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Visiting Program for Young Sinologists closes
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Jul 24th 2015, 07:55
Sinologists participated in the 3rd Visiting Program for Young Sinologists taking a photo at the National Library of China on July 24. (Photo by Ruan Fan/For China Daily)
The 3rd Visiting Program for Young Sinologist hosted by China's Ministry of Culture and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences held its closing ceremony at China's National Library in Beijing Friday.
Thirty-six Sinologists from over 30 countries participated in the program, studying in several Chinese universities, academies and institutions in fields such as Chinese literature,linguistics and philosophy and topics such as the Road and Belt Initiative and Jia Zhangke's films.
At the closing ceremony, nine Sinologists shared their thoughts on their three weeks' study and their travel experiences to central China's Henan province.
Indian sinologist Madhuren Jha said he felt grateful for the program and his tutor, Jia Lili. She not only provided him comprehensive materials for studying Chinese films, she also managed to arrange an interview for him with Jia Zhangke, whose films he enthusiastically studied.
"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books," Mao quoted a Chinese saying to express how he was electrified by the conversation with Jia.
Joachim Boittout from France said he was greatly inspired by traveling to Henan province's Anyang city, as he finally got to see in person the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells from the Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC).
As a sinologist who is very keen on classic Chinese literature and poetry, he also travelled to Taohua Valley in Linzhou city, Henan province. He said the place reminded him of the ancient Chinese poem Peach Blossom Spring written by Tao Yuanming.
Kelly Kleinkort from the USA said she learned what she was missing from books. "Even though I have come to China for about 15 years, I wouldn't have been able to talk to officers at the courthouse, the police, and local leaders," she said, recalling her trip to eastern China's Shangdong province.
She said she was delighted to find that local Chinese governments had actually "built service centers, and set up a hotline online for residents to voice their opinions on government work".
Other sinologists who spoke at the closing ceremony said that the program is significant in that they have met and befriended sinologists from all over the world, which helped to broaden their horizons.
Some of them even volunteered to be ambassadors of their own culture, and said they would love to promote deeper communication with China.
"We would love to assist Chinese scholars who want to study Nepal; we look forward to cooperating with them," said Sarbottam Shrestha from Nepal.
Chinese scholars and officers attending the ceremony said they were amazed to find how fluent the sinologists can speak in Chinese and how much they know about Chinese culture.
To close the ceremony, Cai Fang, deputy head of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, quoted ancient Chinese poet Qu Yuan as saying, "The road ahead will be long and our climb will be deep."
He said that the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences would love to form long-term academic communication with the Sinologists, and hoped they will share a long-lasting friendship with China.
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