China Festival Opens in Sweden

 　　A grand opening ceremony has been held in Stockholm to begin the three day long China Festival, first of its kind being held in Sweden as well as the whole Nordic region. CRI's Chen Xuefei attended the festival and filed this report.

 

　　Chinese Ambassador Lan Lijun declared the opening of the 2013 China Festival in Stockholm.

 

　　"China Festival today will provide a good opportunity for the Swedish people and visitors from other countries with a totally new and multidimentional understanding of China. It will also enable them to experience the charisma¹ of the Chinese culture and promote exchanges in all fields."

 

　　Ambassador Lan said China-Sweden relations have become more mature, exchanges between the two sides are more fruitful and mutually beneficial cooperation steadily² deepened. He hopes that overseas Chinese in Sweden will continue to actively³ integrate into the society and make new contributions to prosperity and the friendly cooperation between China and Sweden.

 

　　China Festival was organized by the Swedish Chinese Federation⁴ with broad participation⁵ and strong support of many Chinese organizations in Sweden.

 

　　Ye Peiqun, Secretary General of the Federation and Executive Director of the 2013 China Festival Organizing Committee also spoke⁶ at the opening ceremony.

 

　　Ye Peiqun said China Festival will show the rich Chinese culture for the Swedish public. They include food culture, traditional Chinese medicine, Suzhou embroidery⁷, stone culture from Qingtian, acrobatics⁸ from Cangzhou and three day stage performances.

 

　　He hopes that these activities will further promote bilateral⁹ exchanges in various fields.

 

　　Klas Nyman, deputy chief of Protocol¹⁰ Department of Swedish Ministry¹¹ for Foreign Affairs said the relationship between Sweden and China is both rich and broad and culture forms a central element in bilateral cooperation.

 

　　"I think this festival demonstrates a clear interest from both sides to learn more of each others and among all of us, who have gathered here today has a strong interest in China and Chinese culture, therefore I am confident that this festival will be successful in promoting cultural exchanges and bringing forward cooperation between our two countries."

 

　　A wide variety of performances followed the opening ceremony attracting thousands of audience who also have the opportunity to taste the Chinese food and all kinds of cultures such as calligraphy¹² and paintings.

 

　　For CRI, this is Chen Xuefei reporting from Stockholm.

1 charisma   

n.(大众爱戴的)领袖气质，魅力

参考例句：

• He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man.他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
• I don't have the charisma to pull a crowd this size.我没有那么大的魅力，能吸引这么多人。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

3 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

4 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

5 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 embroidery   

n.绣花，刺绣；绣制品

参考例句：

• This exquisite embroidery won people's great admiration.这件精美的绣品，使人惊叹不已。
• This is Jane's first attempt at embroidery.这是简第一次试着绣花。

8 acrobatics   

n.杂技

参考例句：

• Acrobatics is hard to learn but beautiful to watch.杂技不好学，但很好看。
• We watched a performance which included a puppet show and acrobatics.我们观看了一场演出，内容有木偶和杂技。

9 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

10 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

11 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

12 calligraphy   

n.书法

参考例句：

• At the calligraphy competition,people asked him to write a few characters.书法比赛会上，人们请他留字。
• His calligraphy is vigorous and forceful.他的书法苍劲有力。