CI Day Events wrapped up with better understanding and Peace
On 27th of Sept., a series of activities were going on in Tallinn University by Confucius Institute (CI) for the celebration of the 2nd CI Day at Tallinn University and the 11th worldwide.
On 27th of Sept., a series of activities were going on in Tallinn University by Confucius Institute (CI) for the celebration of the 2nd CI Day at Tallinn University and the 11thworldwide. About 150 participants joined the activities and workshops as they chose to, Chinese class for beginners, Calligraphy class, paper-cutting workshop, Weiqi (Weichi, or go-game) workshop, table tennis games and Jianzi kicking (shuttlecock game), with the latter three games as totally new introduced.
As part of the celebration events, the first Movie Night workshop this semester was also conducted. Hero , a 2002 (action) film directed by and starring by , as the Nameless protagonist, was shown in Mare 163 Tallinn University on 29 Sept. 2015 for the celebration of 11th anniversary of Confucius Day.
Prof. Chen Fenglan from CI hosted the Movie Night workshop with a brief introduction to the background of the story, which is based on the story of 's assassination attempt in 227 on the during The Warring States period in China. After watching the film, a heated discussion followed on the theme the story conveys, that is understanding and peace which is just the theme CI Day hoped to present at this period of time when the whole world still has quite a lot of difficulties in cross-cultural communication and finding solutions to human crises.
By the workshop, the participants had a better understanding of the swordsman spirit and his strong belief in “义” (Righteousness) in the context of Chinese culture, which was also depicted in the poem of The Swordsman by Chia Tao, a poet in Tang Dynasty:
十年磨一剑， 霜刃未曾试。
shí nián mó yījiàn， shuāng rèn wèi céng shì 。
今日把示君， 谁有不平事？
jīn rì bǎ shì jūn， shuí yǒu bú píng shì ？
As translated by J.P. Seaton:
Ten long years I’ve honed this sword:
frost white blade as yet untried.
Today, like any other gentleman,
it’s looking for injustice.