A Trip of "Offering Your Loving Heart" Show in Furong District

  ——Overseas Voluntary Workers Writing Spring Festival Couplets in Dongsha Community

   Around the charcoal fire, listening to operas and watching lion dance in the atmosphere of the "Chinese Year", a group of white-skinned, dark -skinned girls and young men send their own written Spring Festival couplets. Aren't you surprised? Today, at the scene of "Offering Your Loving Heart" Show in Dongsha community, more than 30 foreign volunteers, the protagonists, not only provide the residents with well-prepared Spring Festival gifts, but also form the "Good Neighbors" International Volunteer Service Team on the spot, enthusiastically acting as the volunteer teachers for the children from poor families in the community.

Scene of Writing Spring Festival Couplets in Dongsha Community (Taken by Chen Fei, Reporter from Changsha Evening News)

   The melodious zither performance, soft and rigid Taiji performance, and the Chinese traditional Chinese culture show have attracted more than 30 foreign students from Hunan Agricultural University to pick up their mobile phones and snap them. But in today's event, these friends from Poland, Ethiopia and other countries are not only appreciators, but also volunteers. "I have been in Changsha for more than a year. The scenery here is very beautiful. I am not afraid of even spicy food!" Polish girl Sulai wrote a beautiful brush characters, brushing a few times, a good Chinese character "旺" (which means "prosperous") appeared on the paper. The couplets which means "flowers blossom all over the world in spring, and thousands of families flourish all the year round" co-written by Sulai and Zhou Liangbo, the community painting and calligraphy master, have received high praises from the residents, those residents who have received the Spring Festival couplets were even more surprised.

The international students from HUNAU staged performances and won applause from the audiences.

    "My Chinese name is A Guang. I hope everyone can feel the sunshine." Among the more than 30 overseas students, there are many outstanding talents. A young man from Ethiopia took the guitar to the stage, and performed many English songs or affectionate pieces, or passionate rock. With his accompaniment, more international students came to the stage to sing in chorus, which attracted constant applause from Chinese audiences.

Overseas students are addicted to Chinese traditional folklore and shout "Well done"

   "As long as you hear the word 'OK' ahead of the instructions I sent, the children will act in accordance with the instructions, and vice versa." With the establishment of the "Good Neighbors" International Volunteer Service Team, the English corner specially for the children of migrant workers and poor children in the community was also started on the spot. Ya Lubao, an Ethiopian boy who speaks Mandarin and Changsha dialect fluently, was the first volunteer teacher to correct his children's English pronunciation, and harmonized emotions through playing games. So the English corner was warm and harmonious.

   "Love has no national boundaries." Huang Xifei, Secretary of Dongsha Community, said that in the future, the "Good Neighbor" International Volunteer Service Team will carry out three to four activities in the community every month. Foreign volunteers will take turns as teachers. In addition to practicing the children's spoken English, it will help them broaden their horizons and promote mutual feelings.

                                (Hu Yuanyuan, Reporter from Changsha Evening News)