STORY: Togolese students experience charm of China's guqin culture
SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024
DATELINE: March 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:00
LOCATION: Lome
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Confucius Institute of the University of Lome in Togo
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): DAVID, Student at Confucius Institute of University of Lome
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ESTHER, Student at Confucius Institute of University of Lome

STORYLINE:

The Confucius Institute of the University of Lome in Togo recently opened a new course on guqin, a traditional Chinese instrument. 

Togolese students have not only experienced the charm of Chinese instrumental music, but also learned more about Chinese culture.

SOUNDBITE 1 (French): DAVID, Student at Confucius Institute of University of Lome
"Guqin teaches us to calm down.
First of all, it is an instrument that requires calm.
It also teaches us to respect, because we should respect this instrument just like we respect the elders."

SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ESTHER, Student at Confucius Institute of University of Lome
"Learning guqin helps me better understand Chinese culture, because guqin is a very important musical instrument in Chinese culture. In the process of learning guqin, we also learned Chinese philosophy and history. It allows us to better understand Chinese culture and learn from many aspects that we wouldn't be able to learn in normal classes."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lome.
(XHTV)