On 7th September, the 5th China Cultural Festival in autumn opened in the forest park of Mexico City Benito Juarez. Chinese Embassy in Mexico, local government officials, teachers and students of Confucius Institute and Mexican audience, more than 100 people, attended the opening ceremony.
This Cultural Festival is sponsored by the Mexican Confucius Institute (China Chinese School) and Mexico Chinese Culture Centre, co-organized by The Chinese Embassy in Mexico, the national office of Chinese Language Council International Confucius Institute and Mexico City Benito Juarez government.
At the opening ceremony, songs and dances with Chinese characteristics played and won warm applause from time to time. There are special zones beside the stage for showing Chinese calligraphy, paper-cut, Chinese knot and some other Folk arts.
Chinese Ambassador in Mexico Qiu xiaoqi said, annual “Chinese Culture Festival in autumn” was a good chance to deepen mutual understanding and friendship between Mexico and China. He hoped Mexican audience could have more sensitive understanding to Chinese folk culture and enjoy it fullest through this activity.
Benito Juarez official in charge of social development Martinez Fischer said, China and Mexico both had long history and rich culture. The Intercultural Communication offered a chance for people to have mutual understanding in depth.
On the spot, a Mexican girl with Chinese name Lin Fengyi told reporters, because of the love for Chinese culture, she started learning Chinese since 2000 and had passed HSK5. She said she was teaching Mexican children Chinese now and also she hoped more people would know Chinese culture.
One audience Angel Elias told reporter, she was very happy to see Chinese traditional culture activity held in Mexico. And she was very interested in ancient Chinese civilization and had been to China for three times. Now she intended to release a magazine which majorly introduces Chinese traditional culture and she wanted more Mexican know this distant and mysterious oriental country.
In order to introduce Chinese traditional culture and custom, the Culture Festival held for two days, mainly with the way of interactive course, lecture shows, movie shows.