World Voices Speak Chinese
Written on November 7, 2008 – 8:14 am | by uhyiewtyakyh
The 2003 Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, also known as the “Chinese Bridge” Competition, which is sponsored by the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (NOCFL), lowered its curtain on December 22. On the morning before the final competition (December 21), China.org.cn reporter interviewed some of the contestants at Beijing Language and Culture University.
　　Before I got there, I thought about whether I should talk with them in English. But I soon found out their Chinese was far better than my English.
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　　At first sight, I thought Fat Mihai Ionut, a contestant from Romania, was from China’s Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). He wore his long hair in braids, dressed in a Chinese tunic suit and wore a string of beads, bought in Yonghe Lamasery (or the Lamasery of Harmony and Peace) in Beijing.
　　When I interviewed him, the semi-final competition had already finished. He didn’t get to the final. He felt regret. He said it’s the first time that Romania sent contestants to such a competition, so he represents the honor of his motherland — he hoped Romania, more than himself, had entered the final.
　　He said when he was a boy, his father, a history professor, gave him many books on China and told him that Chinese culture was the best in the world. The little boy’s head was filled with fantasies about China from then on. He thought Chinese characters were difficult but interesting. When in middle school, he even practiced writing Chinese characters at classes he didn’t like.
　　He’s very interested in three parts of Chinese culture, he said: — Chinese Kung Fu (martial art), ancient philosophy and traditional Chinese medical treatment.
　　He began to practice Kung Fu at 16 because he thought it good for his health. His first coach, a Romanian, taught him that first year. His second coach was a Chinese and vice president of the Shanghai Martial Art Association. Fat Mihai Ionut said he had the chance to enter an international martial art competition, but fractured a bone. The illness deprived him the chance of entering the competition, but gave him the chance to understand traditional Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and pulse feeling.
　　He said western medical treatment works over every part of the body separately, whereas traditional Chinese medical treatment works over the body as a whole. He dreams of coming to China and studying traditional Chinese medicine in the future.
　　Under my request, he studied my pulse on the bumpy coach ride. Just after one minute, he pointed out that I always feel pain in my waist these days, which really surprised me, because I plan to see the doctor about this soon. He said it’s not very serious and advised me to do more exercise and drink more water.
　　Fat also deeply loves ancient Chinese philosophy. He said he likes the doctrines of Zen Buddhism and Taoism best. He even went to the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province.
　　He said he’s most interested in these three aspects, but not exclusively so as he wants to understand all aspects of China. He likes traditional Chinese music, and he can name more than ten traditional Chinese musical instruments. This time, he bought two xiao (vertical bamboo flute) and an erhu (two-stringed fiddle) in Beijing. He wants to play them. He said he likes these two instruments most — the xiao calms him down and the erhu moves him and makes him sad.
　　He likes Zhang Yimou very much, especially his movie Hero. He said, “This movie represents the Confucian doctrine, as Mencius said it — ’The root of the empire is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.’ Everybody can be a hero, but he must take the world as the most important thing.”
　　At last Fat said he felt regret that many Chinese youngsters don’t understand their own country, which has such a splendid culture and appeals to so many foreign students. He always tried to discuss traditional Chinese medicine with Chinese students, but he seldom met any who understood it, nor even the basic theory. As it’s really a heritage of Chinese, he hopes more Chinese youngsters will become interested in it.
　　’Mom, I got the Chinese competitions top award’
　　”From my childhood, my mother taught me how to read Chinese and write Chinese characters step by step. She even taught me how to use the brushes to write and paint. She always tells me, just as many Chinese parents do, to learn basic cultural knowledge and pass it down to the offspring. So I learned calligraphy, painting, Chinese poems and talking stories.” Chin Kah Ying, the Singapore girl who won
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