GZU& HU—A Korean Culture Festival
Sponsored by
HanyangUniversity
,
South Korea
and OIR of GZU, College of International Education of GZU organized and held “GZU & HU—A Korean Culture Festival” on July 4. The festival is designed to offer students an opportunity to experience Korean culture, as well as preparatory and introductory class for students who are interested in going to
Korea
to study. This festival helps to strengthen the friendship between these two universities and countries, and open up another channel for international communication.
HanyangUniversity, as one of the key universities in
South Korea
, is a partner
university
of
GZU
. Founded in 1939,
Hanyang
University
has a 70-year history, hosting more than 25,000 undergraduates and over 7700 graduate students, with more than 1000 professors and advanced equipment.
The Korean Culture Festival was open in the
Roman Square
(in front of the library), GZU at 15:00 on July 4. Mr.BaiZheng, Party Secretary of
College
of
International Studies
, attended the festival and made a speech.
The Festival started with drum performances by 10 students from
Hanyang
University
, winning applauses from the audience. Followed was modern Korean dance and music performance by Korean students, bringing the festival to a climax. Finally, the Korean students performed taekwondo dance together, and their wonderful movements and skills in Taekwondo drew a successful conclusion to the festival.
After the wonderful performance were other activities, such as trying onhanbok, Korean calligraphy and Korean games. Teachers and students present participated happily in the games and took pictures with students from
Hanyang
University
.
This event helped to further promote cultural exchanges between China-ROK students, and offers a chance for students from GZU to truly appreciate rich and wonderful culture of
Korea
. It also helped students know more of
Hanyang
University
, and thus offering a platform for future cooperation and exchanges between the two universities.
