CONFUCIUS
INSTITUTE AT
THE UNIVERSITY
OF HELSINKI
5th Annual Chinese Language
Speech Event in Finland
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20.4.2012
Student Showing their Talents in Chinese Language
The 5th annual Chinese Language
Speech Event took place at Ressu
Upper Secondary School in Helsinki
on Friday 20 April 2012. As a part of
the event, the preliminaries of
Chinese Bridge Compe on was
organized.
The event was honored by the
presence
of
the
Chinese
Ambassador to Finland, H.E. Huang
Xing, who also gave a speech in the
opening ceremony. Director Anja
Lah nen opened the comperi on.
Moderators of the event were Jukka
Solehmainen, Anna- ina Antola
and Joonas Juvakoski, students at
the University of Helsinki and the
Confucius Ins tute.
Text: Mariliina Räsänen
Photos: Anna Saarikivi
The Chinese Bridge Compe on for
non-Chinese university students had
racted ten par cipants from all over
Finland. First each of the students gave a short speech in Chinese. The topics varied from Chinese food and culture to water and personal experiences
in
China.
The speeches were followed by cultural performances by the contestants.
In this part the students demonstrated
their deeper knowledge of Chinese
culture.
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The result of the compe
by prof. Cen Yuzhen:
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on was declared by the jury of Chinese language teachers lead
1. price: Hanna Kuusisto, Lappeenranta University of Technology
2. price: Carla Pekander, University of Helsinki
Special price: Jukka Solehmainen, Helsinki
The winner Hanna Kuusisto represents Finland in the Interna onal Semi nals of the Chinese Bridge Compe on in China in July 2012.
Nguen Thu Thao, Univ. of Jyväskylä
The WInner of the Compe on, Hanna Kuusisto, Lappeenranta Univ.of Technology, gave speech on topic
My Chinese Leaning Experience and presented her
own transla on on the Chinese Three Charecter classic
.
Jukka Solehmainen, Univ. of Helsinki; Mikko Kuitunen, Lappeenranta Univ. of Technology
Text: Mariliina Räsänen
Photos: Anna Saarikivi,
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Henrik Alanko, Univ. of Helsinki
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Jerkko Hietanen, Univ. of Tampere
2nd place winner Carla Pekander, Univ. of Helsinki gave a speech The Great Wall in my Heart
and performed the Beauty Song
Dao Thuy Trang, Univ. of Eastern Finland
Nguen Thi Dung,
Univ. of Eastern
Finland
Text: Mariliina Räsänen
Photos: Anna Saarikivi
Tanja Palmu, Univ. of Turku
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The second half of the
event was open to all
students
of
Chinese
language in Finland. Beside
students from Helsinki
there were par cipants
from
Jyväskylä,
Oulu,
Lappeenranta and Turku,
altogether 24 performers.
The programme included
5th Annual Chinese Language Speech Event in Finland
instrumental
music,
singing, poetry reading,
speeches, dialogues and
plays.
Fang Luzhen, Ressu, Helsinki
Guzheng playing
Ebenezer Owusu-Afriyie, Univ. of Jyväskylä
Mia Tillonen, Confucius Ins tute
Text: Mariliina Räsänen
Photos: Anna Saarikivi,
Olavi Hartonen, Univ. Of Turku
Henrik Hako-Rita &Sami Ju la, Oulu
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Nishal Spinoza, Ressu Upper seconcary School, Helsinki
Anna Paananen and Anna-Mari Siiki, Confucius Insitute
Virpi Kamppuri,
Univ. of Turku
Yu Shanshan and Iiro Särkinen.
Confucius Ins tute
Mikko Törnquist and Carla Pekander,
Confucius Ins tute
Text: Mariliina Räsänen
Photos: Anna Saarikivi