ACCRA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Thursday held a cultural experience event themed "Discover Chinese-Within Reach" in Kumasi, the second-largest city of Ghana.
The event started with the history of the evolution of Chinese characters. Through various games, participants learned about the structure of pictographic characters, associative compounds, and other Chinese character formation methods in collaborative interactions.
Meanwhile, five stamp-collecting booths were set up at the event site, including making keychains with Chinese names, writing blessing bookmarks, ink grinding, calligraphy and origami.
Daniel Duah, the Ghanaian director of the Confucius Institute, noted that "This event makes Chinese learning more accessible through fun formats. We see the enthusiasm of the students for Chinese, and it further strengthens our resolve to deepen Chinese language education, build better-quality Chinese courses, and enable more students to learn about China."
Ke Ningli, the Chinese director of the institute, stated that the Confucius Institute will continue to carry out diverse and engaging language and cultural activities, continuously promoting Chinese language education and cultural dissemination in a deeper and more practical manner.
Many participants said that this event made learning Chinese simpler and more interesting. Alhassan Khadijatu, a student of KNUST, said that she felt the charm of Chinese characters, which dispelled her fear of learning Chinese characters. She has decided to learn to write thirty Chinese characters every day, striving to pass HSK Level 4 and go to China in the future. ■
