Yang Jin, Permanent Representative of China to UNESCO, briefed the guests on Chinese. People's Daily reporter Liu Lingling photographed
People's Daily Paris, April 21 (Reporter Liu Lingling) Children from many countries sang "Let's Swing the Double Oars" with Chinese, a one-move and one-style strong and soft Tai Chi performance, a calligraphy exhibition of "Twenty Bytes of Qi" written in different brush fonts, a long guqin performance and a tea ceremony performance... At the celebration of the United Nations Chinese Day 2022, held at UNESCO Headquarters on 20 April, the rich and diverse Display of Chinese Culture attracted people's attention and showed the unique charm of Chinese.
The event was jointly organized by the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO, the Permanent Mission of China to UNESCO, the Sino-Foreign Language Exchange and Cooperation Center, and the European Terminus of China Central Radio and Television Corporation. Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of China's Ministry of Education, Director of the State Language Commission, and Director of the China National Committee for UNESCO, and Shen Haixiong, Deputy Director of the Central Propaganda Department, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, delivered video speeches. Qu Xing, Representative of the Director-General and Deputy Director-General of UNESCO, Santiago Mouran, President of the 41st Session of UNESCO's General Conference, Tamara Siamashvili, President of the UNESCO Executive Board, and Yang Jin, Permanent Representative of China to UNESCO, delivered speeches on the spot.
Diplomats from many countries stationed at UNESCO jointly wrote the Chinese long volume "War originates from the mind of man, so it is necessary to build a barrier to defend peace in the mind of man", expressing his wish for and adherence to peace. People's Daily reporter Liu Lingling photographed
In his speech, Tian Xuejun said that Chinese is not only a treasure of Chinese civilization, but also the common wealth of all mankind. Chinese is one of the six official languages of the United Nations and is the most widely spoken language in the world, especially as the first language. As the only widely used hieroglyph in the world at present, Chinese carries profound cultural heritage and cultural connotation with rich information and beautiful writing, attracting more and more people from all over the world to learn and use, and injecting new vitality and new impetus into colorful civilization exchanges and mutual learning and people-to-people communication.
Multinational children sang Chinese songs at the event. People's Daily reporter Liu Lingling photographed
On the day of the 20th event, the special program of the United Nations Chinese Day and the Second Overseas Film Festival of the Central Radio and Television Corporation was also held at the scene, with the theme of "China Tide", through the form of audio and video, showing the profound heritage of the integration of traditional and modern Chinese culture.
More than 100 people, including permanent representatives of more than 70 countries to UNESCO, senior UNESCO officials, Chinese employees and interns working at UNESCO, attended the event.