language Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese language is one of the six official languages used in the United Nations and together with Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish, each of them is designated with a date to &#8216;celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF6-Celebrating-UN-Chinese-Language-Day-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF6-Celebrating-UN-Chinese-Language-Day-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF6-Celebrating-UN-Chinese-Language-Day-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF6-Celebrating-UN-Chinese-Language-Day-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF6-Celebrating-UN-Chinese-Language-Day-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF6-Celebrating-UN-Chinese-Language-Day.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Celebrating Chinese Language Day at Queen&#8217;s, Image@LiangWang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday 13th April, just before the university&#8217;s Easter closure, The Language Centre organised a small-scale celebration with students &#8211; both Chinese and non-Chinese &#8211; at the McClay Library, Queen&#8217;s University Belfast. This is the first on-campus in-person Chinese event after a two-year-long isolation working from home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small but highly interactive with lots of fun, the cohort not only learned about the culture of this special day, but also explored a range of Chinese language resources and platforms in support of intercultural language learning both online and in physical settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>The third semester language course enrolment remains open until Thursday 21st April. Check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/LanguageCentre\/LanguageCoursesApril2022\/MandarinChineseCourses\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.qub.ac.uk\/directorates\/InformationServices\/LanguageCentre\/LanguageCoursesApril2022\/MandarinChineseCourses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mandarin Chinese course page<\/a> for more details.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-1536x1272.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-2048x1697.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2022\/04\/CCF-Celebrating-Chinese-Language-Day-1-362x300.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8211; With Kristoff, Sijie, Guangyan and Jiaqi (from left to right), Image@LiangWang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Call for participation &#8211; <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Event 1<\/strong> &#8211; We would like to hear your interesting stories about experience of using Chinese language in an intercultural context. This can be a Chinese-speaking person helping their international friends or learners of Chinese with the language, in which a misunderstanding or miscommunication took place, or a learner of Chinese encountering various situations when Chinese language was used in a creative but funny way. <\/li><li><strong>Event 2<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Chinese and Irish Traditional Music \u2013 The Language of The Sound<\/strong>. We warmly welcome you, especially QUB students, to attend the student-led event at Queen&#8217;s on Saturday 28\/05. Details and registration information will be published soon.<\/li><li><strong>Event 3<\/strong> &#8211; We are inviting volunteers to contribute to the Duanwu Festival (Friday 03\/06) celebration in a variety of ways. It can be a culture workshop, performance, demo, talent show, photo or short video of your cultural celebration etc., as long as they are interactive and engaging.<\/li><li><strong>Regular events<\/strong> &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/chinese\/ccp\/ccp2022\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/mandarinchinese\/chinese\/ccp\/ccp2022\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chinese Culture Forum 2022<\/strong><\/a>. While we will do our best to arrange the sessions on topics or issues of potential interest, we are open to suggestions and proposals from you \u2013 whether you are a Queen\u2019s staff member, or a student, or a visiting scholar, or a professional from the outside. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">You are all welcome to contact us by filling the Reply box (background, proposed topic, ways of delivery, availability, etc.)<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u8054\u5408\u56fd\u4e2d\u6587\u8282\u5feb\u4e50\uff01(Li\u00e1nh\u00e9 Gu\u00f3 Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0il\u00e8) Happy UN Chinese Language Day! 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