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The spring flowers blossom and the grand pigs bring blessings. Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology held the 2019 "Chinese Language Welcomes Chinese New Year for International Students Gathering, inviting international students to experience the traditional Chinese New Year and fully experience the passions of people in Taiwan.
【International students worked on the traditional paper-cut art course, creating a symbol of the Year of the Pig and the auspicious words that brought blessings and good fortune, together with the window-cutting paper, to welcome the New Year.】
At the beginning of the gathering President Lu, on behalf of all the teachers of Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, congratulated the international students on the Happy New Year in advance and distributed the lucky money symbolizing auspicious wealth. Together with Vice President Ming-Tsai Lai, he wished all the students a good luck, good health, and great peace in the Year of the Pig. Immediately after the Chinese Language Center teacher led the international students who participated in the event to understand the customs and origins of the Lunar New Year, they also taught the students to say the auspicious words of the Year and the auspicious meaning they represent. In this activity, foreign students worked on the traditional paper-cut art course, creating a symbol of the Year of the Pig and the auspicious words that brought blessings and good fortune, together with the window-cutting paper. While understanding the beauty of traditional Taiwanese art, they could also understand the paper-cut pattern symbolizing good wishes. The meaning.
【Vice President Ming-Tsai Lai and Director Yang-Zhi Wang Student Affair Office, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, congratulated the new students on the Happy New Year in the gathering.】
In the dinner, international students from India and Mongolia sang traditional Chinese New Year songs and presented their Chinese in the Chinese Language Center of the school on this important festival. The students attending the meeting also sang together to make reunion. The dinner brought forth a strong New Year atmosphere. Students from Japan and South Korea also performed their own national songs, adding a new look to the traditional Chinese New Year atmosphere. At this gathering, international students also said to the teachers a lot of auspicious words for the New Year, show their thanks for the care and guidance of the teachers over the past year.
【International students worked on the traditional paper-cut art course, creating a symbol of the Year of the Pig and the auspicious words that brought blessings and good fortune, together with the window-cutting paper, to welcome the New Year.】
Yong-Peng Wang, Director of the Chinese Language Center, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, said that this event is held every year on the Lunar New Year's Eve. The purpose is to help foreign students who stay in Taiwan experience the traditional New Year culture and feel the atmosphere of the New Year. It was hoped that every international student studying in Southern Taiwan would be able to have a great harvest, feel excited about their lives, and enrich their experience here in Taiwan. All these would become the greatest help in the future. The annual reunion dinner was successful in the happy New Year for all the international students.
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