International students from the Brigham Young University in the United States wear traditional Chinese costumes and try ink painting at a middle school in Donghai county, Jiangsu province, Nov 28. [Photo by Zhang Zhengyou/IC]
East China's Jiangsu province has led the way in creating an open and inviting climate for international students.
An international student plays guzheng (Chinese zither) under the guidance of a music teacher in Donghai county, Jiangsu province, Nov 28. [Photo by Zhang Zhengyou/IC]
With global education becoming more influential in Jiangsu, more and more students are traveling from afar to seek academic, cultural and language immersion in the eastern Chinese province.
Overseas students at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce show off their clay figurines on Nov 30. [Photo by Zhu Jipeng/IC]
Donghai county, known as the hometown of crystal in northeastern Jiangsu, has encouraged an increasing number of international students to take a "bite" of cultural legacies such as calligraphy, paper-cutting and ink painting. They are mostly from countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, including Turkmenistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
An international student learns to shape clay from a master in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, Nov 30. A local folk craft, Huishan Clay Figurines originate from the Ming Dynasty, roughly 400 years ago. [Photo by Zhu Jipeng/IC]
In southeastern Jiangsu's Wuxi city, the local Vocational Institute of Commerce has blended various intangible cultural heritages into regular courses and encourages international students to delve more into the arts.
International students learn about posture in Lyuju Opera at a school in Donghai county, Jiangsu province, on Dec 4. During their short-term seminar program, students studied local opera, which is popular in Shanghai and Jiangsu provinces. They also learned about the painting of masks and costume design. [Photo by Zhang Zhengyou/IC]
Students from the Brigham Young University practice Chinese rituals at a school in Donghai county, Jiangsu province, on Dec 4. [Photo by Zhang Zhengyou/IC]
