China-Kyrgyzstan cultural exchanges promote bilateral friendship
By Liu Zhonghua, Xiao
Xinxin, Xie Yahong from People’s Daily
Visitors learn papercutting, an intangible cultural heritage of China
in the Chinese Library at Bishkek Humanities University. (Photo by Han
Bingchen/People’s Daily)
On June 10, an inauguration ceremony of
a Chinese
Library – a project promoting cultural exchanges hosted by Chinese government,
was held at Bishkek Humanities University, Kyrgyzstan, presenting a feast for hundreds of Kyrgyz visitors.
The
performance of Chinese intangible cultural heritage at the event, such as Kunqu
Opera, Kouji (oral stunts), traditional Chinese instrument Guzheng, and face-changing
of Sichuan Opera, further deepened Kyrgyz people’s understanding of Chinese
culture.
Traditional Kyrgyz
dancing was also performed in the activity, enhancing the two-way art exchanges
and promoting the interaction between the two cultures.
The performance was
wonderful, said Gulmira Kudaiberdieva, Minister of Education and Science of
Kyrgyzstan, expressing that it was a precious experience, and has brought the
peoples of the two countries closer to each other’s culture.
In recent years, with increasingly
enhanced cooperation on the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI), mutual understanding and friendship between the two peoples have been gradually
intensified, Kudaiberdieva told People’s Daily.
According to the
minister, she has witnessed Kyrgyz people’s constantly growing enthusiasm for
Chinese culture in the two countries’ bilateral cultural exchanges and
cooperation, especially in the education sector.
Kyrgyz people’s
curiosity for Chinese culture has turned into appreciation, Kudaiberdieva said,
adding that more and more young people in her country are learning Chinese. “It
is helpful for their personal development and the development of Kyrgyzstan as
well.
The Chinese Library is
a signature project of China’s State Council Information Office that introduces
China to foreign countries and promotes cultural exchanges. It is usually
established in the national libraries and major universities of the destination
countries.
The Chinese Library at
BHU is the fourteenth and also by far the largest Chinese Library.
“The Chinese Library
is a wonderful and precious gift for BHU,” said president of the university, noting
that it has opened a window for Kyrgyz young people to learn Chinese culture.
The president stressed
that the Chinese Library is a witness of the joint efforts of China and
Kyrgyzstan in boosting people-to-people and cultural cooperation under the BRI.
He hopes that Chinese
President Xi Jinping’s upcoming state visit to Kyrgyzstan will further promote
bilateral educational cooperation, bring about wider exchanges and cooperation between
artists and arts organizations, and help move bilateral people-to-people and
cultural exchanges to a new level.
“As an educator of
Chinese language, I’m also promoting the people-to-people bonds between
Kyrgyzstan and China”, said Gulzat Isamatova, Director of the Confucius
Institute of BHU.
According to
statistics, there are 41 Confucius Institutes and 21 Confucius Classrooms in
Kyrgyzstan, and about 7,000 students are learning Chinese at the Confucius
Institute of BHU, 100 of who go to China for study every year.
Joint
construction of the BRI has opened vast space for common development of
Kyrgyzstan and China, said Isamatova, adding that Chinese has become an
important tool for young people in Kyrgyzstan to
achieve greater development.
“I hope to
serve as an ambassador to promote cultural exchanges between the two countries
and create a better future for the Confucius Institute. I believe President
Xi’s upcoming state visit will help intensify bilateral exchanges in various
fields such as culture, education, and art, and further consolidate the
bilateral friendly ties,” Isamatova noted.
The Chinese Library at
BHU was visited by flocks of people on the day it opened. More than 2,000 books
and audiovisual products introducing China’s economy, politics, culture,
society, ecology, and technology were exhibited. Digital information of the
Chinese culture was also displayed on computer screens.
In recent years, BHU
has paid increasing attention to the cooperation and exchanges with Chinese
universities, and many students of Kyrgyzstan who have been to China love the
country, said Roza Turdukeeva, Director of the
Scientific Library of BHU, noting that cultural exchanges is significant to the
development of bilateral relations between the two countries.
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