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BTC-Mentougou Jingshi Primary School Double Ninth Festival Bilingual Celebrations

Issuing time:2020-11-04 15:43



BTC-Mentougou Jingshi Primary School Double Ninth Festival Bilingual Celebrations

Jingshi Experimental Primary School in Mentougou District, Beijing has always attached importance to the education and training of students in traditional culture and morality. On the occasion of the arrival of the Chongyang Festival(Double Ninth Festival), the traditional Chinese festival, on the afternoon of October 23, 2020, Beijing Broaden & Top-trans Communication Center (BTC) and Jingshi Experimental Primary School jointly launched a themed "Love in Chongyang Festival" Celebtration. The bilingual celebration and exchange meeting aims to inherit tradition, promote Chinese culture, guide students to respect their parents and elders, learn to be grateful, establish a good concept of family virtues, and enhance social responsibility. At the same time, combining the school’s foreign teachers’ project with traditional Chinese festivals on work and career, the goal is to integrate English learning with practical application and let our traditional culture go global.


At the beginning of the event, the school's teaching director Song Honglian made an opening speech and introduced the guests and leaders who came to the event.


Then, Ms. Zhao Yang, the well-known host of China Central Television’s English Channel and China Central Television’s "Finance Today", gave everyone an eye-opening "My work and my life" lecture.


Zhao Yang was not only the chief reporter of China Radio International in the UK, but also was invited by the World Customs Organization to host the World Customs Organization's first cross-border e-commerce conference. In addition, she has participated in many major events such as the English live broadcast of the opening and closing ceremonies of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC/NPC), as well as the live broadcast of "Shenzhou 11 Spacecraft Launch and Return".

This lecture gave not only students a detailed understanding of English reporters and CCTV hosts, which are very mysterious and high-end occupations for them. It also triggered their thinking about their future career. Zhao also introduced the methods and experiences of English learning to the students. Everyone was immersed in the wonderful speech of her, and the applause was on and on. In the Q&A session, students enthusiastically asked questions, and some students directly asked the host in English.


Next, the young and beautiful foreign teacher Jessica led all the fifth grade students to perform the English song "Job Career Song". The children acted very seriously!

In order to let the students better understand the Double Ninth Festival, Ms. Zhao Yang told everyone about the origin of the Festival and related myths, as well as Double Ninth cuisine and customs, which let us a understand better the Double Ninth Festival.


Next, Chinese and South African students recite the poem "Thinking of My Brothers on Mountain-climbing Day " in both Chinese and English. The poem moved the audience, and the whole audience recited this poem to commemorate the homesickness of the wanderer.



Speaking of the Double Ninth Festival, how can we miss the Chongyang Cake? Today, we invited school leaders and the honorable retired principal Shi as well as parents representatives to the event to taste Chongyang Cake together. Although President Shi has retired, she still keeps her vigor and energy, and she has set a good example for the youth! The elders were eating sweet Double Ninth Cake, watching the wonderful performance, their hearts felt sweet too.

Then the children brought a wonderful English song performance "I want to be like mommy".

In the event, the children took to the stage to show everyone their carefully prepared paintings, and told their good wishes to grandparents, and parents. The children's sincere words deeply moved us.

Filial piety is the most important gratitude, because the contributions of parents are always higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea. Learning to be grateful to others is a conscience and filial piety of one's own, because of this, there will be harmony, happiness, and respect for each other.


The Chinese and English poem recitation "A Traveler’s Song" performed by Mrs. Zhao Yang and Director Wang Peng of BTC pushed the activity to a climax. This poem recalls a seemingly ordinary scene of sewing clothes before leaving. It highlights and praises the greatness and selflessness of maternal love, and expresses the poet's gratitude for maternal love and his deep love as well as respect for his mother.

Next, the lovely children presented a grateful English song "I'm Thankful" to the elders. The children expressed their deep gratitude to their parents with their tender singing and dancing.

How to introduce Double Ninth Festival in English? Ms. Zhao Yang led everyone to learn some English words and clauses about the Double Ninth Festival.

Today we prepared greeting cards for the children, and asked them to write what they want to say or blessings on the greeting cards to their parents and grandparents. I believe that the children’s sincere words will leave unforgettable memories for the elders.

Director Wang Peng of BTC came to the stage with care for the teachers and students of Jingshi Experimental Primary School and presented a series of books on oral English and cross-cultural communication compiled by BTC's foreign expert Professor Aaron Vessup. This will inject fresh international elements into the school and the school's scholarly activities, so that the campus "love reading and learning English" activities set off a new climax.

Principal Liang of the school made a concluding speech on the event.


Finally, amidst laughter, all the participants took a group photo.


Do not forget the original intention, do not forget to be grateful. Through various and effective activities of respecting the elderly, the children’s understanding of traditional customs has been strengthened, and the love for the elderly has been enhanced. At the same time, it has demonstrated the spirit of respect for the elderly and the spirit of all the teachers and students of the Jingshi Experimental Primary School. A good atmosphere of loving, and helping the elderly was demonstrated. Let the students start from bit by bit, be grateful to the society, give feedback to the society, forge ahead and live up to the new mission in the new era.

Through this event, not only foreign teachers and foreign students had an understanding of Chinese traditional festivals, the children also learned the Chinese traditional festivals’ English expressions. It improved students’ oral English ability and enhanced children’s cultural confidence.


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