The celebration, which has thousands of years of tradition and features moon cakes, is held on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month every year, according to the lunar calendar.
Due to the cultural and educational cooperation between UD and the Tianjin Foreign Language University of China, the Confucius Institute started its operation at the University of Debrecen in November 2019.Its main goal is to teach Chinese, to promote and familiarize Chinese culture among the university and the people living in the city.
The Mid-Autumn Festival was organized for the first time in Debrecen in 2020.
At a press conference on Tuesday to introduce the Panda Days and the Mid-Autumn Festival, Pál Csontos, Hungarian Director of the Confucius Institute of the DE BTK said: the autumn festival, also known as Golden Week, is held annually in China and in many Chinese communities around the world to provide an opportunity for families and close friends to be together and give each other gifts.
- This year, we would like to present China's cultural values to all those who visit the Nagyerdei Cultural Park on the afternoon of 14 September," said Pál Csontos.
The spectacular program will include Chinese singing, music, folk costumes, calligraphy, wing chun kungfu demonstrations and tea tasting on the Vitéz László stage.
- In addition to the students of the Faculty of Humanities, the Chinese Students' Association of Debrecen, which brings together Chinese students studying here, plays an outstanding role in the organization and preparation of the program, providing the performers, the instruments and the traditional costumes - emphasized László Erik Kovács, Secretary of the Confucius Institute.
During the information session on Tuesday, CATL handed over to the Nagyerdei Cultural Park the family of the composition panda, which was a great success at the Flower Carnival and now decorates one of the parks of the ZOO Debrecen, to the great delight of visitors.
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