International students from Yangzhou Polytechnic College pose for a photo at a traditional customs exhibition center in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. [Photo/yznews.com.cn]
Several international students from Yangzhou Polytechnic College in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province experienced the traditional customs of Lantern Festival at Renfengli Historical and Cultural Street on Feb 3.
The students visited a traditional customs exhibition center to learn about Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb 5 this year, and learned how to make rabbit-shaped lanterns.
A social practice base for international students at Yangzhou Polytechnic College is unveiled. [Photo/Yangtze Evening News]
That same day, the School of International Exchange of Yangzhou Polytechnic College also unveiled a social practice base for international students that the school will build with the Wenhe sub-district in Guangling district and Jiangsu Muyoushan Cultural Communication Co.
The base will help the school organize regular social and cultural activities for international students and strengthen its partnership with enterprises and governments, said Liu Hong, vice-principal of Yangzhou Polytechnic College.
The social practice base will be a platform for international students to study and promote traditional Chinese culture, added a government official of the Wenhe sub-district.
