STORY: Sarajevo students experience Chinese culture at Confucius Institute
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:25
LOCATION: Sarajevo
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of students taking Chinese ink painting session at the Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU FANGFANG, Volunteer of the Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NEDIM DAPETANOVIC, Student of the Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG XUEZHONG, Chinese Director of Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MIROSLAV ZIVANOVIC, BiH Director of Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University

STORYLINE:

The Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University in Bosnia and Herzegovina started the new semester with a Chinese ink painting session.

It hopes that students can learn more about Chinese culture through the session.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHU FANGFANG, Volunteer of the Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
"The theme of this class is panda. Choosing panda is because this is the first class of the semester, we hope to let them paint something simple and easy."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NEDIM DAPETANOVIC, Student of the Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
"In simplicity, with a few strokes that you can present everything actually to show your vision of things. It's not necessarily to be panda, but a perception of how you see panda."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG XUEZHONG, Chinese Director of Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
"Painting can transcend language and ethnicity. It can please your eyes and your heart. Through it, we hope students can feel the beauty of China and Chinese culture. Painting class is a starting point for many students through which they have developed an interest in Chinese culture and the Chinese language."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MIROSLAV ZIVANOVIC, BiH Director of Confucius Institute of Sarajevo University
"What we can see that people are really excited to learn about Chinese culture, about painting, about music, about every aspect of the culture because they feel this is very rich culture, rich civilization."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sarajevo.
(XHTV)